Loudoun No. 75

Title

Loudoun No. 75

Number

75

Status

Inactive

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District

Districts

13

Division

Chartered

12/10/1805

Revived

Active

1805-1810

Inactive

12/11/1810

1778

1803

1828

1853

1878

1903

1928

1953

1978

2003

2028

False

True

False

False

False

False

False

False

False

False

False

Meetings

Address

City

Leesburg

County

Loudoun

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Notes

Confirmed chartered 12/10/1805. Confirmed inactive 12/11/1810. Assigned to District 13 in 1820. 1805 Proceedings: The petition of sundry brethren, praying for a charter for the permanent establishment of a Lodge in the town of Leesburg, in the county of Loudoun, was read and considered, and on the question being taken, Resolved, That a charter do issue for the establishment of said Lodge by the name of the Loudoun Lodge, No. 75, appointing Peter B. Whiting, Master; Fleet Smith, Senior Warden; and John Myers, Junior Warden. 1810 Proceedings: Brother Charles P. Tutt, made known that the Loudoun Lodge, No. 75, of which he was the representative, had come to a determination to return its charter to the Grand Lodge, and moved that a special grand committee be appointed to enquire whether the proceedings of said Lodge, have been such as are prescribed by this Grand Lodge in that case, and the question being put, it was carried in the affirmative. The committee to whom was referred the petition of the Loudoun Lodge, No. 75, submitted to the Grand Lodge, by Brother Charles P. Tutt, Master thereof, after having taken into consideration the said petition, together with the information communicated verbally by Brother Tutt, and having compared the proceedings of the said Lodge, with the regulations of the Grand Lodge to this subject appertaining, beg leave respectfully to report— That the proceedings of the said Loudoun Lodge, have been in strict obedience to and conformity with the rules of the Grand Lodge in such cases made and provided, and that the reasons urged for the return of its charter, are in the opinion of this committee, sufficiently forcible. Resolved therefore, unanimously (as the opinion of this committee), That the interests of Masonry in general and those of the Grand Lodge in particular, will be promoted by the return of said charter. 1819 Proceedings: Resolved, That the jewels and furniture belonging to the late Lodge No. 75 (Loudoun), be loaned to Lodge No. 114 (Olive Branch), and that Brother Geo. Richards, Master of said Lodge No. 114, be and he is hereby authorized to ask and receive from Brother Joseph Beard, or any other person, in whose possession they may be, all the said jewels and furniture accordingly, subject to the control of this Grand Lodge. 1823 Proceedings: Listed as dormant. Whereas it has been represented to this Grand Lodge, that there are belonging to the late Lodge No. 75, now extinct, funds in the hands of some of the old members thereof. Resolved, That Brother Samuel B. T. Caldwell be and he is here by appointed by this Grand Lodge, to collect such funds and remit it to the Grand Secretary of this Grand Lodge, as soon as may be convenient.