Excerpt from The History of Brother General Lafayette's Fraternal Connections With the R. W. Grand Lodge, F.& A. M., Of Pennsylvania: Compiled From the Original Records; Together With Mementos and Relics in the Library and Museum It has always been a tradition in Masonic circles that General Lafayette was made a Mason in one of the Military Lodges at Morristown, New Jersey, where a Festal Lodge was held December 27, 1779, for which occasion the jewels and furniture and clothing of St. John's Lodge, No. 1, of Newark, New Jersey, was borrowed. The meeting proved a great success, sixty-eight brethren being present, one of whom was General Washington. There is another tradition that General Lafayette was made a Mason in a Military Lodge, which met at Valley Forge during the winter of 17 7 7 - 78, but no official records of such action have thus far been discovered. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.