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Letter of Charles Chaplin, Secretary, unnamed Lodge held in the Royal Horse Artillery,...

Catalogue reference: AR/1519/20

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AR/1519/20
Title
Letter of Charles Chaplin, Secretary, unnamed Lodge held in the Royal Horse Artillery, Colchester to Robert Leslie, Grand Secretary
Date
5 August 1811
Description

Letter of Charles Chaplin, Secretary, unnamed Lodge held in the Royal Horse Artillery, Colchester to Robert Leslie, Grand Secretary, 28 Token House Yard, London, sending an annual return of members with a request for registration and a membership certificate. Explains James Thompson will travel to London soon and settle the Lodge account with the Grand Secretary.

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Museum of Freemasonry
Creator(s)
Thompson, James
Physical description
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Administrative / biographical background

This unnamed lodge was granted a warrant by the Antients' Grand Lodge in 1809 as No. 156(B) in the Royal Horse Artillery Barracks, Colchester, Essex. In 1811 the Lodge moved to the Plough Inn, Plough Corner, Colchester. After the union between the Antients' and the Moderns' Grand Lodges in 1813 to form the United Grand Lodge of England, the Lodge met as No. 189. In 1814 the Lodge met at the Duke of York, Magadalen Street, Colchester. The Lodge was erased on 5 March 1828.

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Letter of Charles Chaplin, Secretary, unnamed Lodge held in the Royal Horse Artillery, Colchester to Robert Leslie, Grand Secretary