Letter from William Allway, Secretary, Lodge of Inhabitants, Gibraltar to William...

Letter from William Allway to William White confirming delivery of letter dated 25 September 1787 by Brother [Alexander] Adams with a sum of 7 Guineas for membership subscriptions and donations to the Grand Charity. Remarks about the Lodges working under the Antients' Grand Lodge in Gibraltar who are recognised by the Grand Lodges of Scotland and Ireland. Mentions his discussions concerning this matter with Bro Luke of the Mother Lodge of St John, No. 25, Gibraltar [SN 86]. The current letter will be sent to London with a sum of 5 Guineas, three Guineas for the Grand Charity and two Guineas for the Hall Fund, by William Caddick, ironmonger, Piccadilly, London, which covers the initiation fees of eight new members. Asks for copies of the preceeding minutes of meetings of Quarterly Communications and a copy of the Freemasons' Calendar for 1788. Asks whether Grand Lodge has received 2 Guineas from Hiram's Lodge, No. 490, Gibraltar [SN 1080] sent to Brother Leake for the Grand Charity. Includes a list of Lodge members' names, professions, dates when made freemasons or joined the Lodge with details of where each member was initiated. With endorsement by Matthew Cowper junior, Worshipful Master, confirming the veracity of the list of members and post script seeking details about obtaining a Royal Arch charter to form a Chapter.

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Lodge of Inhabitants was granted a warrant to meet as No. 285 by the Moderns' Grand Lodge on 12 July 1762. It met at an unknown location in Gibraltar. In 1770 the Lodge was renumbered as No. 231, as No. 185 in 1780, as No. 186 in 1781 and as No. 159 in 1792. No membership subscriptions or charity fund payments were received from the Lodge after 1800. Therefore it was erased after the union between the Moderns' and Antients' Grand Lodges to form the United Grand Lodge of England in 1813.