The Society of the Cincinnati

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  • The Society of the Cincinnati Book Detail

  • Author : Markus Hünemörder
  • Release Date : 2006
  • Publisher : Berghahn Books
  • Genre : Conspiracies
  • Pages : 228
  • ISBN 13 : 9781845451073
  • File Size : 56,56 MB

The Society of the Cincinnati by Markus Hünemörder PDF Summary

Book Description: In 1783, the officers of the Continental Army created the Society of the Cincinnati. This veterans' organization was to preserve the memory of the revolutionary struggle and pursue the officers' common interest in outstanding pay and pensions. Henry Knox and Frederick Steuben were the society's chief organizers; George Washington himself served as president. Soon, a nationally distributed South Carolina pamphlet accused the Society of treachery; it would lead to the creation of a hereditary nobility in the United States and subvert republicanism into aristocracy; it was a secret government, a puppet of the French monarchy; its charitable fund would be used for bribes. These were only some of the accusations made against the Society. These were, however, unjustified. The author of this book explores why a part of the revolutionary leadership accused another of subversion in the difficult 1780s, and how the political culture of this period predisposed many leading Americans to think of the Cincinnati as a conspiracy.

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