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Brother Gould's "Four Old Lodges."
the Grand Lodge , even , being short of several—and their being thus united in one volume will always entitle Brother Gould to a warm place in the hearts of Masonic students , as one of their most trustworthy and accurate historians . We should have liked to have seen the numbers arranged consecutively , as in our "Masonic Register , " though , of course , the labour would have been much and so it is hardlfair to wish itespecially asif a
more , y , , little trouble be taken , it will enable any Brother to trace a Lodge through all its numbers . We append a list of all the old Lodges still existing to 1740 , m the form we suggest , which we have compiled from Bro . Gould ' s work and our " Masonic Register " : —
EXISTING LODGES TO A . D . 17-10 . NUMBERS . 1863 . NA . . LOCATION . DATE . __ __ 1740 . 1756 . 1770 . 1781 . 1792 . 1814 . 1832 . Grand Stewards ... London 24 June , 1733 ... 115 70 2 Antiquity do Immemorial ... 111112 2 4 B . Somerset House do do . ... 2 2 2 2 2 4 4 6 Friendship do 17 Jan 1721 ... 4 3 3 3 3 6 6
., 8 British do- 19 Jan ., 1722 ... 5 4 4 4 4 8 8 10 Westminster & K . S . do 28 Jan ., 1722 ... 6 5 5 5 5 10 10 12 Fortitude and O . C . do 27 Feb ., 1723 ... 10 - G 6 6 6 12 12 14 Tuscan do 25 Nov ., 1722 ... 9 7 7 7 7 14 14 . 16 Royal Alpha do May , 1722 ... 8 8 S 8 8 16 16 18 Old Dundee do March , 1723 ... 11 9 9 9 9 18 18 20 R . K . of Antiquity ... Chatham 28 Mar ., 1723 ... 12 10 10 10 10 20 20 22 31
21 Emulation London ,... 1723 ... IS 13 13 12 12 - 23 Globe do . 18 Sep ., 1723 ... 22 16 16 15 14 25 23 26 Castle of Harmony . •do 22 Jan ., 1724 ... 34 22 21 19 IS 29 27 ' 8 Old Kings Arms do 25 May , 1725 ... 38 25 24 22 21 3-t 30 29 St . Albans do 31 Jan ., 1728 ... 43 26 25 23 22- 35 32 33 Britannic do 17 July , 1730 ... 62 37 33 29 27 42 38 35 Medina CWesIofW 17 Feb 1733 ... 99 57 -39 33 31 48 41
,. .... , 37 Anchor ancl Hope ... Bolton 9 Nov , 1732 ... 93 55 46 36 33 51 44 39 St . John tho B . ... Exeter 11 July , 1732 ... 86 239 IS 38 35 53 46 41 R . Cumberland Bath 18 Mar , 1733 ... 101 59 49 39 36 55 48 42 Belief Bury 26 July , 1733 ... 103 61 51 40 37 57 50 43 St . Paul ' s Birmingham 1733 ... 109 64 53 41 38 58 51 45 Strong Man London 2 Feb , 1733 ... 98 68 57 44 41 61 53 46 Old Union do 11 June 1735 ... 114 69 59 46 43 62 54
, 48 Industry Gateshead 24 June , 1735 ... 117 72 61 48 44 64 56 51 An-el Colchester 1735 ... 126 76 64 51 47 67 59 ¦ 52 Union Norwich 1736 ... 131 80 66 52 48 68 60 55 Constitutional London 2 Dec , 1736 ... 135 84 70 54 50 70 62 56 H . ofBrotherlyLoveArundel 21 Dec , 1736 ... 136 85 71 55 5 . 1 72 64 58 Felicity London 24 Aug ., 1737 ... 147 90 74 58 54 75 66 59 Royal Naval do 27 Jan . 1738 ... 160 W 0 77 61 57 79 70
, 60 Peace and Harmony do 3 May , 1738 . .. 158 96 SO 64 60 82 72 01 Probity Halifax 12 July , 1738 ... 162 97 81 65 01 84 70 64 Fortitude Manchester 1738 ... 165 99 83 67 03 87 77 66 Grenadiers London 25 Oct , 1739 ... 178 110 89 73 68 92 70 67 Star in the East Calcutta 1740 ... 185 117 93 77 70 93 80
In conclusion , we commend the work to the hearty support of the Craft wherever dispersed , and we feel certain it will be as much appreciated by our Brothers in the United States as in this country , as they have a similar interest to us in the early history of the Grand Lodge of England . We cono-ratulate Bro . Gould most sincerely on the completion of his labours , and we also offer our congratulations to the printers , who have clone their difficult work exceedingly well . It only now remains for some one to do a similar , work for the Ancients , or Athol Masons , for . which the materials are but scanty .
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Brother Gould's "Four Old Lodges."
the Grand Lodge , even , being short of several—and their being thus united in one volume will always entitle Brother Gould to a warm place in the hearts of Masonic students , as one of their most trustworthy and accurate historians . We should have liked to have seen the numbers arranged consecutively , as in our "Masonic Register , " though , of course , the labour would have been much and so it is hardlfair to wish itespecially asif a
more , y , , little trouble be taken , it will enable any Brother to trace a Lodge through all its numbers . We append a list of all the old Lodges still existing to 1740 , m the form we suggest , which we have compiled from Bro . Gould ' s work and our " Masonic Register " : —
EXISTING LODGES TO A . D . 17-10 . NUMBERS . 1863 . NA . . LOCATION . DATE . __ __ 1740 . 1756 . 1770 . 1781 . 1792 . 1814 . 1832 . Grand Stewards ... London 24 June , 1733 ... 115 70 2 Antiquity do Immemorial ... 111112 2 4 B . Somerset House do do . ... 2 2 2 2 2 4 4 6 Friendship do 17 Jan 1721 ... 4 3 3 3 3 6 6
., 8 British do- 19 Jan ., 1722 ... 5 4 4 4 4 8 8 10 Westminster & K . S . do 28 Jan ., 1722 ... 6 5 5 5 5 10 10 12 Fortitude and O . C . do 27 Feb ., 1723 ... 10 - G 6 6 6 12 12 14 Tuscan do 25 Nov ., 1722 ... 9 7 7 7 7 14 14 . 16 Royal Alpha do May , 1722 ... 8 8 S 8 8 16 16 18 Old Dundee do March , 1723 ... 11 9 9 9 9 18 18 20 R . K . of Antiquity ... Chatham 28 Mar ., 1723 ... 12 10 10 10 10 20 20 22 31
21 Emulation London ,... 1723 ... IS 13 13 12 12 - 23 Globe do . 18 Sep ., 1723 ... 22 16 16 15 14 25 23 26 Castle of Harmony . •do 22 Jan ., 1724 ... 34 22 21 19 IS 29 27 ' 8 Old Kings Arms do 25 May , 1725 ... 38 25 24 22 21 3-t 30 29 St . Albans do 31 Jan ., 1728 ... 43 26 25 23 22- 35 32 33 Britannic do 17 July , 1730 ... 62 37 33 29 27 42 38 35 Medina CWesIofW 17 Feb 1733 ... 99 57 -39 33 31 48 41
,. .... , 37 Anchor ancl Hope ... Bolton 9 Nov , 1732 ... 93 55 46 36 33 51 44 39 St . John tho B . ... Exeter 11 July , 1732 ... 86 239 IS 38 35 53 46 41 R . Cumberland Bath 18 Mar , 1733 ... 101 59 49 39 36 55 48 42 Belief Bury 26 July , 1733 ... 103 61 51 40 37 57 50 43 St . Paul ' s Birmingham 1733 ... 109 64 53 41 38 58 51 45 Strong Man London 2 Feb , 1733 ... 98 68 57 44 41 61 53 46 Old Union do 11 June 1735 ... 114 69 59 46 43 62 54
, 48 Industry Gateshead 24 June , 1735 ... 117 72 61 48 44 64 56 51 An-el Colchester 1735 ... 126 76 64 51 47 67 59 ¦ 52 Union Norwich 1736 ... 131 80 66 52 48 68 60 55 Constitutional London 2 Dec , 1736 ... 135 84 70 54 50 70 62 56 H . ofBrotherlyLoveArundel 21 Dec , 1736 ... 136 85 71 55 5 . 1 72 64 58 Felicity London 24 Aug ., 1737 ... 147 90 74 58 54 75 66 59 Royal Naval do 27 Jan . 1738 ... 160 W 0 77 61 57 79 70
, 60 Peace and Harmony do 3 May , 1738 . .. 158 96 SO 64 60 82 72 01 Probity Halifax 12 July , 1738 ... 162 97 81 65 01 84 70 64 Fortitude Manchester 1738 ... 165 99 83 67 03 87 77 66 Grenadiers London 25 Oct , 1739 ... 178 110 89 73 68 92 70 67 Star in the East Calcutta 1740 ... 185 117 93 77 70 93 80
In conclusion , we commend the work to the hearty support of the Craft wherever dispersed , and we feel certain it will be as much appreciated by our Brothers in the United States as in this country , as they have a similar interest to us in the early history of the Grand Lodge of England . We cono-ratulate Bro . Gould most sincerely on the completion of his labours , and we also offer our congratulations to the printers , who have clone their difficult work exceedingly well . It only now remains for some one to do a similar , work for the Ancients , or Athol Masons , for . which the materials are but scanty .