William North A.L.S., Albany, Jany 1806 : to Nicholas Fish, New York ... 1806
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MSS L1971.59 M MB
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Title
William North A.L.S., Albany, Jany 1806 : to Nicholas Fish, New York ... 1806
Variant Title
Letter on behalf of the widow Hunt
Published
Albany 1806
Description
[2} p. on two conjugate leaves ; 22 cm. (4to)
Call Number
MSS L1971.59 M MB
Note
Address leaf, p. [4], is postmarked Albany, January 8.
"I don't know any better way to inform you of the situation of the widow Hunt than by enclosing Peter Yeats letter... the widow & fatherless" [not present] Yeats, though not a member of the Society, was a fellow officer in the Continental Line.
"Hunt was a poor officer & a poor man, but like many others ... he got a commission & never, that I know, was disgraced.... He ... has left his wife & little ones to cry to the Cincinnati; who I trust unmoveable at the shout of an enemy, will lend an ear, to the still, small voice, of the poor little children."
North and Fish were original members of the New York State Society of the Cincinnati. Ephraim Hunt was an original member of the Massachusetts Society but transferred his membership to New York after moving to Albany in 1785.
One of the Society's "Immutable principles": "To render permanent the cordial affection subsisting among the officers. This spirit will dictate brotherly kindness in all things, and particularly extend to the most substantial acts of beneficence, according to the ability of the Society towards those officers and thier families, who unfortunately may be under the necessity of receiving it."
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"I don't know any better way to inform you of the situation of the widow Hunt than by enclosing Peter Yeats letter... the widow & fatherless" [not present] Yeats, though not a member of the Society, was a fellow officer in the Continental Line.
"Hunt was a poor officer & a poor man, but like many others ... he got a commission & never, that I know, was disgraced.... He ... has left his wife & little ones to cry to the Cincinnati; who I trust unmoveable at the shout of an enemy, will lend an ear, to the still, small voice, of the poor little children."
North and Fish were original members of the New York State Society of the Cincinnati. Ephraim Hunt was an original member of the Massachusetts Society but transferred his membership to New York after moving to Albany in 1785.
One of the Society's "Immutable principles": "To render permanent the cordial affection subsisting among the officers. This spirit will dictate brotherly kindness in all things, and particularly extend to the most substantial acts of beneficence, according to the ability of the Society towards those officers and thier families, who unfortunately may be under the necessity of receiving it."
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