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Wraps. Zustand: Very good. Format is approximately 6 inches by 9 inches. v, iii. 89, [1] pages. Illustrations. Notes. The Society of the Cincinnati is a hereditary society with branches in the United States and France, founded in 1783, to preserve the ideals and fellowship of officers of the Continental Army who served in the Revolutionary War. Now in its third century, the Society promotes the public interest in the Revolution through its library and museum collections, publications, and other activities. It is the oldest hereditary society in the United States. The Society does not allow women to join, though there is a partnership society called Daughters of the Cincinnati which permits all female descendants of Continental officers. This volume Includes five lectures delivered at the Institute . during 1970-1975 on the theme of the American Revolution, and a paper on the same theme by a member of the VMI history department. The Contents are: Morison, S.E. Verrazzano, discoverer of Virginia.--Rankin, H.F. Yankee Doodle: the soldier of the American Revolution.--Meade, R.D. Patrick Henry: a fresh reappraisal.--Taylor, G.V. The officers of the French Army in the War of the American Revolution.--Barrett, J.G. The Revolutionary War reminiscences of John Burrows.--Higginbotham, R.D. Washington and American generalship in the Revolution. Presumed First Edition, First printing thus.