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The Gea^D Mastee A^
. - , . .-, THE CALENDAR FOR 18 o 9 . „ . . _ TO THE EDITOR OF THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE AND MASONIOMIR ^ JDear Sir and Brother , —As the Almoner of Lodge Ho . 839 m direct route from London westward , I to pepons professing to have belonged to Irish , Scotch , and in some few
instances English Lodges , who present certificates and other documents bearing unquestionabfe ^ long travel and frequent production ; and have experienced much din ^ culty ih ascertaining / ^ stateinents with respect to their Lodges , meetings , & c , & c ., were correct ^ all which w-budd be avoided if th ^ of Itings and
Queens , " in the Calendar , were occupied by matter purely relating to Masonry . I would respectfully submit to the revising Committee , ffi the llasonic Calendar for 1859 should contain holding respectively under the Q-rand Masters of Ehgland / Ireland , and Scotland , in columns , tinder the following heads : — 1 . Present number of the several Lodges , from No . 1 to the highest ¦ ' ' . ¦^ number .:,:.
2 . Original number and namey in 1813 , or subsequently . 3 y Nujnber as altered in 18- ~ . 4 . Number as altered in 18— . 5 . Number merged in . 6 . ISTarne of Lodge , with time and place of meeting , as at present published , stating by marks , such as ^ , those which are worked
throughout the year ; by : f ,- those which are worked during the summer months ; and by J , those which are woi ^ ed during the winter months only . 7 . Date of grant or charter . 8 . Date of merger . 9 . Date when erased .
It would not occupy the Assistant Secretaries of the Grand Lodges of England , Ireland , and Scotland , many hours to furnish the Committee with all such information , and I have little doubt hut that the Calendar , so improved , would be gladly accepted and appreciated , as being extensively serviceable to the Brethren in the sister isles as it Avould be to us .
Yours fraternally , E . S . COSSENS , Newbury 25 th Oct ., 1858 . S . W ., Sec , and Almoner , No . 839 . {[ Though we to a considerable extent approve of the suggestions of Bro . Cossens , there would not be time to obtain the information for the
forthcoming Calendar , which will appear in a few clays . The Irish Calendar , for want of accuracy , is worse than the English ; and of a recent circular we addressed to the Irish Lodges , at least a third were returned by the Post Ofiice , marked " not known , " or not to be found . ' —Ed . ]
THE CALENDAR FOE 1859 . TO THE EDITOR O'tf THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE AND MASONIC MIRROR . Deaii Sir an ~ d Brother , —I am not surprised to find comments on the Freemasons' Calendar ctnd Poclcet Boole , for it is very defective , and its
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The Gea^D Mastee A^
. - , . .-, THE CALENDAR FOR 18 o 9 . „ . . _ TO THE EDITOR OF THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE AND MASONIOMIR ^ JDear Sir and Brother , —As the Almoner of Lodge Ho . 839 m direct route from London westward , I to pepons professing to have belonged to Irish , Scotch , and in some few
instances English Lodges , who present certificates and other documents bearing unquestionabfe ^ long travel and frequent production ; and have experienced much din ^ culty ih ascertaining / ^ stateinents with respect to their Lodges , meetings , & c , & c ., were correct ^ all which w-budd be avoided if th ^ of Itings and
Queens , " in the Calendar , were occupied by matter purely relating to Masonry . I would respectfully submit to the revising Committee , ffi the llasonic Calendar for 1859 should contain holding respectively under the Q-rand Masters of Ehgland / Ireland , and Scotland , in columns , tinder the following heads : — 1 . Present number of the several Lodges , from No . 1 to the highest ¦ ' ' . ¦^ number .:,:.
2 . Original number and namey in 1813 , or subsequently . 3 y Nujnber as altered in 18- ~ . 4 . Number as altered in 18— . 5 . Number merged in . 6 . ISTarne of Lodge , with time and place of meeting , as at present published , stating by marks , such as ^ , those which are worked
throughout the year ; by : f ,- those which are worked during the summer months ; and by J , those which are woi ^ ed during the winter months only . 7 . Date of grant or charter . 8 . Date of merger . 9 . Date when erased .
It would not occupy the Assistant Secretaries of the Grand Lodges of England , Ireland , and Scotland , many hours to furnish the Committee with all such information , and I have little doubt hut that the Calendar , so improved , would be gladly accepted and appreciated , as being extensively serviceable to the Brethren in the sister isles as it Avould be to us .
Yours fraternally , E . S . COSSENS , Newbury 25 th Oct ., 1858 . S . W ., Sec , and Almoner , No . 839 . {[ Though we to a considerable extent approve of the suggestions of Bro . Cossens , there would not be time to obtain the information for the
forthcoming Calendar , which will appear in a few clays . The Irish Calendar , for want of accuracy , is worse than the English ; and of a recent circular we addressed to the Irish Lodges , at least a third were returned by the Post Ofiice , marked " not known , " or not to be found . ' —Ed . ]
THE CALENDAR FOE 1859 . TO THE EDITOR O'tf THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE AND MASONIC MIRROR . Deaii Sir an ~ d Brother , —I am not surprised to find comments on the Freemasons' Calendar ctnd Poclcet Boole , for it is very defective , and its