Portsmouth Friendship No. 82

Title

Portsmouth Friendship No. 82

Number

82

Status

Inactive

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District

Districts

01

Division

Chartered

12/16/1807

Revived

Active

1807-1823

Inactive

12/12/1848

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

Portsmouth

County

Portsmouth City

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Website

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Notes

Confirmed chartered 12/16/1807 as "Portsmouth Lodge of Friendship, No. 82". Dormant by 1813. Assigned to District 1 in 1820. 1807 Proceedings: A dispensation having been issued by the Most Worshipful Grand Master, bearing date March 4, 1807, for the opening of a Lodge in Portsmouth, in the county of Norfolk, by the name of the Lodge of-Friendship; appointing Stephen C. Graham, Master; John Godwin, Senior Warden; and William Wilkinson, Junior Warden; and the said dispensation being returned, with a petition for a charter, Resolved, That a charter do issue for the permanent establishment of said Lodge, by the name of the Portsmouth Lodge of Friendship, No. 82; appointing Stephen C. Graham, Master; John Thompson, Senior Warden; and Thomas Darden, Junior Warden. 1813 Proceedings: It being stated that after the late invasion of Hampton, by the British troops, it was found that the charter, bible, jewels, &c., of St. Taminy’s Lodge, No. 5, were stolen and carried away; that the jewels had been borrowed from the now dormant Lodge, No. 82, to be returned when the Grand Lodge should require; that the said Lodge, No. 5, had suspended its operations until the pleasure of the Grand Lodge should be known, on motion, Resolved unanimously, That a renewal of the charter of said Lodge, No. 5, be issued free of expense, in order that said Lodge may recommence and continue its labours. 1823 Proceedings: Listed as dormant. Editor: Need to investigate, since 1813 said they were dormant.