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Article UNITED GRAND LODGE OF ENGLAND. ← Page 4 of 10 →
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United Grand Lodge Of England.
when m Pans las year , accompanying my resignation as Representative ot the Grand Lodge of England , with the dignity of P . G . W ., to the Grand Lodge of New York . In the tender of that document , your lordship no doubt observed that I was actuated by no other motive than a desire before embarking in a wider sphere of research , to absolve myself from all existing ties and masonic obligations—the charities exceptedwhich I shall continue to support and maintain of
, —a sense duty towards myself and your lordshi p which time alone can appropriately develope ; with an assurance that the height of mv ambition being fully ratified and confirmed , I purposed pursuing my travels on the Continent ; in the meanwhile , I should make up my mind to retire from all public life , whether ofa civil , military , or masonic character ; an assurance I have uniforml y and courteousl y observed since I last met your lordship m Grand Lod to the present hour
ge up . I beg leave again very respectfull y to inform your lordship that , while in Scotland , I received , by your command , a message from the Grand Secretary—a copy of which is before me , and from which 1 quote the following extracts —acquainting me "that in consequence of your lordship ' s having appointed me by the title of Maior tooke
general , , to be the Representative of the Grand Lod ge of England to the Grand Lodge of New York , your lordship had received a communication from a person in that city , in which it was stated that I did not bear that rank in the American service ; and that , trusting I possessed the means of fully establishing my claim to that distinguished title , I would do so at an early period . " In accordance with that message I replied to the same , appointing a day and hour to meet the Grand Secretary at his office in
London , at which place , and his own appointed time-having " fully and satisfactoril y established my claims " nf tl 1 r- i -T , P ' lcate ° f my credentials , copied by the Secretary ot the Girls School , or your lordship ; likewise informing him that I totri ^ fri ^ ir ' , / - PPOintment ^ and re P eatin S ™ r determination Stnti nl * ^ P - b IC r-J '" T V ° Cati 0 n ° " ™ y return t 0 the United ° AnMf «• H ?™ S *¦» established my claims to the title of
Z , Major General Cooke , m the American service , and , as I am advised being legally exonerated from whatever claims the Grand Lodge of England , over which your lordship presides , might otherwise have had or . my time sub sequent to that interview with the Grand Secretary a further communication has reached my hands , complaining that I had epre ented myself a Major General in the United States
army-an assertion equally unauthorised as uncharitable and untrue 1 regret exceedingly that your lordship , in answer to my official message asking a committee of enquiry to investi gate certain grievances lZec t \ 7 ft n c y tlte r d r > - id ** * a * was antici ated , bring the subject before Grand Lodge prior to my leaving England An hour would have put your lordshi p iu possession of all thafhas been stated and prematurel y condemned in my absence . Ave . and still mnr . iW
-one Z mit aI 1 thlS ™ l- a bUS y > meddlin & - discontented ' spirit lordshir , wi , ™ f V 6 ry m T ^ mesS but his own-one whom your lordship will one day or other discover that , in search of a " bone of contention for a correspondence , of the nature of which he has lone sincerepented-bas "sold his brother ' s birthright for a mere mess of Having , in all my negotiations with the Craft at large—officially or otherwise-conducted myself circumspectl y and as becometh a faithful
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
United Grand Lodge Of England.
when m Pans las year , accompanying my resignation as Representative ot the Grand Lodge of England , with the dignity of P . G . W ., to the Grand Lodge of New York . In the tender of that document , your lordship no doubt observed that I was actuated by no other motive than a desire before embarking in a wider sphere of research , to absolve myself from all existing ties and masonic obligations—the charities exceptedwhich I shall continue to support and maintain of
, —a sense duty towards myself and your lordshi p which time alone can appropriately develope ; with an assurance that the height of mv ambition being fully ratified and confirmed , I purposed pursuing my travels on the Continent ; in the meanwhile , I should make up my mind to retire from all public life , whether ofa civil , military , or masonic character ; an assurance I have uniforml y and courteousl y observed since I last met your lordship m Grand Lod to the present hour
ge up . I beg leave again very respectfull y to inform your lordship that , while in Scotland , I received , by your command , a message from the Grand Secretary—a copy of which is before me , and from which 1 quote the following extracts —acquainting me "that in consequence of your lordship ' s having appointed me by the title of Maior tooke
general , , to be the Representative of the Grand Lod ge of England to the Grand Lodge of New York , your lordship had received a communication from a person in that city , in which it was stated that I did not bear that rank in the American service ; and that , trusting I possessed the means of fully establishing my claim to that distinguished title , I would do so at an early period . " In accordance with that message I replied to the same , appointing a day and hour to meet the Grand Secretary at his office in
London , at which place , and his own appointed time-having " fully and satisfactoril y established my claims " nf tl 1 r- i -T , P ' lcate ° f my credentials , copied by the Secretary ot the Girls School , or your lordship ; likewise informing him that I totri ^ fri ^ ir ' , / - PPOintment ^ and re P eatin S ™ r determination Stnti nl * ^ P - b IC r-J '" T V ° Cati 0 n ° " ™ y return t 0 the United ° AnMf «• H ?™ S *¦» established my claims to the title of
Z , Major General Cooke , m the American service , and , as I am advised being legally exonerated from whatever claims the Grand Lodge of England , over which your lordship presides , might otherwise have had or . my time sub sequent to that interview with the Grand Secretary a further communication has reached my hands , complaining that I had epre ented myself a Major General in the United States
army-an assertion equally unauthorised as uncharitable and untrue 1 regret exceedingly that your lordship , in answer to my official message asking a committee of enquiry to investi gate certain grievances lZec t \ 7 ft n c y tlte r d r > - id ** * a * was antici ated , bring the subject before Grand Lodge prior to my leaving England An hour would have put your lordshi p iu possession of all thafhas been stated and prematurel y condemned in my absence . Ave . and still mnr . iW
-one Z mit aI 1 thlS ™ l- a bUS y > meddlin & - discontented ' spirit lordshir , wi , ™ f V 6 ry m T ^ mesS but his own-one whom your lordship will one day or other discover that , in search of a " bone of contention for a correspondence , of the nature of which he has lone sincerepented-bas "sold his brother ' s birthright for a mere mess of Having , in all my negotiations with the Craft at large—officially or otherwise-conducted myself circumspectl y and as becometh a faithful