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Origin Of Freemasonry In Nova Scotia.
writer had some minutes before him of the first meeting of the brethren in 1750 . Yet that Avriter kneAv nothing about Price at all , and the custom immediately introduced by Cormvallis Avas not the English but Scotch custom .
The Avriter further says , " at this time our E . W . Bro . Philips probably acted only under a deputation , " ancl in 1757 or 1758 Philips applied to the Ancients and obtained from their G . M . a Provincial Grand Master's deputation . Now it seems to me that if Philips had been initiated in Boston ancl had received
either a charter or a Prov . Grand Master's deputation from Price , if such had been the case he must have been bound by the most solemn obligations both of his initiation ancl of hislinstallation , to remain loyal to the G . L . of
England . True , Price had no legal right to grant such poAvers , but legal or not legal when Philips accepted such a commission , and Avhile he acted under it he must have belieA ed in its legality , but any how the oaths taken by him as
above stated must have been intact ancl "binding ; Avhy then did Bro . Philips in 1757 Avhen he desired an independent command , if I may so call | it , apply to the Ancients ? and why did he not apply to the regular G . L . under whose to Price
jurisdiction , according ' s allegation , he was initiated , ancl to Avhom he consequently OAved allegiance by his repeated solemn obligations ? No ! no ! Philips Avas never initiated in Boston and never held any commission from " our E . W . Grand Master , Mr . Henry
Price . " Let us now take a brief glance at the early history of Nova Scotia . That colony Avas finally ceded by the French to England hi 1713 . The only village then existing in that part of North
America , Avas Annapolis , or Port Eoyal as it Avas called by the French ; there were also scattered a feAV hundred French settlers , who were purely agriculturists . During the whole time while the French remained masters of Canada there Avas a continued warfare between the English and French
inhabitants in America , and until Corn-AA allis took possession of what is UOAV called Halifax , Annapolis , Avas the onl y spot occupied by the English in Nova Scotia . If an English subject ever attempted to settle outside the limits
of the Annapolis fortifications , he Avas invariably murdered by the French or Indians . The toAvn itself was during that time occupied by a feAV soldiers and a few traders . It was , in fact , a mere military post . "What necessity then Avas there at that time for a Provincial G . M . in NoA a Scotia ?
Taking , therefore , all these facts into consideration , I must come to the conclusion , that Erasmus James Philips was no more Provincial G . M . of Nova Scotia in 1750 , than Price was Provincial G . M . in NCAV England in 1733 .
And it also demonstrates that the G . I . of England was as careless or indifferent in scrutinizing the legitimacy of colonial Masons in 1736 , Avhen it appointed Tomlinson , G . M . of New England , as the G . L . of Scotland was
in 1756 , Avhen it granted a charter to clandestine Masons hi Boston ; ancl as the G . L . of the Ancients Avas in 1758 , Avhen it granted a Grand Master ' s Deputation to Erasmus James Philips , for Nova Scotia . Boston , U . S ., Sept . 2 nd , 1873 .
As experiment is being tried at Langley Bury , Herts , Avith the labourers engaged in harvest work on the estate , by giving them tea instead of beer , without diminishing then Avages . The beverage Avhich cheers but does not intoxicate , is sent out to the the of
men on alternate clays for purpose testing how they get on Avith their work-Avith tea in place of beer . At the close ot the season it is intended to ask them which they prefer . C —It is announced
SLEBPINO ARRIAGES that from the 1 st September a sleeping carriage has been attached to the dowa Scotch express train Avhich leaves King 8 '; cross at 8 . 30 p . m ., and to the up express train Avhich leaves GlasgOAV at 9 p . m . an ' Edinburgh at 10 . 30 p . m .
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Origin Of Freemasonry In Nova Scotia.
writer had some minutes before him of the first meeting of the brethren in 1750 . Yet that Avriter kneAv nothing about Price at all , and the custom immediately introduced by Cormvallis Avas not the English but Scotch custom .
The Avriter further says , " at this time our E . W . Bro . Philips probably acted only under a deputation , " ancl in 1757 or 1758 Philips applied to the Ancients and obtained from their G . M . a Provincial Grand Master's deputation . Now it seems to me that if Philips had been initiated in Boston ancl had received
either a charter or a Prov . Grand Master's deputation from Price , if such had been the case he must have been bound by the most solemn obligations both of his initiation ancl of hislinstallation , to remain loyal to the G . L . of
England . True , Price had no legal right to grant such poAvers , but legal or not legal when Philips accepted such a commission , and Avhile he acted under it he must have belieA ed in its legality , but any how the oaths taken by him as
above stated must have been intact ancl "binding ; Avhy then did Bro . Philips in 1757 Avhen he desired an independent command , if I may so call | it , apply to the Ancients ? and why did he not apply to the regular G . L . under whose to Price
jurisdiction , according ' s allegation , he was initiated , ancl to Avhom he consequently OAved allegiance by his repeated solemn obligations ? No ! no ! Philips Avas never initiated in Boston and never held any commission from " our E . W . Grand Master , Mr . Henry
Price . " Let us now take a brief glance at the early history of Nova Scotia . That colony Avas finally ceded by the French to England hi 1713 . The only village then existing in that part of North
America , Avas Annapolis , or Port Eoyal as it Avas called by the French ; there were also scattered a feAV hundred French settlers , who were purely agriculturists . During the whole time while the French remained masters of Canada there Avas a continued warfare between the English and French
inhabitants in America , and until Corn-AA allis took possession of what is UOAV called Halifax , Annapolis , Avas the onl y spot occupied by the English in Nova Scotia . If an English subject ever attempted to settle outside the limits
of the Annapolis fortifications , he Avas invariably murdered by the French or Indians . The toAvn itself was during that time occupied by a feAV soldiers and a few traders . It was , in fact , a mere military post . "What necessity then Avas there at that time for a Provincial G . M . in NoA a Scotia ?
Taking , therefore , all these facts into consideration , I must come to the conclusion , that Erasmus James Philips was no more Provincial G . M . of Nova Scotia in 1750 , than Price was Provincial G . M . in NCAV England in 1733 .
And it also demonstrates that the G . I . of England was as careless or indifferent in scrutinizing the legitimacy of colonial Masons in 1736 , Avhen it appointed Tomlinson , G . M . of New England , as the G . L . of Scotland was
in 1756 , Avhen it granted a charter to clandestine Masons hi Boston ; ancl as the G . L . of the Ancients Avas in 1758 , Avhen it granted a Grand Master ' s Deputation to Erasmus James Philips , for Nova Scotia . Boston , U . S ., Sept . 2 nd , 1873 .
As experiment is being tried at Langley Bury , Herts , Avith the labourers engaged in harvest work on the estate , by giving them tea instead of beer , without diminishing then Avages . The beverage Avhich cheers but does not intoxicate , is sent out to the the of
men on alternate clays for purpose testing how they get on Avith their work-Avith tea in place of beer . At the close ot the season it is intended to ask them which they prefer . C —It is announced
SLEBPINO ARRIAGES that from the 1 st September a sleeping carriage has been attached to the dowa Scotch express train Avhich leaves King 8 '; cross at 8 . 30 p . m ., and to the up express train Avhich leaves GlasgOAV at 9 p . m . an ' Edinburgh at 10 . 30 p . m .