VTDorchester1
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DORCHESTER LODGE #1
Location: Vergennes
Chartered By: Philip C. Tucker
Charter Date:
- 09/03/1791 Provincial Grand Lodge of Quebec
- 10/12/1795 Grand Lodge of Vermont,
Precedence Date: 01/10/1849
Current Status: Active
- Originally chartered by Sir John Johnson, Brt, Provincial Grand Master for Canada, under the Premier Grand Lodge of England
- One of the five founding Lodges of GLVT: Vermont #1 (GLMA), North Star #2 (GLMA), Dorchester #3 (PGLCanada), Temple #4 (GLCT), Union #5 (GLCT)
- Renumbered #1 in 1849 under GM Tucker, Vermont #1 having surrendered, North Star #2 having gone extinct