Washington's Masonic Correspondence

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George Washington. Washington's Masonic Correspondence

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The Masonic Correspondence of Washington

I. Correspondence with Watson & Cassoul, Nantes, France, August, 1782

II. Correspondence with Alexandria Lodge, No. 39, Virginia, December, 1783

III. Correspondence with Alexandria Lodge, No. 39, Virginia, June, 1784

IV. Correspondence with King David's Lodge, No. 1, Rhode Island, August,1790

V. Correspondence with St. John's Lodge, No. 2 at Newbern, N. C., April, 1791

VI. Correspondence with Prince George's Lodge, No. 16, Georgetown, S. C., April, 1791

VII. Correspondence with Grand Lodge of South Carolina, May, 1791

VIII. Correspondence with Grand Lodge of Georgia, May, 1791

IX. Correspondence with Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania, January 3, 1792

X. Correspondence with Grand Lodge of Massachusetts, December, 1792

XI. Correspondence with Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania, December, 1796

XII. Correspondence with Alexandria Lodge, No. 22, Virginia

XIII. Correspondence With Grand Lodge of Massachusetts, March, 1797

XIV. Correspondence with Grand Lodge of Maryland, November, 1798

XV. Correspondence with G. W. Snyder, 1798

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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.

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Original copies of the above are in the Library of the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania.

Rev. Brother Smith reprinted the above in a Volume of Sermons with the following note:9

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