Washington's Masonic Correspondence As Found among the Washington Papers in the Library of Congress

"Washington's Masonic Correspondence" by George Washington unveils a collection of letters that show the strong connection between George Washington and the Freemasons. The book highlights Washington’s respect for the Masonic group through his letters to other Masons all over the United States. The opening section stresses how important the Masons were to Washington and how much they admired him. It mentions how careful Washington was to keep his Masonic letters and makes sense of some of them, like the one where he thanked someone for a Masonic apron from France. The beginning part also suggests how these letters affected Washington's reputation within Freemasonry, setting up a series of documents that demonstrate the mutual admiration he and the Masons had for each other while he was alive.