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Auction: 317 - The Collector's Series
Lot: 1028

Early Free Masonry in NY; Cock, William. Cock Feb. 4, 1784, Cock was Grandmaster of the Grand Lodge of New York from mid-September 1783 to 1785. Autograph Document Signed "W:Cock. H.P. R.C.A.M.". One page printed headed "THE MOST ENLIGHTENED EAST, folio, parchment, August 19, Anno Mundi 5785. (1785 AD). Certification of the admission of "beloved Brother Peter McDougall into "the Sacred Mysteries…" Paper seat affixed upper left, with Peter McDougall's signature below, Cock signs lower right, beneath is the signature of "Samuel Kerr K.P.T." and "David Cation, Scribe" On January 23, 1781, the foundation of the present-day Masonic Grand Lodge of New York was laid. A provincial Grand Lodge was created under a warrant granted by Prince John, Duke of Athol, Grandmaster of the Grand Lodge of England. The provincial lodge lasted from Dec. 5, 1782 to Sept. 19, 1783. On that September day, the first Grandmaster Reverend William Walter resigned and left with the British troops upon the Evacuation of New York. The vacancy was filled by the election of William Cock. Cock was succeeded in 1785 by Robert R. Livingston. A pleasing and important early New York Masonic document in Fine state; accompanied by a related document, on vellum, regarding the apprenticeship of Peter McDougal (spelled here with one "l"), merchant. Small rent at center. Ink rather weak but clear. [2]

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