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September 7. Brother John Gardner was madi the Honorary Member.
December
7,
the Lodge refusecj for obvious reasons to allow
an Evening School
February
first
the Hall.
in
12, 1808,
the
Lodge voted
to attend the funeral of
their late Brother, Jcthro Ilussey, the following day.
October 28, 1808, " Voted that there be no Song Sung in the Lodge on Lodge Meeting Except a Masonack Song." "Voted that there be three B(joks purchased for the use of the Lodge that Contains the best Selections of Masonac Songs."
December 27, 1809, Rev. Brother Scth F. Swift delivered the address appropriate to the day in the " New South Congregational Meeting House.*
It
is
rccordc d
that after the
and dinner, the members "Sung a Song Told a Story and Injoyed our Selves with a glass of wine and a pipe of Tobacco, then Cal'd to Labour and Instol'd the officers." exercises
April 6, 1 810, Voted to allow the Committee of the New South Congregational Church the use of " the Lodge Room to Dine in on the Day that Brother Swift is ordained."
The
record of August 20, 1810, has a particularly educational On that occasion it was " Voted that the Report of
interest.
the Committee that was chosen the Last Lodge Nightt to dra.w up Sum plan Respecting the appropriation of the Schools
Rooms be Accepted which is as Number of Members of this Lodge
follows,
— that
a
Certain
has Subscribed to form an Assosiation to found a free Masons Schools the Rules of
by the Lodge that it may be DeMasons School. Voted, that when the Association has fixt on the Rules and Regulations of S'd School and have them Approbated by the Lodge then the Standing Committee that was Chosen to have the Care of Letting S'd which
is
to be Sanctioned
nomanated a
free
Schools Rooms be Instructed to give the above Association the preference of s'd Rooms for the Same Rent as they are *Rev. Bro. Seth F. Swift was Raised Jan. i, 1810. The bill of fare John's Day, 1809, was " Plum, Apple and plain puddings Baked, boiled and corned beef, legs of poik, Ham, Tongue, Roast Turkey, Ducks, chickens and Shoat Vegetables and pickles suitable. Table drinks Beer and Cider." The expense was 5 shillings 6 pence each.
on
St.
;
;
t
Bros. Seth F. Swift,
and Wyer Swain.
Wm.
Nichols,
Wm.
Coffin,
John Brock,
Jr.,