Excerpt from The Institution and Proceedings of the Society of the Cincinnati, Formed by the Officers of the United States, at the Cantonment on the Banks of Hudson's River, May 10, 1783: With the Proceedings of the Massachusetts State Society of the Cincinnati, From Its Organization, June 9, 1783, to July 4, 1811 The representatives of the American Army being assembled, agreeably to ad journment, the plan for establishing a so ciety, whereof the oflicers of the American Army are to be members, is accepted, and is as follows, viz. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.