Description: The Society of the CincinnatiConspiracy and Distrust in Early America Author(s): Markus Hunemoerder Format: Hardback Publisher: Berghahn Books, United Kingdom Imprint: Berghahn Books ISBN-13: 9781845451073, 978-1845451073 Synopsis In 1783, the officers of the Continental Army created the Society of the Cincinnati. This veterans' organization was founded in order to preserve the memory of the revolutionary struggle and pursue the officers' common interest in outstanding pay and pensions. Henry Knox and Frederick Steuben were the society's chief organizers; George Washington himself served as president. Soon, however, a widely distributed pamphlet by Aedanus Burke of South Carolina accused the Society of conspiracy. According to Burke, the Society of the Cincinnati was nothing less than a hereditary nobility which would subvert American republicanism into aristocracy. Soon, more critics including John Adams and Elbridge Gerry joined the fray, claiming among other things that the Society was a secret government for the United States or a puppet of the French monarchy. While these accusations were unjustified, they played an important role in the difficult political debates of the 1780s, including the efforts to revise the Articles of Confederation. This books explores why a part of the revolutionary leadership accused another of subversion in the "critical period," and how the political culture of the times predisposed many leading Americans to think of the Cincinnati as a conspiracy.
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Book Title: The Society of the Cincinnati
Number of Pages: 220 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: The Society of the Cincinnati: Conspiracy and Distrust in Early America
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Publication Year: 2006
Subject: Government, History
Item Height: 229 mm
Item Weight: 435 g
Type: Textbook
Author: Markus Hunemoerder
Series: European Studies in American History
Item Width: 152 mm
Format: Hardcover
