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Moylan, Stephen?]. OBSERVATIONS ON A LATE PAMPHLET, ENTITULED, "CONSIDERATIONS UPON THE SOCIETY OR ORDER OF THE CINCINNATI," CLEARLY EVINCING THE INNOCENCE AND PROPRIETY OF THAT HONOURABLE AND RESPECTABLE INSTITUTION. IN ANSWER TO VAGUE CONJECTURES, FALSE INSINUATIONS, AND ILL-FOUNDED OBJECTIONS. BY AN OBSCURE INDIVIDUAL. Philadelphia: Robert Bell, 1783. 28 + 4 ads pp. Disbound, 8vo. A few spots of foxing or minor stains, clean overall and Very Good. ******************************************* First Edition. The author, one of the Society's founders, calls a free press "the PILLAR that supports the whole fabric of freedom." But, he observes, "The fairest blossom is the reptile's food," and a licentious press has gorged itself on a slander of the noble Society. That slander was a pamphlet published anonymously by Aedanus Burke earlier in 1783, attacking the Society. The Plan for Establishing the Society or Order of the Cincinnati, created in the year of this publication, is reproduced here; and the author defends the Society with skill and wit. [Howes O9; Evans 18073; Hildeburn 4330