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Letter with wrapper from officers of Lodge of Unanimity, No. 298 [erased], Dover
Catalogue reference: AR/1297/1a - b
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This record is a file about the Letter with wrapper from officers of Lodge of Unanimity, No. 298 [erased], Dover dating from [16 February 1796].
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AR/1297/1a - b
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Title (The name of the record)
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Letter with wrapper from officers of Lodge of Unanimity, No. 298 [erased], Dover
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Date (When the record was created)
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[16 February 1796]
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Description (What the record is about)
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Letter from Hugh Moises, Worshipful Master, Samuel Wood, Senior Warden and Charles Nicolls [Nichols], Junior Warden, signed by Thomas Clark, Secretary, to Robert Leslie, Grand Secretary, with thanks to Grand Lodge for granting a Petition to form the Lodge in the West Middlesex Militia at Dover with remarks about the successful installation [consecration] meeting led by the Rev James Porter of Lodge of Love and Unity, No. 203 [SN 948], Dover. Promise to send an annual return after St John's Day with details of joining and initiated members in the new Lodge. Letter (Item AR/1297/1a) with wrapper (Item AR/1297/1b).
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- Museum of Freemasonry
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Unanimity, Lodge of, No. 298 [erased], Dover
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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2 documents
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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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Lodge of Unanimity received a warrant from the Antients' Grand Lodge as No. 298A on 9 February 1796 to meet in the West Middlesex Militia based in Dover, Kent. The Lodge ceased to meet in c.1799 and was erased. Some members may have helped to form a Lodge meeting in the Eighty Fifth Regiment of Foot, Jersey, granted a warrant as No. 298B on 1 January 1801 [SN 1379].
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Record URL
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Series information
AR/1297
Lodge of Unanimity, No. 298, Dover
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Within the series: AR/1297
Lodge of Unanimity, No. 298, Dover
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Letter with wrapper from officers of Lodge of Unanimity, No. 298 [erased], Dover