Collection of original membership certificates in The Society of the Cincinnati signed by George Washington and Henry Knox : Mount Vernon and Philadelphia, 1783-1793

Collection of original membership certificates in The Society of the Cincinnati signed by George Washington and Henry Knox : Mount Vernon and Philadelphia, 1783-1793

Diplomas of the Society of the Cincinnati|Membership certificates in the Society of the Cincinnati|Society of the Cincinnati membership diplomas

Mount Vernon, Va. ; Philadelphia 1783-1793

21 items

Diplomas [framed]

21 framed items: Jeremiah Ballard (N.J.) (L2013G91); Louis Baury de Bellerive (Mass.) (L2017G75): in hinged frame with Louis Baury de Bellerive commission [MSS L2017G76] in special shelf; Daniel Bedinger (Va.) (facsim., 72.52); William Cathcart (Pa.) (90.184);John Davidson (Md.) (60.812); Henry Collins Flagg (facsim.; S.C., R.I.); John Morley Greene (R.I.) (L1998G83); Matthew Gregory (Conn.) (L1955.530); Thomas Grosvenor (Conn.) (L2022G106); William Judd (Conn.) (L2010G28.1 Judd family collection); Elihu Marshall (N.Y.) (L1995G23); Jonathan Maynard (Mass.) (69.9.1); James McLean ( Pa.) (72.31); James Nicholson (Penn., N.Y.) (L2006G104); John Pryor (Va.) (835); Jonathan Pugh (Pa.) (L2012F112.1); Samuel Richards (Conn.) (L93.268); John Ross (N.J.) (L2016G81); Anthony Selin (Pa.) (L2002G94); Thomas Starr (Conn.) (93); Frederick Weissenfels (N.Y.) (1954.244).|Designed by Pierre L'Enfant, the diploma represents American liberty as a strong man armed, bearing in one hand the union flag, and in the other a drawn sword.|Drawn by Augustin-Louis La Belle & engraved by Jean-Jacques-Andre Le Veau; text engraved by Robert Scot.|L'Enfant's original sketch preserved in the Cincinnati archives.|Digitized images available (L1955.530; L2002G94; L2013G91; L2022G106)

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