John Trumbull A.L.S., [S.l., s.d.] : to the president of the N York State Society of the Cincinnati
MSS L1988.203.2 M MB
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Title
John Trumbull A.L.S., [S.l., s.d.] : to the president of the N York State Society of the Cincinnati
Published
[S.l.] [S.d.]
Description
[1] leaf ; 26 cm. (4to)
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MSS L1988.203.2 M MB
Note
Letter dated between 1784, when the Society began to admit honorary members, and 1806. when Watson died. Watson was vice president of the New York State Society of the Cincinnati from 1793 to 1794.
"I have this day placed in the hands of the Secretary of the Society a letter addressed to him by Mr. James Watson, one of the members of the Society .... I have seen the letter & the newspaper to which it refers ... and, as the newspaper referred to by Mr. Watson, throws upon one of the honorary members of the Society, the foul imputation of having interposed high official authority to impede the course of Justice ... it does appear to me to be the Duty of the Society to purge themselves and all their members from such an imputation.... I do not hesitate to second his proposition for an Inquiry."
Trumbull and Watson were both original members of the Society of the Cincinnati; Trumbull, of the Connecticut Society with later association with the New York Society; and Watson, of the New York Society.
"It is tempting to date the letter between 1804, when Trumbull returned to New York, and 1806 [when Watson died]; and, if that be the case, to presume that the question had something to do with the Burr-Hamilton affair. However, there are certain problems of chronology, and Trumbull specifically says the individual in question was an "honorary member".... He must have known that both Hamilton and Burr were full members of the Society...." -- John D. Kilbourne. Director's Report, 1988.
Partial watermark at left margin.
"I have this day placed in the hands of the Secretary of the Society a letter addressed to him by Mr. James Watson, one of the members of the Society .... I have seen the letter & the newspaper to which it refers ... and, as the newspaper referred to by Mr. Watson, throws upon one of the honorary members of the Society, the foul imputation of having interposed high official authority to impede the course of Justice ... it does appear to me to be the Duty of the Society to purge themselves and all their members from such an imputation.... I do not hesitate to second his proposition for an Inquiry."
Trumbull and Watson were both original members of the Society of the Cincinnati; Trumbull, of the Connecticut Society with later association with the New York Society; and Watson, of the New York Society.
"It is tempting to date the letter between 1804, when Trumbull returned to New York, and 1806 [when Watson died]; and, if that be the case, to presume that the question had something to do with the Burr-Hamilton affair. However, there are certain problems of chronology, and Trumbull specifically says the individual in question was an "honorary member".... He must have known that both Hamilton and Burr were full members of the Society...." -- John D. Kilbourne. Director's Report, 1988.
Partial watermark at left margin.
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