BROTHER GENERAL GEORGE WASHINGTON.
ORIGINAL PASTEL PORTRAIT FROM LIFE BY WILLIAM WILLIAMS, PHILADELPHIA,SEPTEMBER 1794, PAINTED AT THE REQUEST OF ALEXANDRIA LODGE, No. 39, A.Y. M., WARRANTED BY THE GRAND LODGE OF PENNSYLVANIA, FEBRUARY 3, 1783,NOW THE ALEXANDRIA-WASHINGTON LODGE, No. 22, A. F. & A. M. OF VIRGINIA.REPRODUCTION FROM THE UNIQUE COPY IN THE MUSEUM OF THE R. W. GRANDLODGE, F. & A. M. OF PENNSYLVANIA.
COPYRIGHTED BY ALEXANDRIA-WASHINGTON LODGE, No. 22, VIRGINIA, AND PRINTED BY ITS PERMISSION.
Washington's
Masonic Correspondence
AS FOUND AMONG THE
WASHINGTON PAPERS
IN THE
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
Compiled from the original records, under the direction of the Committeeon Library of the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania, with annotations.
BY
JULIUS F. SACHSE
LIBRARIAN, MASONIC TEMPLE PHILADELPHIA
PHILADELPHIA
1915
Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1915, in the Office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington, D. C., by J. Henry Williams, R.W.G.M.
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The position of eminence, the great respect and the profound reverencein which the name of Washington is enshrined in the hearts of theAmerican people, and particularly so, with the members of thisFraternity, and of all true lovers of liberty and freedom wheresoeverdispersed, is the reason, if any be needed, why everything relating tothis great man and worthy brother should be preserved for the futuregenerations, to be used by them as a guide, in the cultivation of thosecardinal virtues of Honor and Integrity, that should ever characterizethe conduct of a good man and a good Mason.
The collection and reproduction of the letters of Brother Washington,together with the text of this book, have been prepared under mysupervision, and its publication is heartily approved.
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