| 词条 | Solomon's Lodge, Savannah |
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| name = Solomon's Lodge | image = | alt = | caption = | motto = Oldest Continuously Operating English Constituted Lodge of Freemasons in the Western Hemisphere | formation = {{Start date|1734|02|21}} | founder = | type = Masonic Lodge | location = 100 East Bay Street, Savannah, Georgia, USA | coords = {{coord|32.080632|-81.09001|region:US-GA_type:landmark|display=inline,title}} | region_served = | membership = | leader_title = | leader_name = | parent_organization = | affiliations = Grand Lodge of Georgia, F.& A.M. | website = {{URL|www.solomonslodge.com}} }}{{Freemasonry}}Solomon's Lodge, located in Savannah, Georgia, is a Masonic Lodge was founded in 1734 by James Oglethorpe[1] and James Lacey and claims to be the oldest continuing operating lodge in America, It is the mother lodge of the Grand Lodge of Georgia, and between 1734 and 1785 was the only lodge in Georgia.[2] It wasn't called Solomon's Lodge until 1776, previously being known as "The Lodge at Savannah."[3] It occupies the Old Savannah Cotton Exchange. The first person to be initiated into the lodge was the settler and plantation founder Noble Jones.[3] Many influential local politicians were members of Solomon's Lodge, including Joseph Habersham (US postmaster general), George Handley (Governor or Georgia) and Henry Osborne (judge and delegate to the Continental Congress). It has often been confused with Solomon's Lodge in Charleston, South Carolina, also a founding lodge for that state that was founded in the same year.[4] References1. ^{{cite book|last=Hirschfeld|first=Fritz |authorlink=|coauthors=|title=George Washington and The Jews|publisher=University of Delaware Press|year=2005|location=|pages=26|url=|doi=|id=|isbn=0-87413-927-9}} {{freemasonry-stub}}{{GeorgiaUS-stub}}2. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.glofga.org/history.html|title=Our History|publisher=Grand Lodge of Georgia|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080915064305/http://www.glofga.org/history.html|archivedate=2008-09-15|df=}} 3. ^1 {{cite book|last=Tatsch|first=J. Hugo|title=Solomon's Lodge and Freemasonry in Georgia, Freemasonry in the Thirteen Colonies|publisher=Kessinger Publishing|year=1995|location=|pages=75|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MT8TG7sHDoAC&pg=PA75&lpg=PA73&ots=lpJUKRl9Mh&dq=Solomon%27s+Lodge+Savannah&sig=ACfU3U1ggHGG6uIVS_0kgNs5-yeCQl5oRg|doi=|id=|isbn=1-56459-595-1}} 4. ^[https://books.google.com/books?id=1L8a4q6A6OgC&pg=PA568&dq=%22Solomon's+Lodge%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=fsjhUKbdNeO30QWJsYGwAg&ved=0CEgQ6AEwBA#v=onepage&q=%22Solomon's%20Lodge%22&f=false page 568], Mackey's National Freemason October 1873-September 1874 By Albert G. MacKey 3 : Masonic Lodges|History of Savannah, Georgia|Organizations based in Georgia (U.S. state) |
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