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The Masonic Lodge, in which George Washington received his first degree as
a Mason, November 4, 1752, has a cabinet of some rare and valuable relics.
Some of which are the Bible that Geo. Washington was obligated on (printed
1668), a lock of his hair, autograph passes given by him during the
Revolutionary War, the old minute book giving his initiation, passing and
raising, an oil portrait of George Washington, painted by Gilbert Stuart,
the old parlor chairs of his mother, Mary Washington, and many others,
which can be seen free of charge by applying to the Master of the Lodge.