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| + | ''From Moore's Freemason's Monthly, Vol. IV, p. 279, July 1845:'' | ||
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| + | '''KING SOLOMON'S LODGE IN PERFECTION'''. A much respected correspondent suggests whether, in giving the name of the above Lodge, in the Magazine for May, (p. 201—3,) we have not committed an error, and changed the preposition ''of'' to ''in''. We have examined the Charter of the Lodge, and find the name there inserted precisely as we gave it Dr. [http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAGLTHarris Harris], in his compilation of the history of the Grand Lodge of this State, gives it differently, and in accordance with what our correspondent believes to be correct. We, however, know of no better authority than the Charter. Every man is presumed to know his own name. | ||
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| + | Our correspondent says, and he is probably correct, that this Lodge was first chartered, in 1791, as an ineffable Lodge of Grand Perfect and Sublime Masons, (working from the first to the fourteenth degree, inclusive,) by the Thr. Ills. Br. [http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=GMHays Moses Michael Hays] (then Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts) in his lawful quality as such, and as a Sub. G. Master, Prince of Jerusalem, K-H. S. P. R. S. and Dep. Insp. of the 33d degree, for North America; which appointment he received in 1762, while at Kingston, Jamaica, from the Thr. Ills. Br. Stephen Moira, with power to appoint others wherever it might be advisable to do so. This he did, says our correspondent, in Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Virginia, Georgia, &c. In 1796, the Lodge took a new Charter from the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts, retaining, according to our correspondent, its original Charter, and, of course, its authority to confer the degrees, as a Lodge of Perfection, from the 4th to the 14th, inclusive. Nothing of this, however, appears in the records of the Grand Lodge. But it is evident, that a Charter, previous of that 1798, had been granted by Br. [http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=GMHays Hays]. In that Charter it was undoubtedly called a "Lodge of Perfection." In issuing the new Charter, the name was changed as above; but whether by design or accident, it is now probably impossible to determine. The Lodge has not been in existence for several years, and its records were never returned to the Grand Lodge. It was located at Holmes' Hole, Cape Cod. | ||
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'''[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1797 1797]''' | '''[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1797 1797]''' | ||
Revision as of 12:32, 25 September 2012
KING SOLOMON LODGE IN PERFECTION
Location: Holmes' Hole, Martha's Vineyard
Chartered By: Paul Revere
Charter Date: 12/11/1797 II-112
Precedence Date: 06/02/1792?
Current Status: surrendered charter, 12/27/1822 (page III-428).
NOTES
From Moore's Freemason's Monthly, Vol. IV, p. 279, July 1845:
KING SOLOMON'S LODGE IN PERFECTION. A much respected correspondent suggests whether, in giving the name of the above Lodge, in the Magazine for May, (p. 201—3,) we have not committed an error, and changed the preposition of to in. We have examined the Charter of the Lodge, and find the name there inserted precisely as we gave it Dr. Harris, in his compilation of the history of the Grand Lodge of this State, gives it differently, and in accordance with what our correspondent believes to be correct. We, however, know of no better authority than the Charter. Every man is presumed to know his own name.
Our correspondent says, and he is probably correct, that this Lodge was first chartered, in 1791, as an ineffable Lodge of Grand Perfect and Sublime Masons, (working from the first to the fourteenth degree, inclusive,) by the Thr. Ills. Br. Moses Michael Hays (then Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts) in his lawful quality as such, and as a Sub. G. Master, Prince of Jerusalem, K-H. S. P. R. S. and Dep. Insp. of the 33d degree, for North America; which appointment he received in 1762, while at Kingston, Jamaica, from the Thr. Ills. Br. Stephen Moira, with power to appoint others wherever it might be advisable to do so. This he did, says our correspondent, in Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Virginia, Georgia, &c. In 1796, the Lodge took a new Charter from the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts, retaining, according to our correspondent, its original Charter, and, of course, its authority to confer the degrees, as a Lodge of Perfection, from the 4th to the 14th, inclusive. Nothing of this, however, appears in the records of the Grand Lodge. But it is evident, that a Charter, previous of that 1798, had been granted by Br. Hays. In that Charter it was undoubtedly called a "Lodge of Perfection." In issuing the new Charter, the name was changed as above; but whether by design or accident, it is now probably impossible to determine. The Lodge has not been in existence for several years, and its records were never returned to the Grand Lodge. It was located at Holmes' Hole, Cape Cod.
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