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''From the [http://www.glnl.ca/ web site] of the Provincial Grand Lodge of Newfoundland and Labrador:'' | ''From the [http://www.glnl.ca/ web site] of the Provincial Grand Lodge of Newfoundland and Labrador:'' | ||
| − | + | "Although our Grand Lodge is relatively new, Freemasonry in Newfoundland & Labrador can be traced back to 1746. | |
| − | The first Warrant for a Lodge in Newfoundland was granted by Thomas Oxnard, The Provincial Grand Master of Massachusetts,1746 for a lodge believed to be in Placentia Area, a second Lodge appears on the Massachusetts records as "St. John's Newfoundland Lodge". '' | + | "The first Warrant for a Lodge in Newfoundland was granted by Thomas Oxnard, The Provincial Grand Master of Massachusetts,1746 for a lodge believed to be in Placentia Area, a second Lodge appears on the Massachusetts records as "St. John's Newfoundland Lodge". '' |
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Revision as of 16:10, 8 November 2012
ST. JOHN'S LODGE NEWFOUNDLAND
Location: Placentia, Newfoundland
Chartered By: Oxnard
Charter Date: 11/24/1746 I-9
Precedence Date: 11/24/1746
Current Status: ceased to function sometime before 1832; not on the rolls of the current Provincial Grand Lodge.
NOTES
From the web site of the Provincial Grand Lodge of Newfoundland and Labrador:
"Although our Grand Lodge is relatively new, Freemasonry in Newfoundland & Labrador can be traced back to 1746.
"The first Warrant for a Lodge in Newfoundland was granted by Thomas Oxnard, The Provincial Grand Master of Massachusetts,1746 for a lodge believed to be in Placentia Area, a second Lodge appears on the Massachusetts records as "St. John's Newfoundland Lodge".
