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    Article BRO. DANIEL COXE—THE FATHER OF FREEMASONRY IN AMERICA. ← Page 2 of 4 →
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Bro. Daniel Coxe—The Father Of Freemasonry In America.

removal during the greater part of the time . Lord Cornbury proved to be an arbitrary and tyrannical Governor . In consequence , the Assembly petitioned the Queen for his removal , whereupon he addressed Her

Majesty in reply , and Bro . Coxe , with others , endorsed his reply . This fact drew upon the latter the hatred of the Governor ' s enemies . NotAvithstanding this fact , in 1715 , Col . Coxe Avas again elected to the Assemblyas a representative

, from Gloucester , and the following year he was chosen Speaker . Governor Hunter ' s party again becoming powerful , Coxe and his party were expelled from the Assembly , ostensibly on account of absenting themselves . At this time Col . Coxe

resided m Bristol . His friends , in testimony of their confidence in the justice of his course , raised a subscription and sent him to England , Avhere he arrived in November , 1716 , and Avas favoured by the Lord Chancellor and Lord ToAvnshend .

Governor Hunter , it Avas , AVIIO about this time wrote to Dean Swift , " Here is the finest air to live upon in the universe ; and if oar trees and birds could speak , and our Assemblymen keep silent , the finest conversationtoo . "

, The minutes of the Grand Lodge of England show that , on January 29 , 1731 , at the meeting of that Grand Body , Bro . Daniel Coxe was present , and his health was drank , as " Provincial Grand Master of North America" This fact SIIOAVS that

at that date there was no other Provincial Grand Master besides Bro . Coxe in America . This was over two years before the appointment of Bro . Henry Price as Provincial Grand Master of Massachusetts . In 1734 , Avhile Hooper Avas Chief Justice

of New Jersey , Col . Coxe was appointed Associate Justice of the Supreme Court , and continued to hold this high office for a period of five years , until his death . We should here allude to Bro . Goxe ' s fame as an author , for he composed two works

, one of Avhich Avas noted in its day , aud since esteemed valuable enough to be reprinted in full in the present Collections of the Historical Society of Louisiana ; and the other was not published until two years after his death . The latter Avas entitled "Collection of Voyages and lravels , London 1741 . 8 vo . " The full title of the former ( the most valuable ,

curious and interesting to readers of the present day ) is as follows : " A Description of the English Province of CAROLANA , by the Spaniards called Florida , and by the French La Louisiana —as also of the great and famous river

Meschacehe or Mississippi , the five vast navigable lakes of fresh Avater , and the parts adjacent , with an account of the commodities and their growth and production in the said Province . By DANIEL COXE . London : 1722 . "

There Avas so large a demand for this book that three additions of it Avere printed in 1722 , 1727 , and 1741 . Its purpose is worthy of explanation , as Avell as its contents .

In 1630 , Sir Robert Heath , Attorney-General o £ Charles I ., obtained a patent for the extensive region then called " Carolana , " which included the present States of Virginia , North and South Carolina , Georgia , Florida , Louisiana , and

all the country north , on both sides of the Mississippi , up as high as Kentucky . It is apparent Avhat an immense tract it was . A writer in the North American Review , for November , 1815 , in a review of Bro . Coxe's book on CAKOLANA , says : "

Probably there is no other instance on record of any other private individual pretending to such an extensive property . " Dr . Daniel Coxe ( the father of Bro . Coxe ) procured an assignment of Heath ' s Patent (\ vhich in 1663 had been declared void ) , and in 1699 , he memorialized King William in regard to it . The same year

the Attorney-General of the Crown , together Avith seven members of the Privy Council , reported , that "having examined the claim by order of the Ministry , they report to the King as their opinion that Dr . Coxe is entitled to this Province ;"

but before it Avas confirmed by Parliament , the Doctor died— -whereupon his son reneAved his claim , and attempted , in addition , to colonize CAEOLANA . To aid this purpose , he wrote and published the book to Avhich we have called

attentionentitled "Carolana . " His authorities were the Memoirs and Journals kept by various persons sent into the valley of the Mississippi by Dr , Daniel Coxe—the last expedition fitted out by him having consisted of two ships , commanded by Captain Barr , Avhich , in 1698 , Avere the first to sail up the Mississippi River to its sources .

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Monthly Masonic Summary. Article 1
SONNET. Article 1
THE WILSON MANUSCRIPT CONSTITUTION. Article 2
AN HISTORICAL ACCOUNT OF MASTER AND FREE MASONS. Article 7
AIMEE. Article 11
LIGHTS AND SHADOWS OF SCOTTISH FREEMASONRY. Article 11
LINES Article 14
THE ANTI-MASONIC VICAR Article 15
TO A SNOWDROP Article 17
"MILKLAT "—THE CITY OF REFUGE. Article 18
ODDS AND ENDS OF WIT AND HUMOUR. Article 19
CONTEMPORARY LETTERS ON THE FRENCH REVOLUTION. Article 24
ORATION Article 26
THE OLD FOLKS' PARTY. Article 28
BENEFIT MANKIND. Article 32
CURIOSITIES OF THE POST OFFICE. Article 32
THE WOMEN OF OUR TIME. Article 34
BRO. DANIEL COXE—THE FATHER OF FREEMASONRY IN AMERICA. Article 36
THE ORIGIN AND REFERENCES OF THE HERMESIAN SPURIOUS FREEMASONRY. Article 39
HALF-WAY DOIN'S. Article 42
GODFREY HIGGINS ON FREEMASONRY. Article 43
THE SITE OF SOLOMON'S TEMPLE DISCOVERED. Article 44
NOTES ON LITERATURE, SCIENCE AND ART. Article 46
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Bro. Daniel Coxe—The Father Of Freemasonry In America.

removal during the greater part of the time . Lord Cornbury proved to be an arbitrary and tyrannical Governor . In consequence , the Assembly petitioned the Queen for his removal , whereupon he addressed Her

Majesty in reply , and Bro . Coxe , with others , endorsed his reply . This fact drew upon the latter the hatred of the Governor ' s enemies . NotAvithstanding this fact , in 1715 , Col . Coxe Avas again elected to the Assemblyas a representative

, from Gloucester , and the following year he was chosen Speaker . Governor Hunter ' s party again becoming powerful , Coxe and his party were expelled from the Assembly , ostensibly on account of absenting themselves . At this time Col . Coxe

resided m Bristol . His friends , in testimony of their confidence in the justice of his course , raised a subscription and sent him to England , Avhere he arrived in November , 1716 , and Avas favoured by the Lord Chancellor and Lord ToAvnshend .

Governor Hunter , it Avas , AVIIO about this time wrote to Dean Swift , " Here is the finest air to live upon in the universe ; and if oar trees and birds could speak , and our Assemblymen keep silent , the finest conversationtoo . "

, The minutes of the Grand Lodge of England show that , on January 29 , 1731 , at the meeting of that Grand Body , Bro . Daniel Coxe was present , and his health was drank , as " Provincial Grand Master of North America" This fact SIIOAVS that

at that date there was no other Provincial Grand Master besides Bro . Coxe in America . This was over two years before the appointment of Bro . Henry Price as Provincial Grand Master of Massachusetts . In 1734 , Avhile Hooper Avas Chief Justice

of New Jersey , Col . Coxe was appointed Associate Justice of the Supreme Court , and continued to hold this high office for a period of five years , until his death . We should here allude to Bro . Goxe ' s fame as an author , for he composed two works

, one of Avhich Avas noted in its day , aud since esteemed valuable enough to be reprinted in full in the present Collections of the Historical Society of Louisiana ; and the other was not published until two years after his death . The latter Avas entitled "Collection of Voyages and lravels , London 1741 . 8 vo . " The full title of the former ( the most valuable ,

curious and interesting to readers of the present day ) is as follows : " A Description of the English Province of CAROLANA , by the Spaniards called Florida , and by the French La Louisiana —as also of the great and famous river

Meschacehe or Mississippi , the five vast navigable lakes of fresh Avater , and the parts adjacent , with an account of the commodities and their growth and production in the said Province . By DANIEL COXE . London : 1722 . "

There Avas so large a demand for this book that three additions of it Avere printed in 1722 , 1727 , and 1741 . Its purpose is worthy of explanation , as Avell as its contents .

In 1630 , Sir Robert Heath , Attorney-General o £ Charles I ., obtained a patent for the extensive region then called " Carolana , " which included the present States of Virginia , North and South Carolina , Georgia , Florida , Louisiana , and

all the country north , on both sides of the Mississippi , up as high as Kentucky . It is apparent Avhat an immense tract it was . A writer in the North American Review , for November , 1815 , in a review of Bro . Coxe's book on CAKOLANA , says : "

Probably there is no other instance on record of any other private individual pretending to such an extensive property . " Dr . Daniel Coxe ( the father of Bro . Coxe ) procured an assignment of Heath ' s Patent (\ vhich in 1663 had been declared void ) , and in 1699 , he memorialized King William in regard to it . The same year

the Attorney-General of the Crown , together Avith seven members of the Privy Council , reported , that "having examined the claim by order of the Ministry , they report to the King as their opinion that Dr . Coxe is entitled to this Province ;"

but before it Avas confirmed by Parliament , the Doctor died— -whereupon his son reneAved his claim , and attempted , in addition , to colonize CAEOLANA . To aid this purpose , he wrote and published the book to Avhich we have called

attentionentitled "Carolana . " His authorities were the Memoirs and Journals kept by various persons sent into the valley of the Mississippi by Dr , Daniel Coxe—the last expedition fitted out by him having consisted of two ships , commanded by Captain Barr , Avhich , in 1698 , Avere the first to sail up the Mississippi River to its sources .

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