Mount Vernon and its associations, historical, biographical and pictorial . reciousstones. Above it is a bow of maire antique ribbon, of light-bluecolor, with white edges. This jewel is at present [1859J in thepossession of the Honorable Hamilton Fish, of jSew York, president of the Society of theCincinnati. The Society had a certifi-cate of membership engravedin France, by J. J. Le Veau,from a drawing by Aug. LeBelle. It occupies a spacethirteen and a half inches inwidth and twenty inches inlength, and was printed onfine vellum. The engravingupon the next page is a fac-simile on a reduced sca
Mount Vernon and its associations, historical, biographical and pictorial . reciousstones. Above it is a bow of maire antique ribbon, of light-bluecolor, with white edges. This jewel is at present [1859J in thepossession of the Honorable Hamilton Fish, of jSew York, president of the Society of theCincinnati. The Society had a certifi-cate of membership engravedin France, by J. J. Le Veau,from a drawing by Aug. LeBelle. It occupies a spacethirteen and a half inches inwidth and twenty inches inlength, and was printed onfine vellum. The engravingupon the next page is a fac-simile on a reduced design represents Amer-ican liberty as a strong manarmed, bearing in one handthe Union flag, and in theother a naked sword. Beneathhis feet are Britisli flags, anda broken spear, shield, and chain. Hovering by his side is theeagle, our national emblem, from whose talons the lightningof destruction is flashing upon the British lion. Britannia,with the crown falling from her head, is hastening toward aboat to escape to a fleet, which denotes the departure of British. ORDER PRESENTbD BY FRtNCH OFFICERS. AND ITS ASSOCIATIONS. 131
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