of any foreign grand lodge, and adopted a new constitution. 16th December, Grand lodge instituted at Savannah, in Georgia. December,Grand lodge of New-Jersey established. 1787 24th March, Grand lodge of South Carolina instituted at Charleston. 17th April, Grand lodge of Maryland founded. 1789 8th July, The representatives of several lodges 1795 25th November, The corner stone of the State House of Massachusetts laid by his excellency Samuel Adams. 1802 6th September, The foundation stone of the City Hall, New-York, laid by Edward Livingston, then mayor of the city, and grand master of the state. 1806 9th January, General royal arch constitution for the United States, adopted at Middletown, in the state of Connecticut. 1808 January, The grand lodge of Ohio constituted at Chilicothe. December, The grand lodge of Kentucky formed at Lexington. 1819 8th March, The masonic hall with about 70 other buildings destroyed by fire at Petersburgh, Virginia. 9th March, The masonic hall, one of the most splendid buildings in the city of Philadelphia consumed by fire. Its cost was estimated at $80, 000. On the 15th following, a meeting of the brethren assembled at Washington Hall, where it was unanimously resolved to adopt such measures, as would ensure the early restoration of the masonic hall to its former splendour and use C c fulness. For this purpose, Mr Pepin, manager of the Olympic Theatre, gave a benefit, which produced upwards of $ 600. From the state of Lousisiana, and the four other new states, it has been impossible for me to obtain any information respecting the number of lodges within their respective territories; although I have it from good authority, that masonry has been long established in Louisiana, and there is no doubt, but that the mystic art is known in every part of the United States. The following is an accurate statement of the number of lodges in each of the States; so far as could be ascertained in the year 1816. In Upper Canada, there are 10 lodges, subordinate to the grand lodge of that province; to that of Lower Canada, there are 15; and to that of Nova Scotia 23. |