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Collection Reference Number GLC05767
From Archive Folder Documents Relating to 1783 
Title Considerations on the Society or Order of Cincinnati...
Date 1783
Author Burke, Aedanus (1743-1802)  
Document Type Pamphlet
Content Description Remainder of title: "Lately Instituted By the Major-Generals, Brigadier-Generals, and Officers of the American Army...." Burke is identified on the cover as the author. Printed by Basil Webster.
Subjects Revolutionary War  Revolutionary War General  Continental Army  Military History  Fraternal Organization  Society of the Cincinnati  
Place written Hartford, Connecticut
Theme The American Revolution
Sub-collection The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859
Additional Information Burke was a soldier in the Revolutionary War, an opposer of the Constitution at South Carolina's state ratifying convention, and a member of the first Congress (1789-1791). He was vehemently opposed to the Society of the Cincinnati.
Copyright The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859