List Of Original Members Of The Maryland State Society Of The Cincinnati PDF Download

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1897 edition. Excerpt: ...Legion, requesting their admission into the Meeting of this State; whereupon, the Members present, in conformity to a resolution passed in the last meeting, proceeded to ballot for the said Officers, when it appeared that they were duly admitted; and the Secretary (they being absent) was directed to enter their names. Resolved, unanimously, that the Committee of Five appointed at the last State Meeting to address the General Assembly, or any three of them, be authorized to petition Congress to recommend to the Legislature of the State of Maryland to make provision for the payment of Interest on commutation and final settlement certificates, granted to the Officers and Soldiers of the late Maryland Line; and to petition the General Assembly to grant the same. OCTOBER 18, 1785. The Secretary read a letter from the Secretary of the State Meeting in North Carolina, containing information respecting the condition of the Society in that State, and enclosing a copy of its rules and regulations. Resolved, that the Secretary acknowledge the receipt of the aforesaid letter and its enclosure; and that he acquaint the Secretary of the Cincinnati in North Carolina, that at the meeting of July, 1784, in this State, a Committee of Five was appointed to address the General Assembly for a Charter, but with discretionary powers as to the time; and that no suitable period having offered, the application continues suspended. October 19, 1785. It being too apparent that the warm spirit of friendship, with which the Officers of the late Maryland Line were actuated in the infancy of this Institution, is suffering a rapid declension; and it appearing to the Members present in this Meeting that, besides the great fraternal motive which prompts them to lament the...