[902] Memorials of the Society of the Cincinnati, 1790, 3-24.
[903] Jefferson to Washington, Nov. 14, 1786; Works: Ford, v, 222-23; and see Jefferson's denunciation of the Cincinnati in Jefferson to Madison, Dec. 28, 1794; ib., viii, 156-57. But see Jefferson's fair and moderate account of the Cincinnati before he had learned of its unpopularity in America. (Jefferson to Meusnier, June 22, 1786; ib., v, 50-56.)
[904] The same who broke the quorum in the Continental Congress. (Supra, chap. IV.)
[905] Burke: Considerations on the Society of the Order of Cincinnati; 1784.
[906] Mirabeau: Considerations on the Order of Cincinnati; 1786. Mirabeau here refers to the rule of the Cincinnati that the officer's eldest son might become a member of the order, as in the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the present time.
[907] As quoted in Hudson: Journalism in the United States, 158.
[908] Madison to James Madison, Nov. 1, 1786; Writings: Hunt, ii, 278.
[909] Jay to Jefferson, Oct. 27, 1786; Jay: Johnston, iii, 212.
[910] See Weld, i, 114-15, as a fair example of foreign estimate of this American characteristic at that period.
[911] See chap. II, vol. II, of this work.