Proceedings Of The Royal Arch Chapter Of The State Of Maryland And District Of Columbia From 1814 To 1847 And The Convention Of 1807 Re Organizing

Excerpt from Proceedings of the Grand Royal Arch Chapter of the State of Maryland and District of Columbia, From 1814 to 1847: And the Convention of 1807, Re-Organizing the Grand Chapter, With an Account of the Introduction of Capitular Masonry, and Sketches of the Subordinate Chapters and Mark Masters' Lodges The last two Companions were residents of Chestertown, while Companion Duplessis was a resident and active Mason of Philadelphia - which would indicate that the Royal Arch System, whatever it may have been at that time, was first introduced into this State from Pennsylvania. On the 9th of April, 1787, just eight days before the establishment of the Grand Lodge of Maryland, the Com panions named issued a dispensation or Warrant to David Stoddard and six others, to erect a Royal Chapter of Jeru salem attached to Lodge No. L5, (afterwards Washington Lodge, No. At Fells Point, Baltimore, The Chapter thus formed was subsequently known as Washington Chapter, No. 1, and as will be seen hereafter, in 1822 merged with Concordia Chapter, no. 5, and is today existing as Con cordia Chapter, No. L. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.