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Craig, we know for a fact it was used at West Point beginning the same year it was published in 1825, I have not been able to verify how many years it remained there.

I'm borrowing an excerpt from somewhere I cannot find my source (will follow up) No offense intended to anyone or any political party.

What is not widely known today by the advocates of an "indivisible Union" is that this book was used to teach cadets at the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York beginning in 1825 (Robert E Lee's plebe/ freshman year) I have read some documents referencing his writings as late as 1840 which means even Grant most likely studied his writings.

Such noted Confederate leaders as, Lee, Jefferson Davis, Albert Sidney Johnston and others among many later to be Union Officers/Generals were taught the right of the people "to determine how they will be governed" from this volume, which education was endorsed and paid for by the Federal Government — a government which would later, in the hands of Lincoln and the radical Republicans, condemn these men as "rebels" and "traitors.".

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Thanks for the link *NM*
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