Tuesday, June 10, 2025

R.W. Benjamin Franklin. Past Grand Master. Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania. by Travis Simpkins

Benjamin Franklin. Past Grand Master. Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania. by Travis Simpkins

Portrait Sketch of
Right Worshipful
Benjamin Franklin
(1706 - 1790)
American Statesman, Printer, Author
Inventor and Freemason
Past Grand Master
 Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania
St. John's Lodge #1 
Tun Tavern Lodge
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
by Travis Simpkins



History of Freemasonry in Pennsylvania

The Masonic Temple in Philadelphia

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Benjamin Franklin. Past Grand Master. Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania. by Travis Simpkins

Monday, June 9, 2025

Sampson Simson, 33°. Past Sovereign Grand Commander. Scottish Rite, NMJ. by Travis Simpkins

Sampson Simson, 33°. Past Sovereign Grand Commander. Scottish Rite, NMJ. by Travis Simpkins

Portrait Sketch of
Illustrious Brother
Sampson Simson
( 1780 - 1857 )
Past Sovereign Grand Commander
Supreme Council, 33°, NMJ
Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite
Northern Masonic Jurisdiction
( 1825 - 1832 )
Past Grand Treasurer
Grand Lodge of New York
( 1812, 1813, 1815 )
Philanthropist and Founder of
Mount Sinai Hospital in New York
( Established in 1852 )
by Travis Simpkins



 History of the Scottish Rite

Mount Sinai Hospital. New York. Founded by Sampson Simson in 1852

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Sampson Simson, 33°. Past Sovereign Grand Commander. Scottish Rite, NMJ. by Travis Simpkins

Sunday, June 8, 2025

Rudyard Kipling. Author and Freemason. The Man Who Would Be King. by Travis Simpkins

Rudyard Kipling. British Journalist, Poet, Author and Freemason. by Travis Simpkins

Portrait Sketch of
Joseph Rudyard Kipling
( 1865 - 1936 )
British Journalist, Poet and Novelist
Author of The Jungle Book (1894)
The Man Who Would Be King (1888)
Gunga Din (1890) and other Classics
Awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1907
Freemason, Member of
Hope and Perseverance Lodge No. 782, E.C.
Lahore, Pakistan
United Grand Lodge of England
Initiated April 5, 1886. Passed May 3, 1886
Raised a Master Mason on December 6, 1886
by Travis Simpkins


 The Man Who Would Be King - Masonic Exchange

Rudyard Kipling


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Rudyard Kipling. Author and Freemason. The Man Who Would Be King. by Travis Simpkins