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Article A CENTURY OF FREEMASONRY. ← Page 4 of 10 →
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A Century Of Freemasonry.
memorial of its existence behind , by which a certain degree of doubt hangs over the first Masonic labours in Paris . " The first French Lodge noticed in the " Pocket Companion " is the Lodge No . 90 , Louis d'Argent , constituted 3 rd April , 1732 . It Avould seem as if there were some confusion between
this and the De Bussy Lodge , which is noticed in Entik's Constitution Book , 1756 , and in Jachin and Boaz ( 1764 ); * it is here marked variously : — Pocket Companion . No . 90 , a l'Hotel de Bussy , Rue de Bussy . Entik and Jachin and Boaz . No . 49 . a la Ville de Tonnerre , Rue de Boucheries .
The date of constitution in both cases is the same , proving that Lalande Avas partly mistaken , for the Lodge first assembled at Le Breton ' s , then at Landelle's , and was at length erased , on the 27 th June , 1768 , as inactive . The folloAving observation is remarkable : — " As in former times the Lodges were occasionallcalled after their
y Masters , so do we find the Lodge Rue de Bussy sometimes called Loge du Due d'Aumont . Possibly this circumstance may explain the origin and significance of the highly revered word in the Scotch grade of Strict Observance , Notuma-Aurnont . " f The only tivo Lodges at present working in France Avith their original English certificates , are the Loge l'Anglaise , at
Bordeaux , No . 204 ( working since 1732 ) , and another at Valenciennes , since 1 st July , 1733 . Besides this , we find mention in Anderson of a Lodge at Aubigny Castle , the seat of Lenox , Duke of Richmond and Aubigny , in 1735 . It was the scene of the Duke of Antin ' s initiation , and it Avas found inactive in 1768 .
As to Chapters , Ave find that Irish Chapters existed in Paris from 1730 ; at least , so it is asserted by Thory . But if Ave regard the condition of Freemasonry in Ireland , where in 1730 ( this very year ) a Grand Lodge Avas first formed from a few elements , there is great reason to doubt the accuracy of the statement . The constitutionit Avas allegedcame from Dublin .
, , Of the inward life of Freemasonry Ave gain a lively , but not very pleasant glimpse , in a letter written from Paris on the 20 th March , 17364 " The Society of Freemasons , so ancient and famous in England , is also
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
A Century Of Freemasonry.
memorial of its existence behind , by which a certain degree of doubt hangs over the first Masonic labours in Paris . " The first French Lodge noticed in the " Pocket Companion " is the Lodge No . 90 , Louis d'Argent , constituted 3 rd April , 1732 . It Avould seem as if there were some confusion between
this and the De Bussy Lodge , which is noticed in Entik's Constitution Book , 1756 , and in Jachin and Boaz ( 1764 ); * it is here marked variously : — Pocket Companion . No . 90 , a l'Hotel de Bussy , Rue de Bussy . Entik and Jachin and Boaz . No . 49 . a la Ville de Tonnerre , Rue de Boucheries .
The date of constitution in both cases is the same , proving that Lalande Avas partly mistaken , for the Lodge first assembled at Le Breton ' s , then at Landelle's , and was at length erased , on the 27 th June , 1768 , as inactive . The folloAving observation is remarkable : — " As in former times the Lodges were occasionallcalled after their
y Masters , so do we find the Lodge Rue de Bussy sometimes called Loge du Due d'Aumont . Possibly this circumstance may explain the origin and significance of the highly revered word in the Scotch grade of Strict Observance , Notuma-Aurnont . " f The only tivo Lodges at present working in France Avith their original English certificates , are the Loge l'Anglaise , at
Bordeaux , No . 204 ( working since 1732 ) , and another at Valenciennes , since 1 st July , 1733 . Besides this , we find mention in Anderson of a Lodge at Aubigny Castle , the seat of Lenox , Duke of Richmond and Aubigny , in 1735 . It was the scene of the Duke of Antin ' s initiation , and it Avas found inactive in 1768 .
As to Chapters , Ave find that Irish Chapters existed in Paris from 1730 ; at least , so it is asserted by Thory . But if Ave regard the condition of Freemasonry in Ireland , where in 1730 ( this very year ) a Grand Lodge Avas first formed from a few elements , there is great reason to doubt the accuracy of the statement . The constitutionit Avas allegedcame from Dublin .
, , Of the inward life of Freemasonry Ave gain a lively , but not very pleasant glimpse , in a letter written from Paris on the 20 th March , 17364 " The Society of Freemasons , so ancient and famous in England , is also