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Letters relating to communication between the Provincial or District Grand Chapters...
Catalogue reference: HC 14/D
What’s it about?
This record is about the Letters relating to communication between the Provincial or District Grand Chapters... dating from 1833 - 1868.
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Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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HC 14/D
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Title (The name of the record)
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Letters relating to communication between the Provincial or District Grand Chapters in India and the Supreme Grand Chapter of England
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Date (When the record was created)
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1833 - 1868
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Description (What the record is about)
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The letters include correspondence to William Grey Clarke, Grand Scribe E, Supreme Grand Chapter from John Williams, Past First Principal, Key Stone Chapter, No. 4, Fort Saint George, Madras and J C Morris, acting Pro Grand Recorder for the Provincial Grand Superintendent, Coromandel Coast concerning delays in registering the Chapter, attached to Lodge of Social Friendship, No. 495 [SN 1101], with the Supreme Grand Chapter due to the illness of Edward Gordon, Provincial Grand Recorder, including a return of Chapter members including John Williams as First Principal, Henry Philip Lear as Second Principal and Edward Spring as Third Principal and an extract from the Chapter minutes relating to the Chapter's constitution attended by George Lys, Provincial Grand Superintendent, assisted by Edward Gordon, Provincial Grand Recorder and Lieut. Col. Smith of the Honourable East India Company’s Service [ HC 14/D/1-3]; and correspondence relating to problems between George O’Donnell, Benjamin Fox Duncan and other companions in Morning Star Chapter, No. 614, Rangoon, Burma, attached to Star of Burma Lodge, No. 614 [SN 2121], meeting under the District Grand Lodge of Bengal including copies of letters between these members and E E Locke, District Grand Scribe E of Bengal; Colonel A J Greenlaw, Past Senior Grand Warden and Hugh David Sandeman, Grand Superintendent, District of Bengal [ HC 14/D/4 - 8].
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For a letter concerning Chapters in Rangoon, Burma from Colonel A J Greenlaw to William Grey Clarke, Grand Scribe E, Supreme Grand Chapter see HC 14/B/30.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- Museum of Freemasonry
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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Clarke, William Gray, 1805-1868
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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1 folder containing 8 documents
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/7903cc29-9194-4c5f-a6db-8744117e377b/
Series information
HC 14
Historical Correspondence Box 14
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Catalogue hierarchy
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Historical Correspondence
Within the series: HC 14
Historical Correspondence Box 14
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Letters relating to communication between the Provincial or District Grand Chapters in India and the Supreme Grand Chapter of England