This issue, v. 5, no. 218, Tuesday, July 11, 1786, includes an account of the July 4 meeting of the Massachusetts Society of the Cincinnati; lists each of their thirteen after-dinner toasts and notes that when they raised their glasses to "The President General of the Cincinnati--our late illustrious Commander in Chief" "... a discharge of 13 rounds from Cop's Hill evinced the joy which prevails among all orders of men whenever the name and virtues of WASHINGTON are brought up to view"; also includes a list of books offered for sale by Stebbins and Russell, including Steuben's manual & an advertisement offering a reward for a "stolen" mulatto girl, Nance, placed by Joel Barlow (an original member of the Massachusetts Society). The Hampshire Herald ran from 1785-1786 with a weekly publication.