Freemasons. Grand Lodge of North CarolinaRecords, circa 1790-1951

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Freemasons. Grand Lodge of North CarolinaRecords, circa 1790-1951

http://www2.lib.unc.edu/mss/inv/f/Freemasons.Grand_Lodge_of_North_Carolina.html

The Grand Lodge of Ancient, Free andAccepted Masons of North Carolina is the oldest and largest fraternal organizationin North Carolina. The Grand Lodge has been in continuous operation since it wasestablished by a convention of Masonic lodges in Tarboro, N.C., December 1787.Previous to that, Masonic lodges had met in North Carolina since 1755 under theauthority of several other grand lodges. The collection consists of minute books, ledgers, accountbooks, other similar financial record-keeping volumes, membership returns, bylaws,and other papers that document many extinct and some active individual lodges underthe Grand Lodge of Ancient, Free and Accepted Masons of North Carolina.

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection

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The Grand Lodge of Ancient, Free and Accepted Masons of North Carolina is the oldest and largest fraternal organization in North Carolina. The Grand Lodge has been in continuous operation since it was established by a convention of Masonic lodges in Tarboro, N.C., December 1787. Previous to that, Masonic lodges had met in North Carolina since 1755 under the authority of several other grand lodges. From the description of Freemasons. Grand Lodge of North Carolina records, circa 1790-1...