Subject: Militia

Application for active membership in the Washington Light Infantry Corps submitted by George H. De Leon on March 31, 1879, in Washington, D.C. The application was approved on April 14, 1879. De Leon later served in the Spanish-American War.

Letter written by A. F. Brugess from Salem, South Carolina, on January 10, 1861, to an individual known only as "Pink." The letter details the intense political climate in South Carolina in the early days of the Civil War, including the secession of South Carolina and the formation of volunteer militias. Brugess describes his own participation in the Butler Minute Men, and mentions a Jewish man, Jacobs, who donated a flag to the company.

Autograph letter signed by Philip L. Cohen to Lt. John W. Clark, dated November 13, 1876, from Augusta, Georgia. Cohen resigns his commission as 2nd Lieutenant in the Richmond Hussars militia unit. The letter is written on Banker/Broker Letterhead of John J. Cohen & Sons. The verso includes annotations regarding the approval and forwarding of the resignation.

Report #223 to the New York State Assembly, dated March 17, 1832, by Major Mordecai Myers, Chairman of the Committee on the Militia and Public Defense. This printed document addresses the issue of states' ability to discontinue military parades, asserting that they are not free to do so. The report consists of two pages, printed front and back. The document is part of a larger collection related to Mordecai Myers, an early Jewish resident of Western New York.

Printed report (#303) by Mordecai Myers, Chairman of the Committee on Militia and Public Defense, regarding the acceptance of Ellis's repeating rifles in lieu of the state's arms quota. Issued in Albany, New York on April 23, 1832.

Printed report #222 to the New York State Assembly, dated March 17, 1832, by Major Mordecai Myers, Chairman of the Committee on the Militia and Public Defense. The report, printed on one page front and back, expresses opposition to military parades more than once annually.