Descriptions of the grand annual communication of the Grand Lodge of North Carolina held in the Masonic Hall in Raleigh from December 7 to December 10, 1840, including names of those present at each meeting, resolutions read and adopted at the meeting, a list of lodges that are in arrears to the Grand Lodge, an accounting of the dues, returns from the subordinate lodges, a list of all of the lodges under the jurisdiction of the Grand Lodge, and the form for annual returns from subordinate lodges.