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were taken to petition tho Grand Lodgo ( Ancients ) of England for a Provincial Grand Lodge warrant . Tho petition was successful . A warrant was granted on the 5 th September , 1781 , and under this authority the Provincial Grand Lodge , tho first regular records of which commence December 5 , 1782 , was constituted . During the Mastership of tho Eev . Bro . Walter , tho Lodgo retained its character
of a Provincial Grand Lodgo . When , however , at tho close of the struggle , M . W . Bro . Walter signified his intention of leaving the city for England , the E . W . Bro . Cock , Junior Grand Warden , was unanimously chosen , and duly installed as Grand Master . This occurred afc tho Grand Lodgo held on tho 19 th September 1783 ; and this , therefore , is the date when tho Grand Lodgo of Now York assorted its
position ns an Independent Grand Lodge . Thus to M . W . Bro . Cock belongs tho honour of having presided as the first Grand Master of Masons in Now York . He did not , however , retain his office for very long . At tho Grand Lodgo held on 4 th February , 1784 , Bro . Cock announced it to be his intention to resign tho office , and proposed the Honourable Robert R . Livingstone as his successor . Tho proposition
was unanimously agreod to , and Bro . Livingstone , by proxy in the first instance , and subsequently at the Lodgo on the 3 rd March , was duly installed and proclaimed Grand Master . And him wo find still retaining his position in tho year 1797 , when Part IV ., tho last that has reached us , is concluded . This , then , shows the rise and earlier
progress of the present G . L . of tho Stato of Now lork . It now becomes onr duty to unfold some of tho details we have read thus far iu tho course of this not uneventful history . We have already given the list of tho Lodges constituted during R . W . George Harison ' s Grand Mastership . Wo purpose now extracting a few particulars of their early career .
First in order comes St . John ' s Lodge No . 2 , Provincial , English Eegistry , 272 . This was warranted by the Provincial Grand Lodge ou December 7 , 1757 , and still flourishes , being No . 1 on Grand Lodge Boll . Its early records , it seems , aro not entirely missing , but are imperfect . From tho cover of tho Washington Bible in its possession is quoted the following : " St . John's Lodge Constituted 5757 ; burnt
down March 8 , 5770 ; rebuilt and opened Nov . 28 , 5770 ; officers then present , Jonathan Hampton , Master ; William Butler , Senior Warden ; Isaac Heron , Junior Warden . " After the war , tho warrant was brought back by that part of tho Lodge which had left in 1776 , and the Lodge was again convened and met regularly . In 17 S 3 the W . M . announced that a Lor'go calling itself St . John's Lodgo ( No . 4 )
had become possessed , during the war , of the Lodge properties , and refused to restore them . A coalition of tho two was proposed and agreed to , in spito of some opposition , notably from a Bro . Fream , Senior Warden , who appears to have possessed himself of tho warrant of St . John ' s No . 2 , and retained it . In March 17 S 4 , the Warrant was surrendered to Grand Lodgo , and was allowed to
take rank of all Lodges constituted after the said surrender . On Juno 3 , 1789 , the Committee of Grand Lodgo appointed to detcrtnino the rank and precedence of the various Lodges under Grand Lodgo jurisdiction reported St . John ' s Lodgo No . 2 as the premier Lodge , and it was accordingly assigned aud still holds , as wo havo said , the first place on the roll of Lodges .
" St . John s Independent Royal Arch Lodge , as it is designated in tho earliest retnrns to Grand Lodgo iu 1784 , or " the Independent Eoyal Arch " Lodge , as in the returns of the year following , was warranted by V . G . M . George Harison , December 15 , 1760 , applied for and obtained admission into Grand Lodge on Juno 2 d , 1784 , when Bro . John Clark was W . M ., Bro . Garret Sickles being the Senior
Warden and Bro . Samuel Fleming , Junior Warden for that year . At this time it was kuown as No . 8 , and met afc No . 9 Nassau-street , in the City of New York . When , in 1789 , tho rank and precedence of tho Lodges was determined , tho Committee reported that " Independent Eoyal Arch " Lodge cauio second , and it was therefore accorded and still holds tho second place on Grand Lodge Roll .
" Zion Lodge No . 1 , Detroit , " No . 448 Registry of England , was constituted , April 27 th , 1761 , by R . W . Gcorgo Harison , tbe officers named in the Warrant being Lieut . John Christie of tho COth Eegimcut , Master , Samson Flauey , Senior Warden , and Josias Harper , Junior Warden . There arc no early records existing . It
surrendered its warrant and had a new one granted by Grand Lodge of New York on December 3 rd 1 S 0 U . At first it was registered as No . 02 , but subsequently it was assigned a position as No . 3 , whioh position it retained on tho roll till the organisation of the Grand Lodge of Michigan in the year 1827 .
As regards " Union Lodge No . 1 , City of Albany , " it seems that previous to , or during the year 1759 , a Lodge No . 74 , Registry of Ireland , in the second Battalion Royal , holding a Warrant from Grand Lodge , Ireland , dated October 26 1737 , was located in Albany . Being about to leavo tho city , they were petitioned by the resident members for authority to hold a Ledge , when tho Lodge prepared and gave them a fac-simile of their own Wan-ant , with tho following endorsement : —
" We , the Master , Wardens and Brethren of a Lodgo of Free aud Accepted Masons No . 74 , Registry of Ireland , held in the Second Battalion Royal , adorned with all the honours , and assembled in due form , Do hereby declare , certify and attest , that Whereas , our body is very numerous by the addition of many new members , merchants aud inhabitants of the city of Albany , they having earnestly
requested and besought us to enable them to hold a Lodgo during oni absenco from them , and wc knowing them to be men of nndoubted reputations and men of skill and ability iu Masonry , and desirous to promote tl . c welfare of the Craft . WK have , therefore , by unanimous consent and agreement , given them an extract aud true Com- of onr
Warrant as above , and have properl y installed Mr . Richard Cartwri ght , Mr . Henry Bostwick and Mr . Wm . ' Ferguson , as Assistant Masferand Wardens of our body , allowing thorn to Sit and Act dinip •;mi ; absence , or untill they , by onr assistance , can proeme : . WARRANT for themselves from tho GRAND LODGE IN IBEI ,. ^ under our bands and seal of onr Lodge iu tho Cnr of ALBANY , the
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eleventh day of April , in tho year of MASONRY 5759 , and in tho year of our LORD GOD , 1759 . Signed , Jou . v STEADMAN , Secretary . ANIAS SUTHERLAND , Master . CnARiES CALDER , Senior Warden . No . 74 of Ireland . Trios . PARKER , Junior Warden . "
Ou 21 st February 1765 , P . G . M . Harison granted tho said brethren a Warrant nominating Richard Cartwright , Master , William Benson , Senior Warden , and John Vischer , Junior Warden , under the name and title of UNION LODGE . This Warrant was confirmed , 3 rd July 1773 , to the samo officers by Sir John Johnson , Bro . Harison ' s successor as P . G . M . No records exist prior to 1800 . Its roll of members , however , is complete from 1773 , and includes , we are told , tho name 3 of
many distinguished in the history of the State . It was represented in Grand Lodge in Jnno 1784 , surrendered its warrant March 1806 , and was assigned rank as No . 3 in accordance with the dato of origiual warrant . On tho admission of Zion Lodge of Detroit , tho Union Lodgo was displaced and becamo No . 4 , but when tho Zion Lodge severed its connection , 1827 , with tho Grand Lodgo of New York , for tho purpose , as already stated , of organising a Grand Lodge in Michigan , the Union it recovered its rank as No . 3 .
"St . Patrick's Lodge , No . 8 , Johnstown , " which " was undoubtedly tho first Lodge established west of the Hudson River , " was constituted May 23 rd 1766 , Sir William Johnson being the first W . M ., with Guy Johnson as Senior Warden , and Daniel Clans Junior Warden . Sir John Johnson P . G . M . of tho Province appears to have been a regular attendant at the Lodgo between tho years 1767 and 1773 , mentiou being made of him in the following extracts from tho minutes : —
"December 5 th , 1767 , Sir John Johnson , Knight ( son of Sir William ) , being lately arrived from London , where ho had been entered , passed and raised to the degree of Master Mason in the Royal Lodge at St . James , and reccaved his Constitution as Provincial Grand Master of New York , applied to visit tho Lodge , and being examined , was admitted , agreeable to his degree . "
" Dec . 1 st , 1708- The Warrenfc appointing Sir John Johnson Provincial Grand Master , for tho Provinco of New York was read ; upon which he was congratulated by the members present . " " November 7 th , 1771 . The Worshipfnl Master acquanted tho brethren that tho Eight Worshipful Sir John Johnson , Knight ,
Provincial Grand Master of New York , by virtue of a commission from Lord Blany , Grand Master of England , had lately been installed into that oflico by the Grand Officers in New York , and intended them the honour of a visit as such . He was accordingly introduced and receaved by the body , and placed in the Chair with the usual Ceremonies . "
On Dec . 27 th 1769 the Lodge , with the Ineffable Lodge , and several members of Union Lodgo No . 1 , and Masters Lodgo No . 2 , of the City of Albany , met for tho purpose of celebrating St . John tho Evangelist ' s day . In 1770 , Sir William Johnson having meanwhile becomo Master of the Ineffable Lodge , resigned his Mastership of St . Patrick ' s , being succeeded by Col . Gny Johnson , Daniel Clans being
elected Senior Warden , and Michael Byrne Junior Warden . The year following , tho Lodge witnessed the "laying of the ' capstone' of tho Church afc Johnstown , " tho Senior Warden , by direction of the Master , performing the duty in the presence of a large number of inhabitants and visitors . " The corner stone of said Church was laid by Union Lodge No . 1 of the City of Albany , some few years
previous . ; No minutes , wo find , are recorded from May 5 1774 , to the end of the war . In 1784 , the Lodgo petitioned and obtained a wan-ant from New York Grand Lodge . Owing , however , to the absenco of the original warrant , removed to Canada by tho officers who remained loyal to tho English Government , the Lodge was unable to establish , for somo years , the rank it was entitled to .
Subsequently , the Warrant was returned , with other properties , and ifc now stands No . 4 on the roll of Grand Lodge . It derives a considerable annual revenue from property in its possession , and its original War . rant and earliest records aro still reverently preserved and cherished by the members . ( To be continued . )
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No . 12 . No . _ 8 , Ancients 1753 ; No . 15 , at tho Union , A . D . 1813 , and so con - tinued . BLESINTON , GRAND MASTER , W . HOLVORD , D . G . M . ROBERT GOODMAN , S . G . W . War . OSJJOKN , J . G . W . No . 8 .
n Se " > - 5 " o nil ( uliorn it man toiicmt , Wo tho Grand Lodge of Free ami Accepted ( York Masons in Ample form assembled ) : viz . tho Right Worshi pful SXIKI Right Honourable William Stuart Earl of Blesintou Grand Master William Holford Esqr . Deputy Gd . Master Mr . Robert Goodman Senr . G . W . and Mr . William Osborn Juur . Gd . Warden with the approbation and consent of forty Kegnlar Lodges held within the Cities and Suburbs of London md Westminster Do authorise and Impower our Trastv and •VPII beloved Brethren Mr . Robert Enniss Master Mr . Samuel ¦ k-iiver Senr . Warden and Mr . Turkey Halphon Junr . Warden ( with their lawful assistants ) , to form and hold a Lodge of Frej
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were taken to petition tho Grand Lodgo ( Ancients ) of England for a Provincial Grand Lodge warrant . Tho petition was successful . A warrant was granted on the 5 th September , 1781 , and under this authority the Provincial Grand Lodge , tho first regular records of which commence December 5 , 1782 , was constituted . During the Mastership of tho Eev . Bro . Walter , tho Lodgo retained its character
of a Provincial Grand Lodgo . When , however , at tho close of the struggle , M . W . Bro . Walter signified his intention of leaving the city for England , the E . W . Bro . Cock , Junior Grand Warden , was unanimously chosen , and duly installed as Grand Master . This occurred afc tho Grand Lodgo held on tho 19 th September 1783 ; and this , therefore , is the date when tho Grand Lodgo of Now York assorted its
position ns an Independent Grand Lodge . Thus to M . W . Bro . Cock belongs tho honour of having presided as the first Grand Master of Masons in Now York . He did not , however , retain his office for very long . At tho Grand Lodgo held on 4 th February , 1784 , Bro . Cock announced it to be his intention to resign tho office , and proposed the Honourable Robert R . Livingstone as his successor . Tho proposition
was unanimously agreod to , and Bro . Livingstone , by proxy in the first instance , and subsequently at the Lodgo on the 3 rd March , was duly installed and proclaimed Grand Master . And him wo find still retaining his position in tho year 1797 , when Part IV ., tho last that has reached us , is concluded . This , then , shows the rise and earlier
progress of the present G . L . of tho Stato of Now lork . It now becomes onr duty to unfold some of tho details we have read thus far iu tho course of this not uneventful history . We have already given the list of tho Lodges constituted during R . W . George Harison ' s Grand Mastership . Wo purpose now extracting a few particulars of their early career .
First in order comes St . John ' s Lodge No . 2 , Provincial , English Eegistry , 272 . This was warranted by the Provincial Grand Lodge ou December 7 , 1757 , and still flourishes , being No . 1 on Grand Lodge Boll . Its early records , it seems , aro not entirely missing , but are imperfect . From tho cover of tho Washington Bible in its possession is quoted the following : " St . John's Lodge Constituted 5757 ; burnt
down March 8 , 5770 ; rebuilt and opened Nov . 28 , 5770 ; officers then present , Jonathan Hampton , Master ; William Butler , Senior Warden ; Isaac Heron , Junior Warden . " After the war , tho warrant was brought back by that part of tho Lodge which had left in 1776 , and the Lodge was again convened and met regularly . In 17 S 3 the W . M . announced that a Lor'go calling itself St . John's Lodgo ( No . 4 )
had become possessed , during the war , of the Lodge properties , and refused to restore them . A coalition of tho two was proposed and agreed to , in spito of some opposition , notably from a Bro . Fream , Senior Warden , who appears to have possessed himself of tho warrant of St . John ' s No . 2 , and retained it . In March 17 S 4 , the Warrant was surrendered to Grand Lodgo , and was allowed to
take rank of all Lodges constituted after the said surrender . On Juno 3 , 1789 , the Committee of Grand Lodgo appointed to detcrtnino the rank and precedence of the various Lodges under Grand Lodgo jurisdiction reported St . John ' s Lodgo No . 2 as the premier Lodge , and it was accordingly assigned aud still holds , as wo havo said , the first place on the roll of Lodges .
" St . John s Independent Royal Arch Lodge , as it is designated in tho earliest retnrns to Grand Lodgo iu 1784 , or " the Independent Eoyal Arch " Lodge , as in the returns of the year following , was warranted by V . G . M . George Harison , December 15 , 1760 , applied for and obtained admission into Grand Lodge on Juno 2 d , 1784 , when Bro . John Clark was W . M ., Bro . Garret Sickles being the Senior
Warden and Bro . Samuel Fleming , Junior Warden for that year . At this time it was kuown as No . 8 , and met afc No . 9 Nassau-street , in the City of New York . When , in 1789 , tho rank and precedence of tho Lodges was determined , tho Committee reported that " Independent Eoyal Arch " Lodge cauio second , and it was therefore accorded and still holds tho second place on Grand Lodge Roll .
" Zion Lodge No . 1 , Detroit , " No . 448 Registry of England , was constituted , April 27 th , 1761 , by R . W . Gcorgo Harison , tbe officers named in the Warrant being Lieut . John Christie of tho COth Eegimcut , Master , Samson Flauey , Senior Warden , and Josias Harper , Junior Warden . There arc no early records existing . It
surrendered its warrant and had a new one granted by Grand Lodge of New York on December 3 rd 1 S 0 U . At first it was registered as No . 02 , but subsequently it was assigned a position as No . 3 , whioh position it retained on tho roll till the organisation of the Grand Lodge of Michigan in the year 1827 .
As regards " Union Lodge No . 1 , City of Albany , " it seems that previous to , or during the year 1759 , a Lodge No . 74 , Registry of Ireland , in the second Battalion Royal , holding a Warrant from Grand Lodge , Ireland , dated October 26 1737 , was located in Albany . Being about to leavo tho city , they were petitioned by the resident members for authority to hold a Ledge , when tho Lodge prepared and gave them a fac-simile of their own Wan-ant , with tho following endorsement : —
" We , the Master , Wardens and Brethren of a Lodgo of Free aud Accepted Masons No . 74 , Registry of Ireland , held in the Second Battalion Royal , adorned with all the honours , and assembled in due form , Do hereby declare , certify and attest , that Whereas , our body is very numerous by the addition of many new members , merchants aud inhabitants of the city of Albany , they having earnestly
requested and besought us to enable them to hold a Lodgo during oni absenco from them , and wc knowing them to be men of nndoubted reputations and men of skill and ability iu Masonry , and desirous to promote tl . c welfare of the Craft . WK have , therefore , by unanimous consent and agreement , given them an extract aud true Com- of onr
Warrant as above , and have properl y installed Mr . Richard Cartwri ght , Mr . Henry Bostwick and Mr . Wm . ' Ferguson , as Assistant Masferand Wardens of our body , allowing thorn to Sit and Act dinip •;mi ; absence , or untill they , by onr assistance , can proeme : . WARRANT for themselves from tho GRAND LODGE IN IBEI ,. ^ under our bands and seal of onr Lodge iu tho Cnr of ALBANY , the
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eleventh day of April , in tho year of MASONRY 5759 , and in tho year of our LORD GOD , 1759 . Signed , Jou . v STEADMAN , Secretary . ANIAS SUTHERLAND , Master . CnARiES CALDER , Senior Warden . No . 74 of Ireland . Trios . PARKER , Junior Warden . "
Ou 21 st February 1765 , P . G . M . Harison granted tho said brethren a Warrant nominating Richard Cartwright , Master , William Benson , Senior Warden , and John Vischer , Junior Warden , under the name and title of UNION LODGE . This Warrant was confirmed , 3 rd July 1773 , to the samo officers by Sir John Johnson , Bro . Harison ' s successor as P . G . M . No records exist prior to 1800 . Its roll of members , however , is complete from 1773 , and includes , we are told , tho name 3 of
many distinguished in the history of the State . It was represented in Grand Lodge in Jnno 1784 , surrendered its warrant March 1806 , and was assigned rank as No . 3 in accordance with the dato of origiual warrant . On tho admission of Zion Lodge of Detroit , tho Union Lodgo was displaced and becamo No . 4 , but when tho Zion Lodge severed its connection , 1827 , with tho Grand Lodgo of New York , for tho purpose , as already stated , of organising a Grand Lodge in Michigan , the Union it recovered its rank as No . 3 .
"St . Patrick's Lodge , No . 8 , Johnstown , " which " was undoubtedly tho first Lodge established west of the Hudson River , " was constituted May 23 rd 1766 , Sir William Johnson being the first W . M ., with Guy Johnson as Senior Warden , and Daniel Clans Junior Warden . Sir John Johnson P . G . M . of tho Province appears to have been a regular attendant at the Lodgo between tho years 1767 and 1773 , mentiou being made of him in the following extracts from tho minutes : —
"December 5 th , 1767 , Sir John Johnson , Knight ( son of Sir William ) , being lately arrived from London , where ho had been entered , passed and raised to the degree of Master Mason in the Royal Lodge at St . James , and reccaved his Constitution as Provincial Grand Master of New York , applied to visit tho Lodge , and being examined , was admitted , agreeable to his degree . "
" Dec . 1 st , 1708- The Warrenfc appointing Sir John Johnson Provincial Grand Master , for tho Provinco of New York was read ; upon which he was congratulated by the members present . " " November 7 th , 1771 . The Worshipfnl Master acquanted tho brethren that tho Eight Worshipful Sir John Johnson , Knight ,
Provincial Grand Master of New York , by virtue of a commission from Lord Blany , Grand Master of England , had lately been installed into that oflico by the Grand Officers in New York , and intended them the honour of a visit as such . He was accordingly introduced and receaved by the body , and placed in the Chair with the usual Ceremonies . "
On Dec . 27 th 1769 the Lodge , with the Ineffable Lodge , and several members of Union Lodgo No . 1 , and Masters Lodgo No . 2 , of the City of Albany , met for tho purpose of celebrating St . John tho Evangelist ' s day . In 1770 , Sir William Johnson having meanwhile becomo Master of the Ineffable Lodge , resigned his Mastership of St . Patrick ' s , being succeeded by Col . Gny Johnson , Daniel Clans being
elected Senior Warden , and Michael Byrne Junior Warden . The year following , tho Lodge witnessed the "laying of the ' capstone' of tho Church afc Johnstown , " tho Senior Warden , by direction of the Master , performing the duty in the presence of a large number of inhabitants and visitors . " The corner stone of said Church was laid by Union Lodge No . 1 of the City of Albany , some few years
previous . ; No minutes , wo find , are recorded from May 5 1774 , to the end of the war . In 1784 , the Lodgo petitioned and obtained a wan-ant from New York Grand Lodge . Owing , however , to the absenco of the original warrant , removed to Canada by tho officers who remained loyal to tho English Government , the Lodge was unable to establish , for somo years , the rank it was entitled to .
Subsequently , the Warrant was returned , with other properties , and ifc now stands No . 4 on the roll of Grand Lodge . It derives a considerable annual revenue from property in its possession , and its original War . rant and earliest records aro still reverently preserved and cherished by the members . ( To be continued . )
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No . 12 . No . _ 8 , Ancients 1753 ; No . 15 , at tho Union , A . D . 1813 , and so con - tinued . BLESINTON , GRAND MASTER , W . HOLVORD , D . G . M . ROBERT GOODMAN , S . G . W . War . OSJJOKN , J . G . W . No . 8 .
n Se " > - 5 " o nil ( uliorn it man toiicmt , Wo tho Grand Lodge of Free ami Accepted ( York Masons in Ample form assembled ) : viz . tho Right Worshi pful SXIKI Right Honourable William Stuart Earl of Blesintou Grand Master William Holford Esqr . Deputy Gd . Master Mr . Robert Goodman Senr . G . W . and Mr . William Osborn Juur . Gd . Warden with the approbation and consent of forty Kegnlar Lodges held within the Cities and Suburbs of London md Westminster Do authorise and Impower our Trastv and •VPII beloved Brethren Mr . Robert Enniss Master Mr . Samuel ¦ k-iiver Senr . Warden and Mr . Turkey Halphon Junr . Warden ( with their lawful assistants ) , to form and hold a Lodge of Frej