Yours Fraternally,
John Hervey,
Grand Sec'y.
London England,
Freemason Hall
Office of the Grand Sec.
London England, May 4th, 1875.
Mr. B. F. Rogers,
Grand Master of Masons of the State of Ill.
My very Dear Sir and Bro:—
Your letter was received. I take pleasure in stating to you that in the latter part of December 1873 I forwarded a letter to Bro. John G. Jones of Chicago who is Grand Secretary of your Grand Lodge in which I gave him the information that you now desire. I now beg to say to you that the Grand Lodge of England never had any Masonic Lodge in General Gages Military Regiment whose occupation was in the United States at the time that you mentioned nor has our Grand Lodge any record of any such appointment as Prince Hall to be Provincial Grand Master in the United States. If any such appointment is presented and claims to have been made by the Grand Lodge of England you are at liberty to deny it, and give the same information if you wish to the craft in the United States as we do not wish our Grand Lodge to be misrepresented.
Yours fraternally,