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A Query.
A QUERY .
( To the Editor of The Freemason . ) SIR , —Would some of your readers inform me if a W . M . has power to place the names of candidates on the summons after being black-balled in his own lodge . The circumstances are these : On a certain occasion neither the W . M ., nor the I . P . M . were
present , so ano ' ther P . M . assumed the chair of K . S . Two candidates were balloted for , and rejected . Shortly after , the I . P . M . who was also W . M .-dcsignate , arrived and opened the lodge again ; balloting again for the candidates and they were again
rejected . Shortly after the second balloting , I am informed , the W . M . arrived , and he did the same with a like result , and on the summons for the ensuingmeetingthe names ofthe rejected candidates appear . Yours fraternally ,
HIRAM . AN APPEAL TO THE CRAFT .
( To the Editor of Ihe Freemason . ) DEAR SIR AND BROTHER , —Will you permit me to appeal to my brethren through your columns , on behalf of a member of the Craft , who is now , " through an unforseen calamity and misfortune , reduced to the lowest ebb of novertv and distress "
He was a publican and much respected in his lodge , but unfortunately from the above-named circumstances he lost , £ 3 , 000 in a very short time , and is now almost starving . His mother lodge recommended his petition to the Board of Benevolence from which he received ^ 10 , and together with some private subscriptions , he has been enabled to keep
the wolf from the door" for some months past . He has a Wife and family , and being unable to find employment , the late severe weather has told greatly upon him . I shall be glad to receive subscriptions for him , and answer willingly any questions which may be put to me about him . I believe it is a really desering case , and as such , I trust I shall not appeal in
vain . I am , dear Sir and Brother , Yours truly and fraternally , CHAS . E . THOMPSON , J . ., 1158 , 177 . 44 , Bedford-row , W . C , Feb . 17 th , 1870 .
THE BOYS' SCHOOL FESTIVAL . ( To thc Editor of The Freemason . ) DEAR SIR AND BROTHER , —On Tuesday last I attended the first meeting of the Stewards for the approaching Boys' School Festival , when thc gratifying announcement was made that H . R . H . thc Prince of Wales had consented to take the chair on the 30 th March .
A long discussion then ensued as to thc propriety of removing the festival from the Freemasons ' Tavern to Guildhall , provided permission were obtained to use the latter , it being strongly contended that the accommodation afforded at thc Tavern was totally inadequate to meet the probable requirements of the occasion .
It was urged that at least 1 , 000 ladies and gentlemen were expected to be present , and that all the available resources of the new buildings in Great Queen-street would be insufficient to enable the Stewards to provide for the comfort of so large an assemblage . It was admitted that a very heavy outlay—say
, £ 500—would be incurred in the preparation and fitting up of Guildhall for the reception of 800 or i , oooguests , and this expense thc Stewards are expected to bear . Now , Sir and Brother , I entirely object to thc proposed arrangements . I maintain that we have no right to appropriate an enormous sum to such
purposes , when so many of our fellow-creatures arc starving around us , and when thc very children themselves whose cause we propose to represent , are knocking in vain at the gates of our school for admission . I do not see why extravagance and profusion should characterize our efforts to maintain thc
Masonic charities . I do not sec why large sums of money should be wasted to enable Tom , Bill or Harry to dine with a Prince . Already the attraction of His Royal Highness ' s intention to preside at the Boys' Festival is beginning to tell , but scarcely in favour of the institution . Everybody is willing to purchase a dinner ticket ,
hut comparatively few arc so ready to subscribe lo the charity . Under the circumstances , I feel very little disposed to pay the extra expense which will be entailed upon the Stewards , and which may be moderately estimated at from five to six guineas . Thc only rational mode to adopt is to restrict the number of tickets , and suffer none to be present
who arc not Stewards or subscribers to the institution . We shall thus be tnabled to meet in our own building , thc Freemasons' Tavern , and I am satisfied that the result will be as glorious a success , as if we hobnobbed with the Lord Mayor at Guildhall . On Monday next , the 28 th inst ., the question will be decided by the Stewards , and before then
A Query.
I hope our country brethren will signify their opinions on the subject . Yours fraternally , A STEWARD FOR THE BOYS .
HAS THE CRAFT DETERIORATED ? ( To the Editor of The Freemason . ) DEAR SIR AND BROTHER , —During the course of THE FREEMASON , which , though not a long one , has been long enough to exhibit the spirit which animates its conductors , I have admired the
fearlessness with which it has expressed itself upon matters which in the estimation of some stand upon ground which should not be approached with shodden feet , but which , with all that stands upon it , should be regarded as sacred , and beyond the pale of legitimate criticism . It must be gratifying
to every rational Mason , every one who is able to give a reason for the conviction he cherishes , to find that you , and most of your fellow-labourers , are not thus minded . No one can suspect you of want of zeal for the Craft , or of resolution to defend its principles and its prescribed practices against all
comers . But you do not deem it any part of your duty to cast a veil over the faults or aberrations of its members , or to insist upon it that all are true Israelites who are of Israel . So long as you are animated by this spirit , and pursue this course of action , you will not only deserve success but
command it , if it be lawful to say what is in opposition to one of our favourite moral facts . I cannot say how the majority of your readers may approve of your reproduction of the opinions on the Craft expressed by " one of the foremost leaders of modern thought , " in THE FREEMASON
of February 19 th . Some , I know , will object to it , inasmuch as it implies an admission , albeit you seem to soften down the objections , that there is some truth in them ; and that , being so , that it is calculated to destroy , in some degree , the high prestige that attaches to our body . May I venture
to assume that you think , with me , that a prestige not fairly merited must soon become dissipated , and that the only way to retain it is to remove the causes that are hostile to it . The principles and practices of thc Craft , the benevolent spirit which it inculcates and exemplifies in relieving thc
distressed and educating the young , which you so felicitously describe , are unquestionable , and are worthy of all praise . Nevertheless , there is much truth , as I think , in thc somewhat severe imputations cast upon it by the brother you have permitted to witness against it , and I have heard similar
thingssaid by other brothers . But if , as I think , these imputations are in some measure deserved , the Craft has but gone the way of all human institutions , and , I may add , of all sacred institutions also . From the remotest times of which wc have any knowledge , philosophy and religion have been alike
corrupted by the introduction into thc schools of philosophy and the churches of every creed and confession of men of loose morals or perverted judgments , or , what has been still worse , perhaps , of utter indifference to the truths professed and the objects aimed at ; and , at length , the " little leaven
has leavened thc whole lump , "and the pure principles and thc good works , the living spirit and thc active and all-embracing sympathy which once animated the body have departed , and it " ceased to exert any appreciable influence [ for good ] upon thc age in which it lived , or upon mankind in general . " Be it that we are not so bad as we seem to be in the
judgment of our censor , yet it is not to be denied that there is ground for censure . We are not fully alive—many of us—to the truth and value of the principles we profess , and to the maintenance of which we are obligated . Wc arc too apt to disregard Masonry when we leave thc lodge , as some
people do religion when they leave the church . We stand in need of what the churches call "a revival . " Wc want a more abiding sense of our obligations , and ofthe criminality of departing in any measure from them , to feel that Masonry is not only an institution and association for charity , but that it is
a system of morality , embracing our duty to God as well as to man . " Truth " should be our guiding star , while " brotherly love " and " relief" are our animating principles . And not less important and imperative is it that wc should exercise care and caution in proposing and admitting candidates .
This , indeed , is one of our obligations . Do we heed it as we should do ? Have we individually been the means of deteriorating the character of the Craft by our carelessness or our ill-founded goodnature or partialities in this respect ? If each of ns examined himself on both the grounds I have suggested , and resolved , if there be reason for it , to
reform ; and if , in addition , we recalled to mind on obligations as to intellectual studies and pursuits , and fulfil them , it would soon cease to be said that wc have " unswathed the body of Masonry , and hung up the grave clothes as mysterious relics , utterly oblivious of the history of thc past , and blind to the possibilities of thc future . " 1 am , yours fraternally , WILLIAM CARPENTER .
" Henry Price Again. "
" HENRY PRICE AGAIN . "
( To the Editor of The Freemason ) . DEAR SIR AND BROTHER , —Here are several facts or fictions , collected from original , or as near orig in- ;! sources as I could get at , which may help to settle the question whether Henry Price was ever appointed Grand Master of America .
Bro . C . W . Moore , in his life of Henry Price ( appended to the constitution of the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts , 1857 ) , after giving the particulars ofthe establishment ofthe "First Lodge" in Boston , goes on to say , " During the four years of his presidency , he ( Price ) established three other lodges , two of which were in
distant provinces . The first warrant lie issued was for a lodge in Philadelphia , called in the records 'The First Lodge in Pennsylvania . ' [ The Massachusetts ' record says nothing about they ?; - */ lodge in Pennsylvania , To what record does Bro . Moore allude ?] The authority for it was granted to his intimate personal friend and brother , Benjamin Franklin , who was its first Master . The
warrant bears date June 24 th , 1734 . On the same day and year he also granted a warrant for ' The Lodge of St . John' at Portsmouth , in New Hampshire , and on the 27 th of December , 1735 , ho issued his warrant for the establishment of ' The First Lodge in South Carolina , ' at Charleston . Two of these lodges were out of New England , and therefore beyond the original jurisdiction of
the Grand Master . And in explanation of this , it is proper here to state that early in the year 1734 he had received authority from the Grand Lodge of England to establish Masonry in all North America , as were also his immediate successors , Robert Tomlinson , in 1736 [ the commission of Tomlinson confines bis jurisdiction to New England and its territories , not to North America ] , and Thomas Oxnard , in 1742 . "
The Massachusetts record , of June 24 th , 1 734 , says , " About this time our Worshipful Bro . Benjamin Franklin , from Philadelphia , became acquainted with our Right Worshipful Grand Master , Mr . Price , who further instructed him in the Royal Art , and said Franklin at Philadelphia called the brethren there together , who
petitioned our Right Worshipful Grand Master for a constitution to hold a lodge , and our Right Worshipful G . JI . having this year received orders from the Grand Lodge in England to establish Masonry in all North America , did send a deputation to Philadelphia , appointing Right Worshipful Mr . Benjamin Franklin First Master , which is the beginning of Masonry there . "
And again , "December 27 th , 1735 . About this time sundry brethren going to South Carolina met some Masons in Charlestown , who thereupon went to work , from which sprang Masonry in those parts . " Thus much for the Massachussets record . I shall
now give a letter from Benjamin Franklin , which Dr . Winslow Lewis discovered some years ago among old papers belonging to the G . L . of Massachusetts , and which letter Bro Lewis exhibited at a Masonic gathering at Philadelphia , when Bro . Leon Hyneman took a copy and printed it in The World ' s Masonic Register ( page 352 ) : —
'' For Mr . Henry Price , at the Brazen Head . " Right W . G . Master and dear Brethren , — " Wc acknowledge your favour of the twenty-third of October past , and rejoice that the Grand Master ( whom God bless ) hath so happily recovered from his late indisposition ; and we now , glass in hand , drink to the establishment of his health , and to the prosperity of your
whole lodge . " We have seen in the Boston prints an article of news from London , importing that at a Grand Lodge held there in August last , Mr . Price ' s deputation and power was extended over all North America , which advice we hope is true , and we heartily congratulate him thereupon ; and though this has not been ns yet regularly signified lo us by
you , yet giving credit thereto , wc think it our duty to lay before your lodge what wc apprehend needful to be done for us in order to promote and strengthen ihe interests of Masonry in this province ( which seems to want the sanction of some authority derived from home to give the proceedingsandilctcrminations of our lodges theirdue weight ) , to wit : A deputation or charter granted by thc R . W .
Mr . Price , hy virtue of his commission from Britain , confirming the brethren of Pennsylvania in the privileges they at present enjoy of holding annually their Grand Lodge , choosing their Grand Master . Wardens , and other officers who may manage all affairs relating lo the brethren here , with full power and authority , according to customs and usages of Masons . The said G . M . of Pennsylvania only
yielding his chair when the G . M . of all America shall be in place . This , if it seems good and reasonable to you to grant , will not only be extremely agreeable to us , but will also , we arc confident , conduce much to ( he welfare , establishment , and reputation of Masons in these pails . " Wc- therefore submit it lo your consideration ; and as we hone our request will be complied with , we desire that
it may he done as soon as possible , ancl also accompanied with a copy ofthe R . W . Grand Master ' s first deputation , and ofthe instrument by which it appears lo he enlarged as above-mentioned , witnessed by your Wardens , and signed by the Secretary . For which favours ihis lodge
doubts not of being able so to behave as not to be ungrateful . " | V . ' e are , Right Worshipful Grand Master and brethren , your affectionate brethren and obliged , humble servants , " B . " FRANKLIN , G . M . "Philadelphia , Nov . aS , 1734 . " Now let us see how thc case stands . Iiro . Moore
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A Query.
A QUERY .
( To the Editor of The Freemason . ) SIR , —Would some of your readers inform me if a W . M . has power to place the names of candidates on the summons after being black-balled in his own lodge . The circumstances are these : On a certain occasion neither the W . M ., nor the I . P . M . were
present , so ano ' ther P . M . assumed the chair of K . S . Two candidates were balloted for , and rejected . Shortly after , the I . P . M . who was also W . M .-dcsignate , arrived and opened the lodge again ; balloting again for the candidates and they were again
rejected . Shortly after the second balloting , I am informed , the W . M . arrived , and he did the same with a like result , and on the summons for the ensuingmeetingthe names ofthe rejected candidates appear . Yours fraternally ,
HIRAM . AN APPEAL TO THE CRAFT .
( To the Editor of Ihe Freemason . ) DEAR SIR AND BROTHER , —Will you permit me to appeal to my brethren through your columns , on behalf of a member of the Craft , who is now , " through an unforseen calamity and misfortune , reduced to the lowest ebb of novertv and distress "
He was a publican and much respected in his lodge , but unfortunately from the above-named circumstances he lost , £ 3 , 000 in a very short time , and is now almost starving . His mother lodge recommended his petition to the Board of Benevolence from which he received ^ 10 , and together with some private subscriptions , he has been enabled to keep
the wolf from the door" for some months past . He has a Wife and family , and being unable to find employment , the late severe weather has told greatly upon him . I shall be glad to receive subscriptions for him , and answer willingly any questions which may be put to me about him . I believe it is a really desering case , and as such , I trust I shall not appeal in
vain . I am , dear Sir and Brother , Yours truly and fraternally , CHAS . E . THOMPSON , J . ., 1158 , 177 . 44 , Bedford-row , W . C , Feb . 17 th , 1870 .
THE BOYS' SCHOOL FESTIVAL . ( To thc Editor of The Freemason . ) DEAR SIR AND BROTHER , —On Tuesday last I attended the first meeting of the Stewards for the approaching Boys' School Festival , when thc gratifying announcement was made that H . R . H . thc Prince of Wales had consented to take the chair on the 30 th March .
A long discussion then ensued as to thc propriety of removing the festival from the Freemasons ' Tavern to Guildhall , provided permission were obtained to use the latter , it being strongly contended that the accommodation afforded at thc Tavern was totally inadequate to meet the probable requirements of the occasion .
It was urged that at least 1 , 000 ladies and gentlemen were expected to be present , and that all the available resources of the new buildings in Great Queen-street would be insufficient to enable the Stewards to provide for the comfort of so large an assemblage . It was admitted that a very heavy outlay—say
, £ 500—would be incurred in the preparation and fitting up of Guildhall for the reception of 800 or i , oooguests , and this expense thc Stewards are expected to bear . Now , Sir and Brother , I entirely object to thc proposed arrangements . I maintain that we have no right to appropriate an enormous sum to such
purposes , when so many of our fellow-creatures arc starving around us , and when thc very children themselves whose cause we propose to represent , are knocking in vain at the gates of our school for admission . I do not see why extravagance and profusion should characterize our efforts to maintain thc
Masonic charities . I do not sec why large sums of money should be wasted to enable Tom , Bill or Harry to dine with a Prince . Already the attraction of His Royal Highness ' s intention to preside at the Boys' Festival is beginning to tell , but scarcely in favour of the institution . Everybody is willing to purchase a dinner ticket ,
hut comparatively few arc so ready to subscribe lo the charity . Under the circumstances , I feel very little disposed to pay the extra expense which will be entailed upon the Stewards , and which may be moderately estimated at from five to six guineas . Thc only rational mode to adopt is to restrict the number of tickets , and suffer none to be present
who arc not Stewards or subscribers to the institution . We shall thus be tnabled to meet in our own building , thc Freemasons' Tavern , and I am satisfied that the result will be as glorious a success , as if we hobnobbed with the Lord Mayor at Guildhall . On Monday next , the 28 th inst ., the question will be decided by the Stewards , and before then
A Query.
I hope our country brethren will signify their opinions on the subject . Yours fraternally , A STEWARD FOR THE BOYS .
HAS THE CRAFT DETERIORATED ? ( To the Editor of The Freemason . ) DEAR SIR AND BROTHER , —During the course of THE FREEMASON , which , though not a long one , has been long enough to exhibit the spirit which animates its conductors , I have admired the
fearlessness with which it has expressed itself upon matters which in the estimation of some stand upon ground which should not be approached with shodden feet , but which , with all that stands upon it , should be regarded as sacred , and beyond the pale of legitimate criticism . It must be gratifying
to every rational Mason , every one who is able to give a reason for the conviction he cherishes , to find that you , and most of your fellow-labourers , are not thus minded . No one can suspect you of want of zeal for the Craft , or of resolution to defend its principles and its prescribed practices against all
comers . But you do not deem it any part of your duty to cast a veil over the faults or aberrations of its members , or to insist upon it that all are true Israelites who are of Israel . So long as you are animated by this spirit , and pursue this course of action , you will not only deserve success but
command it , if it be lawful to say what is in opposition to one of our favourite moral facts . I cannot say how the majority of your readers may approve of your reproduction of the opinions on the Craft expressed by " one of the foremost leaders of modern thought , " in THE FREEMASON
of February 19 th . Some , I know , will object to it , inasmuch as it implies an admission , albeit you seem to soften down the objections , that there is some truth in them ; and that , being so , that it is calculated to destroy , in some degree , the high prestige that attaches to our body . May I venture
to assume that you think , with me , that a prestige not fairly merited must soon become dissipated , and that the only way to retain it is to remove the causes that are hostile to it . The principles and practices of thc Craft , the benevolent spirit which it inculcates and exemplifies in relieving thc
distressed and educating the young , which you so felicitously describe , are unquestionable , and are worthy of all praise . Nevertheless , there is much truth , as I think , in thc somewhat severe imputations cast upon it by the brother you have permitted to witness against it , and I have heard similar
thingssaid by other brothers . But if , as I think , these imputations are in some measure deserved , the Craft has but gone the way of all human institutions , and , I may add , of all sacred institutions also . From the remotest times of which wc have any knowledge , philosophy and religion have been alike
corrupted by the introduction into thc schools of philosophy and the churches of every creed and confession of men of loose morals or perverted judgments , or , what has been still worse , perhaps , of utter indifference to the truths professed and the objects aimed at ; and , at length , the " little leaven
has leavened thc whole lump , "and the pure principles and thc good works , the living spirit and thc active and all-embracing sympathy which once animated the body have departed , and it " ceased to exert any appreciable influence [ for good ] upon thc age in which it lived , or upon mankind in general . " Be it that we are not so bad as we seem to be in the
judgment of our censor , yet it is not to be denied that there is ground for censure . We are not fully alive—many of us—to the truth and value of the principles we profess , and to the maintenance of which we are obligated . Wc arc too apt to disregard Masonry when we leave thc lodge , as some
people do religion when they leave the church . We stand in need of what the churches call "a revival . " Wc want a more abiding sense of our obligations , and ofthe criminality of departing in any measure from them , to feel that Masonry is not only an institution and association for charity , but that it is
a system of morality , embracing our duty to God as well as to man . " Truth " should be our guiding star , while " brotherly love " and " relief" are our animating principles . And not less important and imperative is it that wc should exercise care and caution in proposing and admitting candidates .
This , indeed , is one of our obligations . Do we heed it as we should do ? Have we individually been the means of deteriorating the character of the Craft by our carelessness or our ill-founded goodnature or partialities in this respect ? If each of ns examined himself on both the grounds I have suggested , and resolved , if there be reason for it , to
reform ; and if , in addition , we recalled to mind on obligations as to intellectual studies and pursuits , and fulfil them , it would soon cease to be said that wc have " unswathed the body of Masonry , and hung up the grave clothes as mysterious relics , utterly oblivious of the history of thc past , and blind to the possibilities of thc future . " 1 am , yours fraternally , WILLIAM CARPENTER .
" Henry Price Again. "
" HENRY PRICE AGAIN . "
( To the Editor of The Freemason ) . DEAR SIR AND BROTHER , —Here are several facts or fictions , collected from original , or as near orig in- ;! sources as I could get at , which may help to settle the question whether Henry Price was ever appointed Grand Master of America .
Bro . C . W . Moore , in his life of Henry Price ( appended to the constitution of the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts , 1857 ) , after giving the particulars ofthe establishment ofthe "First Lodge" in Boston , goes on to say , " During the four years of his presidency , he ( Price ) established three other lodges , two of which were in
distant provinces . The first warrant lie issued was for a lodge in Philadelphia , called in the records 'The First Lodge in Pennsylvania . ' [ The Massachusetts ' record says nothing about they ?; - */ lodge in Pennsylvania , To what record does Bro . Moore allude ?] The authority for it was granted to his intimate personal friend and brother , Benjamin Franklin , who was its first Master . The
warrant bears date June 24 th , 1734 . On the same day and year he also granted a warrant for ' The Lodge of St . John' at Portsmouth , in New Hampshire , and on the 27 th of December , 1735 , ho issued his warrant for the establishment of ' The First Lodge in South Carolina , ' at Charleston . Two of these lodges were out of New England , and therefore beyond the original jurisdiction of
the Grand Master . And in explanation of this , it is proper here to state that early in the year 1734 he had received authority from the Grand Lodge of England to establish Masonry in all North America , as were also his immediate successors , Robert Tomlinson , in 1736 [ the commission of Tomlinson confines bis jurisdiction to New England and its territories , not to North America ] , and Thomas Oxnard , in 1742 . "
The Massachusetts record , of June 24 th , 1 734 , says , " About this time our Worshipful Bro . Benjamin Franklin , from Philadelphia , became acquainted with our Right Worshipful Grand Master , Mr . Price , who further instructed him in the Royal Art , and said Franklin at Philadelphia called the brethren there together , who
petitioned our Right Worshipful Grand Master for a constitution to hold a lodge , and our Right Worshipful G . JI . having this year received orders from the Grand Lodge in England to establish Masonry in all North America , did send a deputation to Philadelphia , appointing Right Worshipful Mr . Benjamin Franklin First Master , which is the beginning of Masonry there . "
And again , "December 27 th , 1735 . About this time sundry brethren going to South Carolina met some Masons in Charlestown , who thereupon went to work , from which sprang Masonry in those parts . " Thus much for the Massachussets record . I shall
now give a letter from Benjamin Franklin , which Dr . Winslow Lewis discovered some years ago among old papers belonging to the G . L . of Massachusetts , and which letter Bro Lewis exhibited at a Masonic gathering at Philadelphia , when Bro . Leon Hyneman took a copy and printed it in The World ' s Masonic Register ( page 352 ) : —
'' For Mr . Henry Price , at the Brazen Head . " Right W . G . Master and dear Brethren , — " Wc acknowledge your favour of the twenty-third of October past , and rejoice that the Grand Master ( whom God bless ) hath so happily recovered from his late indisposition ; and we now , glass in hand , drink to the establishment of his health , and to the prosperity of your
whole lodge . " We have seen in the Boston prints an article of news from London , importing that at a Grand Lodge held there in August last , Mr . Price ' s deputation and power was extended over all North America , which advice we hope is true , and we heartily congratulate him thereupon ; and though this has not been ns yet regularly signified lo us by
you , yet giving credit thereto , wc think it our duty to lay before your lodge what wc apprehend needful to be done for us in order to promote and strengthen ihe interests of Masonry in this province ( which seems to want the sanction of some authority derived from home to give the proceedingsandilctcrminations of our lodges theirdue weight ) , to wit : A deputation or charter granted by thc R . W .
Mr . Price , hy virtue of his commission from Britain , confirming the brethren of Pennsylvania in the privileges they at present enjoy of holding annually their Grand Lodge , choosing their Grand Master . Wardens , and other officers who may manage all affairs relating lo the brethren here , with full power and authority , according to customs and usages of Masons . The said G . M . of Pennsylvania only
yielding his chair when the G . M . of all America shall be in place . This , if it seems good and reasonable to you to grant , will not only be extremely agreeable to us , but will also , we arc confident , conduce much to ( he welfare , establishment , and reputation of Masons in these pails . " Wc- therefore submit it lo your consideration ; and as we hone our request will be complied with , we desire that
it may he done as soon as possible , ancl also accompanied with a copy ofthe R . W . Grand Master ' s first deputation , and ofthe instrument by which it appears lo he enlarged as above-mentioned , witnessed by your Wardens , and signed by the Secretary . For which favours ihis lodge
doubts not of being able so to behave as not to be ungrateful . " | V . ' e are , Right Worshipful Grand Master and brethren , your affectionate brethren and obliged , humble servants , " B . " FRANKLIN , G . M . "Philadelphia , Nov . aS , 1734 . " Now let us see how thc case stands . Iiro . Moore