The Shays rebellion [manuscript]: an expression of eighteenth-century populism, 1931 June.

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The Shays rebellion [manuscript]: an expression of eighteenth-century populism, 1931 June.

Winning essay for the Society of the Cincinnati prize.

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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...

Downey, Marvin.

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