A discourse delivered before the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Massachusetts, on the celebration of their 190th anniversary, Boston, June 2, 1828. Published at the request of the Company

Boston: Bowles and Dearborn, 1828. Pamphlet. 24p., wraps. 7.5 x 5 in. Disbound, with untrimmed margins and original stab-sewing. Slight discoloration to foot of front and rear covers, minor staining. Hole in the middle of the penultimate leaf, otherwise Very Good. In his address to the oldest chartered military institution in North America, Pierpont critiques standing military forces as expensive and futile displays of military might. Pierpont, the grandfather of J.P. Morgan, was a poet, Unitarian minister, and reformer engaged in numerous causes such as abolitionism and women’s rights. (Inventory #: 316854)