RACWashington
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WASHINGTON CHAPTER
Location: Salem
Chartered By: James Dean Hopkins
Charter Date: 01/15/1812
Precedence Date: 01/09/1811
Current Status: Active
NOTES
- 01/09/1811: Petition granted to "Robert Brookhouse and Charles King." (ChI-77)
- 01/15/1812: Chapter installed and constituted by Grand Chapter at a special meeting. (ChI-85). Note that this is the first well-documented constitution of a Royal Arch Chapter.
- 06/08/1830: Petition for remission of dues was refused.
- 03/10/1840: Committee appointed to request return of charter. (ChI-465) Declared revoked (ChI-465).
- 09/09/1840: Charter noted as revoked. (ChI-472)
- 03/09/1852: Charter restored. (ChI-618)
- 09/07/1852: A new charter was issued; text of new charter appears on ChI-626.
- 03/08/1853: Use of the regalia from the former chapter in Marblehead was granted.
- 12/13/1853: The original charter was recovered.