II Correspondence with Alexandria Lodge, No. 39, 1783 28 III Correspondence with Alexandria Lodge, No. 39, 1784 34 IV Correspondence with King David's Lodge, No. 1, Newport, R. I., 1790 37 V Correspondence with St. John's Lodge, No. 2, Newbern, N. C., 1791 44 VI Correspondence with Prince George's Lodge, No. 16, Georgetown, S. C., 1791 51 VII Correspondence with Grand Lodge of South Carolina, 1791 57 VIII Correspondence with Grand Lodge of Georgia, 1791 65 IX Correspondence with Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania, 1792 69 X Correspondence with Grand Lodge of Massachusetts, 1792 80 XI Correspondence with Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania, 1796 86 XII Correspondence with Alexandria Lodge, No. 22, Virginia, 1797 95 XIII Correspondence with Grand Lodge of Massachusetts, 1797 102 XIV Correspondence with Grand Lodge of Maryland, 1798 111 XV Correspondence with G. W. Snyder, 1798 117 XVI Index 141 ILLUSTRATIONS PAGE Masonic Portrait of Washington _Frontispiece_. J. Henry Williams, R. W. Grand Master iii Washington's Headquarters at Newburgh on the Hudson _Facing page_ 22 Wise's Tavern, Alexandria, Virginia " " 35 Moses Michael Hays (Portrait) " " 15 Washington, (Houdon Portrait), 1786 " " 36 Mordecai Gist, (Portrait) " " 57 Residence of President Washington in Philadelphia " " 69 Fac-Simile of Address " " 72 Jonathan Bayard Smith, (Portrait) " " 76 Rev. William Smith, D.D., (Portrait) " " 88 Mount Vernon, 1783-1799 " " 95 Paul Revere, (Portrait) " " 105 Washington, (St. Memin Portrait), 1798 " " 117 Draft of Letter to Grand Lodge of Maryland _Between pages_ 112-113 Press copy of Washington's letter to G. W. Snyder, September 25, 1798 " " 124-125 Press copy of letter, October 24, 1798 " " 130-131 FOREWORD