Letter, 1784 June 19.

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Letter, 1784 June 19.

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Letter written at Poughkeepsie, N.Y. to Francis Child. "I am happy that the gentlemen that compassed the committee from the different state societies of the Order of Cincinati have so completely met my objections to the institution in its original form-as it now stands reformed I very much approve of it-"

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Society of the Cincinnati

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The Society of the Cincinnati was formed on 10-13 May 1783 by American Revolutionary Army officers who met at Mount Gulian, the American Army's cantonment on the east bank of the Hudson River. After resigning his post as General, George Washington (1732-1799) accepted an invitation to become the society's first president. Major General Henry Knox (1750-1806) was the secretary and for years the guiding spirit of the organization. Membership extended to those officers of the Continental Army and N...

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Child, Francis, Sir, 1642-1713

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