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Early History Of Freemasonry In America.
The following Avere the Provincial Grand Masters of Pennsylvania for the years named : —* A . D . 1732 , AVilliam Allen . 1733 , Humphrey Murray . 1734 , Benjamin Franklin .
1735 , James Hamilton . 1736 , Thomas Hopkiuson . 1737 , William Plumstead . 1738 , Joseph Shippen . 1739—40 , 1741 , Philip Syug .
After the annual election in 1733 , when Bro . Humphrey Murray Avas elected G . M ., "a grand entertainment Avas given , at Avliich the Hon . Thomas Penn , the Proprietary of the Province ; the GovernorHon . Patrick Gordon ;
, the Mayor of the City , Samuel Hazel , and many other persons of great dignity assisted , thus giving to the Institution a valuable eclat . "i
Of Benjamin Franklin , Grand Wardeu in 1732 , and Grand Master in 1734 , it is unncessary to say anything , since his fame is world-wide . James Hamilton , Grand Master in 1735 Avas Lieut .-Governor of the
pro-, vince of Pennsylvania , and the first native governor . He married a niece of Governor John Penn . He was a patron of Benjamin AVest , by Avhom was executed a Ml-leugth portrait of Hamilton . He was unfriendly to the
Revolution , and loyal to the Crown , but submitted to what he could not control . He was also President of the American Philosophical Society , at tlie time Avhen Governor John Penn was Patron . %
Thomas Hopkinson , Grand Master in 1736 , was by birth an Englishman , and Avas appointed Admiralty Judge in the province of Pennsylvania under the British Crown . He married a niece
Early History Of Freemasonry In America.
of the Bishop of Worcester , England ; Avas a member of the Philosophical Society ; and assisted Franklin in his experiments and discoveries in electricity . He was the father of Francis Hopkinson , AVIIO Avas one of the signers
of the Declaration of Independence , and the grandfather of Joseph Hopkiuson , also an Admiralty Judge , and the author of the famous American national song , " Hail , Columbia . " * William Plumstead , Grand Master in
1737 , Avas member of Common Council of Philadelphia in 1739 , and Mayor of the City in 1750 . t Philip Syng , Grand Master in 1741 , Avas a gold and silversmith , and Provincial Commissioner of Philadelphia
, for whom Philip Syng Physick , M . D ., the "Father of American Surgery , " Professor of Surgery in the University of Pennsylvania , and Fellow of the Royal Medical Society of London , WAS named . !
Grand Masters Benjamin Franklin , Francis Hopkinson , and Philip Syng , Avere all of them Directors of the Library Company of Philadelphia ., at its origin in 1731 , and are mentioned in its first records . §
Even the cursory reader of the foregoing paragraphs cannot fail to observe the distinguished official and social positions of all of the early Grand Masters of Masons in Pennsylvania , from William Allenin 1732 to Phili
, , p Syng , in 1741 . These testify to the high esteem in Avhich Freemasonry was held in the province of Pennsylvania at that epoch , and are guarantees that the early Piwincial Grand Lodges Avere formed and maintained iu accordance
Avith the regulations of the Craft . A Avord as to the place Avhere the first Provincial G . L . in Pennsylvania
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Early History Of Freemasonry In America.
The following Avere the Provincial Grand Masters of Pennsylvania for the years named : —* A . D . 1732 , AVilliam Allen . 1733 , Humphrey Murray . 1734 , Benjamin Franklin .
1735 , James Hamilton . 1736 , Thomas Hopkiuson . 1737 , William Plumstead . 1738 , Joseph Shippen . 1739—40 , 1741 , Philip Syug .
After the annual election in 1733 , when Bro . Humphrey Murray Avas elected G . M ., "a grand entertainment Avas given , at Avliich the Hon . Thomas Penn , the Proprietary of the Province ; the GovernorHon . Patrick Gordon ;
, the Mayor of the City , Samuel Hazel , and many other persons of great dignity assisted , thus giving to the Institution a valuable eclat . "i
Of Benjamin Franklin , Grand Wardeu in 1732 , and Grand Master in 1734 , it is unncessary to say anything , since his fame is world-wide . James Hamilton , Grand Master in 1735 Avas Lieut .-Governor of the
pro-, vince of Pennsylvania , and the first native governor . He married a niece of Governor John Penn . He was a patron of Benjamin AVest , by Avhom was executed a Ml-leugth portrait of Hamilton . He was unfriendly to the
Revolution , and loyal to the Crown , but submitted to what he could not control . He was also President of the American Philosophical Society , at tlie time Avhen Governor John Penn was Patron . %
Thomas Hopkinson , Grand Master in 1736 , was by birth an Englishman , and Avas appointed Admiralty Judge in the province of Pennsylvania under the British Crown . He married a niece
Early History Of Freemasonry In America.
of the Bishop of Worcester , England ; Avas a member of the Philosophical Society ; and assisted Franklin in his experiments and discoveries in electricity . He was the father of Francis Hopkinson , AVIIO Avas one of the signers
of the Declaration of Independence , and the grandfather of Joseph Hopkiuson , also an Admiralty Judge , and the author of the famous American national song , " Hail , Columbia . " * William Plumstead , Grand Master in
1737 , Avas member of Common Council of Philadelphia in 1739 , and Mayor of the City in 1750 . t Philip Syng , Grand Master in 1741 , Avas a gold and silversmith , and Provincial Commissioner of Philadelphia
, for whom Philip Syng Physick , M . D ., the "Father of American Surgery , " Professor of Surgery in the University of Pennsylvania , and Fellow of the Royal Medical Society of London , WAS named . !
Grand Masters Benjamin Franklin , Francis Hopkinson , and Philip Syng , Avere all of them Directors of the Library Company of Philadelphia ., at its origin in 1731 , and are mentioned in its first records . §
Even the cursory reader of the foregoing paragraphs cannot fail to observe the distinguished official and social positions of all of the early Grand Masters of Masons in Pennsylvania , from William Allenin 1732 to Phili
, , p Syng , in 1741 . These testify to the high esteem in Avhich Freemasonry was held in the province of Pennsylvania at that epoch , and are guarantees that the early Piwincial Grand Lodges Avere formed and maintained iu accordance
Avith the regulations of the Craft . A Avord as to the place Avhere the first Provincial G . L . in Pennsylvania