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Written by Geo. Washings to a Masonic Grand Lodge.irs. Kelley Priest Moore, of North -HSadietowii, thia county, has in her oeesessktt, an original letter written ‘It George Washington to the Grand f*i«ce of. Masons of Pennsylvania in tSSfe The letter came into her posses---®rv fcnrough her father, the late Rev. JL It McGinn, who dunng his younger was a member of the Pennsyl-vwfcLa* Grand Lodge. The letter was *niten. it is supposed, after Washing-twa,. while President had been invited ta* attend some meeting of the GrandIrfdge. .* .-'s.Several times. • members of tic ^Sbsonic order ha\et#ied to obtain pos- ;*ssien of the letter from Mrs. Moore, because the letter is written in 'ifttertingtoii's own hand, Mrs. Moore htii* continually refused to part with xt» velic. The letter is written on vtfeite.crisp paper, and considering its age*, .SB remarkably well preserved. The jjcprr has remained white apd the ink huocct faded, so that but for the sig-waeaitv and the date one would never htae*.1 that the letter was not writtenJSrs. Moore keeps the letter in an al-nws. with many clippings and other » left to her by her father. The fester is pasted to one of the leave? of ufer scrap-book, and has not been touched imt years. Naturally it is highivjSSUcL
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Paris Bourbon News
Paris, Kentucky, US
Tue, Mar 05, 1907
Page 4
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