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proposal to exclude Israelites from the Lodges was persevered in . In every town of Prussia of any consideration , flourishing Lodges are in active operation . At Halberstadt they have purchased the buildings of a dissolved nunnery , whicli is worthily fitted up . In the kingdom of SAXONY the Order has never been formally recognised by the statebut is tolerated silentland without
obstruc-, y tion . The earliest Lodge of the Three White Eagles ( zu den drei weissen Adlern ) is said to have been founded by Graf Ratoivsky , but the accounts concerning it are defective , for after the death of the Elector Christian , a persecution was dreaded , and many documents were partly burnt , partly hidden . The Lodge of the Three Swans , afterwards of the Three Swords , was founded in 1741 .
In the same year the Lodge Minerva was founded at Leipsig ; Masonic meetings having been established there since 1736 , without any proper charter . Many other places followed ; Nossen in 1744 ; Bautzen , in the Lausitz , in 1802 , & c . The Mother Lodge is remarkable for the extent of her charities : viz ., the Orphan Institution , in the Frederic , or new town of Dresden ; the Sunday School at Leipsi & c . Graf Ratowskwas chosen as first Grand Master
g , y . In the year 1812 a union of Saxon Lodges was effectuated , under the name of the Gh-eat Territorial Lodge of Saxony ( die grosse Landesloge zu Sachsen ) , to which every Lodge in the country belongs , excepting two in Leipsig , and one in the dukedom of
Saxe-Meinungen . In the smaller SAXON DUKEDOMS , the Masonic Order took also early root , and flourished kindly under the protection of its gallant princes , many of whom were incorporated into the Order . In the dukedom of MEINDNGEN was founded as early as 1741 , under the auspices of Duke Karl Frederick , the Lodge Aux trois Boussoles ( it was the fashion then to speak at the German courts
exclusively French ) , but which was dissolved the year following , on the death of the prince . In the year 1774 , the Lodge Charlotte of the Three Pinks ( Loge Charlotte zu den drei Nelken ) was founded , and flourished exceedingly upon the admission of the two young dukes Karl and George .
In furtherance of the charitable purposes of the Order , this Lodge founded a school-seminary for preceptors , ancl recently the Bernard ' s Help ( Bernardsbiilfe ) , an orphanage . In the dukedom ALTENBT . KG , the Lodge Archimedes of the Three Delineating Boards ( zu den drei Reissbrettem ) , whose Constitution Book of 1803 , is a classic work in Masonry . _ In the grand-dukedom WEIMAE , 1767 , the Lodge Amitie , and iu lieu of it 1771 the
, , Lodge Ainalia was founded , and in 1773 , in Eisenach , a filial called the Caroline . The great spirits who ornamented this little Athens , Gothe , Schiller , Wieland , Herder , & c . & c , were members of this Lodge . Amongst the beautiful fugitive poems of the first of these coryphees , are some beautiful Masonic sonnets . But earlier in 1762 , tlie first Lodge worked at Jena , as of the Three Eases ( s _ u den drei Rosen ) , then , in 1807 , Augusta of the Crowned
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Correspondence.
proposal to exclude Israelites from the Lodges was persevered in . In every town of Prussia of any consideration , flourishing Lodges are in active operation . At Halberstadt they have purchased the buildings of a dissolved nunnery , whicli is worthily fitted up . In the kingdom of SAXONY the Order has never been formally recognised by the statebut is tolerated silentland without
obstruc-, y tion . The earliest Lodge of the Three White Eagles ( zu den drei weissen Adlern ) is said to have been founded by Graf Ratoivsky , but the accounts concerning it are defective , for after the death of the Elector Christian , a persecution was dreaded , and many documents were partly burnt , partly hidden . The Lodge of the Three Swans , afterwards of the Three Swords , was founded in 1741 .
In the same year the Lodge Minerva was founded at Leipsig ; Masonic meetings having been established there since 1736 , without any proper charter . Many other places followed ; Nossen in 1744 ; Bautzen , in the Lausitz , in 1802 , & c . The Mother Lodge is remarkable for the extent of her charities : viz ., the Orphan Institution , in the Frederic , or new town of Dresden ; the Sunday School at Leipsi & c . Graf Ratowskwas chosen as first Grand Master
g , y . In the year 1812 a union of Saxon Lodges was effectuated , under the name of the Gh-eat Territorial Lodge of Saxony ( die grosse Landesloge zu Sachsen ) , to which every Lodge in the country belongs , excepting two in Leipsig , and one in the dukedom of
Saxe-Meinungen . In the smaller SAXON DUKEDOMS , the Masonic Order took also early root , and flourished kindly under the protection of its gallant princes , many of whom were incorporated into the Order . In the dukedom of MEINDNGEN was founded as early as 1741 , under the auspices of Duke Karl Frederick , the Lodge Aux trois Boussoles ( it was the fashion then to speak at the German courts
exclusively French ) , but which was dissolved the year following , on the death of the prince . In the year 1774 , the Lodge Charlotte of the Three Pinks ( Loge Charlotte zu den drei Nelken ) was founded , and flourished exceedingly upon the admission of the two young dukes Karl and George .
In furtherance of the charitable purposes of the Order , this Lodge founded a school-seminary for preceptors , ancl recently the Bernard ' s Help ( Bernardsbiilfe ) , an orphanage . In the dukedom ALTENBT . KG , the Lodge Archimedes of the Three Delineating Boards ( zu den drei Reissbrettem ) , whose Constitution Book of 1803 , is a classic work in Masonry . _ In the grand-dukedom WEIMAE , 1767 , the Lodge Amitie , and iu lieu of it 1771 the
, , Lodge Ainalia was founded , and in 1773 , in Eisenach , a filial called the Caroline . The great spirits who ornamented this little Athens , Gothe , Schiller , Wieland , Herder , & c . & c , were members of this Lodge . Amongst the beautiful fugitive poems of the first of these coryphees , are some beautiful Masonic sonnets . But earlier in 1762 , tlie first Lodge worked at Jena , as of the Three Eases ( s _ u den drei Rosen ) , then , in 1807 , Augusta of the Crowned