HAMILTON'S SOCIETY OF THE CINCINNATI MEDAL

Hamilton's Society of the Cincinnati Eagle

Extremely rare artifacts that belonged to Alexander Hamilton have been loaned to the Museum of the American Revolution by the Founding Father’s fifth-great-grandson.

A member of George Washington’s staff during the Revolutionary War, Hamilton helped ratify the U.S. Constitution and became the first Secretary of the Treasury. He was mortally wounded in a duel by Vice President Aaron Burr in 1804. His remarkable life is the subject of the wildly popular Broadway show, “Hamilton.”

The artifacts, which have gone on display at the Philadelphia museum, include a Society of the Cincinnati Eagle insignia owned and worn by the Founding Father and a gold mourning ring worn by his widow, Elizabeth Hamilton. The ring contains a lock of Hamilton’s hair.

The Society of the Cincinnati was founded by Continental Army officers at the end of the Revolutionary War and takes its name from Cincinnatus, the general credited with saving the Roman republic. Hamilton was a founding member of the Society, which is the nation’s oldest patriotic organization and aims to preserve the memory of the American Revolution.

To read the complete article, see:
Alexander Hamilton’s descendant loans extremely rare family heirlooms to Revolutionary War museum (https://www.foxnews.com/science/alexander-hamiltons-descendant-loans-extremely-rare-family-heirlooms-to-revolutionary-war-museum)

To read earlier E-Sylum articles, see:
SOCIETY OF THE CINCINNATI MEDAL ON DISPLAY (http://www.coinbooks.org/v21/esylum_v21n24a17.html)
CATALOGUE: SOTHEBY LAFAYETTE GOLD ORDER OF THE SOCIETY OF THE CINCINNATI (http://www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v10n50a07.html)

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