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[Twenty-Six documents related to the founding and early history of the Society of Cincinnati] Decimalized

GLC04379

[Officers of the Society of Cincinnati, State of New York]

Lists officers and their positions.

GLC04379.01

[Docket referring to the division of members of the Society of Cincinnati, State of Massachusetts]

GLC04379.02

[Resolution of the Society of Cincinnati, State of Massachusetts, to deny a membership application]

Draft resolution of the Society of the Cincinnati, State of Massachusetts, to return the membership fees of Luke Day and Elijah Day for "openly joining & leading & conducting the late rebellion in this Commonwealth," and thus having "rendered...

GLC04379.03

[Rule of Appointment agreed on, in the General Meeting of the Society of Cincinnati]

Lists state societies with a number next to each, possibly the number of members or votes.

GLC04379.04

[Member list of the Society of Cincinnati, State of Massachusetts]

Lists member names, and for some, provides the county and town they are from.

GLC04379.05

[Member list of the Society of Cincinnati, State of Massachusetts]

Lists member names, and for some, provides the county and town they are from.

GLC04379.06

[Member list of the Society of Cincinnati, State of Massachusetts]

Lists member names underneath the county they are from, and notes their hometown beside their name.

GLC04379.07

[Member list of the Society of Cincinnati, State of Massachusetts]

Lists member names underneath the county they are from, and notes their hometown beside their name.

GLC04379.08

[Docket pertaining to the Society of Cincinnati, State of Massachusetts]

Very brief mention of sending things to Suffolk and Middlesex. The note's purpose and meaning are not clear.

GLC04379.09

[Note pertaining to finances of the Society of Cincinnati, State of Massachusetts]

Provides numbers of certificates relating to the society's treasury. Jackson had commanded the 16th Massachusetts Regiment and the 4th Massachusetts Regiment during the Revolutionary War. He served as treasurer of the Society of Cincinnati for the...

GLC04379.10

[Treasury receipt of the Society of Cincinnati, State of Massachusetts]

Certifies receipt of a payment of twelve shillings from Captain Constant Freeman for an "assessment levied on the Society of Cincinnati." Jackson had commanded the 16th Massachusetts Regiment and the 4th Massachusetts Regiment during the...

GLC04379.11

[Treasury receipt of the Society of Cincinnati, State of Massachusetts]

Certifies receipt of a payment of twelve shillings from Captain Constant Freeman for an "assessment levied on the Society of Cincinnati," which Crocker promised to transmit to Henry Jackson, treasurer of the Society of Cincinnati for the state of...

GLC04379.12

[Treasury receipt of the Society of Cincinnati, State of Massachusetts]

Certifies receipt of a payment of four dollars from Captain Constant Freeman for Captain Nathaniel Nason's diploma and part of an "assessment levied on the Society of Cincinnati." Jackson had commanded the 16th Massachusetts Regiment and the 4th...

GLC04379.13

[Diploma delivery receipt from the Society of Cincinnati, State of Massachusetts]

Indicates that Sewall received a diploma from Constant Freeman for Lieutenant Joseph Tucker, of York, Maine. Promises to deliver it to Tucker. Sewall worked as a lawyer in York, Maine.

GLC04379.14

to Constant Freeman

Circular letter asking each member of the Society of Cincinnati for the state of Massachusetts to come to the meeting on the next fourth of July and bring twenty-four shillings to pay for an assessment and diploma. Edwards was the society's...

GLC04379.15

[Financial document of the Society of Cincinnati, State of Massachusetts]

Lists various expenses, including "cash paid by Marquis de Lafayette for orders presented the French officers", and to L'Enfant for ribbons.

GLC04379.16

[Officers of the Society of Cincinnati, State of Pennsylvania]

Lists officers and their positions.

GLC04379.17

[Officers of the Society of Cincinnati, States of Massachusetts, Delaware, and New Jersey]

Lists officers and their positions.

GLC04379.18

[Alphabetical member list of the Society of Cincinnati, State of Massachusetts]

Lists member names, and for some, provides the county and town they are from. A tally on the back shows that there were 323 members, and also mentions the number that are living in other states, removed but accounted for, dead, in France, or in the...

GLC04379.19

to A.B.

Directs the recipient (identified as "Correspondent") to appoint a member of the Massachusetts Society of Cincinnati from each county to keep the secretary informed of local affairs through regular correspondence. Through such correspondence...

GLC04379.20

[Officers of the Society of Cincinnati, State of South Carolina]

Lists officers and their positions.

GLC04379.21

[Note pertaining to the Society of Cincinnati]

Very briefly indicates that officers in the Continental Army instructed the society, while in cantonment on the Hudson River, 10 May 1783.

GLC04379.22

[Proposal for establishing the Society of Cincinnati and founding records]

Copy of a report on deliberations on "proposals for establishing a Society, upon principals therein mentioned, whose members shall be Officers of the American Army" during the cantonment of the army on the Hudson River. Includes a copy of the...

GLC04379.23

[Ink wash drawing of eagle medal for the Society of Cincinnati]

Ink wash drawing of the eagle medal L'Enfant proposed for the society. In his letter to Baron von Steuben at the founding convention, he described two medals and recommended the one drawn here (see GLC04379.23). The actual medal issued resembles...

GLC04379.24