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Directions for preserving the health of soldiers: recommended to the consideration of the officers of the Army of the United States. Published by order of the Board of War.

RUSH, Benjamin (1745 – 1813)
RUSH, Benjamin (1745 – 1813) Wikipedia

Publication Details

Lancaster, PA: John Dunlap, 1778 CE.

A reprint from the Philadelphia Packet, No. 284. The pamphlet was reprinted by the Massachusetts Temperance Alliance in Boston, 1865, for distribution to the Union soldiers.

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Entry Number#2157
Permanent Linkhttps://staging.historyofmedicine.com/entry/2760
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External URLdirections-for-preserving-the-health-of-soldiers-recommended-to-the-consideration-of-the-officers-of-the-army-of-the-united-states-published-by-order-of-the-board-of-war

Geographic Context

Publication place: Lancaster, PA

Mentioned in annotation: Philadelphia; Boston