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Early Haunts Of Freemasonry.

assistants or woi'kmen , and carried on a most prosperous business as printer , from 1502 to 1534 , at the sign of the " Sun . " No . 134 , the Globe Tavern , is rich in traditions of Oliver Goldsmith , with whom it was a very favourite resort . Among those of his friends who frequented this hostelry was Macklin , King , the comedian , Hugh

Kelly , a barrister , originally a staymaker ' s apprentice , then a magazine hack , and sentimental comedian ; Captain Thompson , an Irish doctor named Glover , Ned Purdon , one of his proteges , who dropped dead in Smithfield , and whose epitaph Goldsmith wrote on his way from his chambei's in the Temple to this tavern . It runs thus :

Here lies poor Ned Purdon , from misery freed , Who long was a bookseller ' s hack ; He led such a miserable life in this world , I don't think he'll wish to come back . Other frequenters of the Globe were Boswell's friend Akerman ,

keeper of Newgate , William Woodfall , the celebrated parliamentary reporter , Brasbridge , etc . Anderton ' s Hotel , where so many of our lodges meet , occupies the site of a house which , according to Mr . Noble , was in 1405 given to the Goldsmiths' Company , when it rejoiced in the singular title of The Horn ha . the Hoop . At No . 162 , Richard Carlisle , a Freethinker ,

had a lecturing , conversation , and discussion establishment , hanging effigies of bishops outside his shop , and was eventually quieted by being sentenced to a term of nine years' imprisonment . No . 161 was the shop of Thomas Hardy , bootmaker and agitator , who was implicated in the John Home Tooke trials in 1794 ; while hereabouts ,

somewhere between Bolt and Johnson ' s Courts , lived , in the reign of George II ., at the sign of the Astronomer ' s Musical Clock , Mr . Christopher Pinchbeck , an ingenious musical clockmaker , who invented the cheap , useful imitation of gold that bears his name . Mr . Pinchbeck often exhibited his musical automata in a booth at

Bartholomew Fair , and in conjunction with Fawkes the conjuror , at Southwark Fair . According to Mr . Wood , he made an exquisite musical clock , worth some £ 500 , for Louis XIV ., and a fine organ , for the Great Mogul , valued at £ 300 . His clocks played tunes and imitated the notes of birds . Peele ' s Coffee House , Nos . 177 and 178 ,

at the corner of Fetter Lane , once boasted a portrait of Dr . Johnson , said to have been by Sir Joshua Reynolds , on the keystone of the mantle-piece . It is of great antiquity , and a few years ago was known for its useful files of newspapers , and as having been the central committee room of the Society for Repealing the Paper Duty .

One of its old frequenters was a bencher of the Middle Temple , the late Sir W . Owen Barlow , who had never travelled in a stage coach 2 B

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A FEW PARTING WORDS. Article 1
THE ROMAN COLLEGIA. Article 2
THE LEGEND OF THE INTRODUCTION OF MASONS INTO ENGLAND. Article 5
A MAIDEN. Article 16
THE LECHMERE MS. Article 17
AN OLD SOCIETY. Article 22
Untitled Ad 23
AESTHETICAL. Article 25
A MASONIC ADDRESS. Article 26
CURIOUS BOOKS. Article 30
THE RUINED CITIES IN CENTRAL AMERICA. Article 31
THE HAMILTON MANUSCRIPTS. Article 37
THE GRANGE. Article 42
REVIEW. Article 44
EARLY HAUNTS OF FREEMASONRY. Article 47
MASONIC PROCEEDINGS IN SPAIN. Article 53
LODGE LIBRARIES. Article 58
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Early Haunts Of Freemasonry.

assistants or woi'kmen , and carried on a most prosperous business as printer , from 1502 to 1534 , at the sign of the " Sun . " No . 134 , the Globe Tavern , is rich in traditions of Oliver Goldsmith , with whom it was a very favourite resort . Among those of his friends who frequented this hostelry was Macklin , King , the comedian , Hugh

Kelly , a barrister , originally a staymaker ' s apprentice , then a magazine hack , and sentimental comedian ; Captain Thompson , an Irish doctor named Glover , Ned Purdon , one of his proteges , who dropped dead in Smithfield , and whose epitaph Goldsmith wrote on his way from his chambei's in the Temple to this tavern . It runs thus :

Here lies poor Ned Purdon , from misery freed , Who long was a bookseller ' s hack ; He led such a miserable life in this world , I don't think he'll wish to come back . Other frequenters of the Globe were Boswell's friend Akerman ,

keeper of Newgate , William Woodfall , the celebrated parliamentary reporter , Brasbridge , etc . Anderton ' s Hotel , where so many of our lodges meet , occupies the site of a house which , according to Mr . Noble , was in 1405 given to the Goldsmiths' Company , when it rejoiced in the singular title of The Horn ha . the Hoop . At No . 162 , Richard Carlisle , a Freethinker ,

had a lecturing , conversation , and discussion establishment , hanging effigies of bishops outside his shop , and was eventually quieted by being sentenced to a term of nine years' imprisonment . No . 161 was the shop of Thomas Hardy , bootmaker and agitator , who was implicated in the John Home Tooke trials in 1794 ; while hereabouts ,

somewhere between Bolt and Johnson ' s Courts , lived , in the reign of George II ., at the sign of the Astronomer ' s Musical Clock , Mr . Christopher Pinchbeck , an ingenious musical clockmaker , who invented the cheap , useful imitation of gold that bears his name . Mr . Pinchbeck often exhibited his musical automata in a booth at

Bartholomew Fair , and in conjunction with Fawkes the conjuror , at Southwark Fair . According to Mr . Wood , he made an exquisite musical clock , worth some £ 500 , for Louis XIV ., and a fine organ , for the Great Mogul , valued at £ 300 . His clocks played tunes and imitated the notes of birds . Peele ' s Coffee House , Nos . 177 and 178 ,

at the corner of Fetter Lane , once boasted a portrait of Dr . Johnson , said to have been by Sir Joshua Reynolds , on the keystone of the mantle-piece . It is of great antiquity , and a few years ago was known for its useful files of newspapers , and as having been the central committee room of the Society for Repealing the Paper Duty .

One of its old frequenters was a bencher of the Middle Temple , the late Sir W . Owen Barlow , who had never travelled in a stage coach 2 B

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