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Boston (Massachusetts, United States) (search for this): entry freemasonry
Freemasonry,
A secret fraternal organization of which there is no certain information as to the time of its introduction into the United States.
According to many masonic writers a provincial grand lodge (St. John's) and also a private lodge were established at Boston, Mass., by Henry Price on July 30, 1733.
Benjamin Franklin, who is supposed to have been initiated in England, published the masonic constitution in 1734; and during the same year Henry Price was constituted grand master over all North America.
On Nov. 4, 1752, George Washington became a member of the order and on Aug. 4, 1753, was made a master mason.
The first masonic hall in the United States was built in Philadelphia in 1754.
The returns of the grand lodges of the United States and British America for 1899-1900 were as follows: Whole number of members, 857,577; raised, 46,175; admissions and restorations, 21,325; withdrawals, 16,603; expulsions and suspensions.
597; suspensions for non-payment of dues, 16,
Cuba (Cuba) (search for this): entry freemasonry
Scotland (United Kingdom) (search for this): entry freemasonry
North America (search for this): entry freemasonry
Scotia (search for this): entry freemasonry
Mexico (Mexico, Mexico) (search for this): entry freemasonry
Peru (Peru) (search for this): entry freemasonry
Australia (Australia) (search for this): entry freemasonry
Austria (Austria) (search for this): entry freemasonry
Central Australia (Australia) (search for this): entry freemasonry