Modern And Ancient Lodges In America, On The Roll Of The English Grand Lodge, A.D. 1813.

illustration of them , will give the numbers of the lodge at Boston from its No . 126 , in 1733 , to its constitution . In 1740 , it became 85 . In 1756 , it was raised to 65 , and , in 1770 , to 54 . Then , in 1781 , the number was made 42 , and finally , in 1792 , it was placed at No . 39 . The lodges under the "Ancients" are not so easily arranged as those of the " Moderns , " and there is no authoritative record of the date of their constitution . I have for years endeavoured to obtain the latter by reference to the old warrants of such

lodges , ancl have partly succeeded , added to which my good friend and Brother , John Constable , has been busy in the columns of the Freemasons' Chronicle , ancl has published transcripts of several warrants , of considerable value in this inquiry . The date of the warrant , however , is not always a sure indication of tbe age of the lodge , as many lodges obtained a hi gher position on the roll by assuming the number of a dormant , or extinct lodge . Of the lodges in America , I find the following in the register of the " Ancients" for A . D . 1813 , printed shortly before the Union was constituted .

" CAPE BRETON ( Island of North America ) : f 326 , in garrison . " CHARLESTON , South Carolina : 190 , York Lodge ; 236 , no name given . " HALIFAX : N . S .: 65 , Provincial Grand Lodge , F . M . H . ; 65 , granted Dec . 27 th , 1757 ; 66 , granted Dec . 27 th , 1757 ( Row Barge ); 67 , granted Dec . 1757 ( King ' s Arms ); tl 55 , St . Andrew ' s Lodge , Halifax ; 211 , St . John's Lodge . " MISCELLANEOUS : * 1 , Prov . Union Lodge , Halifax ; * 2 , Virgin Lodge , Halifax ;

* 3 , Paris Lodge , Shelburno ; * 6 , Digby Lodge , Digby ; * 7 , Temple Lodge , Guysborough ; * 9 , Chester Lodge , Chester ; * 10 , Hiram Lodge , Shelburne ; * 11 , St . George ' s Lodge , Cornwallis ; * 19 , St . George ' s Lodge , Mangervill ' s , New Brunswick ; * 21 , Sion Lodge , Sussex Vale , New Brunswick : * 22 , Solomon ' s Lodge , Fredericton , New Brunswick ; * 25 , Annapolis Royal ; * 26 , St . John ' s Lodge , Charlotte Town ; * 27 , Hibernia Lodge , Liverpool ; * 29 , St . John ' s Lodge , New Brunswick ; * 30 , Trinity Lodge ,

Halifax : * 31 , Midian Lodge , New Brunswick : * 32 , Wentworth Lodge , Yarmouth . "NEW YORK : 169 , New York ; 210 , New York ; 212 , Royal Exchange , New York ; 219 , New York . " MONTREAL ( Upper Canada ) : f 274 , Provincial Grand Lodge . "QUEBEC ( Lower Canada ) : f 273 , Provincial Grand Lodge ; t 9 , Fourth Battalion Royal Artillery ; 40 , Merchants' Coffee House ; 241 , Royal Artillery , " PHILADELPHIA : 09 , at Philadelphia ; 89 , Provincial Grand Lodge . " NASSAU , New Providence : f 242 , Freemasons' Hall . "

Of the Military Lodges of the " Ancients , " I find the following , some of which are included in the foregoing , ancl will bo easily recognized by their numbers , while others were , previously , civil lodges , ancl some which had military warrants in 1807 , or before , subsequently exchanged for private lodge constitutions . " t 9 , Royal Artillery , Quebec ; 18 , 17 th Regiment of Foot ; 42 , 40 th Regiment of Foot ; 52 , 37 th Regiment of Foot : 58 , 14 th Regiment of Foot : 75 , 72 nd Regiment of Foot ; 86 , Royal Artillery ; 90 , 33 rd Regiment , Chatham ; tlOl , Royal Artillery , Eastbourne : tll 2 , 50 th Regiment of Foot ; f 120 , 2 nd Royal Lancers , Mditia , Portsmouth : 1 . 23 , Iuniskilling Regnnent of Dragoons ; tl 47 , 3 rd Royal Lancers , Militia , Chatham ; fl 48 , Royal Artillery , Gibraltar ; tl 53 , Shropshire Regiment of Militia ,

Portsmouth ; fl 56 , Royal Horse Artillery , Colchester ; fl 70 , 96 th Regiment , St . Croix ; tl 75 , Royal Regiment of Cornish Miners , Cahir ; fl 83 , 9 th Regiment , Valenciennes ; tl 87 , Royal Artillery ; fl 91 , 91 st Regiment ; t 209 , K . O . Regiment Stafford Mditia ; t 213 , Royal Artillery ; T 215 , R . Cumberland Militia , Halifax ; f 216 , E . Devon Mditia , Ireland ; f 232 , Recten ' s Hanoverian Brigade ; t 237 , Berwickshire Mditia ; t 241 , Royal Artillery , Quebec ; 248 , 76 th Regiment of Foot ; 252 , 23 rd Regiment of Foot ; t 262 ,

7 th Regiment of Light Dragoons ; 228 , North Devon Militia , Gosport ; f 260 , Royal Marine Lodge , Barracks , Chatham ; 1282 , Wiltshire Regiment of Militia ; t 284 , 9 th Regiment of Dragoons : f 285 , 17 th Regiment of Light Dragoons ; f 291 , Parkchurch Barracks , Isle of Wi ght ; t . 292 , R . "W . London Militia ; J 298 , 85 th Regiment , Barbourne Lees ; f 311 , 6 th Dragoons , Dublin ; t 317 , Royal Artillery , Calcutta ; f 321 , 91 st Regiment of Foot ; 322 , 78 th Regiment of Foot ; f 329 , Royal Artilleiy , Ceylon ;