Lot 189
Society of the Cincinnati. A group of books and pamphlets pertaining to the Society of the Cincinnati. They include Original Members and Other Officers Eligible to the Society of the Cincinnati 1783-1938; General Washington's Correspondence Concerning The Society of the Cincinnati (1941); Truths and Traditions of the Daughters of the Cincinnati (1931); Liberty Without Anarchy, A History of the Society… by Minor Meyers, 1983; Dr. John M. Mason's oration at the 1804 New York meeting, upon the death of Alexander Hamilton; and Theodore Dwight's 1792 oration to the Connecticut Society; also, a scroll with facsimile signatures of the original members of the Society. Several other books and pamphlets pertain specifically to the Massachusetts Society of the Cincinnati, including Institution of the Society of the Cincinnati…and Establishment of the Society of the Cincinnati of Massachusetts (1859); proceedings from the 1812 meeting and the 1859 meeting; a list of Massachusetts members in 1880, with a roll of the original members; minutes from 1783 through 1825 (published in 1964). Should be seen.
Estimated Value $300 - 500.
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