Considerations on the Society or Order of Cincinnati : lately instituted by the major-generals, brigadier-generals and other officers of the American Army, proving that it creates a race of hereditary patricians, or nobility : interspersed with remarks on its consequences to the freedom and happiness of the republic, addressed to the people of South Carolina, and their representatives / by Cassius ; supposed to be written by Aedanus Burke, Esquire ...

After nearly 60 years of collecting, Sid Lapidus ’59 has presented to the Library more than 2700 volumes representing the fruits of his enthusiasm. Broadly conceived, the collection charts the definition and re-definiton of rights and liberties endemic to Western political traditions. The main focus is texts and documents relating to the American Revolution, its run-up dating back to the Commonwealth men, and coming down to documents of the early Federal government.