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Of that earliest period in the history of organized Freemasonry in this state, but scanty records have been preserved. There is suffi- cient testimony however, to show that the brethren, both in Newport and Providence, were animated by a very commendable zeal in their support of the Masonic institution, and that they made it serve social and moral uses, besides doing a benevolent work which then, as now, was reckoned of the first importance.
Freemasonry in Providence was quickened into new life and vigor under the administration of Jabez Bowen, who became master of St. John's Lodge in 1778. Under his auspices the Genius of Masonry returned, unappalled by the din of arms and by the brazen throat of war. By his influence " the Lodge was no longer subjected to caprice of a landlord and the inconvenience of a public inn." It obtained the council chamber as a place of meeting, and there its sessions were held until 1797. The record of the period covered by this use of the council chamber as a lodge room is bright with many tokens of the growth and usefulness of the fraternity. Representative men were admitted to the order and gave wise direction to its affairs, so that not only was there a gain in numbers, but an increase of reputation and influence.
A notable event in the history of Freemasonry in Rhode Island was the formation of the Grand Lodge in 1791. The two Lodges at Newport and Providence, after a conference and discussion extend- ing over a year or more, agreed upon a plan, by which the official honors, etc., were to be equally divided. That part of the plan relat- ing to the distribution of offices reads as follows:
" The said several Grand Officers shall be chosen in the following Manner, respecting their places of Residence, viz. One-half of the number of said Officers shall be Residents in the Town of Newport, of its district, which shall include the Counties of Newport, Washing- ton & Bristol, and the other half of said Officers shall be Residents in the Town of Providence, or its district, which shall include the Coun- ties of Providence & Kent; and in such Manner, that when & so often the Grand Master shall be Elected in the Town of Newport, or its District, then the Deputy Gr'd Master shall be Elected in the Town of Providence, or its District (and vice versa), & the same Rule shall be observed in the choice of all other Grand Officers -- so that each District shall have an Equal Number of said Officers within the same."
Acting under this rule, the Grand Lodge of Rhode Island was es- tablished April 6th, 1791, and Most Worshipful Brother Chris. Champlin, of Newport, was elected grand master; Right Worshipful Jabez Bowen, of Providence, deputy grand master; and the rest of the officers were divided alternately between the two sections. There are more factors to be taken into consideration now, and the distribu- tion of offices can hardly be accomplished by a plan so simple.
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The formation of a Grand Lodge gave additional strength and prestige to the fraternity. Under the auspices of the newly formed grand body a celebration of the feast of St. John the Baptist was held in the state house at Newport, on Monday, June 27th, 1791, the brethren walking in procession to Trinity church, where they listened to a discourse from the rector, Reverend William Smith. A collec- tion for the "poor of the town " was taken, amounting to $11, 9s., 4d. The brethren then returned to the lodge room, elected officers and held a brief business session, after which they discussed an " excel- lent dinner." For many years a like practice was observed. Among craftsmen specially prominent during the first decade in the history of the Grand Lodge mention may be made of Chris. Champlin, Jabez Bowen, Peleg Clark and Moses Seixas. Amos M. Atwell, John Car- lile and William Wilkinson were also notably active in the fraternity. The last named brother lived to a green old age, and for many years was justly regarded as the "Patriarch of Free Masonry " in Rhode Island. Amos M. Atwell was the first master of Mount Vernon Lodge, Providence, chartered in 1799. In this connection it may be stated that Washington Lodge, No. 1, Warren, and " Washington Lodge, No. 2, in the County of Washington," were formally constituted dur- ing the same year, though all had previously been at work under regular dispensations. Washington Lodge, No. 2, John Aldrich, master, was consecrated at South Kingstown with appropriate services by the Grand. Lodge on September 23d, 1799, and Washing- ton Lodge, No. 1, of Warren, with like ceremony, October 3d, 1799. Charles Wheaton was the first master of the last named body.
It may be mentioned here that the craft in Providence were now established under their own roof-tree, having become the owners of a hall in Market building, on Market Square, in this city. This hall was dedicated by the Grand Lodge December 27th, 1797, and was the first occasion of the consecration of a Masonic hall in Rhode Island. About 100 brethren were present at the dedicatory services, presided over by Grand Master Jabez Bowen. The address was given by Amos M. Atwell. John Carlile was master of St. John's Lodge at Provi- dence at the time of dedication.
Freemasonry had acquired a position of comparative strength at the close of the eighteenth century. Besides St. John's Lodge in Newport and St. John's Lodge in Providence, Washington Lodge in Warren, Washington Lodge in Washington county and Mount Ver- non Lodge in Providence had been constituted, while preliminary steps had been taken to organize Friendship Lodge in Glocester and St. Alban's Lodge in Bristol. About 600 members were included in these Lodges. Just at the beginning of the nineteenth century a new name appears among the Masonic workers and leaders in Rhode Island, viz., Thomas Smith Webb, "to whom, without disparaging the claims of others, may be assigned a place among the brightest of
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the constellation in the Masonic firmament." Webb was a young man when he came to Providence, but he had already made his mark at Albany, N. Y., where he had previously resided, and had shown the traits of an organizer and leader. By special invitation he be- came a member of St. John's Lodge, Providence, in 1861, and the year following he was elected grand junior warden in the Grand Lodge. He afterward served three years as grand senior warden, two years deputy grand master and two years as grand master. He was an enthusiastic Mason, fairly well versed in the history of the insti- tution, and led by a strong desire to recast and extend the Masonic system. In the Lodge, Chapter and Commandery he made his influ- ence felt, and to him, in each of these departments, the craft is in- debted for a moulding formation work, some of which is most deserv- ing of praise, while other portions deserve an adverse criticism. Webb produced what is known as the American system of Royal Arch Masonry, originating the degree of most excellent master, and likewise the degree of past master, recasting the ritual of the Royal Arch degree. " making it unlike any other degree of that name the world over, and stamping it as his own," while he also wrote a new ritual for the Mark degree. As a member of Providence Royal Arch Chapter, he exercised an important influence both within and outside that body. He was high priest of that Chapter in 1801, grand high priest in 1803 and for twelve succeeding years. He was the prime mover in the establishment of the General Grand Chapter, and drafted the constitution, which was accepted in 1799, as the governing law of that body. He was largely influential in its affairs, and held the ·office of deputy general grand high priest at the time of his death, in July, 1819.
In Temple Masonry the influence of Webb was no less prominent. He led in the establishment of St. John's Encampment in 1802; pre- sided over the body for 12 years; helped to organize, in 1805, the Grand Encampment, now known as the Grand Commandery of Massa- chusetts and Rhode Island, of which organization he was the first grand commander, holding the office until 1817. He did more than any other person in the organizing of the Grand Encampment of the United States, in 1816, devoting the last years of his life to a watch- ful care over the interests of the newly formed organization. That this man put the impress of his earnest and skillful thought upon the Masonic system cannot be doubted. He deserves to be remembered among the distinguished members of the fraternity in Rhode Island, both for his zeal and his ability. His death took place while travel- ling in the West, at Cleveland, July 6th, 1819. His body was brought to Providence, funeral services being held under auspices of the Grand Lodge at the First Congregational church, November 8th, 1819, Reverend Barnabas Bates, grand chaplain, giving a suitable dis- course, after which the customary Masonic rites were performed in
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committing to Mother Earth, in North Burial Ground. all that was mortal of this estimable and accomplished craftsman.
The first quarter of the present century witnessed the steady growth and enlargement of the Masonie institution, both in Provi- dence and other sections of the state. Several clergymen of widely extended influence were included among its active members. The Reverend Alexander V. Griswold, rector of St. Michael's church, Bristol. and afterward bishop of the Eastern Diocese of the Protestant Episcopal Church, was prominently identified with the work of the order, as also was the Reverend Stephen Gano, pastor of the First Baptist church, in Providence; the Reverend Doctor Benedict, of Pawtucket. and others of like fame. Business men of financial stand- ing. practical and sensible: lawyers, physicians, mechanics, sailors- .all ranks and classes were represented in the fraternity that flourished so extensively during the first 25 years of the nineteenth century. Mount Moriah Lodge, Smithfield: Harmony Lodge, Pawtuxet; Union Lodge, Pawtucket: King Solomon's Lodge, East Greenwich; Man- chester Lodge, Coventry; Morning Star Lodge, Cumberland; St. Paul's Lodge, Newport; Hamilton Lodge, Foster; Warwick Lodge, War- wick: Evening Star Lodge. Smithfield: Temple Lodge, Smithfield, and Lafayette Lodge, Cumberland, had been added to the roll as it stood in the year 1800. Nearly all the 19 Lodges in the state were fairly strong in numbers and resources, while a good degree of har- mony prevailed throughout the jurisdiction. There were, in 1825, four organizations of Royal Arch Masonry in Rhode Island, viz .: Providence Chapter, constituted in 1793: Newport Chapter, consti- tuted in 1806: Temple Chapter. Warren, constituted in 1807, and Pawtucket Chapter, Pawtucket, constituted in 1820. These bodies were allegiants to and under the control of the Grand Royal Arch Chapter of Rhode Island. formed in 1798, in which organization Moses Seixas, Thomas S. Webb, John Carlile. William Wilkinson and Moses Richardson bore a conspicuous part in the early period just noted. The Order of Knights Templar was represented by two strong organizations, viz .: Saint John's Encampment (now Com- mandery). Providence, and Washington Encampment, Newport, both being subordinate to the Grand Encampment of Massachusetts and Rhode Island, which, as already stated, was formed at Providence in 1805. Thomas Smith Webb, William Wilkinson and John Carlile were directing forces in this organization, and their united terms in the office of grand master aggregated 16 of the first 23 years in its history.
In 1828 the anti-Masonic uprising took form, and for a time threat- ened the very life of the fraternity. Nowhere, unless in New York, was the excitement more intense than in Rhode Island, and in no other section of the country did the craft experience a more severe «opposition than was ronsed against them in our commonwealth. The
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fraternity was denounced in public addresses. and by common, every- day speech of the most vehement character. The general assembly was memorialized to take action against the organization as being composed of men " with designs, principles and practices adverse to religion and morality, subversive of civil government, and incem- patible with all the social and civil virtues and duties." The assem- bly appointed a committee to examine into the truthfulness of such accusations-a committee, it may here be said, that, while fully exon- erating the fraternity from the grave charges preferred by its oppos- ers, recommended the discontinuance of the Masonic institution. During the several years of intense feeling, amounting almost to per- secution, the Freemasons of the state and the several Masonic bodies sought to maintain a calm and peaceful attitude. Nothing was done to influence public sentiment. yet the members of the order stood firmly by their rights, and made no sign of abandoning their Masonic principles or the organization in which they were enrolled as mem- bers. A few apostatized, but the great majority remained faithful. The Grand Lodge of Rhode Island, at a meeting held August 27th. 1832, passed the following resolutions, which may be taken as fairly representing the sentiment of the craft at that time: " Resolved, That we regret the present state of society; but are of opinion that our duty is plain, and is, that we manifest a determination peacefully to adhere to our Institution through evil, as well as good report."
That Freemasonry languished during these troublous times can well be believed. It proved its strength, however, by surviving the attacks made upon it. The organizations were kept alive, meetings of faithful brethren were held, and a work of charity was maintained so far as lessened resources would allow. Of course there were but few accessions to the order during these years, while the losses of members by death and withdrawal were numerous. Yet hope burned brightly in the hearts of faithful brethren who waited confidently for more propitious days to dawn.
In 1841 came signs of returning prosperity. The storm had blown over, and the skies were clearing. Then succeeded the civil disturb- ances in Rhode Island, which so much engrossed the attention of its citizens. Several Lodges which had maintained their organization during the anti-Masonic crusade ceased to exist at this trying period, and it was not until a cessation of the political troubles, which were of so threatening a character in the years 1841-3, that a general re- vival of Masonic interests took place in this state. The first initia- tion in St. John's Lodge. Providence, after the revival, was on August 21st, 1844.
Still the recovery was a slow process for a number of years. The centennial celebration of St. John's Lodge, which took place on the 24th of June, 1857, has been regarded by some as the more positive and decided revival of Masonry in this jurisdiction. On that occa-
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sion some 1,500 members of the order were present and were escorted through the streets of the city with much parade, awakening enthusi- asm in the hearts of the faltering members of the order. A stirring address was delivered by Bishop Randall in the First Baptist church. Out of this celebration grew What Cheer Lodge, No. 21, one of the strongest and most prosperous Lodges of the city and perhaps the very foremost one. The first preliminary meeting looking toward the organization of this Lodge was held at the office of Clifton A. Hall, No. 10 Franklin House on the 7th of July, and subsequent meet- ings resulted in the petition for a charter. In answer the Grand Lodge, on the 31st of August granted a dispensation, under which What Cheer Lodge held its first regular communication in Mason's Hall, on Tuesday evening, September 1st, 1857, for the purpose of organizing. The first communication under charter was held on St. Andrew's day, November 30th, 1857, when the following officers were elected and duly installed: William B. Blanding, M .; Lyman Klapp, S. W .; Richmond Jones, Jr., J. W .; Absalom P. King, treasurer; Ed- ward Hooker, secretary; Sylvanus Tingley, S. D .; Samuel L. Blais- dell, J. D .; Henry T. Brown, S. S .; John J. Jencks, J. S .; Reverend Daniel Leach, chaplain; Albert C. Eddy, M .; Thomas H. Barton, S .; E. B. White, T. The ceremonies of constitution and consecration of the Lodge were observed in an elaborate and public manner, on the evening of February 2d, 1858.
A peculiar feature of What Cheer Lodge is the semi-annual com- munication, held in June. This, from the beginning, has been a fes- tive occasion, eminently social in its character. On that occasion the brethren have come together as members of a New England family around the Thanksgiving board, related their experiences, listened to letters from those who were absent, and encouraged one another to steadfastness and works of charity and love for the year to come. The first of these meetings was held June 1st, 1858. A notable event in the history of this Lodge was the holding of a special communica- tion, June 30th, 1858, for the purpose of receiving and welcoming Robert Morris, LL. D., deputy grand master of the Grand Lodge of Kentucky, and an editor of numerous Masonic publications. This visit led to the formation of the Monument Association, and the subsequent erection of a monument to the memory of Thomas Smith Webb. On the 30th of November, 1859, the committee hav- ing the matter in charge reported that a new hall had been prepared for the use of the Lodge, in conjunction with Calvary Commandery. This hall, which was named Ionic Hall, was located at 41 Westmins- ter street. In 1860 the Lodge secured a large piece of the historic What Cheer Rock (the rock upon which Roger Williams landed on his first arrival at the site of Providence) and from it had two ash- lars made, which are preserved by the Lodge as relics of great in-
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terest. The growth of the Lodge up to 1860 had been so rapid that its roll then showed 106 members.
The last communication of the Lodge in Ionic Hall was held March 27th, 1863. It then moved into Mason's Hall, in What Cheer building. A special feature of this Lodge is its Charity Fund, the avails of collections at each regular communication being devoted to the relief of distressed members of the Lodge and their widows and orphans. This fund amounts to several thousand dollars.
The following are the names of charter members of What Cheer Lodge: Absalom P. King, Samuel L. Blaisdell, William B. Blanding. Edward Hooker, Clifton A. Hall, Russel A. Denison, Lyman Klapp, Robert S. Fielden, William A. Hayward, Richmond Jones, Jr., Syl- vanus Tingley, William Hicks, John Shepley, Henry T. Brown, Al- bert G. Angell, Archibald B. Rice, Daniel Leach, Amos Palmer, Thomas H. Barton, George W. Barker, John J. Jencks, Dana P. Col- burn, William G. Crosby, George P. Baker, Thomas Taylor, William H. Fenner, L. F. Goodwin, and George A. Sagendorf. The succes- sive masters of this Lodge, from the beginning to the present time, have been as follows: William B. Blanding, 1857-9; Lyman Klapp, 1859-60; Levi L. Webster, 1860-1; Nicholas Van Slyck, 1861-2; Charles A. Webster, 1862-3; Thomas Phillips, Jr., 1863-4; Henry C. Field, 1864-5; Andrew Hutchinson, 1865-6; Henry T. Stone, 1866-7; Robert A. Pierce, 1867-8; Edwin Baker, 1868-9; Samuel A. Howland, 1869-70; John P. Luther, 1870-1; Joshua M. Addeman, 1871-2; Her- bert M. Kimball, 1872-3; Edward E. Darling, 1873-4; A 1874-5; Lindsay Anderson, 1875-6; Duncan Campbell, 1877-8; Horace K. Blanchard, 1878-9; Nelson W. Aldrich, 1879-80; James J. Crispen, 1880-1; John H. Eddy, Jr., 1881-2; Arthur W. Dennis, 1882-3; Joseph D. Grinnell, 1883-4; Alonzo D. Amsden, 1884-5; S. Penrose Williams, 1885-6; Arthur H. Armington, 1886-7; Samuel G. Colwell, 1887-8; Frank S. Congdon, 1888-9. The present membership of this Lodge now numbers several hundred, it being the largest Lodge in the city.
The oldest Lodge in the city is St. John's Lodge, No. 1, which dates its organization back to 1757. After surviving the vicissitudes of nearly a century, during which time the great anti-Masonic wave of popular sentiment bore heavily upon it, we find, after its drooping spirits began to revive somewhat, in 1847 this Lodge had the follow- ing officers: Moses Richardson, M .; A. B. Armstrong, S. W .; A. Peters, J. W .; William Monroe, treasurer; William C. Barker, secre- tary; Asa W. Davis, S. D .; Samuel A. Wesson, J. D .: Daniel Wight- man, T. The following were serving as master at the dates given: Horace A. Wilcox, 1852; Charles W. Jenckes, 1853; Joseph A. D. Jos- lin, 1854; Jerome B. Borden, 1857-8; John P. Walker, 1859; James H. Armington, 1862-3; Alfred K. Hall, 1864; John F. Tobey, 1865; Samuel B. Swan, 1867; George O. Olmstead, 1868; George H. Burn- ham, 1872; George W. Carpenter, Jr., 1876; Pardon Wilbur, 1878;
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John W. Pettis, 1879-80; Henry J. Spooner, 1881; William E. Hus- band, 1882-3; Edward S. Jones, 1884-5; George W. Pettis, 1886-7; George Fuller, 1888-9. The other officers in 1889 were: Albert G. Bates, S. W .; Charles H. C. Carter, J. W .; George H. Burnham, treasurer; Walter Blodget, secretary; Frederick C. Bushee, S. D .; Job W. Whaley, J. D .; Edward S. Jones, S. S .; George W. Pettis, J. S .; John W. Moore, M .; George E. Paddock, S .: William R. Greene, musical director; Richard Chadwick, T.
Mount Vernon Lodge, No. 4, is the second oldest Lodge in the city. It was instituted in the latter part of the last century. Its officers in 1847 were: Charles D. Greene, M .; Cyrus Fisher, S. W .; T. Whitaker, J. W .; Jason Williams, treasurer; Samuel W. Hartshorn, secretary; Samuel Lewis, S. D .; Alfred W. Fiske, J. D .; Daniel Wightman, T. The following have held the position of master at the dates indi- cated: Charles D. Greene, 1852-3: Samuel Lewis, 1854; Cornelius E. Bourne, 1857; Ezra S. Dodge, 1858-9; James Salsbury, Jr., 1862; Oliver E. Greene, 1863; Stillman White, 1864-5; Amos M. Hawkins, 1867; John H. Sweet, 1868; A. S. Hawkins, 1872; Marcus M. Burdick, 1876; Joseph S. G. Cobb, 1878; William H. Perry, 1879; Darius B. Davis, 1880; Joseph O. Earle, 1881-2; Stephen M. Greene, 1883; James Wil- son, 1884; Rodney F. Dyer, Jr., 1885; William H. Silloway, 1886; Lemuel H. Foster, 1887; Rev. Alfred Manchester, 1888; Charles Larkham, 1889. The other officers in 1889 were: Charles B. Man- chester, S. W .; George F. Keene, J. W .; William B. Perry, treasurer; Marcus M. Burdick, secretary; Alfred Manchester, chaplain; Ozro C. Heath, S. D .; Edward A. Ricketts, J. D .; James Cannon, S. S .; Frank H. Mudge, J. S .; John B. Benson, M .; Charles Jaques, S .: Charles L. Kenyon, musical director: Richard Chadwick, T.
Corinthian Lodge, No. 27, was chartered in 1868. Its first officers were: Henry C. Field, W. M .; Andrew Hutchison, S. W .; Israel M. Hopkins, J. W .; Joshua Wilbur, treasurer; S. G. Stiness, secretary; Clinton D. Sellew, S. D .; Henry R. Barker, J. D .; Charles T. Place, S. S .; Henry Allen, J. S .; Z. C. Rennie, M .; Albert Fuller, S. The following have served in the master's chair at the dates given: Clinton D. Sellew, 1872; Spencer P. Read, 1876; Robert E. Dwelly, 1878-9; Richard W. Comstock, 1880; Cyril A. Babcock, 1881-2; George E. Weaver, 1883; Cyrus M. Van Slyck, 1884: Henry C. Armstrong, 1885; John A. Howland, 1886; J. S. Kellogg, 1887; Charles S. Pettee, 1888; Edmund S. Hopkins, 1889. The officers below the chair were in 1889 as follows: Charles C. Newhall, S.W .; James E. Tillinghast. J. W .; Horatio A. Hunt, treasurer; John A. Howland, secretary; Andrew Hutchison, C .; Edmund C. Danforth, S. D .; Samuel T. Douglas, J. D .; Fred. W. Barney, S. S .; James L. Sherman, J. S .; John S. Kellogg, M .; J. Carver Greene, S .; Henry C. Field, musical director; Albert F. Fuller, T.
Adelphoi Lodge, No. 33, was chartered in 1876. Its officers under
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dispensation were: Stillman White, M .; Ezra S. Dodge, S. W .; Henry A. Chace, J. W. The first set of officers acting under charter were: Stillman White, W. M .; Jesse B. Sweet. S.W .; John M. Buffington. J. W .; Daniel N. Davis, treasurer; Oliver E. Greene, secretary; John D. Heathcote, S. D .; Joseph N. Whelden, J. D .: John H. Sweet, S. S .; Jesse B. Hopkins, J. S .; John W. McKnight, C .; Frederick I. Marcy, M .; Thomas Du Bois, S .; Thomas F. Arnold, T. The presiding officers since then have been: H. A. Chace, 1879; John M. Buffington, 1880; John Heathcote, 1881; Fred. I. Marcy, 1882; Charles Sydney Smith, 1883; Daniel N. Davis, 1884; Edwin L Spink, 1885-6; George H. Holmes, 1887-8; William N. Otis, 1889. Other officers 1889: D. Russell Brown, S. W .; Clarence M. Godding, J. W .; Israel B. Mason, treasurer; Oliver C. Greene, secretary; John W. McKnight, C .; Richard H. Deming, S. D .; William P. Vaughan, J. D .; William H. Luther, S. S .; George H. Heathcote, J. S .; Edwin L. Spink, M .; Wil- liam D. Turner, S .; Smith S. Sweet, musical director.
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