Institution of the Society of the Cincinnati: Formed by the Officers of the American Army, at Its Cantonments on the Hudson River, May 10, 1783; and Establishment of the Society of the Cincinnati of Massachusetts, Its Organization, Incorporation, Members Original, and Admitted, By-laws and Regulations, Together with Proceedings of the General and State Societies, Abstracts and NoticesSteam Press of C.C.P. Moody, 1866 - 74 pàgines |
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adjourn admission of members admitted adopted altered and amended American Army ANNUAL MEETING appointed Baron de Steuben Benjamin Benjamin Lincoln Bradford Brigadier-General Captain-Lieutenant Charlotte Russe chosen President Cincinnati circular letter collateral Colonel constitution copy Daniel DATE OF DEATH David DEATH OF ORIGINAL deceased delegates Ebenezer eldest grandson eldest male heir eldest son eldest election Ensign Eustis father Capt father Lieut father Lt father Major father Surgeon funds Gamaliel Henry HENRY BURBECK Henry Knox hereby holden honor Jackson James Joseph Bloomfield Lieutenant and Pay-Master Lieutenant-Colonel Lincoln Major-General Marquis De Lafayette Massachusetts Society Monday month's pay Nathaniel navy nephew original institution ORIGINAL MEMBERS ORIGINAL OFFICERS Philadelphia present proceedings records Regimental Surgeon RELATION TO ORIGINAL resolutions Resolved respective Samuel Sauce secretary SECT soci South Carolina SPECIAL MEETING standing committee subscribe Surgeon's Mate tion transmit treasurer TRIENNIAL MEETING unanimously vice-president Vose voted Warren WILLIAM EUSTIS Zibeon
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Pàgina 6 - In order to form funds which may be respectable, and assist the unfortunate, each officer shall deliver to the treasurer of the State Society one month's pay, which shall remain forever to the use of the State Society ; the interest only of which, if necessary, to be appropriated to the relief of the unfortunate.
Pàgina 6 - Treasurer-Generals, shall be chosen to serve until the next Meeting. The circular Letters which have been written by the respective State Societies to each other, and their particular Laws, shall be read and considered, and all Measures concerted which may conduce to the general Intendment of the Society. It is probable that some Persons may make Donations to the General Society, for the Purpose of establishing Funds for the further Comfort of the Unfortunate; in which Case such Donations must be...
Pàgina 47 - Cincinnati," instituted by the Officers of the American Army at the period of its dissolution as well to commemorate the great event which gave Independence to North America as for the laudable purpose of inculcating the Duty of laying down in Peace Arms assumed for public defence and of uniting in Acts of brotherly affection and bonds of perpetual friendship the members constituting the same.
Pàgina 9 - The society, deeply impressed with a sense of the generous assistance this country has received from France, and desirous of perpetuating the friendships which have been formed, and so happily subsisted, between the officers of the allied forces in the prosecution of the war...
Pàgina 14 - At each meeting, the principles of the Institution will be fully considered, and the best measures to promote them adopted. "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.
Pàgina 4 - 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 thereof the collateral branches who may be...
Pàgina 10 - Heath, second in command in this Army, be and he hereby is desired to transmit Copies of the Institution with the Proceedings thereon to the Commanding Officer of the Southern Army, the Senior Officer in each State from Pennsylvania to Georgia inclusive, and to the Commanding Officer of the Rhode Island Line, requesting them to communicate the same to the Officers under their several Commands, and to take such Measures as may appear to them necessary for expediting the Establishment of their State...
Pàgina 10 - ... be found due to us on the final liquidation of our accounts ; for which this shall be your warrant." That the members of the several State Societies assemble as soon as may be, for the choice of their President and other officers ; and that the Presidents correspond together, and appoint a meeting of the officers who may be chosen for each State, in order to pursue such further measures as may be judged necessary. That the General Officers, and the officers delegated to represent the several...
Pàgina 4 - An unalterable determination to promote and cherish, between the respective states, that union and national honor, so essentially necessary to their happiness, and the future dignity of the American empire. " 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...
Pàgina 7 - The Society shall have an order, by which its members shall be known and distinguished, which shall be a medal of gold, of a proper size to receive the emblems, and suspended by a deep blue ribband two inches wide, edged with white, descriptive of the union of France and America, viz.