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Loser Count Axel von Fersen the Younger was killed by the mob. He was an original
member of The Society of the Cincinnati, interpreter between Rochambeau and Washington, and alleged lover of
Queen Marie Antoinette of France.
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Winner Andrzej Tadeusz Bonawentura Kosciuszko was an original member of The Society of the Cincinnati
and absentee landlord. The Polish–Lithuanian lout was easily fleeced by Colonel George Bomford.
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Winner John Brooks was an original member of The Society of the Cincinnati. Society membership includes some of
the most mendacious, selfish, and greedy landgrabbing individuals of their time.
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Winner William Kyle Eustis was an original member of The Society of the Cincinnati. The society motto was
selfless service, the symbol was the eagle, and the reality was a violent land grab on a "Dark and Bloody Ground."
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Loser Hans Christian "Old Denmark" Febiger was an original member of The Society of the Cincinnati. The
"the cause of death is not quite clear."
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Loser Alexander Hamilton was an original member of The Society of the Cincinnati.
Along the west bank of the Hudson River on a rocky ledge in Weehawken, New Jersey, he was shot, paralyzed, and
mortally wounded in a duel against Aaron Burr at the same dueling site where his eldest son, Philip,
was killed three years earlier.
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Winner Marie-Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de La Fayette was an original member
of The Society of the Cincinnati. His famous "loyalty toast" to George Washington in York, Pennsylvania humiliated and
dispelled the Conway Cabal.
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Loser Charles McKnight was an original member of The Society of the Cincinnati and a physician during the
Revolutionary War. He died from pneumonia, the result of an old war injury.
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Winner Aaron Burr was an original member of The Society of the Cincinnati, although he was a land speculator.
He was indicted for murder after the death of Hamilton. He was also arrested and prosecuted for treason by President
Jefferson.
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Winner Friedrich Wilhelm August Heinrich Ferdinand von Steuben also known as Baron von Steuben
was an original member of The Society of the Cincinnati. In 1776, he was alleged to be homosexual and
was accused of improper sexual behavior with young boys. Bacha Bazi means "boy play."
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Winner Josiah Harmar was an original member of The Society of the Cincinnati. "The circumstance
of a few adventurers (white squatters occupying coveted Indian land by Tomahawk Right) down the river
having been kill'd and scalp'd, has
had a good effect." His ambition grew. There would be 300 fewer landlords as a result of Little Turtle and
Harmar's Victory in 1790 - concentrating the wealth in fewer hands by right of conquest.
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Winner Arthur St. Clair was an original member of The Society of the Cincinnati. "Tied down to a pack horse"
in 1791, he led the worst rout the United States Army ever suffered against Native Americans. His bellicose
motive was to get rich in the real-estate business. There would be 400 fewer white landlords with a clean title
after the Maumee campaign.
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Winner Thomas Posey was an original member of The Society of the Cincinnati. He was a whining land grabber and
career military officer who often complained about James Wilkinson.
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Winner James Wilkinson was not a member of The Society of the Cincinnati. He duped subordinates and
effectively commanded unsuccessful campaigns. He was a paid agent of the Spanish Crown.
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Loser Richard Butler was an original member of The Society of the Cincinnati. He was brained by a tomahawk
during St. Claire's Defeat at The Battle of the Wabash. Years before at Yorktown, the surrender sword of Cornwallis became
an issue and he almost killed Child Molestor von Steuben.
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Winner John Trumbull was an original member of The Society of the Cincinnati and an American Revolutionary Artist.
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