 | Friedrich Kapp - History - 1859 - 732 pages
...society of friends, to endure as long as they shall endure, or any of their eldest male posterity, and in failure thereof, the collateral branches, who may be judged worthy of becoming its supporters and members. "The officers of the American army having generally been taken from the citizens... | |
 | Henry Reed Stiles - Bloomfield (Conn.) - 1859 - 958 pages
...it." On this basis, then, these officers solemnly associated themselves into " one society of friends, to endure as long as they shall endure, or any of their eldest male posterity, and in failure thereof, the collateral branches, who may be judged worthy of becoming... | |
 | Friedrich Kapp - History - 1859 - 734 pages
...the most solemn manner, associate, constitute, and combine themselves into one society of friends, to endure as long as they shall endure, or any of their eldest male posterity, and in failure thereof, the eollatcnil branches, who may be judged worthy of becoming... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - Presidents - 1860 - 804 pages
...descendant of an original member should be entitled to membership on the decease of such member, " in failure thereof, the collateral branches, who may be judged worthy of becoming its supporters and members." During the remainder of his life, Washington manifested a great interest in... | |
 | George Washington Parke Custis - Biography & Autobiography - 1860 - 756 pages
...male descendant of an original member should be entitled to membership on the decease of such member, "in failure thereof, the collateral branches, who may be judged worthy of becoming its supporters and members." They also adopted an Order, to be worn whenever tho society should meet. For... | |
 | George Washington Doane (bp. of New Jersey.) - 1861 - 652 pages
...in the most solemn manner, associate, constitute and combine themselves into one Society of Friends, to endure as long as they shall endure, or any of their eldest male posterity, and, in failure thereof, the collateral branches who may be judged worthy of becoming... | |
 | 1860 - 422 pages
...society of friends, to endure so long as they shall endure, or any of their oldest male posterity, and, in failure thereof, the collateral branches, who may be judged worthy of becoming its supporters and members. " The officers of the American army, having generally been taken • The original... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - Grottoes (Va.) - 1871 - 466 pages
...society of friends, to endure so long as they shall endure, or any of their eldest male posterity, and in failure thereof, the collateral branches, who may be judged worthy of becoming its supporters and members." As the officers of the army were chiefly Americans, and were about to rettirn... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - Mount Vernon - 1870 - 456 pages
...society of friends, to endure so long as they shall endure, or any of their eldest male posterity, and in failure thereof, the collateral branches, who may be judged worthy of becoming its supporters and members." As the officers of the army were chiefly Americans, and were about to return... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - Mount Vernon - 1870 - 460 pages
...society of friends, to endure so long as they shall endure, or any of their eldest male posterity, and in failure thereof, the collateral branches, who may be judged worthy of becoming its supporters and members." As the officers of the army were chiefly Americans, and were about to return... | |
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Parties, the Officers of the American Army do hereby in the most Solemn Manner associate, constitute, and combine themselves into one Society of Friends, to endure as long as they shall endure or any of their Eldest Male Posterity, and in failure thereof... 
