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An Old Summons.
An Old Summons .
SEVERAL of the summonses issued early last century were of a very artistic character , and any of them traced of late years are assuredly worthy of reproduction . The present specimen is from a plate which was drawn and engraved by Bro . Debaufer , of Creed Lane ,
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^ fts s / Q-c ~ ~/ 'nj / ami i at , GJI ~ < J ' ( S ?? I , 7 ?_ S j # s > / 4 yps ? i . 4 sj X /^^ fe ? 7 ~ r _ m JcM / f / i / t * . / g ^ Wi /^ vc > aJt & c / f & cAs sWy // nc < 0 ^ v &? i ^ ng / CZ ^ fc ^^^^ t ^ p Amm > ^t^^k Q /^ X ^ Jn , ^ ^ , £ fSg $ ! f (^ o ™ czJ , ^ . i / m ^^>(( x ( 0 ^} pX ^^^ V *_ . */¦ SngTa-. * ty _ 9 r _ ' £ 0 * vS * C ~ " == **"~ ' ~ " _ , _ w jTi ^ Ztu ^ a rt 3 > * i Ludgate Square , and was issued by the Lodge of " Honour and Generosity , " No . 165 , now held at the Inns of Court Hotel , Lincoln ' s-Inn-Fields . The Warrant dates from the 17 th June , 1767 , and there is also a Centenary Jewel Charter of the year 1870 . The original number was 394 , and there were six other numbers until the existing one was reached in 186 3 , and it is to be hoped it will long remain at that position on the roll . The founders started this successful ! lodge at the "Sun and Punch Bowl , " High HoVborn , since which period the meetings have taken place at the " Crown and Cushion , " Lincoln ' s-Inn-Fields ; the " Bedford Head , " Bloomsbury ; the " Turk's Head , " King Street ; and in 18 34 the " George and Vulture , " Cornhill , was patronised ; then the " London Tavern" in 18 37 , and finally the "Inns of Court Hotel . " The name cf the lodge is believed to have been selected in 1789 . All the lodges warranted prior to existing No . 155 , in 1767 , by the regular Grand Lodge , or " Moderns , " have been removed from the register . W . J . H .
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
An Old Summons.
An Old Summons .
SEVERAL of the summonses issued early last century were of a very artistic character , and any of them traced of late years are assuredly worthy of reproduction . The present specimen is from a plate which was drawn and engraved by Bro . Debaufer , of Creed Lane ,
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k ~ mSm ^^ oW / 7 ^< mLs ¥ && uiM' / Lce / ( n ?////^ // oa ^ wnuy ^/^ a /&< j <^ / 7 UJ ^ Z # ew
^ fts s / Q-c ~ ~/ 'nj / ami i at , GJI ~ < J ' ( S ?? I , 7 ?_ S j # s > / 4 yps ? i . 4 sj X /^^ fe ? 7 ~ r _ m JcM / f / i / t * . / g ^ Wi /^ vc > aJt & c / f & cAs sWy // nc < 0 ^ v &? i ^ ng / CZ ^ fc ^^^^ t ^ p Amm > ^t^^k Q /^ X ^ Jn , ^ ^ , £ fSg $ ! f (^ o ™ czJ , ^ . i / m ^^>(( x ( 0 ^} pX ^^^ V *_ . */¦ SngTa-. * ty _ 9 r _ ' £ 0 * vS * C ~ " == **"~ ' ~ " _ , _ w jTi ^ Ztu ^ a rt 3 > * i Ludgate Square , and was issued by the Lodge of " Honour and Generosity , " No . 165 , now held at the Inns of Court Hotel , Lincoln ' s-Inn-Fields . The Warrant dates from the 17 th June , 1767 , and there is also a Centenary Jewel Charter of the year 1870 . The original number was 394 , and there were six other numbers until the existing one was reached in 186 3 , and it is to be hoped it will long remain at that position on the roll . The founders started this successful ! lodge at the "Sun and Punch Bowl , " High HoVborn , since which period the meetings have taken place at the " Crown and Cushion , " Lincoln ' s-Inn-Fields ; the " Bedford Head , " Bloomsbury ; the " Turk's Head , " King Street ; and in 18 34 the " George and Vulture , " Cornhill , was patronised ; then the " London Tavern" in 18 37 , and finally the "Inns of Court Hotel . " The name cf the lodge is believed to have been selected in 1789 . All the lodges warranted prior to existing No . 155 , in 1767 , by the regular Grand Lodge , or " Moderns , " have been removed from the register . W . J . H .