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Lane's Masonic Records 1717-1894: African Lodge (Boston), record 1301

Lane's Masonic Records 1717-1894, African Lodge, Boston, Massachusetts (record 1301; serial number 1029). Warrant of Constitution: 29 Sept. 1784. Lodge Number (1781): 459; Lodge Number (1792): 370. Erased: Erased in 1813. Notes: Last payment 1797. Museum of Freemasonry, London; published by the Digital Humanities Institute.

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lane-masonic-records-african-lodge
Type
archive
Trust tier
A
Status
published

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England’s register of every lodge it warranted. Carries the 1784 warrant date independently of the Grand Lodge’s own history and of Grimshaw, and records the erasure in 1813.

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Museum of Freemasonry, London
Accessed
2026-09-19

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