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Letter from Benjamin Gee, Worshipful Master of the Lodge held in the Eighty-fifth...
Catalogue reference: AR/1379/19
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AR/1379/19
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Title (The name of the record)
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Letter from Benjamin Gee, Worshipful Master of the Lodge held in the Eighty-fifth Regiment, No. 262 to Robert Leslie, Grand Secretary
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Date (When the record was created)
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7 May 1809
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Description (What the record is about)
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Letter from Benjamin Gee, Worshipful Master at Brabourne Lees, Kent of the Lodge held in the Eighty-fifth Regiment, No. 262 to Robert Leslie, Grand Secretary seeking confirmation that payment for the registration and ceritificates for members joining fro the 68th Regiment of Foot has arrived. The 85th Regiment is under orders to embark and therefore Gee awaits a speedy reply. Gee seeks registration of a civilian member, John King and will send payment for his certificate.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- Museum of Freemasonry
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Gee, Benjamin
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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1 document
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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This unnamed lodge was established on 1 January 1801 as No. 298(B) by the Antients' Grand Lodge. It was a travelling military lodge based in the 1st Battalion of the Eighty-fifth Regiment. In 1801 the regiment was based in Jersey, where the lodge met at an unknown location. In 1803 the Lodge relocated with the Regiment to Stoney Hill, Jamaica, West Indies. When the Regiment returned to England in 1809, the Lodge met in barracks at Brabourne Lees and Hythe, Kent and at Ottery St. Mary, Devon. After 1814, a year after the union between the Antients' and Moderns' Grand Lodges to form the United Grand Lodge of England, the Lodge was renumbered as No. 379 and represented members from all battalions of the Eighty-fifth Regiment. The Lodge was renumbered again to meet as No. 262 in 1832. The movements of the Regiment and Lodge after 1814 are unclear although they met on St. Vincent's, West Indies, in 1845. The warrant was returned on 3 August 1846 by order of the Regiment's commanding officer and the Lodge was erased.
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Record URL
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Series information
AR/1379
Lodge held in the Eighty-fifth Regiment, No. 262 [erased]
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Lodge held in the Eighty-fifth Regiment, No. 262 [erased]
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Letter from Benjamin Gee, Worshipful Master of the Lodge held in the Eighty-fifth Regiment, No. 262 to Robert Leslie, Grand Secretary