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Article CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. ← Page 3 of 3 Article AMERICA, (UNITED STATES).* Page 1 of 2 →
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Cape Of Good Hope.
Qi . s _ n . Ec . —Masonry in the Army . —In the Freemason ' s Quarterly Review we find honourable testimonials of the 46 th Regiment . It is stated that" among the archives of this Lodge are many interesting records of high value to its Masonic character , " and not the least interesting is the fact of the immortal AVashington having been initiated into Masonry in the Lodge belonging to this regiment . It is also very singular and remarkable that the Masonic chest , with the regalia , & c ,
belonging to the Lodge , should have been twice captured during the last wars , and restored on both occasions under circumstances highly honourable and gratifying both to the captors as well as to the regiment . 'The gallant 46 th is at present in garrison at Quebec . TEXAS . —Several new Lodges , ancl two R . A . Chapters , have been opened in this republic during the year . Owing to tbe disjointed state of society in generalancl the difficulty of remitting from the frontier
, towns to Austin , the returns have not been regularly made from some of the Lodges , but altogether the Order is progressing , and tlie annual meeting of the Grand Lodge in January was looked to with considerable expectation , when some of the representatives from the Grand Lodges of the United States were expected to attend .
America, (United States).*
AMERICA , ( UNITED STATES ) . *
' ¦ - NEW YoRK . ^ -It has been finally settled that a Masonic library shall be collected , whereby the means of attaining a knowledge of the " history" of our Order may be ensured . Already our Grand Lodge library assumes a character of importance ; it contains many rare books , among them the works of the Rev . Dr . Oliver , whom the English Brethren justly boast as the historian of the Order ; to which will be added , his " Landmarks , " ' ' The Charter of Cologne , " by Bro . Kloss , & c . The
Freemasons' Quarterly Review is a staple literary commodity . The volume for 1843 has been added , by presentation of Bro . Dr . Crucefix , and the compliment acknowledged by the following letter , addressed to him , which we subjoin , to mark the appreciation by Grand Lodge of that work : —f " New York , Sept . 9 , ' 1046 . " DR . R . T . CRUCEFIX , —I have the pleasure to inform you ,
AVorshipful Brother , that on the 3 d inst . 1 presented to the Grand Lodge of this State the tenth volume of the Freemasons' Quarterly Review , in your name . " The Grand Lodge received your gift with great satisfaction , and instructed me to return you their thanks for your interesting and valuable present . "I am , AA ' orshipful Brother , with fraternal regard , your ' s ; & c . ' "JAMES HERRING , Grand Sec . "
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Cape Of Good Hope.
Qi . s _ n . Ec . —Masonry in the Army . —In the Freemason ' s Quarterly Review we find honourable testimonials of the 46 th Regiment . It is stated that" among the archives of this Lodge are many interesting records of high value to its Masonic character , " and not the least interesting is the fact of the immortal AVashington having been initiated into Masonry in the Lodge belonging to this regiment . It is also very singular and remarkable that the Masonic chest , with the regalia , & c ,
belonging to the Lodge , should have been twice captured during the last wars , and restored on both occasions under circumstances highly honourable and gratifying both to the captors as well as to the regiment . 'The gallant 46 th is at present in garrison at Quebec . TEXAS . —Several new Lodges , ancl two R . A . Chapters , have been opened in this republic during the year . Owing to tbe disjointed state of society in generalancl the difficulty of remitting from the frontier
, towns to Austin , the returns have not been regularly made from some of the Lodges , but altogether the Order is progressing , and tlie annual meeting of the Grand Lodge in January was looked to with considerable expectation , when some of the representatives from the Grand Lodges of the United States were expected to attend .
America, (United States).*
AMERICA , ( UNITED STATES ) . *
' ¦ - NEW YoRK . ^ -It has been finally settled that a Masonic library shall be collected , whereby the means of attaining a knowledge of the " history" of our Order may be ensured . Already our Grand Lodge library assumes a character of importance ; it contains many rare books , among them the works of the Rev . Dr . Oliver , whom the English Brethren justly boast as the historian of the Order ; to which will be added , his " Landmarks , " ' ' The Charter of Cologne , " by Bro . Kloss , & c . The
Freemasons' Quarterly Review is a staple literary commodity . The volume for 1843 has been added , by presentation of Bro . Dr . Crucefix , and the compliment acknowledged by the following letter , addressed to him , which we subjoin , to mark the appreciation by Grand Lodge of that work : —f " New York , Sept . 9 , ' 1046 . " DR . R . T . CRUCEFIX , —I have the pleasure to inform you ,
AVorshipful Brother , that on the 3 d inst . 1 presented to the Grand Lodge of this State the tenth volume of the Freemasons' Quarterly Review , in your name . " The Grand Lodge received your gift with great satisfaction , and instructed me to return you their thanks for your interesting and valuable present . "I am , AA ' orshipful Brother , with fraternal regard , your ' s ; & c . ' "JAMES HERRING , Grand Sec . "