Cartersville No. 70
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Cartersville No. 70
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Status
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Chartered
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Number
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70
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District
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Chartered
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12/14/1803
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Revived
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Inactive
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12/12/1848
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Meetings
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Address
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City
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Cartersville
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County
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Cumberland
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Notes
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Confirmed chartered 12/14/1803.
1803 Proceedings: A petition was presented, signed by several brethren of known respectability and skill, praying for a charter to establish a Lodge in the town of Cartersville, Cumberland county,-on which,
Resolved, That a charter do issue for the permanent establishment of a Lodge, in the town aforesaid, by the name of the Cartersville Lodge, No. 70, appointing Nelson Patteson, Master; John Butler, Senior Warden; and Thomas II. Walton, Junior Warden.
1804 Proceedings: The representatives of Lodge No. 70 (Cartersville), brought forward the charter and papers of the late Lodge No. 28 (Cumberland), with a schedule of the jewels and furniture of said Lodge, which jewels and furniture are in possession of Lodge No. 70, and are there detained, at the instance of a brother, formerly a member of the said late Lodge, No. 28, who claims them as his private property, and it being difficult to decide now, on the merits of the said claim; therefore,
Resolved, That the said Lodge, No. 70, keep possession of the said jewels and furniture, on loan, until the next Grand Annual Communication, at which time the said Lodge No. 70, are hereby required to have the said jewels and furniture here present, with the best information they can procure, as to the nature of the said brother’s claim, and the Grand Lodge will then determine what shall be done with the said jewels, &c.
1805 Proceedings: The representatives of Lodge No. 70, agreeably to a resolution entered into at the last Grand Annual Communication, produced the jewels and furniture of the late Lodge No. 28, which were loaned to them.
Resolved, That on proper application the jewels and furniture belonging to the late Lodge No. 28, and now in the possession of
the Grand Lodge, shall be loaned to the Lodge No. 70, and retained by said Lodge, until they (the said jewels, &c.) shall be required by the Grand Lodge to be forthcoming.