Clearfield County PA Archives News.....Freemasons May 13, 1857 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/pafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Donald Buncie donaldbuncie74@hotmail.com September 30, 2023, 1:56 am Raftsman's Journal. (Clearfield, Pa. May 13, 1857 Freemasonry was first known in England, in 674, and was forbidden in 1424; tolerated in 1G00, and excommunicated by the pope in 1688. The Charity for Freemasons was established in 1788. The Grand Lodge of England was founded in 1727; of Ireland, in 1720. Freemasons' Hall, Great Queen street, was built in 1775, and opened in May, 1776. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/pa/clearfield/newspapers/freemaso1121gnw.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/pafiles/ File size: 0.9 Kb