Gould, Robert Freke, 1836-1915 · New York : Macoy Publishing and Masonic Supply Co. · leaf 580
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. … ^ o -3 OJ The United States of A merica. 513 The first Lodge held under written authority was estab-lished by Henry Price, Provincial Grand Master of NewEngland, at The Bunch of Grapes Tavern, in Boston,on August 31st, 1733. In 1734, Franklin published an edition of the EnglishBook of-…
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