For the record, here is the masonic background and involvement of John Jacob Astor:
Master of the Holland Lodge No. 8, of N.Y.C.:1788
Grand Treasurer of the Grand Lodge of New York: 1796-1801
Junior Grand Warden on two occasions: 1796 and 1801
Secretary of the Commandery (then called Encampments)
“For a busy man, he kept himself busy in his Masonic work.”
The Astor Ruling Family: the Masonic Background of John Jacob Astor
For the record, here is the masonic background and involvement of John Jacob Astor:
Master of the Holland Lodge No. 8, of N.Y.C.:1788
Grand Treasurer of the Grand Lodge of New York: 1796-1801
Junior Grand Warden on two occasions: 1796 and 1801
Secretary of the Commandery (then called Encampments)
“For a busy man, he kept himself busy in his Masonic work.”