L. B. charges the entrance fee of Joseph Shippen.

1734, May 16, Philadelphia.
Benjamin Franklin first advertises in the Pennsyl-
vania Gazette his reprint of the Constitutions. Benjamin Franklin as a Freemason (Sachse), 3. ds oN
They were not ready for delivery until August, when he sent seventy copies to Boston. Later in the year he sent still more copies to his brother James in Boston by the hand of his brother Peter.
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The few copies of this book known are in the libraries of the Grand Lodges of Pennsylvania, New York, Iowa, and Massachusetts; of the Historical Society of Pennsyl- vania, of the University of Pennsylvania, and of the Southern Supreme Council, 33°. One perfect copy belonging to Massachusetts is bound with the Beteilhe Manuscript. When they were put together no one knows. ‘They were purchased by the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts in this condition. The Grand Lodge of Massachusetts also owns a copy bearing the autograph upon the title page of William Walker who was made in the First Lodge in Boston, February 27, 1733/4.
1734, May 22, Boston.
Meeting of the First Lodge in Boston. William Wesson made and Brother Benjamin Pemberton, Esq. admitted.
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1734, June 3, Philadelphia.