Masons

Letter from George Washington to the Grand Master of Free Masons of Massachusetts, December 27, 1792

May 24, 2017 Religious Freedom Archive Comments 0 Comment

George Washington December 27, 1792 To the Grand Master of the Free & Accepted Masons, for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Flattering as it may be to the human mind, & truly honorable as it is to receive from our fellow citizens testimonies of approbation for exertions to promote the public welfare; it is not less pleasing to know that the milder virtues of the heart are highly respected by a society whose liberal principles must be founded in the immediate…

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Letter from George Washington to the Ancient York Masons of Pennsylania, 1792

May 24, 2017 Religious Freedom Archive Comments 0 Comment

George Washington January 3, 1792 Presented 3 January 1792 To the Ancient York Masons of the Jurisdiction of Pennsylvania. Gentlemen & Brothers, I receive your kind congratulations with the purest sensations of fraternal affection; and from a heart deeply impressed with your generous wishes for my present and future happiness, I beg you to accept my thanks. — At the same time, I request you will be assured of my best wishes and earnest prayers for your happiness while you…

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Letter from George Washington to George Washington Snyder

May 24, 2017 Religious Freedom Archive Comments 0 Comment

George Washington October 24, 1798 Mount Vernon, October 24, 1798. Revd Sir: I have your favor of the 17th. instant before me; and my only motive to trouble you with the receipt of this letter, is to explain, and correct a mistake which I perceive the hurry in which I am obliged, often, to write letters, have led you into. It was not my intention to doubt that, the Doctrines of the Illuminati, and principles of Jacobinism had not spread…

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Letter from George Washington to George Washington Snyder

May 23, 2017 Religious Freedom Archive Comments 0 Comment

George Synder September 25, 1798 Mount Vernon, September 25, 1798. Sir: Many apologies are due to you, for my not acknowledging the receipt of your obliging favour of the 22d. Ulto, and for not thanking you, at an earlier period, for the Book you had the goodness to send me. I have heard much of the nefarious, and dangerous plan, and doctrines of the Illuminati, but never saw the Book until you were pleased to send it to me. The…

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