CHAPTER X.

Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania*

ON the 24th of June^ 1734, upon the petition
of several brethren residing in Philadelphia, a
warrant of constitution was granted by the grand
lodge of Boston, for holding a lodge in that place ;
appointing the Right Worshipful Benjamin Frank-
lin their first master ; which is the beginning of
masonry in Pennsylvania.

The grand lodge of England granted a grand
warrant, bearmg date the 20th June, A- D. 1764,
to the M. W. William Bell and others, authoris-
ing them to form and hold a grand lodge for the
state of Pennsylvania.

The grand officersj together with the officers
and representatives of a number of regular lodges
under their jurisdiction, at a communication hold-
en in the grand lodge room in the city of Phila-

delphia> <hi the 25th day of September, 1786, ^$

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ter mature and serious deliberation^ unanimously
resolved, **That it is improper that the grand
lodge 01 Pennsylvania should remain any longer
tinder the authority of any foreign grand lodge.*'
And the said grand lodge did then close, sine die.
The grand convention thus assembled did then
and there unanimously resolve, that the lodges un-
der the jurisdiction of the grand lodge of Pennsyl-
vania, aforesaid, lately hoiden as a provincial
grand lodge, under the authority of the grand
lodge of England, should, and they did, form
themselves into a grand lodge, to be called, ** The
Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania, and masonic jw*
risdiction thereunto belonging,^* to be held in the
said city of Philadelphia.

List of Subordinate Lodges

Na. 2, Philadelphia.
No. 3, do.
Ifo. 4, do.

No. 5, Cantweirs Bridge.
No. 7, Cheatcrtown.
No. s, NorriatowD.
No. 9, Philadelphia.
No. 11, London Grove.
No. t»jWinehefter.
No. 14, Wilmiii||:ton, D.
No. 17, Chester Milli.
No. 18, Dover.
No. 18, British 7th Regt.
No. 19, Philadelphift.

No. 31, Lancaster.
No. 23, Sunbury.
No. 94, Reading.
No. 35, Bristol.
No. 26, Carlisle.
No. 33, Newcastle, t>.
No. 35, Joppa.
No. 43, Lancaster.
No. 44, D«ck Creek.
No. 45, Pittsburg.
No. 46, Church Town.
No. 47, Port au Prince.
No. 48, Bedford.
No. 50^ Chester County.

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K*. 51, Philadelphia.

No. 76, Neuville.

No. 52, do.

No. 77, Trinidad*

No. 54, Washington.

No. 78, Old Mingo.

No. 55, Huntingdon, Go. No. 7g, Chambersburgh.

No. 56, Carlisle.

No. 80, Salisbury.

No. 57, Newton.

No. 61, German town.

No. 58, Army U. S.

.No.^2, Mitford.

No. 59, Philadelphia.

No. 83, Upper SmithaeU.

No. 60, Fort Burd.

No. 84, Somerset.

No. 61, Wilkesbarre,

No. "85, Alexandria*

No. 62, Reading.

No. 86, do.

fio. 64, Greensburghr.

No. 87, St. Domingo.

No. 65, Susquehanna.

No. 88, St. Marque.

No. 66, Robison.

No. 89, Aux Cayes.

No. 67, Philadelphia.

No. 90, New Orleans^

No. 68, Mifflin.

No. 91, Philadelphia.

No. 69, Chester.

No. 92, Union Township^.

No. 70, Tyoga Point.

No. 93, New Orleans.

No. 71 ) Philadelphia.

No. 95, St. Domingo.

No 72, do.

No. 96, Newcastle, D.

No. 73, do.

No. 97, St. Domingo.

No. 74, Franklin Co.

No. 99, do.

No. 75, Pughtown.

No. 100, Bloomsbury.

Delaware.

*^* There is no grand lodge in the State of De-
laware; but the following lodges^ which were
chartered by the grand lodge of Pennsylvania^
are holden m this State :

No. 14, Wilmington.
fio. 33, Newcastle.
No. 63; Lewistoft.

No. 96, Newcastle.
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