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Society of the Cincinnati founder story in Newburgh
Washington at Hasbrouck manor and officers aided by Col. Tench Tilghman helped organize the Society of the Cincinnati. The article traces its origins in 1783, its Roman republic theme, its insignia designed by Major L Enfant, and the controversy over hereditary membership and aristocracy. It notes opposition from Jefferson, Adams, Franklin, and others, plus Counter movements like Tammany Hall.
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Thudson River
Newburgh
N.Y
Washington
Cornwallis
Yorktown
Hasbrouck
Martha Ashington
Tench-Tilghmian
David Humphries
Benjamin Walker
William Stevens Smith
Wedijah Bayles
Jonathan Trumbull
Jonathan’ Trumbull
Connecticut
New Windsor
Hudson
Lexington
Asbrouck
Congress
Eanow
Tieny Knox
West Point
Knox
Verplanck House
Baron von Steuben
Fishill
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Society of the Cincinnati
England
France
America
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Republic
L'Enfant
Washington, D. C
Continental Army
Ufe
General Society
American Legion
Cincinnati
Mirabeau
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young’Republic
Jefferson
Benjamin Franklin
Samuel Adams
Manuke
Butto
John Adams
Massachusetts
Cambridge
University Center
Aedanus Burke
Supreme Court of
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Atlantic
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Tammany Hall
New York
Rhode Island
Georgia
North Carolina
Virginia
Delaware
New Hampshire
Lafayette
Association of War Veterans
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