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Society of the Cincinnati. Proceedings OF The General Society OF THE Cincinnati . 1784-1884 . PHILADELPHIA : REVIEW PRINTING HOUSE , N. W. CORNER WALNUT AND FOURTH STREETS . Entered according to Act of Congress , in the year 1887 .
Society of the Cincinnati. Proceedings OF The General Society OF THE Cincinnati . 1784-1884 . PHILADELPHIA : REVIEW PRINTING HOUSE , N. W. CORNER WALNUT AND FOURTH STREETS . Entered according to Act of Congress , in the year 1887 .
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... PHILADELPHIA , THE FOURTH DAY OF MAY , ANNO DOMINI 1784 ; BEING THEIR FIRST GENERAL MEETING . GENERAL WASHINGTON , acting as president . GENERAL KNOX , acting as secretary . On motion , Resolved , That a committee of three be appointed ...
... PHILADELPHIA , THE FOURTH DAY OF MAY , ANNO DOMINI 1784 ; BEING THEIR FIRST GENERAL MEETING . GENERAL WASHINGTON , acting as president . GENERAL KNOX , acting as secretary . On motion , Resolved , That a committee of three be appointed ...
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... posterity that the glory of soldiers cannot be com- pleted without acting well the part of citizens . " Signed by order : " Philadelphia , May 15th , 1784. " " GO . WASHINGTON . Resolved , That the president be desired to sign and 19.
... posterity that the glory of soldiers cannot be com- pleted without acting well the part of citizens . " Signed by order : " Philadelphia , May 15th , 1784. " " GO . WASHINGTON . Resolved , That the president be desired to sign and 19.
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... PHILADELPHIA , ON MONDAY , THE SEVENTH DAY OF MAY , A. D. 1787 ; AND CONTINUED BY ADJOURNMENTS TILL THE 19TH FOLLOWING , BEING THEIR SECOND GENERAL MEETING . Monday , May 7th . The delegates assembled not being a quorum adjourned from ...
... PHILADELPHIA , ON MONDAY , THE SEVENTH DAY OF MAY , A. D. 1787 ; AND CONTINUED BY ADJOURNMENTS TILL THE 19TH FOLLOWING , BEING THEIR SECOND GENERAL MEETING . Monday , May 7th . The delegates assembled not being a quorum adjourned from ...
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... Jackson produced a circular letter , dated New York , November 1st , 1786 , from the Cincinnati in that State to the Society in Philadelphia , which was read and filed . Read and filed a letter , dated St. Eustatius , 28.
... Jackson produced a circular letter , dated New York , November 1st , 1786 , from the Cincinnati in that State to the Society in Philadelphia , which was read and filed . Read and filed a letter , dated St. Eustatius , 28.
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Aaron Ogden adjourned to meet admission of members adopted amended army assistant secretary-general assistant treasurer-general ballot Baury Captain cash paid cent chairman Charles Cincinnati Cobb Colonel Joseph Colonel Scott committee appointed Connecticut copy Count d'Estaing credentials of delegates Daveis Dayton deceased DeSaussure descendants different State Societies dollars election following resolution funds gentlemen Glentworth Hamilton Fish Harris held Henry honor institution interest James Simons Jersey John McDowell Johnston Joseph W Judge Elmer July 4th Knox L. Q. C. Elmer last triennial meeting late Latimer letter Lothrop Major l'Enfant Marinus Willett Maryland Massachusetts minutes motion of Colonel o'clock Ogden original members Pennsylvania Pinckney Popham president president-general proceedings referred requested Resolved respectfully Rhode Island Rhode Island Society secretary Sims South Carolina Sproat submitted Tench Tilghman Thomas Coles Thomas McEuen Thomas McKean Thomas Mifflin to-morrow morning treasurer unanimously United vice-president vice-president-general votes William Jackson York
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Página 95 - ... the officers of the American army do hereby in the most solemn manner associate, constitute, and combine themselves into one society of friends, to endure as long as they shall endure, or any of their eldest male posterity, and in failure thereof, the collateral branches, who may be judged worthy of becoming its supporters and members.
Página 195 - An incessant attention to preserve inviolate those exalted rights and liberties of human nature for which they have fought and bled, and without which the high rank of a rational being is a curse instead of a blessing.
Página 13 - To render permanent the cordial Affection subsisting among the officers; this Spirit will dictate Brotherly Kindness in all things, and particularly extend to the most substantial Acts of Beneficence, according to the Ability of the Society, towards those Officers and their Families who unfortunately may be under the Necessity of receiving it.
Página 110 - To perpetuate, therefore, as well the remembrance of this vast event, as the mutual friendships which have been formed under the pressure of common danger, and, in many instances, cemented by the blood of the parties, the officers of the American Army do hereby, in the most solemn manner, associate, constitute and combine themselves into one SOCIETY OF FRIENDS, to endure as long as they shall endure, or any of their eldest male posterity, and, in failure Of tiff THE SOCIETY OF THE CINCINNATI thereof,...
Página 96 - That the Institution of the Society of the Cincinnati remains as it was originally proposed and adopted by the officers of the American Army, at their Cantonments on the banks of the Hudson River, in 1783.
Página 13 - There shall be a meeting of the society at least once in three years, on the first Monday in May, at such place as the president shall appoint. The said meeting shall consist of the aforesaid officers (whose expenses shall be equally borne by the State funds), and a representation from each State. The business of this general meeting shall be, to regulate the distribution of surplus funds, to appoint officers for the ensuing term, and to conform the by-laws of State meetings to the general objects...
Página 16 - May 15"' 1784 — The INSTITUTION of the SOCIETY of the CINCINNATI as altered and amended at their first general meeting. — It having pleased the great Governour of ye universe to give success to the Arms and to establish the UNITED STATES free and independent : therefore gratefully to commemorate this event, — to inculcate to...
Página 14 - The State Societies will consist of all the members resident in each State respectively ; and any member removing from one State to another, is to be considered, in all respects, as belonging to •the Society of the State in which he shall actually reside. The...
Página 223 - ... specific amendments, proper to be proposed by Congress to the Legislatures of the States, to become, if ratified by three-fourths thereof, part of the constitution of the United States, together with the amendments to the said constitution, as proposed by the several States...
Página 18 - Posterity : we have retained accordingly those devices which recognize the manner of our returning to our citizenship ; not as ostentatious marks of our discrimination, but as pledges of our friendship, and emblems whose appearance will never permit us to deviate from the paths of virtue. — And we presume in this place it may not be inexpedient to inform that these are considered as the most endearing tokens of friendship, and held in the highest estimation by such of our Allies as have become...