our national Independence. This m exposed to the grea panions I bid the blessir mestic lif very r faithf use of doencrable test:: dals from authority of my punctuality and uance of duty in the various situations bren elled to occupy, and with a heart, th grateful recollections of the kindness onate intercourse which I have experience y superiors, and from my numerous com and associates. While I congrat hate my in the ton endis event by which we are In the rank of an Independent Bu da 1 proffer my sympatny ú. value which ve berg memorable contest. under of this work were cullert"e army, IS though t protary Journal to Revolutionary REVOLUTIONARY ANNALS. SOCIETY OF CINCINNATI. WHILE Contemplating a final separation of the officers of the army, the tenderest feelings of the heart had their afflicting operations. It was at the suggestion of General Knox, and with the acquiescence of the Commander in Chief, that an expedient was devised by which a hope is entertained that their long cherished friendship and social intercourse may be perpetuated, and that at future periods they may annually communicate, and revive a recollection of the bonds by which they were connected. It was on the 10th day of May, 1783, when the officers held their first meeting, at which the Baron Steuben, the senior officer, presided, that Major General Knox, Brigadier General Hand, Brigadier General Huntington and Captain Shaw, were chosen to revise the proposals for the institution, and prepare a copy to be laid before the next meeting, at Baron Steuben's quarters, on the 13th, when the plan for establishing a society was accepted, and is as follows : "It having pleased the Supreme Governor of the Universe, in the disposition of human affairs, to cause the separation of the Colonies of North America from the domination of Great Britain, and after a bloody conflict of eight years, to establish them Free, |