The history of freemasonry : its legends and traditions, its chronological history (1906)
Mackey, Albert Gallatin, 1807-1881, Hughan, William James, 1841-1911, Singleton, William Reynolds, 1819-1901. History of the symbolism of freemasonry, the Ancient and Accepted Scottish rite and the Royal Order of Scotland · New York : Masonic History Co. · leaf 88
immemorial usage ofthe olden time. In Pennsylvania we have already seen that at least one suchlodge was in existence in 1730 before Coxe had received his au-thority as Provincial Grand Master. And there is also evidencethat Freemasons were in the habit of meeting in Philadelphia forconvivial… … NEW LODGE ^: THE MOTIIICR L()D(iE OF KILWINNING FREEMASONRY IN NORTH AMERICAN COLONIES 1231 independent lodges anywhere in the colonies outside of Pennsyl-vania, nor any intimation of their existence, except the traditional re-port, mentioned by Rockwell, that a lodge had been in operation…