Washington, the masonic city (Med. Soc. of Dist. of Columbia, Hist. of the Med. Soc. of the Dist. of Columbia: 1817-1909, 1909)

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25. ELISHA CULLEN DICK— Born in 1750 or 1752, Chester Co., Pa. [...] One of the founders and for some years Worshipful Master of the first lodge of Masonry in Alexandria, chartered in 1783, and which became Alexandria Lodge in 1788, with Gen. George Washington as Worshipful Master. After the retirement of General Washington, in 1789, Dr. Dick was re-elected and served for some years. He conducted the Masonic ceremonies at the laying of the corner stone of the District of Columbia, April 15, 1791, at Jones Point, at the mouth of Hunting Creek, below Alexandria, and when the corner stone of the Capitol at Washington was laid, in 1793, he marched arm-in-arm with Washington and took part with the latter in the ceremonies. He also conducted the Masonic services at the funeral and burial of General Washington, and presided at the Lodge of Sorrow. [...] Before going from Alexandria to Jones' Point he invoked the blessing that the stone to be laid might 'remain an immovable monument of the wisdom and unanimity of North America,' and after the return of the Commissioners and others to Alexandria, he offered the following sentiment: 'Brethren and Gentlemen: May jealousy, that green-eyed monster, be buried deep beneath the work which we have this day completed, never to rise again within the Federal District.'" See Trans. Med. Society, Virginia, 1885, XVI, p. 267 ; Busey's Reminiscences, p. 144.

Medical Society of the District of Columbia, History of the Medical Society of the District of Columbia: 1817-1909, Washington, D.C.: Published by the Society, 1909, pp. 219-220.

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