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  <titleInfo>
    <title>Society of the Cincinnati records, 1714-1938 (bulk 1783-1850)</title>
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    <namePart>Society of the Cincinnati</namePart>
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  <abstract>Microfilm and photocopies of correspondence, circular letters, journals, minutes, proceedings of the General Society and of the Standing Executive Committee, resolutions, membership lists, certifications of delegates, accounts and account book, drawings, and other records.  Includes records of state societies and papers of Pierre Charles L'Enfant.</abstract>
  <abstract>Correspondents include Charles Henri, comte d' Estaing; Horatio Gates; A.W. Johnston; Henry Knox; Charles Armand Tuffin, marquis de la Rouërie; Pierre Charles L'Enfant; Jean-Baptiste-Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau; Friedrich Wilhelm Ludolf Gerhard Augustin, Baron von Steuben; George Turner; and George Washington.</abstract>
  <note>Open to research.</note>
  <note>Microfilm edition available, in part, no. 8,859 (11,877-5P).</note>
  <note>Microfilm edition available, in part, no. 15,980.</note>
  <note>Microfilm edition and photocopies produced from originals in the Society of the Cincinnati, Washington, D.C. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress Photoduplication Service, 1947-1973.</note>
  <note>Washington, D.C.: Society of the Cincinnati</note>
  <note>Organization with branches in the United States and France.  Founded in 1783 to preserve the ideals and fellowship of Revolutionary War officers and to pressure the government to honor pledges made to officers who fought for American independence.</note>
  <note>Collection material in English.</note>
  <note>Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room.</note>
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      <namePart type="termsOfAddress">comte d'</namePart>
      <namePart>Estaing, Charles Henri</namePart>
      <namePart type="date">1729-1794</namePart>
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    <topic>Correspondence</topic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <name type="personal">
      <namePart>Gates, Horatio</namePart>
      <namePart type="date">1728-1806</namePart>
    </name>
    <topic>Correspondence</topic>
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    <name type="personal">
      <namePart>Johnston, A. W. (Alexander W.)</namePart>
    </name>
    <topic>Correspondence</topic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <name type="personal">
      <namePart>Knox, Henry</namePart>
      <namePart type="date">1750-1806</namePart>
    </name>
    <topic>Correspondence</topic>
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    <name type="personal">
      <namePart type="termsOfAddress">marquis de</namePart>
      <namePart>La Rouërie, Charles Armand Tuffin</namePart>
      <namePart type="date">1751-1793</namePart>
    </name>
    <topic>Correspondence</topic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <name type="personal">
      <namePart>L'Enfant, Pierre Charles</namePart>
      <namePart type="date">1754-1825</namePart>
    </name>
    <topic>Correspondence</topic>
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    <name type="personal">
      <namePart type="termsOfAddress">comte de</namePart>
      <namePart>Rochambeau, Jean-Baptiste-Donatien de Vimeur</namePart>
      <namePart type="date">1725-1807</namePart>
    </name>
    <topic>Correspondence</topic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <name type="personal">
      <namePart type="termsOfAddress">Baron von</namePart>
      <namePart>Steuben, Friedrich Wilhelm Ludolf Gerhard Augustin</namePart>
      <namePart type="date">1730-1794</namePart>
    </name>
    <topic>Correspondence</topic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <name type="personal">
      <namePart>Turner, George</namePart>
      <namePart type="date">1750-1843</namePart>
    </name>
    <topic>Correspondence</topic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <name type="personal">
      <namePart>Washington, George</namePart>
      <namePart type="date">1732-1799</namePart>
    </name>
    <topic>Correspondence</topic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <geographic>United States</geographic>
    <topic>History</topic>
    <temporal>Revolution, 1775-1783</temporal>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <geographic>United States</geographic>
    <topic>History</topic>
    <temporal>Revolution, 1775-1783</temporal>
    <topic>Participation, French</topic>
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      <namePart>L'Enfant, Pierre Charles,</namePart>
      <namePart type="date">1754-1825</namePart>
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