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LIST OF THE PRINCIPAL LODGES

IN THE

UNITED STATES.

Collated from, and compared with, copies from the original records of the several Grand Lodges in the Union; including a list of the Lodges in his Britanic Majesty's provinces of Upper and Lower Canada.

Grand Lodge of New-Hampshire.

The Grand Lodge of New-Hampshire was first formed the 8th of July, A. L. 5789. A number of lodges in this state had received warrants from Massachusetts, which united in the establishment of this Grand Lodge, and came under its jurisdiction. Its meetings are holden at Portsmouth, in January, April, July and October.

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The first Grand Lodge in America was holden at Boston, on the 30th July, A. D. 1738, known by the name of St. John's Grand Lodge, and descended from the Grand Master of England.

The Massachusetts Grand Lodge (also holden at Boston) was first established on the 27th Dec. A. D. 1769, and descended from the Grand Master of Scotland.

On the 19th of June, A. D. 1792, a grand masonic union was formed by the two Grand Lodges; and all distinctions between ancient and modern masons abolished.

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Out of the Commonwealth, but under its jurisdiction.

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West Indies.

Grand Lodge of Rhode-Island.

The Grand Lodge of Rhode Island was organized on the 25th of June, A. L. 5791, agreeably to a plan prieviously proposed and adopted by the St. John's lodge, No. 1; Newport, and St. John's lodge, No. 2, of Providence, which were the only lodges in the State at that time.

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The Grand Lodge of Connecticut was constituted on the 8th day of July, A. D. 1789, by fifteen lodges which then existed in the state. These lodges were instituted by virtue of charters derived from the grand lodges of Massachusetts and New York, but chiefly from the former.

The grand communications are holden semi-annually, in the months of May and October. The members of the grand lodge consists of all past and present grand officers, and the master and wardens of all the lodges under its jurisdiction or their proxies.

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The Grand Lodge of the State of Vermont was constituted at Rutland, on the 14th day of October, A. D. 1794. Its annual meetings are holden on the Monday preceding the second Thusday of October, annually at 9 o'clock, A. M. at Windsor and

Virgennes alternately. Its members are all past and present grand officers, and the masters and wardens of the several subordinate lodges.

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The Grand Lodge of New York was first constituted by a warrant from the duke of Athol, dated London, 5th September, A. D. 1781.

In conformity to the example which had been set by the grand lodges of several states after the revolutionary contest, on the 5th September, A. D. 1787, the masters and wardens of the several lodges within the state, having been duly notified, assembled in the city of New York; and the late provincial grand lodge having been closed sine die, formed and opened an independent grand lodge, and elected and installed their grand officers.

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A convention of free and accepted masons of the state of New Jersey, was holden agreeable to previous notice, on the 18th December, A. D. 1786, at the city of New Brunswick, when a grand lodge for the said state was duly constituted, and the Hon. David Brearly, Esq. chief justice of the state, was elected first grand

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