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and Bro . Robert Morris , the well-known Masonic author and lecturer , and editor of the American Freemason , is Warden of this Grand Lodge . There ; are , I believe , 34 . 0 subordinate Lodges , and about 10 / 000 members . Louisiana . — SamuelG . Rusk , of New Orleans , is the Grand Secretary . A great many of the Lodges in this state work in the French language , and many in the French rite . There are about 150 Lodges here , with a membership of nearly 6 , 000 Masons . V
Maine . — -Bro . Charles B . Smith , of Portland , G rand Secretary . There are about eighty Lodges here , with a membership of over 1 , 500 Brethren . Bro * G . W . Chase , of Brunswick , publishes a Masonic Monthly sheet here , entitled the Masonic Journal , at fifty cents ( 2 s . ) a year . It is about value received for the money .
Maryland . — -Bro . Josh . Robinson , of Baltimore , Grand Secretary . This Grand Lodge was established in June , 1783 . It now numbers 100 subordinate Lodges , and has a membership of about 2 , 000 . The celebrated Bro . Samuel ' . Cole , author of the Freemasons Library and General Alimom Ttezon , published in 1817 , was a Past Grand Secretary of this Grand Lodge .
Massa (^ setts . r—Th \ $ Grand Lodge is not only the oldest in America , but stands now , de facto , the oldest in the world , as the present Grand Lodge of England can hardly be said to be the same as that formed in 1717 . We have also here the oldest Masonic editor now living , Ero . Oharles W . Moore , at one time Considered very high authority on Masonic matters . Our present G . M .. Bro . Winslow Lewis , M . D ., is certainly one of Nature ' s noblemen , the gentleman ,,
the Mason , the scholar , the antiquarian , and the man . Bro . Moore is the Grand Secretary . He is editor of the Freemasons' Magazine , \ h < d oldest and one of the best Masonic periodicals now published in America . On the whole , as a writer on Masonry , while he confines himself to what he knows , Bro . Moore is sound ; yet there are some of his decisions on disputed points , or vexatce qucestiones in Masonry , that are screwed together rather loosely .
Michigan . —James Fenton , of Detroit , is Grand Secretary . There are eighty Lodges , with about 2 , 000 members . In 1855 , Bro . Alleyn Weston commenced the publication of a Masonic Monthly Magazine , entitled The Ashlar . Bro . W . is a good writer , of no mean talent , and his enterprise appeared to deserve success . Hoping to return to this subject , lam , Yours fraternally , Boston , Mass ., Dec . 1856 . Theta ,
CANADIAN MASONS . TO THE EDITOR OF THE FREEMASONS' MAOAZINE AND MASONIC MIRROR . Sir and Brother , —I am one of those who are termed ie rebels" in your Grand Lodge , and with what justice I will endeavour to show . I am a Master Mason , raised under a warrant from the Grand Lodge of Ireland , and a Royal Arch Mason exalted in a Chapter , working under the Bupreme Grand Chapter of England , and at this moment an Officer in a Chapter under it . At the time the Grand
Lodge of Canada was formed , I was a member of my mother Lodge , and also of a Lodge holding an English warrant . These are my premises . A number of Brethren , resident in this city some months ago , deemed it expedient to form a new Lodge , and accordingly applied for and received a dispensation from the M . W . the Grand Master of Canada , and subsequently a warrant from
the Grand Lodge . I ( with other members of the new Lodge ) retired from the English Lodge with a certificate of having " conducted myself as a worthy Mason , " and am " recommended to all Lodges and Brethren after due examination . " This certificate I have under seal , granted to ine after I was installed W . M . of a Canadian Lodge .
This , I think , proves my being a Mason in good standing , to say nothing of my holding office ( and acting ) in the Chapter connected with the English Lodge referred to . Will you believe it ? I ana actually refused admission into the Blue Lodge " as a clandestine Mason , " because the Grand Lodge of England does not yet
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and Bro . Robert Morris , the well-known Masonic author and lecturer , and editor of the American Freemason , is Warden of this Grand Lodge . There ; are , I believe , 34 . 0 subordinate Lodges , and about 10 / 000 members . Louisiana . — SamuelG . Rusk , of New Orleans , is the Grand Secretary . A great many of the Lodges in this state work in the French language , and many in the French rite . There are about 150 Lodges here , with a membership of nearly 6 , 000 Masons . V
Maine . — -Bro . Charles B . Smith , of Portland , G rand Secretary . There are about eighty Lodges here , with a membership of over 1 , 500 Brethren . Bro * G . W . Chase , of Brunswick , publishes a Masonic Monthly sheet here , entitled the Masonic Journal , at fifty cents ( 2 s . ) a year . It is about value received for the money .
Maryland . — -Bro . Josh . Robinson , of Baltimore , Grand Secretary . This Grand Lodge was established in June , 1783 . It now numbers 100 subordinate Lodges , and has a membership of about 2 , 000 . The celebrated Bro . Samuel ' . Cole , author of the Freemasons Library and General Alimom Ttezon , published in 1817 , was a Past Grand Secretary of this Grand Lodge .
Massa (^ setts . r—Th \ $ Grand Lodge is not only the oldest in America , but stands now , de facto , the oldest in the world , as the present Grand Lodge of England can hardly be said to be the same as that formed in 1717 . We have also here the oldest Masonic editor now living , Ero . Oharles W . Moore , at one time Considered very high authority on Masonic matters . Our present G . M .. Bro . Winslow Lewis , M . D ., is certainly one of Nature ' s noblemen , the gentleman ,,
the Mason , the scholar , the antiquarian , and the man . Bro . Moore is the Grand Secretary . He is editor of the Freemasons' Magazine , \ h < d oldest and one of the best Masonic periodicals now published in America . On the whole , as a writer on Masonry , while he confines himself to what he knows , Bro . Moore is sound ; yet there are some of his decisions on disputed points , or vexatce qucestiones in Masonry , that are screwed together rather loosely .
Michigan . —James Fenton , of Detroit , is Grand Secretary . There are eighty Lodges , with about 2 , 000 members . In 1855 , Bro . Alleyn Weston commenced the publication of a Masonic Monthly Magazine , entitled The Ashlar . Bro . W . is a good writer , of no mean talent , and his enterprise appeared to deserve success . Hoping to return to this subject , lam , Yours fraternally , Boston , Mass ., Dec . 1856 . Theta ,
CANADIAN MASONS . TO THE EDITOR OF THE FREEMASONS' MAOAZINE AND MASONIC MIRROR . Sir and Brother , —I am one of those who are termed ie rebels" in your Grand Lodge , and with what justice I will endeavour to show . I am a Master Mason , raised under a warrant from the Grand Lodge of Ireland , and a Royal Arch Mason exalted in a Chapter , working under the Bupreme Grand Chapter of England , and at this moment an Officer in a Chapter under it . At the time the Grand
Lodge of Canada was formed , I was a member of my mother Lodge , and also of a Lodge holding an English warrant . These are my premises . A number of Brethren , resident in this city some months ago , deemed it expedient to form a new Lodge , and accordingly applied for and received a dispensation from the M . W . the Grand Master of Canada , and subsequently a warrant from
the Grand Lodge . I ( with other members of the new Lodge ) retired from the English Lodge with a certificate of having " conducted myself as a worthy Mason , " and am " recommended to all Lodges and Brethren after due examination . " This certificate I have under seal , granted to ine after I was installed W . M . of a Canadian Lodge .
This , I think , proves my being a Mason in good standing , to say nothing of my holding office ( and acting ) in the Chapter connected with the English Lodge referred to . Will you believe it ? I ana actually refused admission into the Blue Lodge " as a clandestine Mason , " because the Grand Lodge of England does not yet