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Index 141

ILLUSTRATIONS

PAGE

Masonic Portrait of Washington _Frontispiece_.

J. Henry Williams, R. W. Grand Master iii

Washington's Headquarters at Newburgh on the Hudson _Facing page_ 22

Wise's Tavern, Alexandria, Virginia " " 35

Moses Michael Hays (Portrait) " " 15

Washington, (Houdon Portrait), 1786 " " 36

Mordecai Gist, (Portrait) " " 57

Residence of President Washington in Philadelphia " " 69

Fac-Simile of Address " " 72

Jonathan Bayard Smith, (Portrait) " " 76

Rev. William Smith, D.D., (Portrait) " " 88

Mount Vernon, 1783-1799 " " 95

Paul Revere, (Portrait) " " 105

Washington, (St. Memin Portrait), 1798 " " 117

Draft of Letter to Grand Lodge of Maryland _Between pages_ 112-113

Press copy of Washington's letter to G. W. Snyder,
September 25, 1798 " " 124-125

Press copy of letter, October 24, 1798 " " 130-131

FOREWORD

WASHINGTON's Masonic correspondence as found among the Washington papers
in the Manuscript department of the Library of Congress, affords an
insight of the great esteem in which WASHINGTON held the Masonic
Fraternity, of which since his early days he had been an honored member.

This is further shown by his great courtesy to the Brethren, in his
replies to their addresses, no matter whether they were from a Grand or
Subordinate Lodge. In this collection, were also found some of the
original drafts of WASHINGTON's replies, together with copies of the
various masonic addresses and letters to him, and in the case of Dominie
Snyder, press copies of his answers.

In the present work an attempt has been made to group this matter
together in chronological order, also to show some of the surroundings
and conditions under