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Letter of William Hedgcock, Secretary of the Lodge at the Swan Inn, Dover Pier, No....
Catalogue reference: AR/948/13
What’s it about?
This record is a file about the Letter of William Hedgcock, Secretary of the Lodge at the Swan Inn, Dover Pier, No.... dating from 6 March 1796.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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AR/948/13
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Title (The name of the record)
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Letter of William Hedgcock, Secretary of the Lodge at the Swan Inn, Dover Pier, No. 203A [erased], Dover
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Date (When the record was created)
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6 March 1796
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Description (What the record is about)
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Letter of William Hedgcock, Secretary, on the behalf of the Master and Wardens of the Lodge at the Swan Inn, Dover, to Robert Leslie, Grand Secretary, stating that the Rev. James Porter has been expelled from the lodge as he has been charged with an 'unnatural crime, as remarked in the 19th chapter of the book of Genesis'. Also requesting that if it meets Grand Lodge's approval he be excluded from Masonry throughout the known world.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- Museum of Freemasonry
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Hedgcock, William
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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1 letter
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/fe9f2a29-4a9b-42f2-8eda-c82347745cd0/
Series information
AR/948
Lodge at the Swan Inn, Dover Pier, No. 203A [erased], Dover
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Within the series: AR/948
Lodge at the Swan Inn, Dover Pier, No. 203A [erased], Dover
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Letter of William Hedgcock, Secretary of the Lodge at the Swan Inn, Dover Pier, No. 203A [erased], Dover