circa 1783

Manuscript document

Title: [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

circa 1783

Manuscript document

Title: [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

circa 1783

Manuscript document

Title: [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

January 21, 1784

Jackson, Henry, 1747-1809

Manuscript document

Title: [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 state of Massachusetts.

GLC04379.10

8 May 1788

Jackson, Henry, 1747-1809

Manuscript document

Title: [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 Revolutionary War. He served as treasurer of the Society of Cincinnati for the state of Massachusetts.

GLC04379.11

12 November 1787

Crocker, Joseph, 1749-1797

Manuscript document

Title: [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 Massachusetts. For Jackson's receipt, see GLC04379.11. Crocker served as a paymaster, lieutenant, and captain for various Massachusetts regiments during the Revolutionary War. He identifies himself as the "Correspondent of Suffolk County" for the Society of Cincinnati for the state of Massachusetts.

GLC04379.12

26 December 1788

Jackson, Henry, 1747-1809

Manuscript document

Title: [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 Massachusetts Regiment during the Revolutionary War. He served as treasurer of the Society of Cincinnati for the state of Massachusetts.

GLC04379.13

8 August 1788

Sewall, Daniel, 1755-1842

Manuscript document

Title: [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

30 April 1787

Edwards, Thomas, 1753-1806

Document signed

Title: 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 secretary. During the Revolution, he served much of his time under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Henry Jackson and also served as acting Judge Advocate at West Point.

GLC04379.15

circa 1783

Manuscript document

Title: [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

4 July 1786

Manuscript document

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

Lists officers and their positions.

GLC04379.17

1786-1787

Manuscript document

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

Lists officers and their positions.

GLC04379.18

1787

Manuscript document

Title: [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 army

GLC04379.19

5 September 1787

Edwards, Thomas, 1753-1806

Manuscript letter

Title: 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, society members can also be made aware of a problem with the society's finances and debts, and the proposed solution. The society resolved at their 5 July 1787 meeting to raise money (via assessments) to pay for diplomas and the society's debt. Explains how the society incurred a heavy debt sending Pierre L'Enfant as an emissary to France, during…

GLC04379.20

1786

Manuscript document

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

Lists officers and their positions.

GLC04379.21

10 May 1783

Manuscript document

Title: [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

10 May 1783 - 19 June 1783

Steuben, Friedrich Wilhelm Ludolf Gerhard Augustin, Baron von, 1730-1794

Manuscript document

Title: [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 proposal revised by Henry Knox, Edward Hand, Jedediah Huntington, and Samuel Shaw. The revised proposal was issued on 13 May 1783, establishing the Society of Cincinnati and laying out its organization, principles, rules, and initial resolutions. Also contains a record of a meeting in which von Steuben noted the acceptance of membership in the newly…

GLC04379.23

1783

L'Enfant, Pierre Charles, 1754-1825

Sketch

Title: [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 this drawing, but has some differences. On the real medal, the wreath extends above the head, there is an inscription along the perimeter of the emblem on the eagle's breast, and the feet holding the branches are visible. L'Enfant was responsible for designing and having cast a medal for the society while serving as their emissary to France. A…

GLC04379.24

1783

Manuscript document

Title: [Pierre L'Enfant's expenses on behalf of the Society of Cincinnati]

Lists expenses related to L'Enfant's ten-week trip to France as an emissary of the Society of Cincinnati, during which time he arranged to have the society's diploma engraved and eagle insignia made. Some non-specific calculations appear on the verso.

GLC04379.25

1827-1830

Book

Title: [Reports on Creek Indians of Georgia]

Inside cover signed by William McLean. Bound copy of various texts. Included are: House Report No. 128 dated 5 February 1828 entitled "Citizens of Georgia - Claims on Creek Indians;" House Report No. 87 dated 18 February 1829 entitled "Remove Indians Westward;" "Speech by Mr. Wilson Lumpkin, of Georgia" dated 1830; "Address of Thomas P. Moore to his Constituents;" "The Journal of Law, Vol. 1, No. 2" dated 21 July 1830; and "Mr. Clay's Speech at the Dinner at Nobel's Inn" dated 12 July 1827.

GLC08279.02

1857

United States. Army

Book signed

Title: Regulations for the Army of the United States

Published by Harper & Brothers Publishers. Signed by William Tecumseh Sherman in 1859. Sherman's copy used while superintendent of the Louisiana State Seminary of Learning and Military Academy. Includes detailed information on army policies, from absences and artillery to fuel and uniforms.

GLC08398

1863

Chase, Salmon P. (Salmon Portland), 1808-1873

Pamphlet

Title: Authentic speeches of S.P. Chase, Secretary of the Treasury, during his visit to Ohio, with his speeches at Indianapolis, and at the mass meeting in Baltimore, October, 1863

Printed by W. H. Moore. A collection of fifteen speeches given at various locations. The speeches range in topics including European intervention of the war, possibility of abolition in Southern states, and characteristics of the war.

GLC01265.15

1863

Whiting, William, 1813-1873

Pamphlet

Title: Military arrests in time of war

Printed by the Government Printing Office. Written as Solicitor of the War Department. The work serves as a guide for military arrests during war. Discusses various topics such as the Enrollment Act of 1863, arrests on suspicion, martial law, and Habeas Corpus. Includes table of contents and an appendix entitled "instructions of the war department to officers having charge of deserters."

GLC01265.16

1864

Davis, Garrett, 1801-1872

Pamphlet

Title: Speech of Hon. Garrett Davis, of Kentucky, in Committee of the Whole; in which He Gives a Sketch of the Political History of Massachusetts

Published by L.Towers & Co. Speech delivered in U.S. Senate on February 16-17, 1864. Includes a detailed account of a resolution of expulsion brought against Davis by a Massachusetts senator.

GLC01265.25

1867

Pierrepont, Edwards, 1817-1892

Pamphlet

Title: Argument of Hon. Edwards Pierrepont to the jury, on the trial of John H. Surratt for the murder of president Lincoln

Printed at the Government Printing Office. Pierrepont was chosen to prosecute John Surratt. Presents detailed evidence against Surratt, including excerpts of testimony from various witnesses such as Mary Branson. Also includes various letters inlvolving other conspirators to further support his case. Surratt, unlike the other conspirators, was tried in a civilian court, not a military court. The trial ended with a hung jury on August 10, 1867. The federal government eventually dropped all charges against Surratt and released him from custody in the summer of 1868.

GLC01265.28