[890] Massachusetts Mercury, Sept. 18, 1798.
[891] Ibid.
[892] The Masons appear to have paid little if any attention to the thanksgiving sermon of November 29, 1798. There was little reason why they should.
[893] See Salem Gazette, Dec. 25, 1798.
[894] Salem Gazette, Dec. 25, 1798.
[895] Ibid.
[896] Salem Gazette, Dec. 25, 1798.
[897] Hayden, Washington and His Masonic Compeers, p. 176.
[898] Ibid., pp. 176 et seq.
[899] The address of the Maryland Grand Lodge was presented early in June, 1798. The President’s response followed in due course. Both documents were freely copied in the newspapers of the day, the New England papers not excepted. Cf. for example, the Salem Gazette, Aug. 10, 1798.