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Freemasonry On Board An Indiaman In 1836.
FREEMASONRY ON BOARD AN INDIAMAN IN 1836 .
TO THE EDITOR . tn nffn , ? M- ^ - AND B , ™ KR—It may he perhaps interesting to you to afflnd publication to the annexed communication , which is all I Ian Sr a ^ reSeDSaS * T l et arrived at the P laee rf Retina on . The vessel mere y stays here for a few hours to land such of the passengers as are desirous of remaining _ we then go on to whl ! I h to send
£ & ' f ° ™ * P f ° PO ySu the resul ? of any Masonic gleanings which I may there collect . I shall visit all thrir Ttote ? T ' l - MaS , ° nryin India ^ I ™ * ™ ve y to me 1 ^* V , fT b J < f of novelties , what do you think of our hT 4 ig formed a Lodge of Instraction on hoard this vessel , and havino-regu ? anfelorj n v , ? Venin ? ' ? d WMked a " * e Craft i ecS W S eremon , lals ' O ^ body consisted of six Master-Masons , one Fela re ? ticeivith of the
m , l i " ° " n ^ PP , one Serjeants of the Troops on board as our Tyler . I here found the advantagt I had gained in atfon that T , LOdge _ f freqUenSy * ? S ' *&» ' the SndTnsLction that I received from our Brothers Wilson , and Pitt As the uro posal to meet as a Lodge originated with me . ' thevX . 1 im . L Z
Sm y l T he Wl ? 0 le V 0 ^ ' which 1 sho ^ not have thought of assuming but I could not well refuse . But to execute un mv fn T f - ( ^ gree , - f Credit > I found it necessarj to rub up my instructions obtained in Charlotte Street , to the Brethren of j & £ Y „ Tmencl me- u - is somewhat a sin s ular fact , ou 1 v £ mv , Vf No iT M T o " ? nder four difl & ent Constitutionfviz ., myself , No . 1 . G M . L . ; Captain Price , No . 35 ( the Commander of the Repulse ) and Alfred
Henry Horneman , Esq . No . 18 , bdng of K ^ r f ^^ T ^^^ ° ^ e ' Sth Madras uf gh 40 th iWadl N r f - ° r ^ T r ™^ Gifibrd Glascott , Esq . " T f , t ; ¦ u o - ^ ^ -William Balfour , Esq . MD , H . M . 44 . th Foo ivith Serjeant Clarke , our T yler , being of the Scotch-T amH - Wake 44 th Bengali / I . begig of tiie Dutch
ConsStSn ff , ^ ; Xv If w affording a proof somewhat evident of the univer-?™ f p f _ l ° f / y- I very much "Sretted that there was not a single Royal Arch Mason but myself on board , so that nothing could be done in any degree higher than Master-Mason : Our Lodge thus ha ^ ng been established , was well carried on for thirteen weel ^ nrvl T Jtl
aact tliat 1 believe nothing of the kind was ever before attempted with similar success on board an Indiaman : we have all derived great ad-ChP ? w hT ^ v ^ - ^ SOra ? lt - , Sproduced a desire to continue it lurthei , while I think it has also induced others , not Masons , to think so the o « w ° T f '" I ™™ * th 3 t e ^ ntuallyitiay lead to then-joining Ouarteriv , » , T ; fTT ' maynotice this circumstance in you ? yuar erly , and I shall feel flattered at your doing so . The mode of Ct t 0 di
your ^ abfewa ? . * ^ -tion _ fou can arran ^ it ° [ Believe ine , my dear Sir , Yours very truly , and fraternally , Madras , Sep . 21 , 1836 . R G MACDONALD -
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Freemasonry On Board An Indiaman In 1836.
FREEMASONRY ON BOARD AN INDIAMAN IN 1836 .
TO THE EDITOR . tn nffn , ? M- ^ - AND B , ™ KR—It may he perhaps interesting to you to afflnd publication to the annexed communication , which is all I Ian Sr a ^ reSeDSaS * T l et arrived at the P laee rf Retina on . The vessel mere y stays here for a few hours to land such of the passengers as are desirous of remaining _ we then go on to whl ! I h to send
£ & ' f ° ™ * P f ° PO ySu the resul ? of any Masonic gleanings which I may there collect . I shall visit all thrir Ttote ? T ' l - MaS , ° nryin India ^ I ™ * ™ ve y to me 1 ^* V , fT b J < f of novelties , what do you think of our hT 4 ig formed a Lodge of Instraction on hoard this vessel , and havino-regu ? anfelorj n v , ? Venin ? ' ? d WMked a " * e Craft i ecS W S eremon , lals ' O ^ body consisted of six Master-Masons , one Fela re ? ticeivith of the
m , l i " ° " n ^ PP , one Serjeants of the Troops on board as our Tyler . I here found the advantagt I had gained in atfon that T , LOdge _ f freqUenSy * ? S ' *&» ' the SndTnsLction that I received from our Brothers Wilson , and Pitt As the uro posal to meet as a Lodge originated with me . ' thevX . 1 im . L Z
Sm y l T he Wl ? 0 le V 0 ^ ' which 1 sho ^ not have thought of assuming but I could not well refuse . But to execute un mv fn T f - ( ^ gree , - f Credit > I found it necessarj to rub up my instructions obtained in Charlotte Street , to the Brethren of j & £ Y „ Tmencl me- u - is somewhat a sin s ular fact , ou 1 v £ mv , Vf No iT M T o " ? nder four difl & ent Constitutionfviz ., myself , No . 1 . G M . L . ; Captain Price , No . 35 ( the Commander of the Repulse ) and Alfred
Henry Horneman , Esq . No . 18 , bdng of K ^ r f ^^ T ^^^ ° ^ e ' Sth Madras uf gh 40 th iWadl N r f - ° r ^ T r ™^ Gifibrd Glascott , Esq . " T f , t ; ¦ u o - ^ ^ -William Balfour , Esq . MD , H . M . 44 . th Foo ivith Serjeant Clarke , our T yler , being of the Scotch-T amH - Wake 44 th Bengali / I . begig of tiie Dutch
ConsStSn ff , ^ ; Xv If w affording a proof somewhat evident of the univer-?™ f p f _ l ° f / y- I very much "Sretted that there was not a single Royal Arch Mason but myself on board , so that nothing could be done in any degree higher than Master-Mason : Our Lodge thus ha ^ ng been established , was well carried on for thirteen weel ^ nrvl T Jtl
aact tliat 1 believe nothing of the kind was ever before attempted with similar success on board an Indiaman : we have all derived great ad-ChP ? w hT ^ v ^ - ^ SOra ? lt - , Sproduced a desire to continue it lurthei , while I think it has also induced others , not Masons , to think so the o « w ° T f '" I ™™ * th 3 t e ^ ntuallyitiay lead to then-joining Ouarteriv , » , T ; fTT ' maynotice this circumstance in you ? yuar erly , and I shall feel flattered at your doing so . The mode of Ct t 0 di
your ^ abfewa ? . * ^ -tion _ fou can arran ^ it ° [ Believe ine , my dear Sir , Yours very truly , and fraternally , Madras , Sep . 21 , 1836 . R G MACDONALD -