WASHINGTON, GEORGE, President. Engraved document signed ("G:Washington"), also signed by Henry Knox, Secretary of the Society of the Cincinnati, Mount Vernon, 31 October 1785. 1 page, a large oblong, 360 x 510mm. (14 3/4 x 19 1/2 in.). Engraved document PRINTED ON PARCHMENT, elaborately engraved by Jean-Jacques Andre Le Veau (1729-1786) after an original design of Pierre Charles L'Enfant (1754-1825) as drawn by Augustin-Louis La Belle (1757-1841), with large vignettes surrounding the calligraphic text: an American eagle flanked by clouds at top, in the lower left section, an armed man holding an American flag and a flying eagle drive a frightened woman (Brittania), wearing a crown and accompanied by a British lion, into the sea, while the Union Jack lies trampled on the round; in the right foreground are a fleet of warships under full sail and an angel blowing a trumpet trailing a banner; two circular medallion devices bearing the Society's mottos are incorporated at left and right, accomplished in manuscript, edges worn, the parchment severely cockled, the handwritten portions and signatures slightly faded (as usual), some of the accomplished text possibly retraced or retouched. A membership certificate in the Society granted to William Gray. Sold not subject to return.