Excerpt from History of the Knights Templar of the State of Pennsylvania: From February 14th, A. D. 1794; A. O. 676 to November 13th, A. D. 1866; A. O. 748 A. O. E. P. 69 The lapse of time - the decease of the Sir Knights who inaugurated the Orders of Knighthood in this State - the de struction of the minutes by fire and the persecuting Spirit of Anti-masonry, were the originating causes which led to the destruction of many valuable papers; which, if now in exist ence, would explain and demonstrate those essentials, in which we are now in doubt and perplexity. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.