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Tidings From The Craft In The United States.
TIDINGS FROM THE CRAFT IN THE UNITED STATES .
[ Prepared for the M'eemason ^ Mdgam B . W . Bro , Bob , Mobris , of Lodgeton , , ' ...: ¦¦* ' ¦ ' : AKentuck j ^ l Providence ffiiode Island , 1858 . Th ^ condition may be a topic of ^ ^^ nothing published among us here on the subject ; but I have a good supply of facts in manuscript
The introduction of M ws doubtless an o ^ Lodge of England . Class legislation is as unmasomc as any thirig can be ; and to grant a charter to seven me Masons ; because those men ^ which cannot be too severely repreheridied .
Be that as it may , the followiiig is a copy of the document upon Which the coloured Masons base the constitutionality of 1 ^ u all and every oiir right wprshipful and loving Brethren . We Thomas HoAvard , Earl of Effingham , Lord Howard , & c ., & c ., Actmg Gra ^ Master , Under the authori of Cumberland
Honourable Society of ! Free and Accepted Masons , send gre etirig : Know ye that we , at the Mmble petition of our right trusty and well beloAred Brethren , Prince Hall , Boston Smith , Thomas Sanderson , and several other Brethren residing in Best on , New England , in North America , do hereby constitute the said Brethren into a regular Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons , under the title or denomination of the African Lodge , to be opened
in Boston aforesaid : And do further , at their said petition , and of the great trust and confidence reposed in every of the said above-named Brethren , hereby appoint the said Prince Hall to be Master , Boston Smith , Senior Warden , and Thomas Sanderson , Junior Warden , for opening the said Lodge , and for such further time only as shall be thought proper by the Brethren thereof : It being our will , that this our appointment of the
above officers shall in no Avise afreet any future election of officers of the Lodge , but that such election shall be regulated agreeably to such bylaws of the said Lodge as shall be consistent with the general laws of the society , contained in the Book of Constitutions . And Ave hereby will and require you , the said Prince Hall , to take special care that all and every the said Brethren are to have been regularly made Masons , and that they
do observe , perform , and keep all the rules and orders contained in the Book of Constitutions ; and further , that you do from time to time cause to he entered in a book kept for that purpose , an account of your proceedings in the Lodge , together Avith all such rules , orders and regulations , as shall be made for the good government of the same , that iu nowise you omit once in every year to send to lis , or our successors , Grand Masters , or to
Rowland Holt , Esq ., our Deputy Grand Master for the time being , an account in writing of your said proceedings , and copies of all such rules , orders and regulations as shall be made as aforesaid , together with a list of the members of the Lodge , and such a sum of money as may suit the circumstances of the Lodge , and reasonably be expected , toAvards the grand charity . Moreover , we hereby Avill and require you , the said Prince flail , vol . V . I ^
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Tidings From The Craft In The United States.
TIDINGS FROM THE CRAFT IN THE UNITED STATES .
[ Prepared for the M'eemason ^ Mdgam B . W . Bro , Bob , Mobris , of Lodgeton , , ' ...: ¦¦* ' ¦ ' : AKentuck j ^ l Providence ffiiode Island , 1858 . Th ^ condition may be a topic of ^ ^^ nothing published among us here on the subject ; but I have a good supply of facts in manuscript
The introduction of M ws doubtless an o ^ Lodge of England . Class legislation is as unmasomc as any thirig can be ; and to grant a charter to seven me Masons ; because those men ^ which cannot be too severely repreheridied .
Be that as it may , the followiiig is a copy of the document upon Which the coloured Masons base the constitutionality of 1 ^ u all and every oiir right wprshipful and loving Brethren . We Thomas HoAvard , Earl of Effingham , Lord Howard , & c ., & c ., Actmg Gra ^ Master , Under the authori of Cumberland
Honourable Society of ! Free and Accepted Masons , send gre etirig : Know ye that we , at the Mmble petition of our right trusty and well beloAred Brethren , Prince Hall , Boston Smith , Thomas Sanderson , and several other Brethren residing in Best on , New England , in North America , do hereby constitute the said Brethren into a regular Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons , under the title or denomination of the African Lodge , to be opened
in Boston aforesaid : And do further , at their said petition , and of the great trust and confidence reposed in every of the said above-named Brethren , hereby appoint the said Prince Hall to be Master , Boston Smith , Senior Warden , and Thomas Sanderson , Junior Warden , for opening the said Lodge , and for such further time only as shall be thought proper by the Brethren thereof : It being our will , that this our appointment of the
above officers shall in no Avise afreet any future election of officers of the Lodge , but that such election shall be regulated agreeably to such bylaws of the said Lodge as shall be consistent with the general laws of the society , contained in the Book of Constitutions . And Ave hereby will and require you , the said Prince Hall , to take special care that all and every the said Brethren are to have been regularly made Masons , and that they
do observe , perform , and keep all the rules and orders contained in the Book of Constitutions ; and further , that you do from time to time cause to he entered in a book kept for that purpose , an account of your proceedings in the Lodge , together Avith all such rules , orders and regulations , as shall be made for the good government of the same , that iu nowise you omit once in every year to send to lis , or our successors , Grand Masters , or to
Rowland Holt , Esq ., our Deputy Grand Master for the time being , an account in writing of your said proceedings , and copies of all such rules , orders and regulations as shall be made as aforesaid , together with a list of the members of the Lodge , and such a sum of money as may suit the circumstances of the Lodge , and reasonably be expected , toAvards the grand charity . Moreover , we hereby Avill and require you , the said Prince flail , vol . V . I ^