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Article EARLY HISTORY OF FREEMASONRY IN AMERICA. ← Page 8 of 10 Article EARLY HISTORY OF FREEMASONRY IN AMERICA. Page 8 of 10 →
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Early History Of Freemasonry In America.
used it . Bro . Mackey , in his Encyclopredia of Freemasonry , just issued , says , Avith reference to Daniel Cox : "I have not been able to obtain any evidence that he exercised his prerogatiA' -e by the establishment of lodges in that
province ( New Jersey ) , but presume that he did . " To the writer ' s mind the evidence above produced is conclusive that Freemasonry Avas laAvfully established in the proA'ince of Pennsylvania at an earlier date than in any of her sister
provinces , and that to Philadelphia must be aA \* arded the honourable title of " the Mother of Masonry in America . " We regret to take the laurel croAvn from Boston , but magna est Veritas et prevalebit . The exalted character and social
status ot the men who presided over the Provincial Grand LodgB of Pennsylvania in 1732 , and the years innnecliately folloAving , are eminently worthy of remark , in this connection , and in themselves corroborati \ -e of the truth
of the statement in Franklin ' s Gazette iu 1732 , since neither Franklin , nor any one else , could have made such a statement concerning them , if untrue , Avithout provoking a reply and denial . "The Worshipful W . AllenEsq . "
, , the first Provincial G . M . of Pennsylvania , Avas one of the most learned , influential , and Avealthy man of his time , and Chief Justice of the proA'ince
of Pennsylvania . 1 have been at considerable pains to trace , from various authentic sources , his whole career , and have met Avith abundant success . It is a matter of sincere congratulation that tho G . M . of Psnnsylvania , in 1732 ,
Avas so distinguished & citizen , and that the indisputable record of his greatness remains until this clay . Grand Master William Allen was the son of an eminent merchant , and Avas honoured bhis felloAV citizensand
y , tlie Proprietary of Pennsylvania , with many of the highest and most honourable offices in their gift . In the year 1728 he Avas a member of the Common Council of Philadelphia ;* from 1731
Early History Of Freemasonry In America.
to 1 ^ 34 ( covering the year Avas Grand Master ) he was an Alderman of the City ;* in 1735 he Avas Mayor of the City ; f from 1741 to 1750 he Avas Recorder of the City , and Avithin this period , in 1749 , he was appointed
Provincial Grand Master of Pennsylvania a second time , by Lord Byron , G . M . of England ; in 1750 he was appointed Chief Justice of the province of Pennsylvania , and filled this lofty station for many yearsj He was distinguished
, for his love of literature and the arts ; was the friend and patron of Benjamin West , the great painter , and co-operated with Franklin in establishing a college at Philadelphia , since famous as the University of Pennsylvania . No
person in Pennsylvania , probably , Avas richer than Judge Allen , or possessed greater influence . He Avas a member
of Congress , and of the . Committee of Safety , but became a Loyalist in the American War for Independence . A Avag of the time said he joined the royal side "because the Continental Congress presumed to declare the
American States free and independent without first asking the consent , and obtaining the approbation , of himself and wise family . " In 1761 he Avas one of the three persons in Philadelphia AA'I IO kept a coach . His own was clraAvn
by four horses ; and his coachman , AVIIO Avas imported from England , A \* as " a great whip . " In the latter part of 1776 he placed himself under the protection of General HoAve , at Trenton , and two years afterwards he made an
unsuccessful attempt to raise a regiment for the British cause . He died in England in 1780 . § Such Avas the first G . M . of Masons in Pennsylvania . Thomas Boude , Grand Warden of
the Provincial G . L . of Pennsylvania in 1732 , was afterwards Coroner of the county of Philadelphia . IT
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Early History Of Freemasonry In America.
used it . Bro . Mackey , in his Encyclopredia of Freemasonry , just issued , says , Avith reference to Daniel Cox : "I have not been able to obtain any evidence that he exercised his prerogatiA' -e by the establishment of lodges in that
province ( New Jersey ) , but presume that he did . " To the writer ' s mind the evidence above produced is conclusive that Freemasonry Avas laAvfully established in the proA'ince of Pennsylvania at an earlier date than in any of her sister
provinces , and that to Philadelphia must be aA \* arded the honourable title of " the Mother of Masonry in America . " We regret to take the laurel croAvn from Boston , but magna est Veritas et prevalebit . The exalted character and social
status ot the men who presided over the Provincial Grand LodgB of Pennsylvania in 1732 , and the years innnecliately folloAving , are eminently worthy of remark , in this connection , and in themselves corroborati \ -e of the truth
of the statement in Franklin ' s Gazette iu 1732 , since neither Franklin , nor any one else , could have made such a statement concerning them , if untrue , Avithout provoking a reply and denial . "The Worshipful W . AllenEsq . "
, , the first Provincial G . M . of Pennsylvania , Avas one of the most learned , influential , and Avealthy man of his time , and Chief Justice of the proA'ince
of Pennsylvania . 1 have been at considerable pains to trace , from various authentic sources , his whole career , and have met Avith abundant success . It is a matter of sincere congratulation that tho G . M . of Psnnsylvania , in 1732 ,
Avas so distinguished & citizen , and that the indisputable record of his greatness remains until this clay . Grand Master William Allen was the son of an eminent merchant , and Avas honoured bhis felloAV citizensand
y , tlie Proprietary of Pennsylvania , with many of the highest and most honourable offices in their gift . In the year 1728 he Avas a member of the Common Council of Philadelphia ;* from 1731
Early History Of Freemasonry In America.
to 1 ^ 34 ( covering the year Avas Grand Master ) he was an Alderman of the City ;* in 1735 he Avas Mayor of the City ; f from 1741 to 1750 he Avas Recorder of the City , and Avithin this period , in 1749 , he was appointed
Provincial Grand Master of Pennsylvania a second time , by Lord Byron , G . M . of England ; in 1750 he was appointed Chief Justice of the province of Pennsylvania , and filled this lofty station for many yearsj He was distinguished
, for his love of literature and the arts ; was the friend and patron of Benjamin West , the great painter , and co-operated with Franklin in establishing a college at Philadelphia , since famous as the University of Pennsylvania . No
person in Pennsylvania , probably , Avas richer than Judge Allen , or possessed greater influence . He Avas a member
of Congress , and of the . Committee of Safety , but became a Loyalist in the American War for Independence . A Avag of the time said he joined the royal side "because the Continental Congress presumed to declare the
American States free and independent without first asking the consent , and obtaining the approbation , of himself and wise family . " In 1761 he Avas one of the three persons in Philadelphia AA'I IO kept a coach . His own was clraAvn
by four horses ; and his coachman , AVIIO Avas imported from England , A \* as " a great whip . " In the latter part of 1776 he placed himself under the protection of General HoAve , at Trenton , and two years afterwards he made an
unsuccessful attempt to raise a regiment for the British cause . He died in England in 1780 . § Such Avas the first G . M . of Masons in Pennsylvania . Thomas Boude , Grand Warden of
the Provincial G . L . of Pennsylvania in 1732 , was afterwards Coroner of the county of Philadelphia . IT