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Books and the British Army in the
$40.00 This study of the military books that shaped the British Army through the eighteenth century includes a checklist of more than nine hundred works, the majority of which are represented in the Society's collection. 325 pages.
Age of the American Revolution
by Ira D. Gruber
Co-published by the Society of the Cincinnati and the University of North Carolina Press, 2010 -
The Drillmaster of Valley Forge:
$27.95 The first modern scholarly biography of General Steuben, whose system of military drill and discipline transformed the Continental Army. 352 pages.
The Baron De Steuben and the
Making of the American Army
by Paul Lockhart
Published by Smithsonian Books, 2008 -
The Fabric of Liberty: The Society of the Cincinnati of the State of South Carolina
$40 This extensively illustrated book recounts the distinctive history of the only constituent society in the American South with an unbroken history, from its founding in 1783 through the Civil War to the present. 372 pages.
by Alexander Moore
Published by Home House Press, 2012 -
France and the Independence
$15.00 A DVD created by the Société des Cincinnati de France for instructional and educational use.
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George Washington:
$10.00 A CD by David and Ginger Hildebrand of the Colonial Music Institute featuring music familiar to George Washington. Songs include pieces composed in Washington's honor, music heard at Mount Vernon, and instrumental works he enjoyed at the theater.
Music for the First President -
George Washington & His Generals
$7.95 Full-color catalog from the 2009-2010 exhibition co-organized by the Society and the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association. The catalog includes in-depth features on more than forty objects in the exhibition, a further reading list, and an annotated list of the Continental Army generals. 190 pages. -
The Insignia of The Society of the Cincinnati
$20.00 The most comprehensive publication on the history of the Society's Eagle insignia, including a full-color survey of eighty different variations in the Eagle produced
by Minor Myers, Jr.
Published by the Society of the Cincinnati, 1998
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Liberty without Anarchy: A History of the Society of the Cincinnati
$15.00 This hardcover edition of the history of the Society updates the original work written by member historian Minor Myers, Jr., and first published for the Society's bicentennial in 1983. 280 pages.
by Minor Myers, Jr.
Published by the University of Virginia Press, 2004 -
La Route de l'Indépendance
$6.00 Developed by the Société des Cincinnati de France, this comic chronicles French participation in the Revolutionary War. It was based on a historical novel by Gilbert Forray. In French. 48 pages.
de Versailles à Yorktown
Published by Editions du Triomphe, 2009 -
Martha Washington: A Brief Biography
$5.95 Written by the library director of the Society (and former librarian of Mount Vernon), this brief biography traces the life of Martha Dandridge Custis Washington, "the ideal woman of the new republic." 61 pages.
by Ellen McCallister Clark
Published by the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association, 2002 -
Peter Charles L'Enfant:
$10 This illustrated study of the life of Pierre L'Enfant, one of the Society of the Cincinnati's most active and important original members, is sold to benefit the Documentary History of the First Federal Congress project at The George Washington University. Copies are autographed by the author. 79 pages.
Vision, Honor and Male Friendship in the Early American Republic
by Kenneth R. Bowling
Published by the Friends of the George Washington University Libraries, 2002
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Why America Is Free:
$12.95 Commissioned by the Society, this textbook provides a history lesson about the American Revolution for a grade school curricula. Bulk purchase discounts: 10 to 49 copies, $7.50 each; 50 or more copies, $6 each. Teachers' manuals are also available. 202 pages.
A History of the Founding of the
American Republic, 1750-1800
Published by the Society of the Cincinnati, 1998 -
The Conservative American Revolution
$12.00 The inaugural George Rogers Clark Lecture, presented on April 22, 1975. 42 pages.
by Samuel Eliot Morison
Published by the Society of the Cincinnati, 1976 -
New Light on the Tyrant George III
$12.00 The second George Rogers Clark Lecture, presented on March 31, 1977. 29 pages.
by J. H. Plumb
Published by the Society of the Cincinnati, 1978 -
The Genius of George Washington
$12.00 The third George Rogers Clark Lecture, presented on November 17, 1977. Morgan's study ranked third among the "Top Ten Best Books on George Washington" in a poll of historians conducted by the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association. 91 pages.
by Edmund S. Morgan
Published by the Society of the Cincinnati, 1980 -
Three George Rogers Clark Lectures
$15.00 Generals Building an Army: American Military Command in the War of Independence by Russell F. Weigley, 1984
Published by University Press of America, 1991
Parker at Lexington: The Role of Perspective and Context by John R. Galvin, 1985
Whatever Became of the Militia in the History of the American Revolution? by Allen R. Millett, 1986
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Anderson House Mugs
$10 Each 11 ounce ceramic mug is adorned with one of two designs picturing Anderson House, the Society of the Cincinnati's headquarters and a National Historic Landmark. One design features a photograph of the façade of Anderson House taken in 1910 by Frances Benjamin Johnston. The other design shows a map mural of some of the Andersons' favorite driving routes in Washington, D.C., which was painted in the Winter Garden of Anderson House in 1909 by H. Siddons Mowbray. Please specify which design you would like when ordering. -
Anderson House Note Cards
$12.50 Ten 5"x7" note cards, each with a different image of Anderson House. Boxed with envelopes. -
Anderson House Ornament
$15 Solid brass ornament depicting the front façade of Anderson House, the headquarters of the Society of the Cincinnati. The custom-designed ornament, plated with 24-karat gold and suspended from a blue satin ribbon, is sold in an attractive, dark blue gift box with a brief history of this National Historic Landmark. -
Isabel Anderson Postcard
$0.47 Depicts the celebrated 1900-1901 portrait of Mrs. Anderson by Cecilia Beaux that hangs in the Anderson House Dining Room. -
Society of the Cincinnati Ornament
$12 Small porcelain ornament, suspended from a white satin ribbon, in the shape of a Society of the Cincinnati dinner plate. Inspired by plates in George Washington's service of Cincinnati porcelain made ca. 1784-1785, several pieces of which are preserved in the Society's collections.
