 | John Marshall - 1807 - 840 pages
...baron Steuben presided. An agreement was then entered into, by which the officers were to constitute themselves into one society of friends, to endure as long as they should endure, or any of their eldest male posterity ; and in failure thereof, any collateral branches... | |
 | Frederick Butler - United States - 1821 - 474 pages
...into a society, on 13th of May, 1783, and entered into the following compact. — "The officers of the army, do hereby in the most solemn manner, associate, constitute, and combine themselves into a society of friends, to endure as long as they shall endure, or any of their eldest male posterity,... | |
 | Frederick Butler - United States - 1821 - 472 pages
...into a society, on 13th of May, 1783, and.entered into the following compact.—"The officers of the army, do hereby in the most solemn manner, associate, constitute, and combine themselves into a society of friends, to ei.dure as long as they shall endure, or any of their eldest male posterity,... | |
 | James Thacher - United States - 1823 - 686 pages
...perpetuate, therefore, as well the remembrance of this vast event, as the mutual friendships which have been formed, under the pressure of common danger,...themselves into one Society of Friends, to endure so long as they shall endure, or any of their eldest male posterity, and in failure thereof, the collateral... | |
 | James Thacher - American War of Independence, 1775-1783 - 1827 - 494 pages
...perpetuate, therefore, as well the remembrance of this vast event, as the mutual friendships which have been formed, under the pressure of common danger,...themselves into one Society of Friends, to endure so long as they shall endure, or any of their eldest male posterity, and in failure thereof, the collateral... | |
 | Stephen Simpson - Presidents - 1833 - 408 pages
...BARON STEUBEN presided. An agreement was then entered into, by which the officers were to constitute themselves into one society of friends, to endure as long as they should endure, or any O/"THEIR ELDEST MALE POSTERITY; and in failure thereof, any collateral branches... | |
 | James Herring - United States - 1834 - 468 pages
...officers were about to become private citizens, they resolved to associate themselves ii;to a SOCIETY or FRIENDS, to endure as long as they shall endure, or any of their male posterity. The principles on which the society is based, are " an incessant attention to preserve... | |
 | New York State Society of the Cincinnati - United States - 1851 - 128 pages
...perpetuate, therefore, as well the remembrance of this vast event, as the mutual friendships which have been formed under the pressure of common danger, and in many instances cememted by the blood of the parties, the officers of the American Army do, hereby, in the most solemn... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - United States - 1852 - 948 pages
...perpetuate, therefore, as well the remembrance of this vast event, as the mutual friendships which have been formed under the pressure of common danger, and...themselves into one society of friends, to endure so long as they shall endure, or any of their eldest male posterity, and in failure thereof, the collateral... | |
 | Washington Irving - Presidents - 1857 - 588 pages
...near Fishkill. By its formula, the officers of the American army in the most solemn manner combined themselves into one society of friends : to endure as long as they should endure, or any of their eldest male posterity, and in failure thereof, their collateral branches... | |
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To perpetuate, therefore, as well the remembrance of this vast event, as the mutual friendships which have been formed, under the pressure of common danger, and in many instances cemented by the blood of the parties... 
