A history of Lodge no 61, F and A M., Wilkesbarré, Pa .. with a collection of masonic addresses .. . to Pennsylvaniaby English Brethren who desired to emphasize the primi-tive character and purity of their work. Our proper titleis Free and Accepted Masons, and in Pennsylvania York rite. \_Fro;n P. M. Samuel HarpersHistory of St. Jolins Lodge, No. 2ig, Pittsburgh, Pa^ [Since the foregoing pages were printed there has been brought tolight by Bro. CHfford P. MacCalla, R. W. Junior Grand Warden ofthe Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania, a most important original Masonicrecord, to wit: The Ledge
A history of Lodge no 61, F and A M., Wilkesbarré, Pa .. with a collection of masonic addresses .. . to Pennsylvaniaby English Brethren who desired to emphasize the primi-tive character and purity of their work. Our proper titleis Free and Accepted Masons, and in Pennsylvania York rite. \_Fro;n P. M. Samuel HarpersHistory of St. Jolins Lodge, No. 2ig, Pittsburgh, Pa^ [Since the foregoing pages were printed there has been brought tolight by Bro. CHfford P. MacCalla, R. W. Junior Grand Warden ofthe Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania, a most important original Masonicrecord, to wit: The Ledger account-book of the first Lodge in Phila-delphia (St. Johns Lodge), with its members, from June 24th, 1731,to June 24th, 1738. This book is now in the possession of the Histor-ical Society of Pennsylvania, and is by far the oldest Masonic Lodgebook in America. In it are official Lodge details concerning theMasonic lives of such Masons as William Allen, Benjamin Franklin,Joseph Shippen, Philip Syng, and William Plumstead, all ProvincialGrand Masters of Pennsylvania from 1731 to 1741.^0. J. H.]. (First seal ol Lodge No. 6i.) CHAPTER II. INTRODUCTION OF FREE MASONRY INTO NORTH-EASTERN PENN-SYLVANIA. FIRST PERIOD (l 794-1837) OF THE HISTORY OF LODGE NO. 61. Who can rehearse the praiseIn soft poetic lays,Or solid prose, of Masons true,Whose art transcends the common view ?Their secrets, neer to strangers yet exposd,Preserved shall beBy Masons Free,And only to the Ancient Lodge disclosd. So far as known the first operations of Free Masonry inNorth-eastern Pennsylvania occurred in the Wyoming Val-ley in June, 1779. At that time very few white men dweltin this immediate region. Their first settlements in theValley had been made but little more than twelve yearsbefore; while the terrible massacre of the settlers by theIndians and Tories had taken place near Forty Fort notquite a twelvemonth previous. Early in the year 1779 an expedition for the extermina-tion of the Indians was plann
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