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Article Untitled ← Page 2 of 2 Article LODGE OF BENEVOLENCE. Page 1 of 1 Article ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR GIRLS. Page 1 of 1 Article ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR BOYS. Page 1 of 1 Article ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR BOYS. Page 1 of 1 Article PRESENTATION TO A LEWIS. Page 1 of 1 Article CONSECRATION OF A NEW LODGE IN NEW ZEALAND. Page 1 of 1
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oi 1 , 250 , 000 tons was lost in 18 S 1 , the average weekly list or disasters including eignt steamers and forty-three sailing vessels . THE " Personal Statistics " to which we call attention elsewhere , are very
interesting , though some may deem them rather trifling in themselves . We , however , venture to consider all such little facts interesting r . nd valuable , and not unworthy either the labours of compilation , or the thought of perusal . ________________
Lodge Of Benevolence.
LODGE OF BENEVOLENCE .
The monthly meeting cf the Lodgr * of Benevolence was held ©^ Wednesday evening , at Freemasons' Hall . The three chairs were occupied by Bros . Joshua Nunn , James Brett , . and the Rev . A . F . A . Woodford . Thc other brethren present wcre : Bros . J . M . Case , G . P . Rrittcn , John Constable , Richard Herve * Giraud , J . H . Matthews , \ V . Mann , Charles Dairy , | . Lewis Thomas , Thos . Cull , Charles Atkins , J . D . CollierF . BinckesJohn DentonF . R . Spaull \ V . Gibson Bott , N . Gnicl-steinArthur
, , , , , E . Gladwell , Frederic Davison , W . Groves . George Everett , \ V . Pitt , Henry P . Speedy , F . | . Moore , J . H . Sillitoe , L . F . Littell , \ V . H . Pcrryman , John Starving * , Chas . Hudson ' , G . D . H in * lies , F . Thurston , Charles McDowall , F . \ V . Koch , R . Former , \ V . H . Dean , George Powell , K . Squinell , R . J . Coo -, Joseph Thorp , A . Runacres , Charles E . Power , Griffiths Smith , Col . Shadwell ll . Gierke , G . Sec ; II . G . Buss , A . G . S . ; A . A . Pendlebury , \ V . Dodd , H . Sadler , G . T ., also attended .
The brethren first confirmed the recommendations of the former meeting to tlie amoui . t of , £ 295 . There were twenty new cases en thc list . The total amount granted was . £ 682 which was made up of one £ 200 ( £ 200 ) , one £ ido ( £ 100 ) , three £ 40 ( £ 120 ) , four £ 30 ( , £ 130 ; , one £ 25 ( £ 25 ) , four £ 20 ( £ 8 o ) , three £ 10 ( £ 3 ° )* one £ 5 ( £ 5 ) , and one £ 2 ( £ 2 ) .
Royal Masonic Institution For Girls.
ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR GIRLS .
The January Quarter ' ) ' Court of Subscribers and Governors of this Institution was held on Saturday , at Freemasons' Hall , Bro . Col . Creaton , Grand Treasurer , in the chair . There were also present Bros . H . A , Dubois William Dodd , Henry Lovegrove , A . J . Duft Filer , Rev . A . I *\ A , Woodiord , Frank Riciiardson , James Terry , Frederick Binckes , F . R . W . Hud > 'es ( Secretary ) , and H . Massey ( Freemason ) .
The minutes of the October Cou . * t having been read before they wcre put for confirmation , Bio . A . J- DUFF FILER , P . G . S . B ., said that with regard to the proposed swimming b ith , he did not wish to say one word in opposition to thc withes of the Committee in any lorm , but it had occurred to him , and several other brethren , that £ 2000 , which had b : en proposed as the limit winch the bitli wis not to exceed , w , s a vc'y largj sum , and they would be Iglad if
the Court cou d modify the amount . I'or his own part , he thought that £ 1500 was large enough , a id 'vould meet the wishes ol the subscribers to the Institution more nearly . All the brethren knew how desirable it was lhat girls , as well as boy-, should be taught to swim , and save life from drowning , and he hoped that the Boys' School would somo day have a bath of its own . He threw it out as a suggestion to thc meeting to modify the amount , but at
the same time he vould move that the minutes be confirmed with the exception of allowing the-sum of £ 2000 to stand , which he proposed should be altered by inserting thc figures £ 1500 as the amount not lo be exceeded for the building of a swimming bain . Pro . H . A . DL'DOIS . P . G . W . Middlesex , said he felt the same as Bro . Duff Filer , that £ 1500 was an ample sum . Indeed , he might go so far as
lo say that an eminent surveyor ( Bro . Lovegrove ) , who was present , had made a drawing lor the baths , which , though not a very elaborate building , would be such a one as while b y no means a disgrace to the gro mds ol the Institution or the different buildings , would be of immense advantage to the children . He seconded il * c motion . Bro . Col . CREATON * told the brethren I 12 was always hth to say anything
with regard to these propositions lor spending the money of the In-titution , but he could not allow t is to pass without a word or two . He quite agreed witn the remarks made by Bros . Filer and Dubois . He was in favour of having a swimming bath at thc School , but he was not in favour of thc expenditure on its con-truction of such a sum as £ 2000 . Ho was perfectly convinced that for £ 1000 or £ 1500 they mi g ht build an excellent bath . He might also say he was not in favour of placing the bath where it had been
proposed to be put—in a part of ths kitchen garden . 1 here was a very nice p lace near the laundry , 80 feet long and 30 feet wide , which was ample for the purpose , liro . FRANK RICHARDSON * said that if the site of the bath was a part of the motion before tho Court , he should have to move an amendment . When a faith wa ; agreed upon it would be decided by some competent authority where it should be . If it was put on a part of the kitchen garden it would spoil the place , and it would be a great pity to have to pull it down
agnn . Col . CRLVTON * replied that the site of the proposed bath was no part of the motion or amendment . The minutes , as altered by inserting £ 1500 instead of / 2000 for the
swimming bath , were then put and carried . Authority was given to thc Chairman to sign cheques for tradesmen ' s bills . The number of candidate *; for the April election was declared to be twenty . eight , and thc number of vacancies twenty-one . A vote of thanks to Col . Creaton closed tlie proceedings .
Royal Masonic Institution For Boys.
ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR BOYS .
The Quarterly Court of Subscribers and Governors of this Institution was held on Monday nfiernoon , at Freemasons' Hall , Bro . Col . J . Creaton , Grand Treasurer , ia the chair . There were also present Bros . Don . M . Cewar , lames Terry . Samuel 11 . Parkhouse , Arthur E . Gladwell , A . J . Duff Filer , C . H . Webb , F . Binckes ( Secretary ) , and H . Massey ( Freem ison ) . The number of candidates for the April election was declared as sixtyseven , and the number of vacancies fifteen . There had been another candidate , but he was withdrawn , the Province of Devon presenting him
Royal Masonic Institution For Boys.
under the John Huyshe presentation . A letter from Bro . Charles Godtschalk to that effect was read b y Bro . Binckes . This was the only business , with the exception of the reading and confirmation of the minutes , and the brethren then adjourned .
Presentation To A Lewis.
PRESENTATION TO A LEWIS .
An interesting feature of the monthly meeting of the Zetland Lodge , No . 1005 , held at its new quarters at the New Inn Hotel , in this city , on Wednesday evening last , and which was attended by the Deputy-Provincial Grand Master of the province , Bro . Alderman , J . Brook-Smith , M . A ., of Cheltenham , was the presentation of a silver cup to the infant son of a member of this lodge . The child had bien brought lo the lodge by his nurse , and when the ceremonies
were over and the business closed , nurse and infant were admitted and the gift was made , the brethren much enjoyin" * the novel proceeding . The silver cup bears the following inscription : — * ' Zetland Lodge , No . 1005 , Gloucester . To Norman D'Arcy Chnmpncy , a Lewis in Freemasonry , born on the day of the regular monthly meeting of the Lodge , Wednesday , Nov . the 9 th , 1 S 81 . Thos . Delafield , W . M . ; Henry JelTs , I . P . M . ; Henry Luker and Henry Frith Wardens ; W . J
. Lifton , Secretary . Thc Word " Lewis "' " is applied in English Operative Masonry to an iron cramp inserted in a large stone in a prepareel cavity for the purpose of attaching it to a pulley so that the stone may be raised to its proper elevation , The word Lewis is also applied to the eldest son of a Freemason , who bv
custom lakes precedence of other candidates at initiations . The word seems first to have had modern use in the Constitutions of the Craft in 173 S , in respect t > f His Majesty King George III ., eldest son of Brother His Royal Highness Frederick Prince of Wales . A toast was drunk to the royal child with the refrain : —
" Now a Lewis is horn , whom the world shall admire . Serene as his mother , august as his sire . " In the French rite the eldest son of a Freemason is called a " low-ton . " In the lodges in France it was formerl y the custom to adopt a lowton , and Clavel , in his" Histoire Piitoresque de la Franc-Macconcrie , " describes at length the proceedings on such an occasion , which were of a specially
festive character . 1 he lodge-room was decorated with leaves and flowers and pots of incense . The child and his nurse wcre brought to the Masonic Hall before the opening of the lodge aud placed in ah ante-room . Thc lodge was then opened in Masonic lorm , and the Wardens appointed as godfathers to the child repaired to thc ante-room accompanied by a deputation-of the brethren . Then thc child was taken lrom thc nurse and
conveyed into the lodge to the Ma-ter ' s chair , and alter some ceremony thc following colloquy look place : " What bring you here , brethren ? " asked the Worshipful Master . "Thc son of a brother , " replied thc Senior Warden , " whom the lodge is desirous of adopting . " " What arc his names and what Masonic name do you propose 10 give him ? The sponsor replied . He added tc the family and baptismal name ol the child another cliarac . crisiic one , such as Truth , Devotion , or Benevolence , or some other
of a similar kind , winch was called the Masonic name . Then followed tie burning of incense , and addresses wcre delivered by thc Master and tlie sponsors , and finally the infant was rc-condictcd to the ante-room and restored tu the anxious and , as may bc supposed , often bewildered nurse . " Sullicicnt for the day is ihe evil thereof . " There is a condition attached to future applications for silver cups in the Zetland Lodge ; the child , as in the present instance , must bc born on the day of a regular monthly meeting of the lodge . —Gloucester Chronicle , Jan . 14 th , iSS :.
Consecration Of A New Lodge In New Zealand.
CONSECRATION OF A NEW LODGE IN NEW ZEALAND .
A very imposinc Masonic ceremony took place on Thursday , Dec . 1 st , at the Freemasons' Hall , Moray-place , when a new It due under the Irish constitution was consecrated and constituted b y the U . W . Bro . Julius Hyman , P . P . G . S . W . Irish Ccnsihuiio'i , in the presence of t ic R . W . D . G . M . 01 New Zealand South , Bro . G . W . Harvey , and thc acting D . D . G . M ., E . G ., Bro . E . Nathan , a large number of Masters nnd Past Masters , and about 130 other brethrenThe
. ceremony , a very imposing one , was ably pcrfor-ned by Bro . Hyman , and the ceremony of installing thc Worshipful Master was performed by Bro . Harvey ; the Wardens wcre invested by the R . W . Bro . E . Nathan , and the re * t of the officers by R . W . Bro . W . Caldwell , G . S . of thc Grand Lodge of Scotland . Thc ceremonies were carried out under the supervision of the W . Bro . C de Longue . ville Graham , assisted by Bro . W . L . Buchanan .
UNITED STATES or * AMERICA . —In no country in the world has Freemasonry made such rapid strides as in the United States , which in 1877 conlains about fifty Grand Lodges , thousands of lodges , and over half a million sub-cribing members . Ail these have resulted from a small bt ginnine , made in 1730 by His Grace the Duke of Norfolk , app inting Bro . Daniel Cox , Pcov . G . Master for New York , New Jersey , and Pennsylvania .
Apparently several lodges were established by his authority in Philadelphia ( Penn ' a ) during the year that the Commission was issued ( or Deputation as it was then called ) . At all events , it is quite clear lhat lodges were working in that city 1731-3 , and that thc revered Benjamin Franklin and others were active and most zealous members . The pages of the Ke > stone , and especially the " Proceedings " of thc Grand Lodpc of Pennsylvania , as well as
the Grand " Memorial Volume " of the Masonic Temple at Philadel p hia ( under the able editorship of Bro . Charles Eugene Meyer ) , all most emphatically prove the right of Pennsylvania to claim priority in Masonry for all America . Some prefer to credit the city of Boston with the honour ; but certainly without justification—for the Deputation to Bro . Cox preceded that of Bro . Henry Price ' s by about three years , and though just now wo are at
a loss to exactly trace : ny of the several lodges which were referred to b y Bro . Benjamin Franklin , except probably ' one held al the " Hoop " Inn , Philadelphia , as No . 79 ( which is , to say the least , very nearly established on unequivocal testimony ) , yet it should be remembered that there is abundance of evidence to be found in the pages ol Franklin ' s newspapers lhat the
Craft was in a flourishing state in the " City of Brotherly Love " many months before Henry Price was installed as Prov . Grand " Master of New England , and we have but to wait for confirmatory intelligence lo place it beyond contradiction that Philadel phia is the premier Masonic city of America . —Kenning ' s Cyclopedia .
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Ar00200
oi 1 , 250 , 000 tons was lost in 18 S 1 , the average weekly list or disasters including eignt steamers and forty-three sailing vessels . THE " Personal Statistics " to which we call attention elsewhere , are very
interesting , though some may deem them rather trifling in themselves . We , however , venture to consider all such little facts interesting r . nd valuable , and not unworthy either the labours of compilation , or the thought of perusal . ________________
Lodge Of Benevolence.
LODGE OF BENEVOLENCE .
The monthly meeting cf the Lodgr * of Benevolence was held ©^ Wednesday evening , at Freemasons' Hall . The three chairs were occupied by Bros . Joshua Nunn , James Brett , . and the Rev . A . F . A . Woodford . Thc other brethren present wcre : Bros . J . M . Case , G . P . Rrittcn , John Constable , Richard Herve * Giraud , J . H . Matthews , \ V . Mann , Charles Dairy , | . Lewis Thomas , Thos . Cull , Charles Atkins , J . D . CollierF . BinckesJohn DentonF . R . Spaull \ V . Gibson Bott , N . Gnicl-steinArthur
, , , , , E . Gladwell , Frederic Davison , W . Groves . George Everett , \ V . Pitt , Henry P . Speedy , F . | . Moore , J . H . Sillitoe , L . F . Littell , \ V . H . Pcrryman , John Starving * , Chas . Hudson ' , G . D . H in * lies , F . Thurston , Charles McDowall , F . \ V . Koch , R . Former , \ V . H . Dean , George Powell , K . Squinell , R . J . Coo -, Joseph Thorp , A . Runacres , Charles E . Power , Griffiths Smith , Col . Shadwell ll . Gierke , G . Sec ; II . G . Buss , A . G . S . ; A . A . Pendlebury , \ V . Dodd , H . Sadler , G . T ., also attended .
The brethren first confirmed the recommendations of the former meeting to tlie amoui . t of , £ 295 . There were twenty new cases en thc list . The total amount granted was . £ 682 which was made up of one £ 200 ( £ 200 ) , one £ ido ( £ 100 ) , three £ 40 ( £ 120 ) , four £ 30 ( , £ 130 ; , one £ 25 ( £ 25 ) , four £ 20 ( £ 8 o ) , three £ 10 ( £ 3 ° )* one £ 5 ( £ 5 ) , and one £ 2 ( £ 2 ) .
Royal Masonic Institution For Girls.
ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR GIRLS .
The January Quarter ' ) ' Court of Subscribers and Governors of this Institution was held on Saturday , at Freemasons' Hall , Bro . Col . Creaton , Grand Treasurer , in the chair . There were also present Bros . H . A , Dubois William Dodd , Henry Lovegrove , A . J . Duft Filer , Rev . A . I *\ A , Woodiord , Frank Riciiardson , James Terry , Frederick Binckes , F . R . W . Hud > 'es ( Secretary ) , and H . Massey ( Freemason ) .
The minutes of the October Cou . * t having been read before they wcre put for confirmation , Bio . A . J- DUFF FILER , P . G . S . B ., said that with regard to the proposed swimming b ith , he did not wish to say one word in opposition to thc withes of the Committee in any lorm , but it had occurred to him , and several other brethren , that £ 2000 , which had b : en proposed as the limit winch the bitli wis not to exceed , w , s a vc'y largj sum , and they would be Iglad if
the Court cou d modify the amount . I'or his own part , he thought that £ 1500 was large enough , a id 'vould meet the wishes ol the subscribers to the Institution more nearly . All the brethren knew how desirable it was lhat girls , as well as boy-, should be taught to swim , and save life from drowning , and he hoped that the Boys' School would somo day have a bath of its own . He threw it out as a suggestion to thc meeting to modify the amount , but at
the same time he vould move that the minutes be confirmed with the exception of allowing the-sum of £ 2000 to stand , which he proposed should be altered by inserting thc figures £ 1500 as the amount not lo be exceeded for the building of a swimming bain . Pro . H . A . DL'DOIS . P . G . W . Middlesex , said he felt the same as Bro . Duff Filer , that £ 1500 was an ample sum . Indeed , he might go so far as
lo say that an eminent surveyor ( Bro . Lovegrove ) , who was present , had made a drawing lor the baths , which , though not a very elaborate building , would be such a one as while b y no means a disgrace to the gro mds ol the Institution or the different buildings , would be of immense advantage to the children . He seconded il * c motion . Bro . Col . CREATON * told the brethren I 12 was always hth to say anything
with regard to these propositions lor spending the money of the In-titution , but he could not allow t is to pass without a word or two . He quite agreed witn the remarks made by Bros . Filer and Dubois . He was in favour of having a swimming bath at thc School , but he was not in favour of thc expenditure on its con-truction of such a sum as £ 2000 . Ho was perfectly convinced that for £ 1000 or £ 1500 they mi g ht build an excellent bath . He might also say he was not in favour of placing the bath where it had been
proposed to be put—in a part of ths kitchen garden . 1 here was a very nice p lace near the laundry , 80 feet long and 30 feet wide , which was ample for the purpose , liro . FRANK RICHARDSON * said that if the site of the bath was a part of the motion before tho Court , he should have to move an amendment . When a faith wa ; agreed upon it would be decided by some competent authority where it should be . If it was put on a part of the kitchen garden it would spoil the place , and it would be a great pity to have to pull it down
agnn . Col . CRLVTON * replied that the site of the proposed bath was no part of the motion or amendment . The minutes , as altered by inserting £ 1500 instead of / 2000 for the
swimming bath , were then put and carried . Authority was given to thc Chairman to sign cheques for tradesmen ' s bills . The number of candidate *; for the April election was declared to be twenty . eight , and thc number of vacancies twenty-one . A vote of thanks to Col . Creaton closed tlie proceedings .
Royal Masonic Institution For Boys.
ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR BOYS .
The Quarterly Court of Subscribers and Governors of this Institution was held on Monday nfiernoon , at Freemasons' Hall , Bro . Col . J . Creaton , Grand Treasurer , ia the chair . There were also present Bros . Don . M . Cewar , lames Terry . Samuel 11 . Parkhouse , Arthur E . Gladwell , A . J . Duff Filer , C . H . Webb , F . Binckes ( Secretary ) , and H . Massey ( Freem ison ) . The number of candidates for the April election was declared as sixtyseven , and the number of vacancies fifteen . There had been another candidate , but he was withdrawn , the Province of Devon presenting him
Royal Masonic Institution For Boys.
under the John Huyshe presentation . A letter from Bro . Charles Godtschalk to that effect was read b y Bro . Binckes . This was the only business , with the exception of the reading and confirmation of the minutes , and the brethren then adjourned .
Presentation To A Lewis.
PRESENTATION TO A LEWIS .
An interesting feature of the monthly meeting of the Zetland Lodge , No . 1005 , held at its new quarters at the New Inn Hotel , in this city , on Wednesday evening last , and which was attended by the Deputy-Provincial Grand Master of the province , Bro . Alderman , J . Brook-Smith , M . A ., of Cheltenham , was the presentation of a silver cup to the infant son of a member of this lodge . The child had bien brought lo the lodge by his nurse , and when the ceremonies
were over and the business closed , nurse and infant were admitted and the gift was made , the brethren much enjoyin" * the novel proceeding . The silver cup bears the following inscription : — * ' Zetland Lodge , No . 1005 , Gloucester . To Norman D'Arcy Chnmpncy , a Lewis in Freemasonry , born on the day of the regular monthly meeting of the Lodge , Wednesday , Nov . the 9 th , 1 S 81 . Thos . Delafield , W . M . ; Henry JelTs , I . P . M . ; Henry Luker and Henry Frith Wardens ; W . J
. Lifton , Secretary . Thc Word " Lewis "' " is applied in English Operative Masonry to an iron cramp inserted in a large stone in a prepareel cavity for the purpose of attaching it to a pulley so that the stone may be raised to its proper elevation , The word Lewis is also applied to the eldest son of a Freemason , who bv
custom lakes precedence of other candidates at initiations . The word seems first to have had modern use in the Constitutions of the Craft in 173 S , in respect t > f His Majesty King George III ., eldest son of Brother His Royal Highness Frederick Prince of Wales . A toast was drunk to the royal child with the refrain : —
" Now a Lewis is horn , whom the world shall admire . Serene as his mother , august as his sire . " In the French rite the eldest son of a Freemason is called a " low-ton . " In the lodges in France it was formerl y the custom to adopt a lowton , and Clavel , in his" Histoire Piitoresque de la Franc-Macconcrie , " describes at length the proceedings on such an occasion , which were of a specially
festive character . 1 he lodge-room was decorated with leaves and flowers and pots of incense . The child and his nurse wcre brought to the Masonic Hall before the opening of the lodge aud placed in ah ante-room . Thc lodge was then opened in Masonic lorm , and the Wardens appointed as godfathers to the child repaired to thc ante-room accompanied by a deputation-of the brethren . Then thc child was taken lrom thc nurse and
conveyed into the lodge to the Ma-ter ' s chair , and alter some ceremony thc following colloquy look place : " What bring you here , brethren ? " asked the Worshipful Master . "Thc son of a brother , " replied thc Senior Warden , " whom the lodge is desirous of adopting . " " What arc his names and what Masonic name do you propose 10 give him ? The sponsor replied . He added tc the family and baptismal name ol the child another cliarac . crisiic one , such as Truth , Devotion , or Benevolence , or some other
of a similar kind , winch was called the Masonic name . Then followed tie burning of incense , and addresses wcre delivered by thc Master and tlie sponsors , and finally the infant was rc-condictcd to the ante-room and restored tu the anxious and , as may bc supposed , often bewildered nurse . " Sullicicnt for the day is ihe evil thereof . " There is a condition attached to future applications for silver cups in the Zetland Lodge ; the child , as in the present instance , must bc born on the day of a regular monthly meeting of the lodge . —Gloucester Chronicle , Jan . 14 th , iSS :.
Consecration Of A New Lodge In New Zealand.
CONSECRATION OF A NEW LODGE IN NEW ZEALAND .
A very imposinc Masonic ceremony took place on Thursday , Dec . 1 st , at the Freemasons' Hall , Moray-place , when a new It due under the Irish constitution was consecrated and constituted b y the U . W . Bro . Julius Hyman , P . P . G . S . W . Irish Ccnsihuiio'i , in the presence of t ic R . W . D . G . M . 01 New Zealand South , Bro . G . W . Harvey , and thc acting D . D . G . M ., E . G ., Bro . E . Nathan , a large number of Masters nnd Past Masters , and about 130 other brethrenThe
. ceremony , a very imposing one , was ably pcrfor-ned by Bro . Hyman , and the ceremony of installing thc Worshipful Master was performed by Bro . Harvey ; the Wardens wcre invested by the R . W . Bro . E . Nathan , and the re * t of the officers by R . W . Bro . W . Caldwell , G . S . of thc Grand Lodge of Scotland . Thc ceremonies were carried out under the supervision of the W . Bro . C de Longue . ville Graham , assisted by Bro . W . L . Buchanan .
UNITED STATES or * AMERICA . —In no country in the world has Freemasonry made such rapid strides as in the United States , which in 1877 conlains about fifty Grand Lodges , thousands of lodges , and over half a million sub-cribing members . Ail these have resulted from a small bt ginnine , made in 1730 by His Grace the Duke of Norfolk , app inting Bro . Daniel Cox , Pcov . G . Master for New York , New Jersey , and Pennsylvania .
Apparently several lodges were established by his authority in Philadelphia ( Penn ' a ) during the year that the Commission was issued ( or Deputation as it was then called ) . At all events , it is quite clear lhat lodges were working in that city 1731-3 , and that thc revered Benjamin Franklin and others were active and most zealous members . The pages of the Ke > stone , and especially the " Proceedings " of thc Grand Lodpc of Pennsylvania , as well as
the Grand " Memorial Volume " of the Masonic Temple at Philadel p hia ( under the able editorship of Bro . Charles Eugene Meyer ) , all most emphatically prove the right of Pennsylvania to claim priority in Masonry for all America . Some prefer to credit the city of Boston with the honour ; but certainly without justification—for the Deputation to Bro . Cox preceded that of Bro . Henry Price ' s by about three years , and though just now wo are at
a loss to exactly trace : ny of the several lodges which were referred to b y Bro . Benjamin Franklin , except probably ' one held al the " Hoop " Inn , Philadelphia , as No . 79 ( which is , to say the least , very nearly established on unequivocal testimony ) , yet it should be remembered that there is abundance of evidence to be found in the pages ol Franklin ' s newspapers lhat the
Craft was in a flourishing state in the " City of Brotherly Love " many months before Henry Price was installed as Prov . Grand " Master of New England , and we have but to wait for confirmatory intelligence lo place it beyond contradiction that Philadel phia is the premier Masonic city of America . —Kenning ' s Cyclopedia .