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Descriptions of the ninety-sixth Annual
Communication of the Grand Lodge of Ancient, Free and Accepted
Masons of North Carolina held at the Masonic Hall in Raleigh from
December 5 through 7, 1882, as well as a Special Communication
convened on May 20, 1882 for the purpose of laying the cornerstone
of the new Wake County Court House building. Also includes the names
of those present at each meeting, reports from various committees, a
list of lodges under the jurisdiction of the Grand Lodge of North
Carolina, returns from all of the subordinate lodges, an accounting
of the dues paid by subordinate lodges, a recapitulation of the
meetings' events, a list of the fraternal dead of 1882, a list of
Grand Lodges in correspondence with North Carolina, names of
representatives of the Grand Lodge and their respective locations,
and an index. Overseen by the Grand Officers for the Masonic Year
1882: Henry F. Grainger, Grand Master; James W. Reid, Deputy Grand
Master; Robert Bingham, Senior Grand Warden; Charles H. Robinson,
Junior Grand Warden; William E. Anderson, Grand Treasurer; Donald W.
Bain, Grand Secretary; P. T. Penick, Grand Chaplain; William T.
Kennedy, Senior Grand Deacon; Samuel H. Smith, Junior Grand Deacon;
A. H. A. Williams, Grand Marshal; H. W. Reinhart, Grand Sword
Bearer; Drury A. Sugg, Grand Pursuivant, and Miles Goodwin, Grand
Tiler.