"This is to certify that Captain Samuel Shaw of the Corps of Artillery, has subscribed the Institution of the Society of the Cincinnati, and is entitled to all the rights honors & privileges of said Society." Signed: H Knox, act.g Secy General Wax seal intact Docketed on verso of p. [4]: Certificate of major admission into ye Society of ye Cincinnati 5 Jan 1784. Gift of George Francis Shaw (MA Society) Watermark: C. Taylor.