WASHINGTON, George. Engraved document signed ("G:Washington") as President, countersigned by Henry Knox, Mount Vernon, 10 December 1784. 1page, oblong folio, (14¼ x 21 in.), accomplished in manuscript PRINTED ON PARCHMENT. A CERTIFICATE OF MEMBERSHIP IN THE SOCIETY OF CINCINNATI. Elaborately engraved by Jean-Jacques André Le Veau (1729-1786) AFTER AN ORIGINAL DESIGN OF PIERRE CHARLES L'ENFANT (1754-1825) as drawn by Augustin-Louis La Belle (1757-1841); with complex allegorical vignettes surrounding the calligraphic text: naval warships under sail, Brittania and a British lion fleeing bolts of lightning from an American eagle, and circular medallic emblems of the Society of the Cincinnati, the ink accomplishments and Washington's signatures quite feathered and difficult to read, overall browning Sold not subject to return. Sadly, the majority of the surviving examples of this appointment exhibit serious condition defects. Washington and Knox certify the membership of William Duer, late Member of Congress." SOCIETY OF CINCINNATI MEMBERSHIP FOR CONGRESSMAN WILLIAM DUER. The Society of Cincinnati, as the engraved text proclaims, was "...instituted by the Officers of the American Army...to commemorate the great Event which gave independence to North America," and "for...inculcating the Duty of laying down in Peace arms assumed for public defence..." The Society, open to all former officers of the Continental Army and its foreign allies, was founded with Washington's approval by Henry Knox, Jedidiah Huntington and Baron von Steuben. William Duer (1747-1799), an English-born businessman, served in the Continental Congress (1777-1779) signed the Articles of Confederation. He was active as a financier and contractor supplying the Continental Army, served from 1786 to 1789 as secretary of the Board of the Treasury, and after the Treasury Deparftment was created (1789) he became Assistant Secretary under Alexander Hamilton. He was later accused of malfeasance in that office and was jailed for debt in 1792.
WASHINGTON, George. Engraved document signed ("G:Washington") as President, countersigned by Henry Knox, Mount Vernon, 10 December 1784. 1page, oblong folio, (14¼ x 21 in.), accomplished in manuscript PRINTED ON PARCHMENT. A CERTIFICATE OF MEMBERSHIP IN THE SOCIETY OF CINCINNATI. Elaborately engraved by Jean-Jacques André Le Veau (1729-1786) AFTER AN ORIGINAL DESIGN OF PIERRE CHARLES L'ENFANT (1754-1825) as drawn by Augustin-Louis La Belle (1757-1841); with complex allegorical vignettes surrounding the calligraphic text: naval warships under sail, Brittania and a British lion fleeing bolts of lightning from an American eagle, and circular medallic emblems of the Society of the Cincinnati, the ink accomplishments and Washington's signatures quite feathered and difficult to read, overall browning Sold not subject to return. Sadly, the majority of the surviving examples of this appointment exhibit serious condition defects. Washington and Knox certify the membership of William Duer, late Member of Congress." SOCIETY OF CINCINNATI MEMBERSHIP FOR CONGRESSMAN WILLIAM DUER. The Society of Cincinnati, as the engraved text proclaims, was "...instituted by the Officers of the American Army...to commemorate the great Event which gave independence to North America," and "for...inculcating the Duty of laying down in Peace arms assumed for public defence..." The Society, open to all former officers of the Continental Army and its foreign allies, was founded with Washington's approval by Henry Knox, Jedidiah Huntington and Baron von Steuben. William Duer (1747-1799), an English-born businessman, served in the Continental Congress (1777-1779) signed the Articles of Confederation. He was active as a financier and contractor supplying the Continental Army, served from 1786 to 1789 as secretary of the Board of the Treasury, and after the Treasury Deparftment was created (1789) he became Assistant Secretary under Alexander Hamilton. He was later accused of malfeasance in that office and was jailed for debt in 1792.
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