NORWICH VERMONT 1840 NEWSPAPER "THE CITIZEN SOLDIER" For Sale

"The Citizen Soldier" was a newspaper published by at Norwich, Vermont "Devoted to Military Science and American National Defense. An original Dec 18, 1840 issue includes an article on the US Canadian Boundary by Alden Partridge, the Founder of Norwich University, with articles on the militia, patriotic essays, a Roster of Vermont Militia Officers, & excerpts from "Tactics", incl illus of musket loading & shoulder arms maneuvers. 8pp, This paper was published in response to the Aroostock War and conflict with Canada over the US-Canada Boundary. Ink idd to Joseph Adams, Esq. Minor age stains, age spots, VG Overall.Norwich University is the nation's oldest private military college, based on Partridge's model of citizen soldiers and the basis for the foundation of ROTC.