Washington's Masonic Correspondence / As Found among the Washington Papers in the Library of Congress - George Washington

"The Address of St Johns Lodge No. 2 of Newbern.

"Right Worshipful Sir,

"We the Master, Officers, and Members of St.
"Johns Lodge No 2, of Newbern, beg leave to hail
"you welcome with three times three.
"We approach you not with the language of
"adulation, but sincere fraternal affection—your
"works having proved you to be the true and faith-
"ful brother, the skilful and expert Craftsman, the
"just and upright man, But the powers of elo-
"quence are too feeble to express with sufficient
"energy the cordial warmth with which our bosoms
"glow toward you.
"We therefore most ardently wish, most fervently
"and devoutly pray, That the Providence of the
"most high may strengthen, establish, and protect
"you, in your walk through this life; and when you
"shall be called off from your terrestrial labours by
"command of our divine grand master, and your
"operations sealed with the mark of his approbation,
"may your soul be eternally refreshed with the
"streams of living water which flow at the right
"hand of God, and when the supreme architect of
"all worlds shall collect his most precious jewels as
"ornaments of the celestial Jerusalem, may you
"everlastingly shine among those of the brightest
"lustre.
"We are in our own behalf, and that of the
"Members of this Lodge,

"Right worshipful Sir;
"St Johns Lodge No. 2.
"Your true and faithful brethren
"April 20^th 5791.
"Isaac Guion Master.
"Samuel Chapman Senior Warden.
"William Johnston, Junior Warden.
"Solomon Halling, Edw. Pasteur, Ja^s Carney, F. Lowthrop.
"Members of the Committee."

Fac-simile of Address from St. John's Lodge, No. 2, Newbern, N. C. Letter Book II, Folio 47-48.

Brothers: Isaac Guion, Worshipful Master, Samuel Chapman, Senior Warden, William Johnston, Junior Warden, and Solomon Halling, signers to above petition had all seen service in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War. Brother Guion served as Surgeon and Paymaster; Brother Chapman, Captain in 8th North Carolina, serving until the close of the War; Brother Johnston, Captain in North Carolina Militia and present at Kings Mountain.