Fac-simile of Autograph Letter from Washington to Paul Revere and the Officers of the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts, April 24, 1797.
Fac-simile of Original Draft of Washington's Reply to the Address from the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts in Library of Congress.
Following is a copy of Washington's original draft of his reply to the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts. It is written upon two pages of a letter sheet entirely in his handwriting and signed by him.
"To the Grand Lodge of Ancient, Free &
"Accepted Masons, of the Commonwealth
"of Massachusetts.