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The Library And Museum.
and is , together with the following words—" whose sacred and universal law I will endeavour to observe , so help me God , " in the hand-writing of the late Brother Thomas Dunckerly . " The parchment is about five inches in width , and about nine feet in length . Dr . Oliver , to whom the document was shown by Dr . Crucefix , is of
opinion that the court character of the writing is as late as the time of Elizabeth , in this respect differing with the writer of this article ; the doctor is probabl y correct , as his intimate acquaintance with the character of different teras is unquestionable . The document is most important to the Order , and the occasion of its having reached the head-quarters of Freemasonry , may not be out of place . Miss Siddall , an elderly spinster grand-daughter to the second
-wife of the late Brother Dunckerly , having mentioned to Bro . the Rev . H . R . Slade , that she possessed an interesting Masonic relic , which she wished to dispose of , he offered to place it in the hands of Dr . Crucefix , for examination . The doctor , after perusal , considering that it ought not to fall into other hands than the Grrnd Lodge , entered into an arrangement with the Board of General Purposes , in 1 S 39 , for twentyfive pounds , which sum was a very acceptable relief for Miss Siddall . The name of Dunckerly , however , must not be thus passed over ; his character , the most important of his age , shall form a subject for the Annalist . FIDUS .
The Annalist.
THE ANNALIST .
NOTICES OF EMINENT MEMBERS OF THE CANONGATE KILWINNING LODGE , & o . ( Continuedfrom page 36 . ) After Dr . Lind had vacated the mastership , ALEXANDER ORME , Writer to the Signet , in Edinburgh , was chosen in his place 24 th June 1771 and at the election of the succeeding
, , , year , was re-installed Master . Many respectable members , such as Sir James jMurray , of Hillhead ; Mr . Archibald Campbell , of Springfield , & c , were received into Masonry under the rule of Bro . Orme , although we are not instructed sufficiently in their Masonic career to record details of their services . It is much to be regretted , and we throw it out as a hint to secretaries in future , that the minutes of Lodges should be frequently so meagre and uninteresting , both in regard to the general transactions of the bod
y , and in the specification of the particular services of members . Often , indeed , it is difficult to identify individuals without having recourse to contemporary chronicles , so loosely are the names sometimes entered . Some of the most ancient records we have in Scotland , throw scarcely any light on the actual position and progress of the Craft . At the Lodge election of Office-bearers , 24 . th June , J 773 , Bro . Orme was succeeded by Bro . JAMES BOSWELL , of Auchinleck , the friend and biographer of Dr . Johnson . He was initiated in the Lodge Canongate Kilwinnino- in the month of'August , 1759 , atwhich period his uncle , Dr . John Boswell ,
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The Library And Museum.
and is , together with the following words—" whose sacred and universal law I will endeavour to observe , so help me God , " in the hand-writing of the late Brother Thomas Dunckerly . " The parchment is about five inches in width , and about nine feet in length . Dr . Oliver , to whom the document was shown by Dr . Crucefix , is of
opinion that the court character of the writing is as late as the time of Elizabeth , in this respect differing with the writer of this article ; the doctor is probabl y correct , as his intimate acquaintance with the character of different teras is unquestionable . The document is most important to the Order , and the occasion of its having reached the head-quarters of Freemasonry , may not be out of place . Miss Siddall , an elderly spinster grand-daughter to the second
-wife of the late Brother Dunckerly , having mentioned to Bro . the Rev . H . R . Slade , that she possessed an interesting Masonic relic , which she wished to dispose of , he offered to place it in the hands of Dr . Crucefix , for examination . The doctor , after perusal , considering that it ought not to fall into other hands than the Grrnd Lodge , entered into an arrangement with the Board of General Purposes , in 1 S 39 , for twentyfive pounds , which sum was a very acceptable relief for Miss Siddall . The name of Dunckerly , however , must not be thus passed over ; his character , the most important of his age , shall form a subject for the Annalist . FIDUS .
The Annalist.
THE ANNALIST .
NOTICES OF EMINENT MEMBERS OF THE CANONGATE KILWINNING LODGE , & o . ( Continuedfrom page 36 . ) After Dr . Lind had vacated the mastership , ALEXANDER ORME , Writer to the Signet , in Edinburgh , was chosen in his place 24 th June 1771 and at the election of the succeeding
, , , year , was re-installed Master . Many respectable members , such as Sir James jMurray , of Hillhead ; Mr . Archibald Campbell , of Springfield , & c , were received into Masonry under the rule of Bro . Orme , although we are not instructed sufficiently in their Masonic career to record details of their services . It is much to be regretted , and we throw it out as a hint to secretaries in future , that the minutes of Lodges should be frequently so meagre and uninteresting , both in regard to the general transactions of the bod
y , and in the specification of the particular services of members . Often , indeed , it is difficult to identify individuals without having recourse to contemporary chronicles , so loosely are the names sometimes entered . Some of the most ancient records we have in Scotland , throw scarcely any light on the actual position and progress of the Craft . At the Lodge election of Office-bearers , 24 . th June , J 773 , Bro . Orme was succeeded by Bro . JAMES BOSWELL , of Auchinleck , the friend and biographer of Dr . Johnson . He was initiated in the Lodge Canongate Kilwinnino- in the month of'August , 1759 , atwhich period his uncle , Dr . John Boswell ,