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Adye, 1769, Treatise on Courts-Martial, 1ed
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A treatise on courts martial; Containing - I. Remarks on martial law, and courts martial in general; II. The manner of proceeding against offenders;
To which is added an essay on military punishments and rewards: by Stephen Payne Ayde, iv+139+(9) pp., First printed at New York, and then reprinted
in London where it was sold by J. Murray, 1769. (Lacks TOC & index. Stephen Payne Adye, ca.1740-1794, entered the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, as
a cadet, in 1757, and was appointed as second-lieutenant in the royal artillery in 1762. He served initially as brevet-major of artillery in North
America, and later as Deputy Judge Advocate for the British Army in North America under General Thomas Gage, during the latter’s time as Army Supreme
Commander in the decade just prior to the outbreak of the American Revolution. It was while acting in the latter capacity that he prepared the first
edition of this seminal book on courts-martial. It is noteworthy that the book, which become an instant military law classic, was so obviously a response
to North American necessities that it was first printed in New York and only later reprinted in London. It is also noteworthy that at least the
initial New York printing was financed by subscriptions mostly underwritten by the British North American officer corps. The list of ca.185 subscriber names
includes members of the corps down to the first lieutenant level, plus a few ensigns and civilian hanger-ons. Signing up was possibly encouraged by
the fact that General Gage did do also. Subsequently Adye’s book went through several editions, the second appearing in London in 1778 and the third in
1786, with later editors significantly modifying the text. In its various editions it set the standard for British, and at least up Winthrop’s Civil
War text, American courts-martial practices in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. A trove of copies of Adye’s correspondence during his North
American service is held by the library of the American Philosophical Society in Philadelphia. Most of the letters are to his military superior on the
legal side, Sir Charles Gould, the Judge-Advocate General in England, and concern British court martial practice and proceedings in the colonies. The
originals of these letters are located in The National Archives at Kew in London. Major Adye continued to serve in America during the War for
Independence, most notably under General James Pattison during the British occupation of New York City. He died in command of a company of invalid artillery in
Jersey, in 1794. Three of his sons followed him with distinction into military service. The eldest, Captain Ralph Willett Adye, who died in 1808, was
author of the Pocket Gunner, a standard work of reference, which first appeared in 1798 and passed through many editions. The second, Major-General
Stephen Adye, served in the Napoleonic Wars in the Iberian Peninsula and at the Battle of Waterloo, and died director of the royal laboratories in
1838. The third, James Adye, also achieved the rank of Major, and died in 1831.)
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Title:
A treatise on courts martial : containing, I. Remarks on martial law, and courts martial in general. II. The manner of proceeding against offenders : to which is added, an essay, on military punishments and rewards / by Stephen Payne Adye, first lieut. in the Royal Regiment of Artillery.
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OCLC Number:
728419214
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Available Volumes
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| Name | Fiche Count | Online | Paper Backup |
| Vol. 1 | | Yes | No |
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