Proceedings of the Grand lodge of Texas, from its organization in city of Houston, Dec. A.D. 1837, A.L. 5837, to the close of the grand annual communication held at Palestine, January 19, A.D. 1857, Vol. 1 Page: 31
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J. W. Moody, Temple Lodge, No. 4.
J. L. Bennett, Blue Lodge, No. 4, Tuscaloosa, Ala.
Isaiah Call, Walcott Lodge, No. 4, Connecticut.
Gibson,
Bowyer, Harmony Lodge, No. 6, Galveston.
Wilson, J
The minutes of the preceding day were read and adopted.
A communication from St. John's Lodge, No. 5, at Brazoria, accompanying
the By-laws of said Lodge, was read and referred to the
Committee on By-laws.
A communication from the same Lodge was also received, accompanying
the annual returns of the proceedings of said Lodge and a list
of their members; which were referred to the Committee on Communications.The Committee on Communications made a report in relation to the
annual returns made to this Grand Lodge by Holland Lodge, No. 1;
which report was read and adopted, and is as follows:To
the M1. W. Grand Master, Officers and Brethren of the Grand Lodge of the
Republic of Texas.
Your Committee, consisting of Bro. Geo. Fisher, G. S. G. L. Republic of Texas,
E. Tucker, and I. N. Moreland, to whom was referred the communications of,
and from, the different Lodges working under the jurisdiction of this Grand
Lodge, beg leave to report,
That, among the communications and papers sent up to this Grand Annual
Communication from Holland Lodge, No. 1, we find the petition of Holland
Lodge, then No. 36, Louisiana, dated July 14, 1838, and signed by seven Master
Masons, members of Holland Lodge, No. 36, stating that they had demitted from
under the jurisdiction of the Grand Lodge of the State of Louisiana, and in behalf
of the officers and members of that Lodge praying a Dispensation under the
name and title of Holland Lodge, No. 1, in order that they might continue their
labors until the next Annual Communication of the Grand Lodge; which petition
for a Dispensation was granted by the Most Worshipful Grand Master, on the
same day, and Warrant of Dispensation issued accordingly by the Grand Secretary;
of which petition and action thereon your Committee would respectfully
suggest the approval by this Grand Annual Communication. Also, the petition
of Nicholas Lynch, praying a Dispensation in his favor, whereby he might be
entered, passed and raised on one and the same evening; which was granted
May 12, 1838. Your Committee would also suggest that this act should meet
the approbation of this Grand Communication.
The annual report of Holland Lodge, including a list of all its officers and
members from the time of its original foundation at Brazoria, as also all who
have been affiliated, entered, passed and raised, dead, expelled, suspended, or
demitted, from the 29th January, 1836, up to the 12th November, 1838, which
report your Committee have carefully examined, and respectfully recommend its
adoption and approval by this Grand Communication.
Their report at large is herewith submitted.
The Committee to whom the petition of Thomas W. Ward to Holland
Lodge, No. 1, for initiation, and the report of the Committee appointed
by the same Lodge on the same petition, was referred, reported unfa
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Freemasons. Texas. Grand Lodge. Proceedings of the Grand lodge of Texas, from its organization in city of Houston, Dec. A.D. 1837, A.L. 5837, to the close of the grand annual communication held at Palestine, January 19, A.D. 1857, Vol. 1, book, 1857; Galveston. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth29778/m1/31/?q=+date%3A1845-1860: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Star of the Republic Museum.