Reprint Of The Minutes Of The Grand Lodge Of Free And Accepted Masons Of Pennsylvania Vol 4

Excerpt from Reprint of the Minutes of the Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of Pennsylvania, Vol. 4: 1817 to 1822 Volume IV. Of the Reprint of the Minutes brings the work down to the year 1822. The period covered by this volume is a very important one to the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania. The craft sustained a severe loss in the destruction of the Masonic Hall on Chestnut street by fire in the year 1819, an account of which is given in this volume. Steps were taken at once to build the second Chestnut Street Hall, and all the arrangements were recorded very fully in the Minutes. The new Hall was dedicated and consecrated on November 1, 1820, with great pomp and cere mony, and the account given is very full and complete. Over thirty Lodges received warrants during the period covered by this volume. The reports of the committees appointed on various matters are given in full in the Minutes, and many of them are of more than ordinary interest to the reader, and the same can be said of many of the resolutions on different questions that were presented for consideration. The import ant reports and resolutions are all indexed. The question of the establishment of a General Grand Lodge was discussed and acted on by the Grand Lodge, and the first steps were taken on a number of important matters, among them being the establishment of a Masonic Library, a Charity Fund, the appointment of District Deputy Grand Masters and the organization of a School of Instruction. The Committee is indebted to Washington Lodge, No. 59, of Philadelphia, for the plates of the illustrations that appear in this volume, as well as the illustrations of the different Masonic Halls that have been printed in the former volumes. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.