Ledger of accounts of the Society of the Cincinnati, 1784-1810.

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Ledger of accounts of the Society of the Cincinnati, 1784-1810.

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Ledger of accounts interleaved with several pieces of correspondence and a roll of autographs (1783) of Virginia officers subscribing to the Society's constitution.

2 items.1 microfilm reel.

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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...