The Virginia Gazette

Today in the 1770s: May 17

WILLIAMSBURG, May 17, 1776.
COMMON SENSE, the AMERICAN CRISES, Simes's MILITARY GUIDE, Stevenson's MILITARY INSTRUCTIONS, and WRITING PAPER, in small quantities, to be sold at the Constitutional Post Office, Williamsburg.

Virginia Gazette (Purdie) May 17, 1776
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Virginia regiments have been formed and the training of new soldiers is of primary importance, thus the books advertised focus on the "why" and the "how" of fighting a war for independence. Copies of these books can be viewed at the John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library.

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