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Society of the Cincinnati The posthumous gold and enamel Order of the Society of the Cincinnati of Captain Lieutenant Jonathan Pugh, his certificate of membership signed by George Washington and countersigned by Secretary of War Henry Knox, and five related books. Order of the Cincinnati: (1 5/8 x 1 5/16 in.; 42 x 35 mm). ca. 1850. Finely chased gold in the form of an eagle, head left, its wings spread and downswept, its head within a circular laurel wreath highlighted with green enamel leaves, the white enameled tail feathers flanked by green enamel leaves, the eye enameled the color of carnelian. Inset into the eagle's breast is an oval medallion; the motto within a white enamel border that reads Societas Cincinnatorum Instituta AD 1783 (The Society of the Cincinnati Founded AD 1783), within the border, the senators present Cincinnatus with the sword, his wife and cottage behind him against a lapis enamel sky. The obverse the same as above, but with a depiction of Cincinnatus at his plow with a heraldic angel above and a village in the distance against a sky of lapis enamel. The gold hanger of a ribbed design. Suspended from a pale blue silk grosgrain ribbon edged with white. Several minor losses to enamel leaves on both sides, the lapis ground on the side with the senators chipped. Together with: Engraved document on parchment (13 1/4 x 19 1/2 in.; 335 x 495 mm, sight), accomplished in a secretarial hand and signed ("G: Washington") as president of the Society of the Cincinnati and countersigned by Henry Knox ("HKnox") as secretary, engraved vignettes by Auguste L. Belle after Jean-Jacques André LeVeau depicting America in knight's armor trampling upon the British standard and the American eagle casting the British lion and Britannia out to sea with thunderbolts, flanked by depictions of both sides of the medal of the Order of the Cincinnati within roundels, Mount Vernon, Virginia, 31 October 1785, being the certificate of membership admitting Captain Lieutenant Jonathan Pugh to the Society; soiled and faded, affecting the number "five" in the date and Washington's signature, small hole along top margin. Matted, glazed, and framed. And with: Proceedings of the General Society of the Cincinnati ... to Which are Annexed ... the By-Laws of the Pennsylvania Society. Philadelphia: By direction of the Pennsylvania State Society, 1841. Small Octavo. Some dampstaining. Red straight-grain morocco; rather worn. — Proceedings of the General Society of the Cincinnati. With the ... facsimiles of the Signatures of the Origihnal Members of the State Society of Pennsylvania. Philadelphia: C. Sherman, 1847. Folio. Foxed throughout. Half red morocco, with ownership label of Charles J. Pugh on front cover; worn and soiled. — Insitution of the Society of the Cincinnati. Organization of the State Society of Pennsylvania. Philadelphia: C. Sherman, Son, & Co., 1863. 2 copies, 8vo. Browned throughout. Plum straight-grain morocco; very worn, upper board of one copy detached. Ownership inscriptions of Charles J. Pugh. — Ceremonies Attending the Unveiling of the Washington Monument ... Presented to the City of Philadelphia by the State Society of the Cincinnati of Pennsylvania. Philadelphia: Allen, Lane & Scott, 1897. Publisher's blue cloth lettered gilt; worn, sprung from casing. Pinned to the front free endpaper is the green and white ribbon of the State Society of the Cincinnati of Pennsylvania.