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

Return to my Collection Search Results
GLC#
GLC04379
Type
Header Record
Date
1783-1788
Title
[Twenty-Six documents related to the founding and early history of the Society of Cincinnati] Decimalized
Place Written
s.l.
Pagination
26 documents
Primary time period
The New Nation, 1783-1815
Sub-Era
Creating a New Government
Revolutionary War
Military History
Fraternal Organization
Continental Army
Society of the Cincinnati

Showing 20 of 25 records

See all Records
Collection Item
Manuscript document

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

4 July 1786

Lists officers and their positions.

GLC04379.01
Collection Item
Manuscript document

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

circa 1783

GLC04379.02
Collection Item
Manuscript document

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

1787/07

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
Collection Item
Manuscript document

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

May 1787

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

GLC04379.04
Collection Item
Manuscript document

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

circa 1783

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

GLC04379.05
Collection Item
Manuscript document

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

circa 1783

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

GLC04379.06
Collection Item
Manuscript document

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

circa 1783

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

GLC04379.07
Collection Item
Manuscript document

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

circa 1783

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

GLC04379.08
Collection Item
Manuscript document

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

circa 1783

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

GLC04379.09
Collection Item
Manuscript document

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

January 21, 1784

Jackson, Henry, 1747-1809

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
Collection Item
Manuscript document

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

8 May 1788

Jackson, Henry, 1747-1809

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
Collection Item
Manuscript document

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

12 November 1787

Crocker, Joseph, 1749-1797

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
Collection Item
Manuscript document

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

26 December 1788

Jackson, Henry, 1747-1809

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
Collection Item
Manuscript document

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

8 August 1788

Sewall, Daniel, 1755-1842

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
Collection Item
Document signed

to Constant Freeman

30 April 1787

Edwards, Thomas, 1753-1806

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
Collection Item
Manuscript document

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

circa 1783

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

GLC04379.16
Collection Item
Manuscript document

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

4 July 1786

Lists officers and their positions.

GLC04379.17
Collection Item
Manuscript document

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

1786-1787

Lists officers and their positions.

GLC04379.18
Collection Item
Manuscript document

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

1787

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
Collection Item
Manuscript letter

to A.B.

5 September 1787

Edwards, Thomas, 1753-1806

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