Chapter 6 White

R. Grant Committee from

AB. Cohen Prince George's Lodge.

Jos. Blyth.

J. Carson.

"George Town 30th April 1791."

Of the above signers, three of the brethren had served in the War for Independence, viz.: Brother Isaac White, Lieutenant in North Carolina Militia at Kings Mountain; Brother Reuben Grant, Ensign in the 6th North Carolina Infantry, and Brother Joseph Blythe, Surgeon in 1st North Carolina Regiment, taken prisoner at Charleston, May 12th, 1780; exchanged June 14, 1781; in 4th North Carolina in February, 1782, and served to close of war.

Fac-simile of Address from the Brethren of Prince George's Lodge, Folio No. 16, Georgetown, South Carolina, April, 1791. Letter Book II, 59-60.

The following reply unfortunately bears no date. Both address and reply were entered in Washington Letter Book, No. II, folio 60-61. It is not known what has became of the originals. No notice or copies of either of the above documents have thus far been published.

Washington's Reply.

"To the Brethren of Prince George's Lodge,

No. 16.

"Gentlemen:

"The cordial welcome which you give me

"to George Town, and the congratulations, you are

"pleased to offer on my election to the chief

"magistracy receive my grateful thanks.

"I am much obliged by your good wishes

"and reciprocate them with sincerity, assuring the

"fraternity of my esteem, I request them to believe

"that I shall always be ambitious of being considered

"a deserving Brother.

GENERAL MORDECAI GIST.

B. BALTIMORE, MD., 1743. D. CHARLESTON, S. C., 1792.

WHO, AS GRAND MASTER OF SOUTH CAROLINA, SIGNED THE ADDRESS TO BROTHER WASHINGTON.

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