[65] "PROOFS | of a| CONSPIRACY | against all the | RELIGIONS and GOVERNMENTS | of | EUROPE | carried on | in the secret meetings | of | FREE MASONS, ILLUMINATI, | and | READING SOCIETIES, | " collected from Good Authorities | by | JOHN ROBISON, A. M. |--EDINBURGH, | 1797. |
[66] The original letter of August 22, 1798, is among the Washington papers in the Library of Congress; a photostat of same is in the Archives of the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania.
[67] Cf. Historical sketch of the Evangelical Reformed Church of Frederick, Maryland, 1904, pp. 22-25.
[68] Cf. "Washington, The Man and Mason," p. 288.
[69] _Vide_ "Sesqui-Centennial Anniversary of the Initiation of Brother George Washington before quoted," p. 149.
[71] Cf. "Washington, The Man and Mason," p. 286.
[72] _Ibid_., December 20, 1789. His excellency, General WASHINGTON, unanimously elected Master; Robert McCrea, Senior Warden; William Hunter, Jr., Junior Warden; William Hodgson, Treasurer; Joseph Greenway, Secretary; Dr. Frederick Spambergen, Senior Deacon; George Richards, Junior Deacon. Extract from Minutes, p. 288.
[73] _Vide_ "Freemasonry in Pennsylvania, 1727-1907," Vol. I, Chapter X, pp. 295 _et seq_.
[74] _Ibid._, Vol. I, Chapter XII, pp. 399 _et seq_.
_Vide_ "Washington and his Masonic Compeers," Chapter VIII, pp. 149 _et seq_.
[75] _Ibid._, pp. 86-87. Also records of King Solomon's Lodge, No. 1, Poughkeepsie, New York.
[78] WASHINGTON, so far as known, attended the following public Masonic functions:
1. Procession in Philadelphia, Festival of St. John the Evangelist, December 28, 1778.
2. Festival of St. John the Baptist, June 24, 1779, with the American Union Lodge, at the Robinson House on the Hudson, New York.
3. Festival of St. John the Evangelist, December 27, 1779, with American Union Lodge, at the Morris Hotel, Morristown, New Jersey.
4. Festival of St. John the Evangelist, December 27, 1782, with King Solomon's Lodge, at Poughkeepsie, New York.
5. Festival of St. John the Baptist, June 24, 1784, with Lodge No. 39, at Alexandria, Virginia.
6. The Masonic funeral of Brother William Ramsay, February 12, 1785, at Alexandria.
7. Laying of the cornerstone of the capitol at the Federal City (Washington, D. C.), September 18, 1793, upon which occasion WASHINGTON walked in the procession.