1860-1870 FREEMASONRY. Original "Sole Leather" Trunk from Philadelphia Masonic Temple. Leather as the Church of England

as the Church of England

Sensing that the religious and practical condition of Germans in America were connected

Printed for Richard Royston

and changeless be

1860-1870 FREEMASONRY. Original "Sole Leather" Trunk from Philadelphia Masonic Temple. Leather as the Church of EnglandFreemasonry's connection to the earliest formation of America is the stuff of history and, thank you Nicolas Cage*, legend. And the Philadelphia Masonic Temple is one of the most important Masonic associated landmarks. Freemasonry was active in Philadelphia from the early 1700's. When the still existing architectural marvel was begun, in 1868, the cornerstone was set with the same gavel used by George Washington on the cornerstone of the Nation's