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Election by the Triennial General Meeting of the Society of the Cincinnati, 3 May 1802

Election by the Triennial General
Meeting of the Society of the Cincinnati1

Washington, May 3, 1802. “A Ballot was accordingly had; and on counting the Votes it appeared that the following Gentlemen were unanimously Elected to fill the Offices annexed to their names, respectively. Major General Alexander Hamilton, President General.…”2

“Journals of the Cincinnati, 1784–1787, Vol. I,” 105, Library of Congress.

1. See William Jackson to H, March 12, 1802.

2. H, who was not present at this meeting, served as president of the Society of the Cincinnati from 1800 until his death in 1804. See “Election by the Adjourned General Meeting of the Society of the Cincinnati,” May 5, 1800.

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    “Election by the Triennial General Meeting of the Society of the Cincinnati, 3 May 1802,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Hamilton/01-26-02-0001-0002. [Original source: The Papers of Alexander Hamilton, vol. 26, 1 May 1802 – 23 October 1804, Additional Documents 1774–1799, Addenda and Errata, ed. Harold C. Syrett. New York: Columbia University Press, 1979, p. 1.]