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JNew xork Mason:‘Richmond, December 22, 1865. ‘To the Editor of the .Richmond Times: ‘Sir : In your issue of tkis morning is published an article on Freeroas nrj, containing statements in regard to the Grand Lodge of New York whichfif true, would not be very creditable to stch an intelligent body of Masons; but it is notr ‘The Grand Lodge of Masons of New York do not now and m vet have recognized colored lodges, and the Grand Lodge spoken of in the extract from the Anglo African is no doubt that of the colored people calling themselves Masons There is no legal Masonic Grand Lodge in the United States, that I am aware of, which institutes colored lodges.‘A New York Mason.’This New York Mason says, ‘Thereis no legal Masonic Grand Lodge in theUuited States, that I am aware of, which instituted colored lodges.’This is true, for at the time our GrandLodge was ‘instituted1 prejudice was too
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The Colored American
Augusta, Georgia, US
Sat, Jan 13, 1866
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