1785 SOCIETY OF CINCINNATI SIGNED GEORGE WASHINGTON PRESIDENT WAR AUTOGRAPH U.S.

Description

SOCIETY OF CINCINNATI INDUCTION
10/31/1785;
Signed George Washington, Countersigned Henry Knox
; Part Print/Part Manuscript; Vellum; w14.2"xh20.6";
Very Rare!
SUMMARY:
Partially printed, partially manuscript document on vellum confirming George Tudor into the Society of Cincinnati. Mount Vernon, Virginia; October 31, 1785. Signed and countersigned by Henry Knox. Established May 13, 1783 the Society of Cincinnati was originally composed of members of the Continental Army. The name honors the Roman General, Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus.
Document shows a thirteen stripe Union Flag held by an armored warrior, a lightning-carrying American Eagle and a medallion featuring the motto "Omnia Relinquit Servare Rempublicam " (He abandoned everything to serve his country). To the right a celestial maiden holds a Society medal with the year 1783. Britannica and her astonished lion mascot are shown fleeing America. One of the most attractive of all presidential and Revolutionary War documents.
The
Society of the Cincinnati
is a
fraternal, hereditary society
founded in 1783 to commemorate the
American Revolutionary War
that saw the creation of the
United States
. Membership is largely restricted to descendants of military officers who served in the
Continental Army
.
CONDITION:
Condition is Very Good!
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