1Election by the Triennial General Meeting of the Society of the Cincinnati, 3 May 1802 (Hamilton Papers)
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.…” “Journals of the Cincinnati, 1784–1787, Vol. I,” 105, Library of Congress. See William Jackson to H, March 12, 1802 . H, who was not...
2Motion Made at a Meeting of the Society of the Cincinnati, [4 July 1804] (Hamilton Papers)
On the 4th of July, on motion of Hamilton, the Committee were directed, in case of a favorable report upon claims for admission as a member of right (except where there may have been a previous admission in another State Society), to report specifically the ground upon which they conceive the original right of the applicant to stand, and the reason which may have prevented an earlier...