Gould, Robert Freke, 1836-1915 · New York : Macoy Publishing and Masonic Supply Co. · leaf 579
a Deputation was granted—June5th, 1730—by the Duke of Norfolk, as Provincial GrandMaster for the Provinces of New York, New Jersey, andPennsvlvania. But all the known facts are inconsistent 512 History of Freemasonry. with the supposition that the powers conferred by thisDeputation were ever… … e- the formation of the I^odge at Philadelphia, with anImmemorial Constitution, and existing records datingfrom 1731. Of this Lodge, which met sometimes as aprivate, and sometimes as a Grand Lodge, BenjaminFranklin was the Master and Grand Master, in 1734.
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