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Letter of John Carver to William Dickey, Deputy Grand Master, Antients' Grand Lodge

Catalogue reference: AR/897/2

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This record is a file about the Letter of John Carver to William Dickey, Deputy Grand Master, Antients' Grand Lodge dating from 5 December 1798.

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AR/897/2

Title

Letter of John Carver to William Dickey, Deputy Grand Master, Antients' Grand Lodge

Date

5 December 1798

Description

Letter written by John Carver and signed by [John] Culbert, Worshipful Master, [Thomas]Nixon, Warden, Lyon Jacobs, Past Master and Benjamin Lyon, Past Master to William Dickey, Deputy Grand Master, appealing against his exclusion. Carver explains that Jackson asked to borrow three Guineas to repay debts owed but then Mrs Jackson provided a Bill payable for ten pounds but sought the change in cash. She informd Carver that Jackson was distressed and aimed to seek assistance from the Stewards' Lodge. The Jacksons disappeared and Carver did not see them until summoned to attend the Stewards' Lodge and seeks to exonerate himself from exclusion.

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Museum of Freemasonry
Creator(s)
Faith, Lodge of, No. 141, London
Physical description

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Administrative / biographical background

This Lodge was granted a warrant by the Antients' Grand Lodge on 8 November 1774 to meet as No. 192 at the Royal Mortar, Beresford Square, Woolwich, London. After the union between the Antients' and the Moderns' Grand Lodges in 1813 to form the United Grand Lodge of England, the Lodge was given the number No. 235. The Lodge was named Lodge of Faith in 1818. It was renumbered as No. 165 in 1832 and as No. 141 in 1863. The Lodge now meets at the Southgate Masonic Centre, 88 High Street, Southgate, London.

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Letter of John Carver to William Dickey, Deputy Grand Master, Antients' Grand Lodge