George Washington & the Masons... Nelson & the Battle of the Nile...
THOMAS'S MASSACHUSETTS SPY OR WORCESTER GAZETTE, Dec. 12, 1798
- Lord Horatio Nelson victorious
- Battle of the Nile - Napoleon Bonaparte
- President George Washington
- Masonic - free masonry - Masons
Most of page 2 is taken up with reports from the Napoleonic War relating to the Battle of the Nile, and includes four notes or letters each signed in type: Horatio Nelson.
The back page has a letter from the "Worshipful Grand Lodge of Maryland, to George Washington..." followed by his response to them signed in type: G. Washington. Nice Masonic item.
Four pages, small rubbing holier the top quadrant, otherwise good condition.
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