Description
Descriptions of the eighty-ninth Annual
Communication of the Grand Lodge of Ancient, Free & Accepted
Masons of North Carolina held at the Fisher Building of the Masonic
Hall in Raleigh from December 6 to 9, 1875, and the proceedings of a
Special Communication held on Monday, December 27, 1875 for the
purpose of dedicating the new Masonic Hall. Includes the names of
those present at all meetings, a list of all the lodges working
under the jurisdiction of the Grand Lodge, returns from all
subordinate lodges including the names of all officers and members,
an accounting of dues paid by the subordinate lodges, a
recapitulation of the events therein, a list of the fraternal dead,
returns from all of the subordinate lodges, the names and addresses
of all of the Grand Secretaries of Grand Lodges in correspondence
with North Carolina, and an index. Grand Officers present for the
proceedings: George W. Blount, Grand Master; William G. Hill, Deputy
Grand Master; William F. Davis, Senior Grand Warden; Horace H.
Munson, Junior Grand Warden; William E. Anderson, Grand Treasurer;
Donald W. Bain, Grand Secretary; John W. Cotten, Senior Grand
Deacon; A. A. McIver, Junior Grand Deacon; W. H. Mitchell, Grand
Marshal; Joseph Hildesheimer, Grand Sword-Bearer; Norman L. Shaw,
Grand Pursuivant; Henry C. Prempert, Grand Tiler.