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Lodge of Massachusetts sent him a fraternal greeting 

 signed by Grand Master Revere, and upon his death the 

 Massachusetts Miisons arranged a mock funeral parade, 

 Revere being one of the pall -bearers. A memorial urn 

 carried in the procession was cared for many years by 

 Revere at his home. Revere, with John Warren and 

 Josiah Bartlett, sent a letter on behalf of the Grand 

 Lodge dated January 11, 1800, to the widow of Washing- 

 ton, requesting a lock of the dead statesman's hair, to be 

 kept as an " invaluable relique of the Hero and Patriot." 

 The request was granted, and the memento has remained 

 to this day one of the cherished possessions of the Grand 

 Lodge, preserved in a golden urn made by Paul Revere. 



Friendship Lodge, instituted in Boston in 1793, con- ^^'^^^^^^yp^^ 

 tained a considerable French element. One of the Mas- 1793 

 ters of the Lodge was Le Barbier Du Plessis, whose name 

 revives memories of that great Huguenot Prime Minister 

 who would have saved France from shame and loss had 

 the King but followed his advice instead of that given by 

 the ecclesiastics. Other members of Friendship Lodge 

 were Le Charles Descard, Preslin Janeau, George de 

 France, M. D., Sy. Prea, John Beteau, and Messrs. 

 Truene, D' Amour and Jeaureau. 



John Jutau became the Master of Perfect Union perfect union 

 Lodge, instituted in 1781, which was distinctively a i^si^^^ 

 French Lodge. In 1785, Mr. Jutau was Senior Grand 

 Warden of the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts, in which 

 were enrolled also the names of William Truan, Andrew 

 Demarest, Dr. St. Medard, Peter La Mercier, and others. 

 There was still another Lodge, the Harmonic, instituted 

 December 8, 1792, but it was not exclusively French. 

 The first Master was George Gideon. 



Lewis Frederick Delesdernier was a member of Warren 



Lodge in Machias, Maine. The Lodge was instituted 



September 10, 1778. His parents were Huguenots. He 



was visited by Albert Gallatin in 1780. 



The Huguenots who settled in Boston, as earlier chapters 



