General orders, Roxbury, March 30, 1799. While the nations of the old world are destroying each other... America is seeking only to preserve, in Peace, those advantages which God and nature have given her...

Broadside. 8" x 13 1/4." Edges worn and the piece has folds with minor tears and foxing. A general state on the preparedness of the Massachusetts militia to protect the interests of the state and nation.