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Lodge Officers Training Course Module I - Lesson VIIClick Here For The Study Guide BRIEF HISTORY OF FREEMASONRY IN FLORIDA NAME LODGE NO. OFFICE HELD SCORE GRADED BY
2. The first Grand Lodge to be formed and known as the Grand Lodge of England was formed in what year?
3. The first known record of Masonic activity on the new continent of North America was when Daniel Coxe was appointed Provincial Grand Master of the Provinces of New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania in America by Thomas, Duke of Norfolk, the Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of England (Moderns) on
4. Benjamin Franklin, the celebrated patriarch and statesman, became a member of the Masonic Fraternity in
5. The first authoritative record of Masonry in Florida came to light as a result of a very old copy of "Preston's Illustration" that was presented to the Grand Lodge of Florida by Dr. F. F. Bond of Thorncliff, Brighouse, England in
6. A gift from James Murray was the first reliable information that a Masonic Lodge had existed in Florida. The gift was made on June 27, 1776 to
7. The "Provincial Grand Lodge of the Southern District of North America" was petitioned and a charter was issued on May 3, 1771 by members of Lodge No. 108 of the Register of Scotland who were attached to the 31st Regiment of Foot of the British Army. This Lodge was
8. The first Masonic Lodge to be established in what is now the State of Florida was
9. During the period 1781‑1783, the Dominican Priesthood and the Spanish Government suppressed the Masonic Fraternity in Florida and its members were forced to flee. However, members of St. Andrews Lodge No. 1 of West Florida gathered up all records and after reaching safety, reported their plight to the Provincial Grand Lodge at St. Augustine on February 9, 1872 and, on March 14, 1782 were issued a dispensation to work in
10. When the "Provincial Grand Lodge of the Southern District of North America" was suppressed in 1783 by the Spaniards, St. Andrews Lodge No. 1 of West Florida was without authority to function. The Officers and members then turned to an active Grand Lodge and received a new charter on July 12, 1783 under the jurisdiction of the
11. Freemasonry entered Florida as a permanent institution when a warrant was issued by the Grand Lodge of Alabama for Jackson Lodge No. 23 to be located in Tallahassee, in the Territory of Florida on
12. Washington Lodge No. 1, in Quincey, Florida and Harmony Lodge No. 2, in Marianna, Florida were issued warrants to work in the Territory of Florida on December 2, 1826, respectively, by
13. At their regular meeting in May 1830, Jackson Lodge No. 23 adopted a Resolution inviting Washington Lodge No. 1 and Harmony Lodge No. 2 to join with them to organize the Grand Lodge for the Territory of Florida. This invitation was accepted and these three Lodges met in convention on
14. Accepting the report of the convention of Jackson Lodge No. 23, Washington Lodge No. 1 and Harmony Lodge No. 2, the Grand Lodge of the Territory of Florida was opened in Ample Form on
15. During the 1830 Grand Lodge session, warrants were approved and issued to Jackson Lodge No. 1, Washington Lodge No. 2 and Harmony Lodge No. 3, and the new warrants were exchanged for the old charters on
16. Each Florida Lodge shall be numbered, however, NO Lodge shall bear the number
17. All newly chartered Florida Lodges shall be chartered in
18. Orion Lodge No. 8 was chartered by the Grand Lodge of Florida at Pleasant Grove, Georgia, near the Florida line in
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