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Early History Of American Freemasonry, Once More.
successor of the 1738 secretary to AA'rite up his part betAveen the last-named date and 1743 . The small record of the second lodge , which AA as constituted in 1750 , is undoubtedly genuine . I did not examine it carefully , but noticed the dates , Avhile Dr . Winslow Lewis Avas reading it , somewhere between 1760 and 70 . As I
AA'as looking over it A \ dnle it Avas still in Bro . LeAvis ' s hands , I recognized at first sight the handwriting of BroAvn . On turning over a page or tAvo , the Dr . saAV the name of Brown as secretary . Charles Pelham Avas an excellent penman , but Brown who Avas G . S . in 1754 was an
, extraordinary fine penman . In conclusion , I beg to state that the Editors of the New England Freemason may continue to print the picture of Price on the covers of their Magazine to denote their faith in the Price Grand Mastership ;
the Henry Price Lodge at Charlestown may make pilgrimages to the tomb of Price , and its chaplain may pray on his grave ; the popular text Avriters may continue to A'ent their spite against me with Billingsgate abuse , and Bro . Gardner may continue to ignore the Avorthlessness of the records ; yet I cannot believe that an obscure illiterate London tailor , AVIIO . never
con-FKOM THE ORIGINAL M . S . That your petitioners are very sensible of the Honour done to us here by your Sd . Deputation , & for as much as We are a sufficient number of Brothers regularl y ancl duly made soe in his Majesty ' s
Kingdoms of Great Britain & Ireland , as appeared to you on Examination , & are no desirous of Enjoying each other ( as well as those made here for their respective names here unto annexed ) as Masons in regular and Constituted Lodge for our
harmony & union together as Avell as our Brethren y' may att any time arrive here or such as may be made Bro ' s hereafter y ' is to say in due manner & Form . - Therefore , We request as Avell in our OAvn Name and names , As Avell as all other Brethren it l
may concern yyou will please to give the Necessary orders to all our Brethren within v Limitts & Power to stive their clue attendance on you att a Seasonable hour to assist you & the Rest of the Brethren in their Capacitys towards Constituting a Regular Lodge att the sign
descended to leave a hint in Avhich lodge in London he Avas initiated , or AVIIO his relatives Avere , had ever received a G . M . ' s Deputation from Yiscouut Montague , or that the Yiscouut affixed his OAVU seal to it as Bro . Gardner says . And more so , as it is well-known that Yiscouut Montague
neA'er visited the Grand Lodge , and probably neA er troubled himself with Masonry after the day of his installation . Nor do I believe that either the G . L . of England or the Earl of Cranford ever conferred any distinction on Price in 1734 . If such
had beea the case , one or the other of those deputations Avould have appeared on the record of the G . L . of England . Again , if such had been the case , Price Avould never haA r e delayed Avriting to the English G . L . until 1768—thirty-five years after the
date of his alleged Deputation . Yieiving this question from every point , I cannot rid myself of the conviction that Henry Price Avas an imposter , ancl I think a time will yet come Avhen Bro . Gardner , Avho has done so much to explode Masonic
imposition in other directions , will j ^ et acknoAvledge , that the evidence on this subject strongly preponderates in favour of my belief , ancl that Bro . MeCalla will yet acknoAvledge that I am right ,
FROM THE RECOKD . That your petitioners are very sensible of the honours done to us here by your said Deputation , and for as much as We are a sufficient number of Brethren regularly made and are UOAV desirous
of Enjoying each other , for our harmony together , and Union , as Avell as our Brethren that may arrive here , or such as may be made Brothers hereafter , that is to say , in due Manner and Form .
Therefore We Request , as Avell in our OAVU Name and Names as in the Names of all other Brethren it may Concern . That you will please to g ive the necessary Orders to all our Brethren Avithin your Limits , to give due Attendance and Assistance in their seA'eral and Respective
Capacities toAvards Constituting , a Regular Lodge
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Early History Of American Freemasonry, Once More.
successor of the 1738 secretary to AA'rite up his part betAveen the last-named date and 1743 . The small record of the second lodge , which AA as constituted in 1750 , is undoubtedly genuine . I did not examine it carefully , but noticed the dates , Avhile Dr . Winslow Lewis Avas reading it , somewhere between 1760 and 70 . As I
AA'as looking over it A \ dnle it Avas still in Bro . LeAvis ' s hands , I recognized at first sight the handwriting of BroAvn . On turning over a page or tAvo , the Dr . saAV the name of Brown as secretary . Charles Pelham Avas an excellent penman , but Brown who Avas G . S . in 1754 was an
, extraordinary fine penman . In conclusion , I beg to state that the Editors of the New England Freemason may continue to print the picture of Price on the covers of their Magazine to denote their faith in the Price Grand Mastership ;
the Henry Price Lodge at Charlestown may make pilgrimages to the tomb of Price , and its chaplain may pray on his grave ; the popular text Avriters may continue to A'ent their spite against me with Billingsgate abuse , and Bro . Gardner may continue to ignore the Avorthlessness of the records ; yet I cannot believe that an obscure illiterate London tailor , AVIIO . never
con-FKOM THE ORIGINAL M . S . That your petitioners are very sensible of the Honour done to us here by your Sd . Deputation , & for as much as We are a sufficient number of Brothers regularl y ancl duly made soe in his Majesty ' s
Kingdoms of Great Britain & Ireland , as appeared to you on Examination , & are no desirous of Enjoying each other ( as well as those made here for their respective names here unto annexed ) as Masons in regular and Constituted Lodge for our
harmony & union together as Avell as our Brethren y' may att any time arrive here or such as may be made Bro ' s hereafter y ' is to say in due manner & Form . - Therefore , We request as Avell in our OAvn Name and names , As Avell as all other Brethren it l
may concern yyou will please to give the Necessary orders to all our Brethren within v Limitts & Power to stive their clue attendance on you att a Seasonable hour to assist you & the Rest of the Brethren in their Capacitys towards Constituting a Regular Lodge att the sign
descended to leave a hint in Avhich lodge in London he Avas initiated , or AVIIO his relatives Avere , had ever received a G . M . ' s Deputation from Yiscouut Montague , or that the Yiscouut affixed his OAVU seal to it as Bro . Gardner says . And more so , as it is well-known that Yiscouut Montague
neA'er visited the Grand Lodge , and probably neA er troubled himself with Masonry after the day of his installation . Nor do I believe that either the G . L . of England or the Earl of Cranford ever conferred any distinction on Price in 1734 . If such
had beea the case , one or the other of those deputations Avould have appeared on the record of the G . L . of England . Again , if such had been the case , Price Avould never haA r e delayed Avriting to the English G . L . until 1768—thirty-five years after the
date of his alleged Deputation . Yieiving this question from every point , I cannot rid myself of the conviction that Henry Price Avas an imposter , ancl I think a time will yet come Avhen Bro . Gardner , Avho has done so much to explode Masonic
imposition in other directions , will j ^ et acknoAvledge , that the evidence on this subject strongly preponderates in favour of my belief , ancl that Bro . MeCalla will yet acknoAvledge that I am right ,
FROM THE RECOKD . That your petitioners are very sensible of the honours done to us here by your said Deputation , and for as much as We are a sufficient number of Brethren regularly made and are UOAV desirous
of Enjoying each other , for our harmony together , and Union , as Avell as our Brethren that may arrive here , or such as may be made Brothers hereafter , that is to say , in due Manner and Form .
Therefore We Request , as Avell in our OAVU Name and Names as in the Names of all other Brethren it may Concern . That you will please to g ive the necessary Orders to all our Brethren Avithin your Limits , to give due Attendance and Assistance in their seA'eral and Respective
Capacities toAvards Constituting , a Regular Lodge