Author: MassachusettsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1108
Book Description
Public Documents of Massachusetts
Author: MassachusettsAppletons' Annual Cyclopedia and Register of Important Events
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Languages : en
Pages : 888
Book Description
Cyclopedia of Classified Dates
Author: Charles Eugene LittlePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Chronology, Historical
Languages : en
Pages : 1506
Book Description
The Society of the Cincinnati
Author: Markus HünemörderPublisher: Berghahn Books
ISBN: 9781845451073
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
In 1783, the officers of the Continental Army created the Society of the Cincinnati. This veterans' organization was to preserve the memory of the revolutionary struggle and pursue the officers' common interest in outstanding pay and pensions. Henry Knox and Frederick Steuben were the society's chief organizers; George Washington himself served as president. Soon, a nationally distributed South Carolina pamphlet accused the Society of treachery; it would lead to the creation of a hereditary nobility in the United States and subvert republicanism into aristocracy; it was a secret government, a puppet of the French monarchy; its charitable fund would be used for bribes. These were only some of the accusations made against the Society. These were, however, unjustified. The author of this book explores why a part of the revolutionary leadership accused another of subversion in the difficult 1780s, and how the political culture of this period predisposed many leading Americans to think of the Cincinnati as a conspiracy.
Directory of Manuscript Collections Related to Federal Judges, 1789-1997
Author: Appletons ̕annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events ...
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Languages : en
Pages : 892
Book Description
The Spirit of '76
Author: Brooklyn Daily Eagle Almanac
Author: Directory of Archives and Manuscript Repositories in the United States
Author: United States. National Historical Publications and Records CommissionPublisher: Greenwood
ISBN:
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 884
Book Description
Prominent Families of New York
Author: Lyman Horace WeeksPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : New York (N.Y.)
Languages : en
Pages : 64
Book Description