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To George Washington from the Holland Masonic Lodge, 7 March 1789

From the Holland Masonic Lodge

7 Mar. 1789

7 Mar. 1789. “We are directed, Sir, to express a Hope . . . that the Name of Washington may adorn, as well the Archives of our Lodge, as the Annals of our Country—and that we may salute as a masonic Brother him, whom we honor as the political Father of our Country.”

LS, DLC:GW.

This letter signed by Baron von Steuben and other members of the Holland Lodge, New York City, enclosed a certificate of honorary membership in the lodge made out in GW’s name (DLC:GW). GW had held membership in the Masons since his investiture as an apprentice in Fredericksburg Lodge No. 4 A. F. & A. M. in November 1752. He was raised to master mason on 4 Aug. 1753.

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    To George Washington from the Holland Masonic Lodge, 7 March 1789
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    Washington, George
    Date
    7 March 1789

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    “To George Washington from the Holland Masonic Lodge, 7 March 1789,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/05-01-02-0281. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Presidential Series, vol. 1, 24 September 1788 – 31 March 1789, ed. Dorothy Twohig. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1987, p. 370.]