 | 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 - 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 - 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 - 1823 - 686 pages
...powers of the earth. "To perpetuate, therefore, as well the remembrance of this vast event, as the mutual friendships which have been formed, under the...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 - 1827 - 494 pages
...powers of the earth. " To perpetuate, therefore, as well the remembrance of this vast event, as the mutual friendships which have been formed, under the...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 - 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... | |
 | New York State Society of the Cincinnati - 1851 - 126 pages
...powers of the earth. " 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 cememted by the blood of the parties, the officers of the American Army do, hereby, in the most solemn... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - 1852 - 948 pages
...powers of the earth : " To perpetuate, therefore, as well the remembrance of this vast event, as the hing sounds he had heard and the words that were uttered...what words were uttered, but declined, saying, " so long as they shall endure, or any of their eldest male posterity, and in failure thereof, the collateral... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1857 - 550 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, the collateral branches... | |
 | Washington Irving - 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... 
