by Minor Myers (Author)
Founded in May 1783 at Steuben's headquarters near Newburg, New York, by officers of the Continental army and navy, the Society of the Cincinnati was at one time one of America's most controversial organizations. This text relates how the officers, denied back pay, began to circulate rumours of a military coup.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 320
Edition: New Ed
Publisher: University of Virginia Press
Published: 30 Dec 2004
ISBN 10: 0813923115
ISBN 13: 9780813923116