Greenway,
Secretary; Dr. Frederick Spambergen, Senior Deacon; George Richards,
Junior Deacon. Extract from Minutes, p. 288.
[73] _Vide_ "Freemasonry in Pennsylvania, 1727-1907," Vol. I, Chapter X,
pp. 295 _et seq_.
[74] _Ibid._, Vol. I, Chapter XII, pp. 399 _et seq_.
_Vide_ "Washington and his Masonic Compeers," Chapter VIII, pp. 149 _et
seq_.
[75] _Ibid._, pp. 86-87. Also records of King Solomon's Lodge, No. 1,
Poughkeepsie, New York.
[76] _Ibid._, pp. 150 _et seq_.
[77] _Ibid._, pp. 139 _et seq_.
[78] WASHINGTON, so far as known, attended the following public Masonic
functions:
1. Procession in Philadelphia, Festival of St. John the Evangelist,
December 28, 1778.
2. Festival of St. John the Baptist, June 24, 1779, with the American
Union Lodge, at the Robinson House on the Hudson, New York.
3. Festival of St. John the Evangelist, December 27, 1779, with American
Union Lodge, at the Morris Hotel, Morristown, New Jersey.
4. Festival of St. John the Evangelist, December 27, 1782, with King
Solomon's Lodge, at Poughkeepsie, New York.
5. Festival of St. John the Baptist, June 24, 1784, with Lodge No. 39,
at Alexandria, Virginia.
6. The Masonic funeral of Brother William Ramsay, February 12, 1785, at
Alexandria.
7. Laying of the cornerstone of the capitol at the Federal City
(Washington, D. C.), September 18, 1793, upon which occasion WASHINGTON
walked in the procession.
[79] Cf. Historical sketch before quoted, p. 24.
[80] Anti-Masonic Republican Convention before quoted, p. 26.
[81] Grand Master of Virginia, 1793-1795.
[82] Vindication of General Washington before quoted, p. 15.
[83] Cf. "Reprint of Minutes of Grand Lodge," Vol. I, p. 19.
[84] "Freemasonry in Pennsylvania, 1727-1781," Vol. I, p. 39.
[85] Address in full, _ibid._, pp. 399-402.
[86] All of the original correspondence is in the Archives of the Grand
Lodge of Pennsylvania, Mss., Vol. A.
[87] "Washington Sesqui-Centennial Celebration, Nov. 5, 1902, Memorial
Volume," pp. 135-6.
[88] Cf. "Old Masonic Lodges of Pennsylvania," Vol. II, Chapter LIII,
pp. 242-250.
[89] Specimen in Museum of Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania.
INDEX.
Aberts Tavern, 101
Adam, Rev. John, 30
Adam, Robert, 29, 30
Adcock, William, 77
Alexander, Alexander, 58
Alexandria Lodge, No. 22, Address and Reply, 18;
Letter and Address to Washington, 96;
Washington's Reply, 97
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