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Mitchill writes to Alden Partridge that he had previously expressed his ideas on military education to Governor Nicholas of Virginia; does not believe one national academy sufficient for the adequate training of militia; young men should not be given bounties for studying military science; received his "barometrical altitudes" of Ascutney, etc., and found them highly interesting and could he present them to a magazine for publication? The final page is a printed letter from the Historical Society of New York, possibly a circular. ; Transcription by Joseph Byrne. Transcriptions may be subject to error.

Map has engraved title: Carte de la capitainerie générale de Caracas l'Amérique Méridionale fait en 1801, 1802, 1803 et 1804, par F. de Pons . Dressée par J. B. Poiron . Engd. by P. Maverick, New York. ; Introduction translated by Sam. L. Mitchill. ; Partly translated by Washington Irving.--Sabin, Bibl. amer. ; Mode of access: Internet.