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The Annalist.
1778 . April S . £ 2000 more required from the Lodge for the Hall Fund ; suggested that a robe of distinction he worn by the Grand Master and his Officers , as well as Past Grand Ofiicers , at their own expense . Referred to Hall Committee . Hall debts unpaid , £ 2402 13 s . 177-S . Oct . 30 . A pamphlet , published hy Bvo . Preston , denounced by Grand Lodge ; mid a vote of thanks passed to Bro . Heseltine , the Grand
Secretary , who was reflected on therein . * 1779 . Jan . 29 . Bro . Preston t and others join the York , or Athol , or Ancient Masons . A lengthy paper published on the subject by Grand Lodge . 1781 . A printed circular of the Hall Fund published , in which there appears a curious charge of £ 16 ISs . 3 d . for rum ! 1779 . Feb . 3 . No Brother , in future , to be appointed a Grand Officer , until he shall have , served the office of Steward at a Grand Feast , nor unless he shall be a member of the Stewards' Lodge at the time of his appointment .
June' - il . Treaty with Bro . Reilly to enlarge his tavern , by having the Society's front house : referred to Hall Committee . Subscriptions of not less than £ 25 to be lent , without interest , to liquidate the Hall Fund . Subscribers and Lodges to be complimented by a silver medal , as an honorable testimony of their services . 1780 . Feb 2 . A translation of the letter , written in Persian , from his Highness Omdit ul Omrah Bahandar , son of the Nabob of A root , read to the Grand Lodge ; ordered that a proper reply be sent to his Highness ,
and that a translation be copied on vellum , and , with the original , be elegantly framed and glazed , and hung up in the Grand Lodge . t May I . Captain George Smith , P . G . M . for Kent , objected to by the Grand Secretary as Junior Grand Warden , being disqualified ; the objection , however , was waived . Captain Smith , in November , resigned , on account of ill health . Tbe Grand Lodge then resolved , that it was incompatible with the law to hold more than one office in the Grand Lodge at the same time .
Committee of Charity empowered to vote sums not exceeding Five Pounds , during the summer . Joint Grand Secretary first appointed . § 1781 . Feb . 7 . Bro . John Leonliardi appointed Representative of the Grand Lodge of Germany . 1782 . April 10 . Prospects of correspondence with the Grand Lodges of Scotland and Ireland .
A Prince of the Blood , if Grand Master , may nominate a peer of the realm as Acting Grand Master . 1782 . May I . H . R . H . Henry Frederick , Duke of Cumberland , proclaimed Grnnd Master . The Duke of Manchester , as proxy for his Royal Highness , appointed the Earl of Effingham as Acting Grand Master . 1763 . Jan . 8 . LIQUIDATION' HALL FUND DEIIT . —Subscribers of £ 25 to become members of Grand Lodge . Lodges subscribing £ 25 to have the ]) rivilege of sending a Master Mason as Member of Grand Lodge . The number to close when it shall reach one hundred . Brethren subscribing , if not Master Masons , to become members on being raised .
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The Annalist.
1778 . April S . £ 2000 more required from the Lodge for the Hall Fund ; suggested that a robe of distinction he worn by the Grand Master and his Officers , as well as Past Grand Ofiicers , at their own expense . Referred to Hall Committee . Hall debts unpaid , £ 2402 13 s . 177-S . Oct . 30 . A pamphlet , published hy Bvo . Preston , denounced by Grand Lodge ; mid a vote of thanks passed to Bro . Heseltine , the Grand
Secretary , who was reflected on therein . * 1779 . Jan . 29 . Bro . Preston t and others join the York , or Athol , or Ancient Masons . A lengthy paper published on the subject by Grand Lodge . 1781 . A printed circular of the Hall Fund published , in which there appears a curious charge of £ 16 ISs . 3 d . for rum ! 1779 . Feb . 3 . No Brother , in future , to be appointed a Grand Officer , until he shall have , served the office of Steward at a Grand Feast , nor unless he shall be a member of the Stewards' Lodge at the time of his appointment .
June' - il . Treaty with Bro . Reilly to enlarge his tavern , by having the Society's front house : referred to Hall Committee . Subscriptions of not less than £ 25 to be lent , without interest , to liquidate the Hall Fund . Subscribers and Lodges to be complimented by a silver medal , as an honorable testimony of their services . 1780 . Feb 2 . A translation of the letter , written in Persian , from his Highness Omdit ul Omrah Bahandar , son of the Nabob of A root , read to the Grand Lodge ; ordered that a proper reply be sent to his Highness ,
and that a translation be copied on vellum , and , with the original , be elegantly framed and glazed , and hung up in the Grand Lodge . t May I . Captain George Smith , P . G . M . for Kent , objected to by the Grand Secretary as Junior Grand Warden , being disqualified ; the objection , however , was waived . Captain Smith , in November , resigned , on account of ill health . Tbe Grand Lodge then resolved , that it was incompatible with the law to hold more than one office in the Grand Lodge at the same time .
Committee of Charity empowered to vote sums not exceeding Five Pounds , during the summer . Joint Grand Secretary first appointed . § 1781 . Feb . 7 . Bro . John Leonliardi appointed Representative of the Grand Lodge of Germany . 1782 . April 10 . Prospects of correspondence with the Grand Lodges of Scotland and Ireland .
A Prince of the Blood , if Grand Master , may nominate a peer of the realm as Acting Grand Master . 1782 . May I . H . R . H . Henry Frederick , Duke of Cumberland , proclaimed Grnnd Master . The Duke of Manchester , as proxy for his Royal Highness , appointed the Earl of Effingham as Acting Grand Master . 1763 . Jan . 8 . LIQUIDATION' HALL FUND DEIIT . —Subscribers of £ 25 to become members of Grand Lodge . Lodges subscribing £ 25 to have the ]) rivilege of sending a Master Mason as Member of Grand Lodge . The number to close when it shall reach one hundred . Brethren subscribing , if not Master Masons , to become members on being raised .