Lodge of Sincere Friendship: Correspondence and Formation of the Provincial Grand Lodge of Toulouse

Orient a term used in Masonry to refer to the location of a lodge of Toulouse, the 5th day of the 3rd month of the year of the True Light 5802 May 25, 1802 in the Gregorian calendar
15 Floréal Year 10
5 May 1802

Received the 24th of May 1802.

h. p. at 13?

A large red ink mark, possibly a numerical "17" or a postal tracking mark, is written over the top right of the text.

I am sending you enclosed, my Very Respectable Brother, a letter planche Masonic term for a formal written communication that the Lodge has tasked me with forwarding to you, along with a copy of its Provisional Regulations. Reading this letter will make you aware of how impatient it is to receive its Constitutions. It would like its installation to take place by next St. John’s Day; but if the dispatch is delayed even slightly, that will become impossible because the premises we have chosen require a great deal of work, and time will be too short. Once again, we rely on you to take care of accelerating the response of the Grand Orient and to let us know.

When we expressed to you our desire to have our letters sent to you free of postage, it was less out of a spirit of economy than to avoid being obliged to go and prepay...