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BY-LAWS 
 
 OF 
 
 De Molay Commandery 
 
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 THE APPENDANT ORDERS. 
 
 ^irst §tboptcb 1893; jRcbiscb 18634870. 
 
 BOSTON: 
 
 ALFRED MUDGE & SON, PRINTERS, 
 
 34 School Street. 
 
 i88i. 
 
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 Committee on Revision of By-Laws. 
 
 William F. Davis. J. M. Russell. 
 
 Marlborough Williams. B. F, Guild. 
 Geo. Phippen, Jr. 
 
 Committee on Printing By-Laws. 
 
 J. M. Russell, Treasurer. 
 Geo. Phippen, Jr., Recorder. 
 
 Boston, Jan. i, iSSi. 
 
CHARTER. 
 
 FROM THE EAST OF THE 
 
 M. E. JOHN R. BRADFORD, G. Master. 
 To all Knights Templars throughout the World, 
 
 John R. Bradford, "Xl 7 HERE AS, a Petition has been presented to us, signed 
 Grand Master. VV Ammi Burnham Young, Edward Asa Raj-mond, John J. 
 Loring, Charles Whitlock Moore, Hamilton UilHs, Albert H. 
 Jambs Hutchison, Kelsey, William Eaton, Joshua Tucker, Simon W. Robinson, T 
 
 Dep, G. Masttr. Oardner Greenleaf, Jonas Chickering, and Charles Robbins, tsj 
 Knights Templars, residing in and near the city of Boston, in v 
 S. W. Robinson, the county of Suffolk, and State o£ Massachusetts, praying that ^ 
 
 Grand Generalissimo. ,a Charter may be granted to ihem, authortzinp and empowering ^ 
 them to open and hold an Encampment of Knights Templars in ^ 
 WiNSLOW I.Ewi-^, Jr., said city; and wiii-:kEA^, the said petition was, on the tenth day 
 Grand Ca fit, GeneraL of October, A. I*, one thousand eight hundred and forty-eight, 
 duly submitted to and considered by our said Grand Encamp- 
 ment, in open session; and it appearing that the niles and regulations in such case made and 
 provided had been fully complied with, an order was passed, authorizing the prayer of the 
 petitioners to be granted. 
 
 Now, KNOW YE THAT WEj THE GrAND ENCAMPMENT OF M ASSACHf^ETTS AND RhODB 
 
 Island, reposing special confidence and trust in the lidclliy, zeal, and Masonic skill of the 
 petitioners aforesaid, and for the purpose of diffusing the benefits of the Order, and promoting 
 the happiness of its members, do, by these Presents, constitute and establish the said petitioners 
 into an Encnmfiment of Knights Templars^ and th& Appendant Orders, By the ri'ime of De 
 M^lay Enramptnenti 'with /nil and adequate powers to confer the sevtnn Di'^tees ff 
 A « ghis of the Red Crosa^ Knights Templars^ and Knights of Malta uficti svch p. rson or 
 pe*sons possessing the regrtisite qualifications as they may think proper; and lihereas^ tht 
 said petitioners have^ by their oivnfree and independent action^ elected front thentsrlves and 
 their associates the fot hiving brethren to be the firtt officrrs of said Eucam/ nrcnf, viz.: 
 Sir Edward A. Raymond, M. E. Grand Commander; Jojin J. Lorinc. Gt-nLLThssimo; 
 A. BuRNHAM Young, Captain-Cieneral ; Charles \V. Moore, Prelate; Alhekt H Ki-.i^sev, 
 Senior Warden;. Hamilton Willis, Junior Warden; William Eatdx, TrcriMirtr, Thomas 
 Restieaux, Recorder; Joshua Tucker, Sword-Benrer; Cakdnkr C^reenlbaf, Standard- 
 Hearer; Charles Robbins, Warder; Osgood Eaton, 3d. John C, Robertson, 2d, William 
 ■Parkman, ist, Captains of Guai-ds; Henry G. Clark. Pirtctorof Music; Jonas Chicker- 
 ing, John BiGELOw, William Ward, John P. Oufk, J Leander Starr. Commire; of 
 Finance; Simon W. Robinson, G, Washing .ton W.vkken, Joseph W. Ward, James 
 Perkins, Edward Hennessy, Committee of Charity. 
 
 ThereforEj We do hereby recogi^ize the said Wethren as officers and members of said 
 Encampment, with continuance of the aforesaid pm\ers and privileges to them and their suc- 
 cessor forever : provided^ never/ he It'ss, that the said officers and members, and their successors 
 in said Encampment, pay due respect to our Grand Encampment aforesaid, and to the Constitu- 
 tion and Edicts thereof, and in no way remove the Ancient Landmarks of our Orider; other- 
 wise this Charter, and all things herein contained, to be void, and of no effect. 
 
 Gr'en at the City of Boston, in the State of Massachusetts, this tenth day of October, 
 in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty-eight, and of our Order seven. 
 hundred and thirty. 
 
 By order of the Grand Encampment of Massachusetts and Rhode Island. 
 
 Attest : 
 
 GILBERT NURSE, 
 
 Grand Recorder. 
 
Copy of an Order subjoined to a revised copy of the Constitution of the 
 Grand [Encampment^ Commandery of Massachusetts and Rhode 
 Island [see p. 41], received in De Malay Encampment, Nov. 24, 
 1869. 
 
 At the annual assembly held in the City of Providence, on Fri- 
 day, the twenty-ninth day of October, i86g, the foregoing Constitu- 
 tion was adopted, and is now binding upon the Grand Commandery 
 of Knights Templars and Appendant Orders of Massachusetts and 
 Rhode Island, and all subordinate commarideries within its juris- 
 diction. 
 
 ALFRED F. CHAPMAN, 
 
 Grand Recorder. 
 Boston, Nov. 9, 1869. 
 
BY-LAWS. 
 
 ARTICLE I. 
 
 CONSTITUTION AND ORGANIZATION. 
 
 MEMBERS. 
 
 Section ,i. — The De Molay Com.mandery of 
 Knights Templars and the Appexdant Orders 
 shall consist of a Commander, Generalissimo, Cap- 
 tain-General, Prelate, Senior Warden, Junior War- 
 den, Treasurer, Recorder, Standard-Bearer, Svvord- 
 Bearer, Warder, three Captains of the Guard, 
 Musical Director, Organist, Armorer, and Sentinel, 
 and as many Knights Templars as the majority of 
 the Sir Knights may from time to time determine. 
 
 assemblies. 
 Sect. 2. — The Commandery shall assemble on 
 the fourth Wednesday of each month, and also upon 
 such special occasions as may be ordered by the 
 Commander ; provided, however, that in the months 
 of June, July, and August, the stated assemblies 
 may be omitted by a vote of the Commandery. 
 
6 BY-LAWS OF DE MOLAY COMMANDERY. 
 
 ELECTION AND INSTALLATION OF OFFICERS. 
 
 Sect. 3. — The first eleven enumerated officers 
 shall be chosen annually, at the stated assembly in 
 September, by written ballot ; the others shall be 
 appointed by the Commander immediately after his 
 installation. 
 
 The officers shall be installed as soon as may be 
 convenient, and shall hold their offices until their 
 successors are installed. 
 
 There shall also be chosen at the annual assem- 
 bly, in the year eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, 
 by written ballot, three Sir Knights to constitute 
 the Committee on Commandery Fund. One mem- 
 ber of said committee shall be elected for three 
 years, one for two years, and one for one year, and 
 annually thereafter there shall be chosen by ballot 
 one Sir Knight to serve for three years ; all vacan- 
 cies occurring in said committee may be filled, for 
 the unexpired term, in the same manner in which 
 the original election is herein directed to be made. 
 The Treasurer shall not be eligible to election upon 
 this committee. 
 
 VACANCIES IN OFFICES. • 
 
 Sect. 4. — Should any elective office become 
 vacant, such vacancy shall be filled at the first 
 stated assembly after such occurrence, a notice 
 for such election having been inserted in the notifi- 
 cation for said assembly ; should any appointed 
 office become vacant, such vacancy shall be filled 
 by appointment by the Commander, a dispensation 
 
BY-LAWS OF DE MOLAY COMMANDERY. J 
 
 from the Grand Commandery in either case having 
 first been obtained. 
 
 Any appointed officer who wilfully neglects his 
 duties for three successive assemblies shall be con- 
 siderej as having relinquished his office. 
 
 ARTICLE II. 
 
 DUTIES. 
 
 COMMANDER. 
 
 Section r. — The Commander shall convene 
 stated and special assemblies, and when present 
 preside over and govern the Commandery ; dispense 
 justice, reward merit, encourage truth,, ami diffuse 
 the sublime principles of universal benevolence. 
 
 generalissimo. 
 Sect. 2. — Tiie Generalissimo shall lecoive and 
 communicate all orders, signals, and petitions ; 
 assist the Commander in the various duties of 
 his office ; and in his absence, preside over the 
 Commandery. 
 
 CAPTAIN-GENERAL. 
 
 Sect. 3. — The Captain- General shall proclaim 
 the orders of the Commander, assist him in council, 
 and in the absence of the Commander and General- 
 issimo, preside over the Commandery. 
 
 PRELATE. 
 
 Sect. 4. — The Prelate shall perform such duties 
 as appertain to his office. 
 
O BY-LAWS OF DE MOLAY COMMANDERY. 
 
 WARDENS. 
 
 Sect. 5. — The Wardens shall prepare the can- 
 didates, accompany them through the ceremonies, 
 and introduce them into the Commandery. 
 
 treasurer. 
 
 Sect. 6. — The Treasurer shall receive in charge 
 the funds and other property of the Commandery, 
 pay all orders drawn upon the treasury, when duly 
 apppoved by the Standing Committee, and at the 
 stated assembly in September, render a just and fair 
 account of the same, and deliver to his successor 
 in office, within thirty days after the election, all the 
 property remaining in his possession. 
 
 RECORDER. 
 
 Sect. 7. — The Recorder shall issue notifications 
 to the Sir Knights of all assemblies, specifying, in 
 writing, the names, places of abode, and occupa- 
 tion of all candidates, and when directed by the 
 Commander, the special business of the assembly; 
 observe with attention the proceedings of the Com- 
 mandery, keep a fair and faithful record of the 
 same, collect the revenue, and, except as provided 
 in Art. IV., Sect. 3, pay it over to the Treasurer 
 monthly ; serve the chairman of all committees 
 with a copy of the vote by which they were ap- 
 pointed, and attend their sessions if required ; and 
 at the assembly in September, exhibit a true 
 account of all moneys received and paid. 
 
BY-LAWS OF DE MOLAY COMMANDERY. 9 
 
 STANDARD-BEARER. 
 
 Sect. 8. — The Standard-Bearer shall display, 
 support, and protect the banners of the Order. 
 
 sword-bearer. 
 Sect. 9 — The Sword-Bearer shall assist in the 
 protection of the banners of the Order, watch all 
 signals from the Commander, and see his orders 
 duly executed. 
 
 warder. 
 Sect. 10. — The Warder shall see the Com- 
 mandery securely guarded, and the Sentinels at 
 their posts ; communicate to the Commander all 
 petitions and requests for admission and favors, 
 and return his answers. 
 
 guards. 
 Sect. ii. — The Guards shall challenge with 
 spirit, examine with caution, admonish with can- 
 dor, relieve with alacrity, protect with fidelity, and 
 defend with valor their respective posts. 
 
 musical director and organist. 
 Sect. 12.- The Musical Director and Organist 
 shall have control and direction of the music. 
 
 armorer. 
 Sect. 13. — The Armorer shall have the care of 
 the Armory and the general charge of the property 
 therein, and of other materials belonging to the 
 
lO BY-LAWS OF DE MOLAY COMMANDERY. 
 
 Commandery, and see that they are kept in good 
 order and ready for use ; and at the stated assem- 
 bly in September, make a return in writing to the 
 Commandery of every article in his department. 
 
 SENTINEL. 
 
 Sect. 14. — The Sentinel shall guard with vigi- 
 lance, give the alarm when necessary, and discharge 
 such other duties as may be required of him by the 
 Commander. 
 
 COMMANDERY-FUND COMMITTEE. 
 
 Sect. 15. — The Commandery-Fund Committee 
 shall direct the investment of the Commandery 
 Fund and Life-Membership Fund, as Trustees for 
 De Molay Commandery, and report their doings 
 thereon, and the condition of said funds, at the 
 stated assembly in September; and a failure of the 
 committee to make such report shall render them 
 ineligible to re-election, except by the unanimous 
 vote of the Sir Knights present. 
 
 STANDING committee. 
 
 Sect. 16. — The Commander, Generalissimo, 
 and Captain-General shall be a Standing Com- 
 mittee, who shall examine all bills, against the 
 Commandery (two at least, of the committee, 
 approving the same before they shall be paid by 
 the Treasurer) ; audit the accounts of the Treas- 
 urer, Recorder, and Commandery-Fund Committee, 
 and report at the stated assembly in September ; 
 
BV-LAWS OF DE MOLAY COMMANDERY. II 
 
 and transact generally the financial affairs of the 
 Commandery, unless it is otherwise specially 
 ordered. 
 
 REPORT OF COMMITTEES. 
 
 Sect. 17. — All committees, except the Stand 
 ing Committee and Commandery-Fund Committee, 
 shall report their doings at the ne.xt assembly after 
 their appointment. All necessary expenses of 
 committees shall be defrayed by the Commandery. 
 
 MEMBERS. 
 
 Sect. 18. — The Sir Knights shall implicitly 
 obey the orders of the Commander, and he shall be 
 addressed by the Sir Knights standing and uncov- 
 ered, and by the title of " Eminent Commander." 
 
 The Sir Knights shall address each other, when 
 on duty, by the title of " Sir Knight," and shall on 
 all occasions observe the most kind and courteous 
 behavior toward each other. 
 
 Should disputes unhappily arise, it shall be the 
 duty of the Commander, upon application of the 
 party aggrieved, or of three of the Sir Knights, to 
 convene the Commandery, when a careful, patient, 
 and impartial investigation of the cause of the com- 
 plaint shall be made, and the decision thereupon 
 of a majority of the Sir Knights present shall be 
 conclusive. 
 
 Should any Sir Knight be guilty of wilfully tra- 
 ducing the character and good name of any member, 
 violate the principles of his profession, or reveal the 
 confidential transactions of the Commandery to any 
 
12 BY-LAWS OF DE MOLAY COMMANDERY. 
 
 person not a member, he may be discharged at any 
 regular assembly, by a majority vote of the Sir 
 Knights present, he having received at least ten 
 days' previous notice of such intention to discharge 
 him. 
 
 ARREARAGES IN ASSESSMENTS 
 
 Sect. 19. — Three months before the stated 
 assembly in September, the Recorder shall request 
 all Sir Knights who may be a year in arrears in the 
 annual assessment to adjust the same; and at said 
 stated or subsequent assembly he shall present to 
 the Commandery a list of those then delinquent 
 one year, and except in cases where an excuse 
 satisfactory to the Council shall be offered, a vote 
 shall be taken on their discharge from the Com- 
 mandery. 
 
 DEBATES. 
 
 Sect. 20. — All debates shall be determined by 
 a majority vote of the members present, unless 
 otherwise specially ordered, the Commander al- 
 ways having the casting vote. 
 
 PARADES. 
 
 Sect. 21. — No public parade shall be made, 
 except by vote of the Commandery, at a stated 
 or special assembly ; nor unless a notice of the 
 proposed parade shall be inserted in the notifica- 
 tion for said assembly. 
 
 decease of members. 
 Sect. 22. — On the decease of a Sir Knight of 
 the Commandery, the Commander shall imme- 
 
BY-LAWS OF DE MOLAY COMMAXDERY. 1 3 
 
 diately, through the Recorder, inform the officers 
 of the time and place of the funeral, provided the 
 same shall be held within accessible distance ; and 
 it shall be the duty of the Commander and officers 
 to attend the services : should any officer be un- 
 able to attend, it shall be his duty to procure a 
 substitute, unless excused by the Commander. 
 
 ARTICLE III. 
 
 CANDIDATES FOR THE ORDERS. 
 
 APPLICATION. 
 
 Section r. — Every candidate for the Orders 
 shall make application in vifriting, enclosing the 
 fee, and accompanied by a certificate from three 
 Royal Arch Masons that he has regularly received 
 the degree of Royal Arch Mason, and is of good 
 moral character and respectability. The applica- 
 tion of each candidate must be submitted to the 
 Council, and if approved by them, a committee of 
 investigation shall be appointed, and, through the 
 Recorder, immediately notified of their duty. 
 
 BALLOTING. 
 
 Sect. 2. — Candidates may be admitted to re- 
 ceive the Orders by the unanimous ballot of the 
 Sir Knights present, after having been proposed at 
 least one month (unless in case of emergency a 
 Dispensation be obtained), their names being in- 
 serted in the notification for the assembly at which 
 the balloting takes place. The balloting shall be 
 strictly secret. In case one black ball only is cast. 
 
14 BY-LAWS OF DE MOLAY COMMANDERY. 
 
 a second ballot may be ordered, but a third shall 
 not be allowed. If the candidate is not accepted 
 the fee shall be returned. When a candidate is 
 rejected, no Sir Knight shall question another as 
 to his vote, declare his own, ■ or complain of the 
 result. 
 
 ARTICLE IV. 
 MEMBERSHIP. 
 Section i. — Sir Knights receiving the orders 
 in this Commander}', and immediately thereafter 
 signing the B3'-Laws, shall thereby become mem- 
 bers thereof, others not knighted in this Cbm- 
 mandery may be admitted to membership at stated 
 assemblies only by the unanimous ballot of the Sir 
 Knights present, after having been proposed by 
 the Council one month, their names being inserted 
 in the notification for the assembly at which the 
 balloting takes place. No one shall be entitled to 
 the privileges of membership until he has signed 
 the By-Laws and paid the admission fee. 
 
 HONORARY. 
 
 Sect. 2. — Past Commanders shall ' be placed 
 upon the list of Honorary Members. 
 
 Knights Templars who have been eminently 
 useful to the Institution, or to this Commandery in 
 particular, may be admitted to Honorary Member- 
 ship at the stated assembly in September only, by 
 the unanimous ballot of the Sir Knights present, 
 their names being inserted in the notifications for 
 said assembly. 
 
BV-LAWS OF DE MOLAY COMMANDERY. 1 5 
 
 Honorary Members shall enjoy all the rights 
 and privileges of members, except that the right to 
 vote shall not pertain to those who were not pre- 
 viously members of the Commandery, and shall not 
 be subject to assessments. 
 
 LIFE MEMBEKSHIP. 
 
 Sect. 3. — Any member who may pay to the 
 Commandery the sum of fifty ($50) dollars shall 
 receive from the Recorder a certificate of Life 
 Membership, and become exempt from the pay- 
 ment of the annual assessment, but retain all the 
 privileges of membership. 
 
 The Recorder shall pay all sums received for Life 
 Membership to the Commandery-Fund Committee, 
 who shall carefully and judiciously invest the same 
 as Trustees for Life-Membership Fund of De Molay 
 Commandery; and the zV/tcwi' only thereof shall be 
 applied to the payment of the current expenses of 
 the Commandery. 
 
 ARTICLE V. 
 
 FEES AND DUES. 
 
 Section i. — The fee for the orders conferred in 
 this Commandery, including Membership, shall be 
 seventy-five dollars. 
 
 Sect. 2. — The fee for each Diploma shall be 
 two dollars, payable in advance. 
 
 Sect. 3. — The affiliation fee for a Knight 
 Templar not knighted in this Commandery shall 
 be twenty-five dollars. 
 
l6 BY-LAWS OF DE MOLAY COMMANDERV. 
 
 Sect. 4 — Every member, except Honorary and 
 Life Members, shall, at the Annual Assembly in 
 each year, pay the Recorder five dollars for the 
 support of the Commandery ; provided, however, 
 that the Prelate, Treasurer, Recorder, Armorer, 
 and Sentinel shall be exempt from dues 
 
 Sect. 5. — There shall be paid for each assembly 
 which they attend, as follows : To the Recorder, 
 the sum of ten dollars ; and to the Armorer and 
 Sentinel, the sum of three dollars each. 
 
 Sect. 6. — No extra assessment shall be made, 
 except at a stated assembly ; nor then, unless a 
 notice of the proposed assessment shall be inserted 
 in the notification for said assembly. 
 
 FUNDS NOT TO BE APPROPRIATED, ETC. 
 
 Sect. 7. — No funds of the Commandery shall 
 be appropriated to purposes foreign to the direct 
 objects of Templar Masonry, except by vote of the 
 Commandery. 
 
 ARTICLE VL 
 
 UNIFORM. 
 
 Section i. — The Uniform of the Commandery 
 shall be as follows : -^ 
 
 DRESS. 
 
 Black coat, pants, cravat, and boots. 
 
 REGALIA. 
 
 Order of the Red Cross. — Black cloth cap (Nay 
 form) four to five inches high, with gold-lace band 
 
BY-LAWS OF DE MOLAY COMMANDERY. 1/ 
 
 and Malta cross in front ; green baldric, with red 
 Christian cross, bordered with gold, and belt with 
 burnished gilt Malta cross on breastplate ; sword 
 with yellow gilt scabbard, etc. 
 
 Order of the Temple. — Black chapeau with white 
 feathers, and a Christian cross in brilliants, set in 
 white metal on a black rosette. 
 
 Black velvet baldric, apron and belt, with gold- 
 lace band and white binding ; the apron triangular 
 in form, with red patriarchal cross on gilt delta, 
 and the belt with burnished gilt Malta cross on 
 gilt breastplate. 
 
 Buff gauntlets with red Malta cross on the out- 
 side of the cuffs, on public parade ; and white gloves 
 at assemblies for work. 
 
 Sword with yellow gilt scabbard, etc. 
 
 REQUIRED TO WEAR UNIFORMS. 
 
 Sect. 2. — Every Sir Knight, when on public 
 parade, shall appear in uniform ; and also when pres- 
 ent at the assemblies of the Commandery, except 
 Honorary Members or those who have passed the 
 age of sixty years ; and no member shall be 
 admitted other than those mentioned above, who 
 may be without uniform, unless the consent of the 
 Commander shall first be obtained. 
 
 ADMISSION OF VISITORS TO THE RANKS. 
 
 Sect. 3 — Knights Templars whose uniform 
 does not conform to the uniform of this Command- 
 ery shall not be admitted to the ranks, except by 
 permission of the Commander. 
 
1 8 BY-LAWS OF DE MOLAY COMMANDERY. 
 
 ARTICLE VII. 
 
 COMMANDERY FUND. 
 
 Section i. — The principal of the Fund shall 
 not be diminished. 
 
 Sect. 2. — The income only of this Fund shall 
 be applied for objects of charity, and to the pay- 
 ment of the current expanses of the Commandery 
 when required. 
 
 Sect. 3. — Whenever any portion of the income 
 of the said Fund may be required for the current 
 expenses of the Commandery, it shall be the duty 
 of the Commandery-Fund Committee to pay the 
 Treasurer such portion upon his draft, when ap- 
 proved by the Council. 
 
 Sect. 4: — The unexpended income of this Fund 
 in September of each year, shall be added to and 
 become a part of the Fund. 
 
 ARTICLE VIII. 
 alteration or repeal of by-laws. 
 Section i. — These By-Laws shall not be altered 
 or repealed unless they have been reported upon 
 in writing at a previous meeting, by a committee 
 chosen for that purpose ; nor then without a two- 
 thirds vote of the Sir Knights present. Such re- 
 port must be made, and action thereon had, at some 
 stated assembly of the Commandery, due notice 
 thereof being given by the Recorder in the notifica- 
 tion for said assembly. 
 
CONSTITUTION 
 
 OF THH 
 
 ^ranb Conxmaiitrcrn of J^nig^ts ^tmplars 
 
 AND THE APPENDANT ORDERS 
 
 OF MASSACHUSETTS AND RHODE ISLAND. 
 
 AS A:KKNDED OCT. 27, 1880. 
 
 ARTICLE I. — GRAND COMMANDERY. 
 STYLE AND TITLE. 
 
 Section i. The style and title of this body is 
 " The Grand Commandery of Knights Templars 
 and the Appendant Orders of Massachusetts and 
 Rhode Island." 
 
 JURISDICTION. 
 
 Sect. 2. Its jurisdiction extends over the terri- 
 torial limits of Massachusetts and Rhode Island. 
 
 POWERS. 
 
 Sect. 3. In it alone is vested the right and 
 duty, which it cannot delegate, to superintend and 
 
2 CONSTITUTION OF DE MOLAY COMMANDERY. 
 
 govern all commanderies of Knights Templars and 
 the appendant orders within this jurisdiction. 
 
 It has exclusive power to grant dispensations 
 and warrants for forming and opening command- 
 eries of the above orders, within this jurisdiction, 
 and to extend or revoke the same. 
 
 It enacts statutes and issues edicts, and amends 
 and repeals the same. 
 
 It censures, suspends, and erases councils and 
 commanderies, and holds any of their members 
 amenable for any violation or neglect of its stat- 
 utes and edicts, and has supreme authority, through- 
 out this jurisdiction, in all matters pertaining to 
 Templar Masonry, subject only to the ancient land- 
 marks of the Order, and the Grand Encampment 
 of the United States. 
 
 MEMBERS. 
 
 Sect. 4. It shall consist of a Grand Commander, 
 Deputy Grand Commander, Grand Generalissimo, 
 Grand Captain-Gener-al, Grand Prelate, Grand 
 Senior Warden, Grand Junior Warden, Grand 
 Treasurer, Grand Recorder, Grand Standard Bearer, 
 Grand Sword-Bearer, Grand Warder, Grand Captain 
 of the Guards, ex officiis ; of all Past Grand Com- 
 manders and Grand Masters, Past Deputy Grand 
 Commanders and Deputy Grand Masters, Past 
 Grand Generalissimos, and Past Grand Captain- 
 Generals of this body, so long as they remain 
 members of commanderies under this jurisdiction ; 
 of the Commanders, Generalissimos, and Captain- 
 Generals, for the time being, of all subordinate com- 
 
CONSTITUTION OF DE MOLAY COMMANDERY. 21 
 
 manderies under this jurisdiction ; and of all Past 
 Commanders of such subordinates, so long as they 
 are members of commanderies under this jurisdic- 
 tion, each of whom shall be entitled, when present, 
 to one vote and no more, except as proxy. 
 
 A permanent member has but one vote in his 
 own right as such, and but two in any case. 
 
 ATTENDANCE AND PROXIES. 
 
 Sect. 5. Each of the officers named in the pre- 
 ceding section, save and except Past Commanders, 
 being unable to attend the conclaves in person, 
 shall have the power to appoint a proxy, who shall 
 be entitled to all the rights and privileges of his 
 constituent, except that of taking his rank in Grand 
 Commandery. 
 
 Such proxy must, at the time of his service, be a 
 member of the same subordinate commandery as fits 
 principal, and a Templar of not less than three years' 
 standing, and must present a properly authenticated 
 certificate of his appointment. 
 
 The R. E. Grand Commander, immediately after 
 his installation, shall appoint a committee of three 
 members as a standing Committee on Credentials, 
 for the year ensuing, whose duty it shall be to as- 
 certain and report to the Commandery, as early as 
 may be at every conclave, who are entitled to seats 
 therein ; also a committee of three members who 
 shall be styled a Committee on Printing, whose 
 duty it shall be to supervise the printing of the 
 Proceedings, and shall have authoiity to decide 
 
22 CONSTITUTION OF DE MOLAY COMMANDERV. 
 
 what shall be printed therein, and the Grand Re- 
 corder shall act under the advice and direction of 
 said committee in all matters of printing; also a 
 committee of three members to be styled a Com- 
 mittee on By-Laws, who shall take into consider- 
 ation and report upon all by-laws of subordinate 
 bodies which may be referred to them by the Grand 
 Commandery or Grand Commander. 
 
 OFFICERS, ELECTION, AND TITLES. 
 
 Sect. 6. The first nine officers shall be chosen 
 by written ballot ; the others, together with a Grand 
 Sentinel, by appointment of the Grand Commander. 
 
 No Knight is eligible to any office in this Grand 
 Commandery, unless he be a member of some sub- 
 ordinate commandery, and a Templar of not less 
 than three years' standing. 
 
 The officers thus chosen shall serve until their 
 successors have been duly elected and installed. 
 The title of the Grand Commander is " Right 
 Eminent"; that of 'Deputy Grand Commander, 
 "Verv Eminent"; of the other Grand Officers, 
 " Eminent." 
 
 conclaves. 
 Sect. 7. This Grand Commandery shall hold a 
 regular conclave in October and May of each year, 
 at such time and place as the presiding officer shall 
 appoint : in October, for the election of officers 
 and the transaction of the annual business ; and 
 in May, for the exemplification of the work and 
 ritual, the transaction of such special business as 
 
CONSTITUTION OF DE MOLAY COMMANDERY. 23 
 
 shall be presented, and the consideration of such 
 matters as pertain to the general good of the 
 Order. 
 
 Special conclaves may be held at the pleasure of 
 the presiding officer ; but no business shall be 
 transacted at a special conclave, save that which 
 was specified in the original notice 
 
 PREROGATIVES AND DUTIES OF OFFICERS. 
 
 Sect. 8. The Grand Commander shall have a 
 watchful supervision over all the subordinate com- 
 manderies, and see that all the constitutional enact- 
 ments, rules, and edicts of the Grand Encampment 
 of the United States, and of this Grand Command- 
 ery, are duly and promptly obeyed. 
 
 The Grand Commander and Deputy Grand Com- 
 mander, at their pleasure, visit and preside in any 
 subordinate commandery, and give such instruction 
 and direction in the work and ritual as the good of 
 the Order may require, always conforming to the 
 ancient landmarks and this Grand Constitution. 
 The Deputy Grand Commander, in the event of 
 the death, removal, or physical incompetency of his 
 superior, shall act as the Grand Commander. 
 
 It is the duty of the Grand Commander, in per- 
 son or by one of his council, to visit and examine 
 every subordinate commandery under dispensation 
 once in three months, and every chartered com- 
 mandery annually, and cause a report of the same 
 to be made at the annual conclave of this Grand 
 Commandery : provided, however, that when in the 
 
24 CONSTITUTION OF DE MOLAV COMMANDERY. 
 
 judgment of the Grand Commander the interest of 
 the institution will be promoted thereby, he may 
 designate one of the Grand Lecturers to make 
 such visit and report to him. 
 
 It is the. duty of the Grand Treasurer to report 
 to the Grand Commander or presiding officer when- 
 ever and as often as there shall be a surplus of one 
 hundred dollars in the treasury, not subject to any 
 appropriation already made, and to invest the same 
 by and with the advice of the first two officers. 
 
 It is the duty of the Grand Recorder, annually, 
 to communicate to the Grand Recorders of all State 
 Grand Commanderies, and to the Grand Recorder 
 of the Grand Encampment of the United States of 
 America, a list of all the Grand Officers of the 
 Grand Commandery, and all such other matters as 
 the R. E. Grand Commander shall deem to be for 
 the general good of the Order, or useful for their 
 information. 
 
 The other duties of the above officers, and the 
 duties of the other officers, are such as are tra- 
 ditionally appropriate to their offices, and such as 
 may be required of them by this Grand Com- 
 mandery and the Grand Commander. 
 
 NEW COMMANDERIES. 
 
 Sect. 9. Dispensations for forming and open- 
 ing new commanderies, upon the petition of not 
 less than nine Knights Templars residing within 
 the jurisdiction, may be issued by the Grand Com- 
 mander during the recess of the Grand Commandery 
 
CONSTITUTION OF DE MOLAY COMMANDERY. 25 
 
 only. Dispensations so issued to be of force only 
 until the next stated conclave of this Body, unless 
 continued by vote thereof: provided, however, that 
 no dispensation shall be issued without the con- 
 sent of the commandery nearest to the place where 
 the new one is to be located ; and if in that town 
 or city there is more than one, the consent of all 
 shall be obtained. 
 
 Charters shall be granted by vote of the Grand 
 Commandery alone, and at a stated cgnclave. 
 
 A commandery formed within this jurisdiction 
 without a dispensation or charter as above pro- 
 vided, shall be deemed illegal; and all communica- 
 tion between commanderies under this jurisdiction 
 and the members of such illegal ones is hereby 
 strictly forbidden. 
 
 FEES FOR DISPENSATIONS AND CHARTERS. 
 
 Sect. id. The fees for a dispensation are forty 
 dollars to the Grand Commandery, and three dol- 
 lars to the Grand Recorder ; and for a charter, 
 sixty dollars to the Grand Commandery, and seven 
 dollars to the Grand Recorder ; and for a charter 
 without a previous dispensation, one hundred dol- 
 lars to the Grand Commandery, and ten dollars to 
 the Grand Recorder. In no case shall a dispensa- 
 tion or charter be issued until the required fees 
 shall have been paid to the Grand Treasurer. 
 
 GRAND FUND. 
 
 Sect. ii. The invested funds of this Grand 
 Commandery, heretofore established by the pro- 
 
26 CONSTITUTION OF DE MOLAY COMMANDhRY. 
 
 visions of the Constitution, and now held in accord- 
 ance with said provisions, shall constitute the Grand 
 Fund. The income of said Grand Fund, but no 
 part of the principal thereof, may be expended for 
 charitable or other purposes, as may be determined 
 by the Grand Commandery. All unexpended in- 
 come of this Fund, and all donations to the same, 
 shall be annually added to the principal. 
 
 A board, to be styled "The Trustees of the 
 Grand Fund of the Grand Commandery, K. T. of 
 Mass. and R. I.," shall be constituted in manner 
 following, viz. : The R. E. Grand Commander and 
 the E. Grand Treasurer shall be, ex officiis, mem- 
 bers of said board ; and there shall be elected at the 
 regular conclave in October, 1879, three members 
 of the Grand Commandery, to serve, one for one 
 year, one for two years, and one for three years, as 
 members of said board, who, during their term of 
 service thereon, shall hold no other office in this 
 Grand Body ; and thereafter there shall be annu- 
 ally elected one such member of said board for the 
 term of three years. Any vacancy occurring in the 
 board shall be filled for the remainder of the term 
 by the Grand Commandery, by election at any 
 regular or special conclave. 
 
 It shall be the duty of said board to hold in 
 trust, for the benefit of the Grand Commandery, 
 the property belonging to the said Grand Fund, 
 and to attend to the care and safe and profitable 
 investment thereof. They shall make a detailed 
 report, in writing, of the condition of the said. 
 
CONSTITUTION OF DE MOLAY COMMANDERY. 2/ 
 
 Grand Fund at each annual conclave. A failure to 
 make such report, unless excused by the Grand 
 Commandery, shall render the members of said 
 board ineligible to election to any office in the 
 Grand Commandery the ensuing year. The Treas- 
 urer of the Trustees shall give bonds, with sureties 
 to the satisfaction of the board, for the faithful dis- 
 charge of the duties of his office. 
 
 ARTICLE II. — SUBORDINATE COMMANDEKIES. 
 
 MEMBERS. 
 
 Section i. Every subordinate commandery 
 shall consist of a Commander, Generalissimo, 
 Captain-General, Prelate, Senior Warden, Junior 
 Warden, Treasurer, Recorder, Standard-Hearer, 
 Sword-Bearer, and Warder, and such other officers 
 and members as may be found convenient. 
 
 BY-LAWS. 
 
 Sect. 2. No by-law of any subordinate body 
 shall be valid until the same shall be approved by 
 the Grand Commandery. 
 
 CONCLAVES. 
 
 Sect. 3. Every subordinate commandery shall 
 hold a conclave at least quarterly for improvement 
 and business. 
 
 JURISDICTION. 
 
 Sect. 4. Every subordinate commandery shall 
 have exclusive jurisdiction in receiving applications 
 
28 CONSTITUTION OF DE MOLAY COMMANDERY. 
 
 for and conferring the Orders of Knighthood over 
 all territory lying nearer by the usual travelled 
 routes to its place of conclave than to that of any 
 other commandery ; except that the commanderies 
 located in the city of Boston shall have concurrent 
 jurisdiction over all territory within the limits of 
 said city, and over any territory outside said lim- 
 its wherein any one of said commanderies now 
 has jurisdiction. 
 
 OFFICERS. ELECTION AND DUTIES. 
 
 Sect. 5. The first eight officers shall be elected 
 by written ballot ; the others may be appointed by 
 the Commander at the pleasure of the commandery. 
 The officers thus chosen shall serve until their suc- 
 cessors shall have been duly elected or appointed 
 and installed. The title of the Commander is 
 " Eminent." The Commander of a subordinate 
 commandery has it in special charge to see that 
 the by-laws of his commandery and this Grand 
 Constitution are duly observed ; that accurate 
 records are kept and just accounts rendered ; that 
 regular returns to this Grand Commandery are 
 made annually ; and that the annual dues are 
 promptly paid. He calls special conclaves of his 
 commandery at pleasure ; and it is his duty, with 
 his Generalissimo and Captain-General, to attend 
 all conclaves of this Grand Commandery. 
 
 The duties of the other officers are such as are 
 traditionally appropriate, and such as may be 
 assigned them by the commandery or the Com- 
 mander. 
 
CONSTITUTION OF DE MOLAY COMMANDERY. 29 
 OBLIGATION. 
 
 Sect. 6. The ofRcers of every subordinate com- 
 tnandery before installation, and every candidate 
 upon admission, shall take the following obligation, 
 
 viz. : " I, , do promise and vow that I will 
 
 support and maintain the Constitution of the Grand 
 Commandery of Knights Templars and the Ap- 
 pendant Orders of Massachusetts and Rhode Island, 
 and the Constitution of the Grand Encampment of 
 the United States of America." 
 
 ANNUAL RETURNS. 
 
 Sect. 7. Every subordinate c.ommandery shall 
 make a return to the Grand Recorder of this Grand 
 Commandery, on or before the tenth day of October, 
 annually, of the roll of 'its officers and members, of 
 all candidates for the Orders, accepted or rejected ; 
 and shall pay to this Grand Commandery four dol- 
 lars for every Knight created, and an annual fee of 
 five dollars. 
 
 ORDERS, FEES, AND RULE OF SUCCESSION. 
 
 Sect. 8. No subordinate commandery shall con- 
 fer the Orders of Knighthood for a less sum than 
 thirty dollars, nor on any person who shall not have 
 regularly received the several degrees of E. A., 
 F. C, M. M., M. M. M., P. M., M. E. M., and 
 R. A. M. ; and no candidate for the Orders shall be 
 balloted for until he shall have stood proposed at 
 least four weeks, unless by written permission of 
 the R. E. Grand Commander. If a candidate be 
 
30 CONSTITUTION OF DE MOLAY COMMANDERY. 
 
 rejected, no new petition for the Orders shall be 
 presented until after the expiration of four months 
 ^rom the time of such rejection. The Orders shall 
 be conferred in the following succession, viz. : 
 I, Knight of the Red Cross ; 2, Knight Tem. 
 PLAR ; 3, Knight of Malta. 
 
 Sect. 9. The petition of any and every candi- 
 date for the Orders in any commandery under this 
 jurisdiction shall be made in the following form, 
 and signed by the applicant : — 
 
 To the Eminent Commander and members of. 
 
 Commandery of Kiiighis Tempiars and the Appendant Orders 
 
 "f- 
 
 The subscriber, a Companion Royal Arch Mason, is desirous, if 
 found worthy, to be admitted to the Orders of Knighthood in your 
 Commandery. 
 
 Residence Age 
 
 Occupation 
 
 When and in what Lodge made a Master Mason 
 
 When and in what Chapter exalted to the Degree of Royal Arch 
 Mason 
 
 Of what Lodge now a member 
 
 Of what Chapter now a member 
 
 I am a believer in the Christian religion 
 
 I have before applied for these Orders of Knighthood. 
 
 [signed] 
 
 [date] 
 
 RECOMMENDATION. 
 
 I a member of 
 
 Commandery aforesaid, hereby recommend said Companion 
 
 for admission to the Orders of Knighthood. 
 
 [signed]' 
 
CONSTITUTION OF DE MOLAY COMMANDERY. 3 1 
 
 Sect. io. If it shall appear that the applicant 
 has before applied for the Orders in any com- 
 mandery other than the one to which he now 
 applies, it shall not be competent for the com- 
 mandery to act upon the application unless it be 
 accompanied by the written consent of such com- 
 mandery, duly attested, if within our jurisdiction ; 
 and if without our jurisdiction, the consent in 
 writing of the Grand Commander of the State in 
 which such commandery shall be situated. 
 
 SOJOURNERS. 
 
 Sect. ii. It is not re:;ular for a subordinate 
 commandery to confer the Orders of Knighthood 
 upon any sojourner from any State or place in 
 which there is a commandery regularly established, 
 except by consent of the commandery having juris- 
 diction. Any commandery which violates this 
 regulation shall be subject to Knightly discipline, 
 and be required to pay, on demand, to the com- 
 mandery having jurisdiction, the amount of fees 
 received. 
 
 Any commandery may, however, take cognizance 
 of the conduct of sojourning Knights. 
 
 QUESTIONS. 
 
 Sect. 12. In every conclave of Knights, all 
 questions, except of the admission of candidates 
 and members, and of matters specially reserved by 
 the by-laws, shall be decided by a majority vote ; 
 the presiding officer, if a member, being entitled to 
 one vote, and in case of a tie to the casting vote. 
 
32 CONSTITUTION OF DK MOLAY COMMANDERY. 
 COSTUME. 
 
 Sect. 13. The costume of this Grand Com- 
 mandery and its subordinates is such as is from 
 time to time approved by this Grand Body. 
 
 OPENING AND CLOSING. 
 
 Sect 14. All councils and commanderies should 
 be opened and .closed in due and ancient form, 
 and commanderies with devotion. 
 
 AMENDMENTS. 
 
 Sect. 15. This Grand Constitution may be 
 altered or amended by vote of two thirds of the 
 members present at any annual conclave in Oc- 
 tober. 
 
EXTRACTS FROM THE 
 
 CONSTITUTION 
 
 ]md ium^mmi of littigW-a Jpplar 
 
 OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. 
 
 ARTICLE FIRST. 
 
 OF THE GRAND ENCAMPME^T OF THE UNITED 
 
 STATES. 
 
 Section I. — How Constituted. 
 
 The Grand Encampment of Knights Templar 
 of the United States is constituted as follows : — 
 
 The Grand Master, Deputy Grand Master, Grand 
 Generalissimo, Grand Captain-General, Grand Prel- 
 ate, Grand Senior Warden, Grand Junior Warden, 
 Grand Treasurer, Grand Recorder, Grand Standard- 
 Bearer, Grand Sword-Bearer, Grand Warder, Grand 
 Captain of the Guards ; likewise, all Past Grand 
 Masters, all Past Deputy Grand Masters, all Past 
 Grand Generalissimos, and all Past Grand Captains- 
 General of the Grand Encampment of the United 
 
34 CONSTITUTION OF GRAND ENCAMPMENT. 
 
 States ; likewise, all Grand Commanders, all Past 
 Grand Commanders, all Deputy Grand Command- 
 ers, all Grand Generalissimos, and all Grand Cap- 
 tains-General of ealch State Grand Commandery 
 that acknowledges the jurisdiction of the United 
 States Grand Encampment ; likewise, the first three 
 officers of each Commandery that holds its Charter 
 immediately from the Grand Encampment of the 
 United States. 
 
 Section III. — Titles. 
 The title of the Grand Master of the Grand En- 
 campment of the United States is Most Eminent 
 Grand Master of Knights Templars ; that of the 
 Deputy Grand Master, Right Eminent; of the 
 remaining officers of the Grand Encampment, Very 
 Eminent. 
 
 Section IV. — Conclaves. 
 
 A Grand Conclave of the Grand Encampment of 
 the United States shall be held, triennially, at such 
 time and place as may have been previously desig- 
 nated by the Standin-g Committee, and approved 
 by the Grand Encampment of the United States. 
 
 ARTICLE SECOND. 
 of the state grand commanderies. 
 Section I. — How Constituted. 
 Whenever there shall be three or more subordi- 
 nate chartered Commanderies instituted or holden 
 
CONSTITUTION OF GRAND ENCAMPMENT. 35 
 
 under this Constitution in any one State, District, 
 or Territory, in which a Grand Commandery has 
 not been heretofore formed, a Grand Commandery 
 may be formed, after obtaining the warrant of the 
 Grand Master or the Grand Encampment. Its 
 jurisdiction shall be the territorial limits in which 
 it is holden. 
 
 1. The uniform of a Knight Templar is that 
 prescribed by the Grand Encampment in 1862. 
 No other uniform is allowed, and no authority other 
 than the Grand Encampment can modify or alter it. 
 
 2. Provided, however, that all members of Com- 
 manderies, which now have what is known as the 
 " black uniform," be permitted to wear it while 
 members of said Commanderies, but no other Com- 
 mandery, nor the members thereof, shall be author- 
 ized or permitted hereafter to wear any other than 
 the regulation prescribed in 1862, adopted by the 
 Grand Commandery of Massachusetts and Rhode 
 Island in 1874. 
 
Commanders 
 
 OF 
 
 DE MOLAY ENCAMPMENT, 
 
 FROM ITS ORGANIZATION TO 1879-80. 
 
 Edward A. Raymond 1848-9, 49-50, 50-1-. 
 
 Charles W. Moore 1851-2. 
 
 Thomas R. Lambert 1852-3, 53-4, 54-5. 
 
 Clement A. Walker 1855-6, 56-7, 57-8, 58-9. 
 
 William Parkman 1859-60, 6o-i. 
 
 Edwin C. Bailey 1861-2, 62-3, 63-4. 
 
 William F. Davis 1864-5, 65-6- 
 
 John W. Dadmun 1866-7, 67-8. 
 
 Samuel J. M. Homer 186S-9, 69-70. 
 
 Marlborough Williams 1870-71, 71-2. 
 
 John M. Clark 1872-3, 73-4, 74-5, 75-6 
 
 Charles B. Lancaster 1876-7, 77-8. 
 
 Joseph B. Mason 1878-9, 79-So. 
 
Officers 
 
 DE MOLAY COMMANDERY, 
 
 isao-ai. 
 
 Sir Frederick G. Walbridge 
 Sir Horace P. IIemenway 
 Sir George F. Wright 
 Sir Rev. J. W. Dadml'N 
 Sir Hhnry G. Jordan . 
 Sir Frank T. Dwinell 
 Sir Joseph M. Rus-sell. 
 Sir George Phippen, Jr. 
 Sir Ephraim A. Loud . 
 Sir J. Frank Gammell 
 Sir Zaccheus Holmes . 
 Sir Daniel F. Knight . 
 Sir William B. Fisher 
 Sir WiNFiEi.D S. Tucker 
 Sir John L Curtiss, 
 Sir Charles A. Drost, 
 Sir Edwin W. Gilbert, 
 Sir Edward Prescott . . 
 Sir Howard M. Dow . 
 Sir George O. Townsend 
 Sir J. W. Fairbanks, 
 
 Sir P. E. DOLLIVER, 
 
 Sir W. S. Anderson, 
 
 . Eminent Commander 
 
 Generalissimo. 
 , Captain-General. 
 . Prelate. 
 . Senior Warden. 
 
 yunior Warden. 
 
 Treasurer. 
 . Kecorder. 
 . Standard- Bearer. 
 
 Sword-Bearer. 
 
 Warder. 
 
 Third Guard. 
 . Second Guard. 
 
 First Guard. 
 
 . Assistant Guards. 
 
 Musical Director. 
 Organist. 
 . Armorer and Sentinel. 
 
 < Commandcrv 
 \ Fund Committee. 
 
Jaist of Members 
 
 DE MOLAY COMMANDERY, 
 
 FROM ITS ORGANIZATION TO JAN. i, 1881, 
 WITH DATES OF ADMISSION. 
 
 Abbot, Alfred A April 25, i86o.f 
 
 Abbot, John E June' 28,18544 
 
 Abbott, James S Sept. 25, 1872. 
 
 Adams, F. W. April 25, i866.t 
 
 Ainsworth, Frederick S. . . . .... April 25, 1855.]; 
 
 Alden, G. A .... Feb. 25, 1863. 
 
 Allen, A. F. . . . March 27, 1867. 
 
 Allen, G. D March 27, 1872. 
 
 Almy, Charles H June 27, i860.* 
 
 Ambrose, George T June 28, 1865. 
 
 Ames, Edward M Dec. 23, 1874. 
 
 Ames, P. Adams June 4, 1851.! 
 
 Anderson, W. S June 24, 1863. 
 
 Andrews, Alonzo June 28, 1854.* 
 
 Andrews, Alonzo T May 25, 1870. 
 
 Andrews, Joseph . May 27, 1857.* 
 
 Andros, Milton June 25, i862.t 
 
 Anthes, F. C ■ Sept. 28, 1864. 
 
 * Deceased. t Withdrawn. t Discharged. § Charter Members. 
 
 II Honorary Members. T[ Life Members. 
 
MEMBERS OF DE MOLAY COMMANDERY. 39 
 
 Apollonio, N. A June 25, i862.t 
 
 Applelon, Charles H April 22, 1857.! 
 
 Arnold, George J March 27, 1867.! 
 
 Arnold, H. B Sept. 21;, 1872. 
 
 Ashley, E.R June 27, i86o.t 
 
 Atwood, Timothy D June 26, 1867. 
 
 Austin, James R Dec. 26, 1867. 
 
 Ayer, Wells W April 28, 1875. 
 
 Ayers, Orlando H May 26, 1869. 
 
 Babbitt, Albert Sept. 25, i867.t 
 
 Bacall, William K April 27, 1859. 
 
 Bacon, Albert T May 26, 1S69. 
 
 Badger, W. S. . . April 23, 1873. 
 
 Bailey, Edwin C Oct. 27, 18584 
 
 Barnabee, Henry C Sept. 23, 1868. 
 
 Barnard, Orin A June 28, 1S71. 
 
 Barney, Joseph S Feb. 26, tS6S."' 
 
 Barrett, Charles B Feb. 26, 1S6S. 
 
 Bartlett, Nelson Jan. 23, 1867. 
 
 Bartlett, S. P June 24, 1S63. 
 
 Barton, Charles F Feb. 23, 1S70, 
 
 Bates, G. A April 25, iS66.» 
 
 Bates, T. C June 25, iS73.t 
 
 Baxter, E. W., Jr Jan. 22, i862.t 
 
 Baxter, Langdon Sept. 25, 1S72. 
 
 Bayley, Benjamin F July 23, 1856.+ 
 
 Beal, Benjamin April 27, i859.» 
 
 Belknap, Austin May 22, 1867. 
 
 Bell, Edward D. . . May 23, i849.t 
 
 Bell, James B April 26, 1865. 
 
 Berry, Charles P May 26, iSfg.f 
 
 Betteley, Albert C June 23, 1S76. 
 
 Bigelow, John • . § * 
 
 Billings, Joseph E . Feb. 24, 1858.! 
 
 Blake, J. E Apiil 22, 1S63. 
 
 Blasdel, John C May 22,1867.* 
 
 Blethen, Alonzo C Dec. 28, 1S64. 
 
 Bliss, John Feb. 26, 1S6S. 
 
 Bliss, Moses H Jan. 23, 1856. 
 
40 MEMBERS OF DE MOLAY COMMANDERY. 
 
 Blodgett, John H Sept. 25, 1867. 
 
 Blood, S. G Feb. 26, 1868. 
 
 Bosworth, Charles E May 26, 186S. 
 
 Boyce, Isaac B Feb. 22, 187 1. 
 
 Boyd, Henry Sept. 24, 1862. 
 
 Bradford, John R Oct. 27, 1858.II* 
 
 Bradstreet, C. W. . Sept. 28, l870.ir 
 
 Brainard, E. H June 25, i862.t 
 
 Bramhall, Thomas M Nov. 25, 1863.! 
 
 Bray, Willi-im W Feb. 25, 1863.* 
 
 Breed, George F . . Jan. 23, 1867. 
 
 Brink, Willis L March 27, 1867.! 
 
 Brown, Charles R Sept. 23, 1874. 
 
 Brown, D. B . . Sept. 23, 1874. 
 
 Brown, George B Jan. 23, i86[.ir 
 
 Brown, Jnsiah .... Dec. 28, 1864.* 
 
 Browne, Charles A. . . ... . . March 27, 1850. 
 
 Brownell, George L . June 27, i860. 
 
 Bryant, Jo.siah .".... . May 22,1867. 
 
 Burbank, Parker C June 26, 1867. 
 
 Burnett, Joseph Sept.- 26, 1854.! 
 
 Burrill, Rev. John T July 23, 1856. 
 
 Bush, Edward April 22, 1863.* 
 
 Bush, Francis, Jr ' Jan. 23, 1861.* 
 
 Calrow, Joseph P Sept. 2;, 1872.* 
 
 Carl, William May 24, 1865.* 
 
 Carlton, Robert H. Dec. 23, 1863. 
 
 Carlton, Samuel A May 22, 1867.! 
 
 Carpenter, George S June 23, 1880. 
 
 Carr, Joseph R Sept. 23, 1874. 
 
 Cary, Isaac ... June 4, 1851.* 
 
 Caton, Asa H. . . April 24, 1867. 
 
 Chadwick, J. H March 28, i860. 
 
 Chapman, A. F Dec. 24, i862.t 
 
 Cheney, Ethan R Feb. 22, 1865.! 
 
 Cheney, John H April 22, 1857.* 
 
 Cheney, L. L Sept. 25, 1872. 
 
 Chester, John H Feb. 22, 1865. 
 
 Chester, William F. . ■ Jan. 23, 1867. 
 
MEMBERS OF DE MOLAY COMMANDERY. 4I 
 
 Chick, Isaac W June 23, 1875. 
 
 Chickering, Jonas .".... § * 
 
 Clapp, C. M . Feb. 27,1867.! 
 
 Clark, Cyrus T Nov. 24, 1858. 
 
 Clark, Edward E March 22, 1865.! 
 
 Clark, George L Sept. 24, 1873. 
 
 Clark, Henry G § t 
 
 Clark, John M Sept. 23, 1857. || 
 
 Clark, William P Sept. 25, 1867.! 
 
 Clarke, L. W March 28, i860.' 
 
 Clough, J. N. M Oct. 28, 1863. 
 
 Coffin, Timothy G Feb. 26,1851.* 
 
 Colby, Charles H May 25, 1853.! 
 
 Cole, Herbert A March 24, iS^o. 
 
 Coleman, W. O Sept. 25, 1867 t 
 
 Collins, James H June 28, 1S54, 
 
 Conery, D. E June 27, iS6o.t 
 
 Cook, B. F Jan. 28, 1852.^ 
 
 Cook, P. S Sept. 23, 1S74. 
 
 Cooke, W. R Feb. 23, 1S75. 
 
 Coolidge, Aaron R Sept. 23, i86S.t 
 
 Coolidge, J. T., Jr Oct. 27, 1S5S. 
 
 Cox, Charles A Feb. 23,187!;. 
 
 Cox, James V . Oct. 2S, 1863.! 
 
 Crane, Charles H Jan. 28, 1880. 
 
 Crosby, Cyi us F. . . May 25, 1S64. 
 
 Crosby, Frank M Sept. 26, IS66.^ 
 
 Crosby, Fred Sept. 26, iSOii.T 
 
 Crosby, Horace May 24, 1S76. 
 
 Crosby. William Sept. 26,1866.'"* 
 
 Crowell, P. H Sept. 24, 1862. 
 
 Crovvell, William H June 27, 18604 
 
 Culver, William C March 22, 1S65. 
 
 Cummings, John A Feb. 25, 1852 * 
 
 Cummings, J. H Feb. 23, 1875. 
 
 Cumston, William Sept. 26, iS66.» 
 
 Curtiss, John L April 23, 1S79. 
 
 Cushman, Austin S Sept. 23, 1857.! 
 
 Cutler, L. A . . Sept. 24, iS62.t 
 
42 MEMBERS OF DE MOLAY COMMANDERY. 
 
 Dadmun, Rev. John W March 28, 1860.II 
 
 Dalton, Henry L May 25, iSsQ.t 
 
 Dame, Seth T Jan. 25, 1865. 
 
 Damon, E. C May 25, 1870. 
 
 Daniell, William H Sept. 23, 1868. 
 
 Davis, Charles A June 28, 1854.! 
 
 Davis, Charles A April 27, 1859.! 
 
 Davis, George O May 22, 1867. 
 
 Davis, Henry Jan. 2, 1855.* 
 
 Davis, William F May 27, 1857.II 
 
 Day, Edward B Nov. 24, 1858.* 
 
 Dean, Benjamin March 28, 1855.! 
 
 Dearborn, S. O March 28, i86o.t 
 
 Dearborn, W. G April 25, 1866. 
 
 Delano, George April 23, 1862. 
 
 Dickerman, George II Feb. 26, 1868. 
 
 Dillingham, E. C Sept. 28, 1870.! 
 
 Dix, Joseph May 26, 1858.* 
 
 Dole, Cyrus G. . . .- Sept. 25, 1872. 
 
 Dolliver, P. E April 22, 1863. 
 
 Dow, Howard M Sept. 23, 1868. 
 
 Downie, William April 22, 1874. 
 
 Downs, H. S May 25, 18644 
 
 Dudley, John G. Jan. 25, 1865.! 
 
 Dutton, B. F May 25, 1864. 
 
 Dwinell, Frank T May 22, 1872. 
 
 Drost, Charles A April 23, 1879. 
 
 Eaton, Caleb May 27, 1857. 
 
 Eaton, Charles O Oct. 27, 1858. 
 
 Eaton, Osgood §t* 
 
 Eaton, William § t 
 
 Eckert, Henry D May 24, 1876. 
 
 Edwards, George H May 24, i865.t 
 
 Edwards, Pardon C April 22, 1857.* 
 
 Edwards, Pierpont May 25, 1859. 
 
 Elder, William H April 27, 1859.! 
 
 Elliott, J. R April 23, i862.t 
 
 Ely, Alfred B June 4, 1851.* 
 
 Emerson, A. L March 26, 1873. 
 
MEMBERS OF DE MOLAY COMMANDERY. 43 
 
 Emerson, John W April 22, 18634 
 
 English, A. T March 24, 1858. 
 
 Eustis, William T., 3d Jan. 25, 18654 
 
 Fairbanks, F. C March 28, 1S77. 
 
 Fairbanks, J. A Feb. 24, 1S644 
 
 Fairbanks, J. W March 28, i860. 
 
 Farnunn, A. H April 22, 1874. 
 
 Fellows, John F Nov. 25, 1857.! 
 
 Fields, George A Sept. 24, 1862. 
 
 Fisher, Henry N ... March 23, 1870. 
 
 Fisher, W. 13 May 24, 1876. 
 
 Ford, Samuel April 25, 1865.* 
 
 Fowie, William 13., Jr Dec. 23, 1857.! 
 
 Fox, Charles J Oct. 27,1858. 
 
 Francis, Cyrus T June 28, 1854.! 
 
 Freeland, James 11 Feb. 27,1867. 
 
 Freeman, James T Jan. 25, 1865. 
 
 French, Henjamin . . Jan. 27, 1858. 
 
 Frost, Edwin K Oct. 23, 1S67. 
 
 Fuller, Frank April 24, 1875. 
 
 Fuller, L. L. . Sept. 23,1857.! 
 
 Fuller, Seth W April 27, 1859. 
 
 Furber, E. H M.iy 22, 1S72. 
 
 Galloupe, Charles W Nov. 24, 1858.! 
 
 Gammell, J. Franklin April 24, 1S67. 
 
 Gannett, William 1' April 25, iS66.t 
 
 Gardner, J. T _. April 25, i86o.t 
 
 Gay, EbenF ". April 25,1855.* 
 
 Gilbert, Edwin W June 23, 18S0. 
 
 Gogin, Thomas Sept. 22, 1S69. 
 
 Goodnow, Charles L June 24, 1863.! 
 
 Goodwin, Charles C May 22, 1867. 
 
 Gould, T. Warren Feb. 22, i860. 
 
 Graves, Benjamin May 25, 1859.* 
 
 Graves, C. De Vere Feb. 28, 1S72. 
 
 Greene, Leonard March 23, 1S70. 
 
 Greenleaf, Gardner § * 
 
 Gregory, S. H Jan. 2S, 1852. 
 
44 MEMBERS OF DE MOLAY COMMANDERY. 
 
 Guild, Benjamin F Dec. 28, 1864. 
 
 Guilmette, C. A Feb. 28, 18664 
 
 Haeberle, Peter Jan. 27, 1869. 
 
 Hall, Charles H April 23, 18624 
 
 Hamilton, Nathaniel April 28, i869.t 
 
 Hamlin, Edward S June 23, 1880. 
 
 Harris, John T Oct. 28, 18634 
 
 Hartwell, D. G ... June 28, 1871. 
 
 Haskins, Horace Jan. 23, 1867. 
 
 Hastings, E. W June 24, 1863. 
 
 Hatch, Samuel Oct. 27, 1858. 
 
 Hayden, Abel F March 25, 1867. 
 
 Heath, Benjamin Oct. 28, 1863. 
 
 Heath, George W April 27, 1859,! 
 
 Hemenway, H. P Jan. 25, 1865. 
 
 Henry, James L June 27, i860.* 
 
 Hennessy, Edward §t* 
 
 Hepworth, Rev. G. H April 25, i86o.t 
 
 Herrick, J. E. K Feb. 28, 1872. T 
 
 Higby, Horace Feb. 27, 1867.* 
 
 Higgins, S. R Sept. 25, 1872. 
 
 Hillman, John J Feb. 26, 1868. 
 
 Hobbs, Alfred Sept. 22, 18694 
 
 HoUis, James A. May 22, 1867. 
 
 Hollis, N. E Sept. 25, 1872. 
 
 Holmes, Albert D June 23, 1875. 
 
 Holmes, Edwin B March 28, 1877. 
 
 Holmes, Philip B May 26, 1869 t 
 
 Holmes, Zaccheus Sept. 23, 1874. 
 
 Holway, M. S Feb. 27, 1867. 
 
 Homer, Samuel J. M July 23, 1856.II* 
 
 Hosmer, E. B Sept. 25, 1872. 
 
 Howard, J. D April 22, 1868. 
 
 Hoyt, Miron B June 24, 1S76. 
 
 Hughes, A. P. ... March 28, i86o.t 
 
 Humphrey, John Sept. 22, 1869.* 
 
 Ingalls,E. H Sept. 24,1873.1" 
 
 Ingalls, Jerome Feb. 26, i868.t 
 
MEMBERS OF DE MOLAY COMMANDERY. 45 
 
 Ingraham, E. D Feb. 27, 1867. 
 
 Ingraham, Timothy Sept. 24, 1851.ll* 
 
 Jackson, M. W. S March 26, 1873. 
 
 Jenkins, Horace June 22, 1859.* 
 
 Jenness, Albro R Sept. 25, 1867. 
 
 Johnson, L. S Jan. 28, 1871. 
 
 Johnson, John A Feb. 26, 1868. 
 
 Johnson, John NT Dec. 26, 1877. 
 
 Jordan, Henry G Feb. 27, 1S78. 
 
 Kelsey, Albert 11 § II 
 
 Kempton, Rollins A. May 26, i86g. 
 
 Kent, Enoch T March 22, 1S65. 
 
 Kent, James D June 22, 1859.! 
 
 Kenrick, William A April 24, 1867. 
 
 Kidder, William A Jan. 27, 1869. 
 
 Kilburn, S. S March 22, 1865. 
 
 [Cilham, Edward A Feb. 24, 1S64. 
 
 Kimball, Charles E April 24, i867.t 
 
 Kimball, John J Sept. 23, 1868. 
 
 Kimball, John T Sept. 23, 1868. 
 
 Kimball, Moses Oct. 24, 1849 t 
 
 King, Carmi E June 4, 1851. 
 
 Knight, Daniel F Dec. 6, 1877. 
 
 Knight, Elbridge G Sept. 22, 1869. 
 
 Kno.x, Charles H Sept. 26, i860. 
 
 Lamb, Charles A May 24, 1876. 
 
 Lambert, Rev. 'I'hom.-is K Oct. 24, 1849.'! 
 
 Lancaster, Charles R ' Sept. 28, 1S70.II 
 
 Lancaster, George H March 27, 1S67. 
 
 Laselle, George S Sept. 27, 1865.! 
 
 Leavens, E ,W Sept. 26, i860. 
 
 Leavitt, Charles B Xov. 24, 1858. 
 
 Leeds, James B June 26, 1S61. 
 
 Leighton, Samuel P Jan. 25, 1865. 
 
 Learnard, George W Sept. 28, 1864. 
 
 Leonard, Horatio H June 23, 1880. 
 
 Leslie, H. A May 25, 1870. 
 
 Lewis, Winslow Oct. 27, 1858.11* 
 
46 MEMBERS OF DE MOLAY COMMANDERY. 
 
 Lincoln, Joseph B May 22, 1878. ' 
 
 Litchfield, J. D June 22, 1876. 
 
 Locke, Francis May 22, 1872. 
 
 Lockwood, Job . ... June 22, 1859. 
 
 Loring, Harrison March 24, 1858. 
 
 Loring, Jolin J § * 
 
 Loud, E. A June 28,1871. 
 
 Lowden, Andrew Oct. 28, 1863.* 
 
 Lowden, James M . . . May 25, 1859.* 
 
 Lumb, William June 22, 1859. 
 
 Luther, Slade June 4, iSs^t 
 
 Lynde, Henry F June 27, 1877. 
 
 Mack, John Oct. 28, 1863. 
 
 Magoon, James D June 26, 1867.]: 
 
 Mallard, Warren April 27, 1859. 
 
 Marion, H. E. . . Feb. 27, 1878. 
 
 Marshall, Augustus Dec. 27,1871. 
 
 Mason, Joseph B Sept., 23, i868.|| 
 
 Maynard, G. H Feb. 23, 1876. 
 
 McConihe, Luther Feb. 23, i87o.t 
 
 Mclntire, E. T June 22, 1876.T 
 
 Mclsaac, Alexander March 27, i867.t 
 
 Mead, Frank W Feb. 23, 1876. 
 
 Mead, S. R Feb. 23, 1872.1 
 
 Means, John H. . ' Sept. 23, 1868. 
 
 Means, Robert P" Sept. 23, 1868. 
 
 Meigs, Loring April 27, 1859. 
 
 Menzel, John Jan. 25, 1865. ' 
 
 Merrill, Amos B Feb. 25, 1863.* 
 
 Messer, William W June 4, 1851.! 
 
 Messinger, Elmar A Sept. 24, 1873. 
 
 Mills, John F March 24, 1858.* 
 
 Montague, S. L. Jan. 23, 1867. 
 
 Mooney, Ovid D. . . . May 24, 1865. 
 
 Moore, Charles W § II * ' 
 
 Morandi, Francis April 27, 1864. 
 
 Moriarty, John M Aug. 28, 1850.* 
 
 Munroe, A. B. . . . : April 24, 1878. 
 
 Munroe, R. S Jan. 26, 1876. 
 
MEMBERS OF DE MOLAY COMMANDERY. 47 
 
 Nazro, J. M Sept. 24, 1873. 
 
 NetUeton, A. F May 24, iSye.*! 
 
 Newell, C. F Jan. 23, 1867. 
 
 Newhall, Everett II April 26, 1S65. 
 
 Newman, J. F.' May 24, 1876. 
 
 Nichols, J. H Dec. 27, 1871. 
 
 Nichols, Smith W May 22, 1850,! 
 
 Nichols, William H May 24, 1865. 
 
 Nickerson, Alfred A Feb. 27, 1870. 
 
 Nickerson, Edward G •. . Sept. 23, 1857. t 
 
 Nickerson, F. W April 22, i86S.ir 
 
 Nickerson, S. D Nov. 25, 1857. 
 
 Niles, S. R Feb. 25, 1863. 
 
 Norton, Charles W April 26, 1865. 
 
 Noyes, George N Sept. 28, 1864. 
 
 Noyes, Rev. George S Dec. 25, 1867.* 
 
 Nurse, Gilbert Oct. 27, 1858.!! 
 
 Ober, John P § t 
 
 Odiorne, F Oct. 22, 1873.! 
 
 Oliver, A.J June 24, 1863. 
 
 Oliver, G. W June 76, 1861. 
 
 Oliver, Samuel P ■ . t\ov. 26, 1856.! 
 
 Olmsted, C. H., 2d May 24, 1S76. 
 
 Orcutt, William A. , June 26, 1S67. 
 
 Parker, B. J ... Sept. 24, 1873. 
 
 Parker, Frank L June 23, 1880. 
 
 Parker, John Brooks .... . . Feb. 24, 1864. 
 
 Parker, J. Burpee Sept. 22. 1869. 
 
 Parkman, William § || 
 
 Parks, J. A May 26, 1858.! 
 
 P.iyne, F. W Feb. 26, 1873.! 
 
 Peabody, EUery March 22, 1865.* 
 
 Peak, John H May 25, 1S70. 
 
 Peart ree, L. L March 26, 1S73.J 
 
 Peirce, Rev. J. R Jan. 23, 1S67. 
 
 Perkins, George W Jan. 2S, 1880. 
 
 Perkins, James § t 
 
 Perry, Herbert L March 2S, 1877.1' 
 
48 MEMBERS OF DE MOLAY CO.MMANDERY. 
 
 Philbrick, John L Sept.. 26, l8s4.t 
 
 Phippen, George, Jr Sept. 24, 1873. 
 
 Pierce, Charles ... Uec. 25, 1867. 
 
 Pierce, Frederick A March 24, 1858.J; 
 
 Pierce, W. B March 26, 1873.! 
 
 Pike, Nathan Jan. 27, 1877. 
 
 Plaisted, William T April 27, i864.ir 
 
 Piatt, E. M April 22, 1874. 
 
 Plummer, F. J June 28, 1871. 
 
 Pond, Frederick L April 22, 1863. 
 
 Pope, John Sept. 26, 1854.* 
 
 Porter, Francis L Feb. 24, i8s8.t 
 
 Porter, Jacob L .... Sept. 26, 1854.* 
 
 Porter, W. H. H June 28,1871. 
 
 Potter, Joseph S Dec. 25, 1867. 
 
 Presby, H. W Sept. 23, 1868. 
 
 Prescott, Edward Sept. 26, 1866. 
 
 Proctor, Charles M June 23, 1880. 
 
 Quinby, George W April. 22, i86S_.* 
 
 Quint, Rev. A. H Sept. 26, i860. 
 
 Rand, George C May 27, 1857.+ 
 
 Randall, Rev. George M. Feb. 26, 1851.* 
 
 Raymond, Curtis B June 23, 1858.! 
 
 Raymond, Edward A § II * 
 
 Raymond, G. J June 27, 1877. 
 
 Reed, John, Jr April 25, 1855.! 
 
 Keitieaux, Thomas § t 
 
 Rice, Charles B March 26, 1856. 
 
 Rice, James April 23, 1862.* 
 
 Rich, George H • • April 24, 1867. 
 
 Richards, C. A Sept. 23, l868.t 
 
 Richards, D. N May 25, 1859.! 
 
 Richards, G. H., Jr May 22, 1878. 
 
 Richardson, Isaac M April 28, 1852. 
 
 Riley, Hugh March 28, i860.* 
 
 Riley, James M May 24, i865.t 
 
 Ripley, George Sept. 26, 1855.]: 
 
 Robb, James B ]->ec. 22, 1858.! 
 
MEMBERS OF DE MOLAY COMMANDERY. 49 
 
 Robbins, Charles .... .... § || 
 
 Robertson, J. C § t * 
 
 Robinson, A.J Feb. 27, 1867. 
 
 Robinson, Silas F Jan. 27, 1869. 
 
 Robinson, Simon W § II * 
 
 Robinson, William Jan. 23, i867.t 
 
 Robinson, W. F Feb. 26, 1868. 
 
 Russell, J. M Feb. 25, 1863. 
 
 Russell, Warren E May 22, 1867.* 
 
 Ryan, John, Jr : . . . June 27, i860.* 
 
 Sanderson, G. F March 27, 1861. 
 
 Sargent, Aaron Sept. 28, 1864.! 
 
 Sargent, Haydn Jan. 23, 1867. 
 
 Saunders, E. W Jan. 25, 1865.! 
 
 Saxton, John May 22, 1867.! 
 
 Scott, Horace May 23, i86o.t 
 
 Seabury, Charles W Jan. 28, 1863.! 
 
 Sears, Thomas E March 22, 1865.* 
 
 Sears, Zenas . Sept. 26, i860. 
 
 Seccomb, E. R > June 25, 1862. 
 
 Sharp, David April 24, 1867. 
 
 Shaw, Charles R April 22, 1874. 
 
 Sherman, C. J. F. . . . Oct. 22, 1856.+ 
 
 Sherman, J. Edwin Feb. 27, 187S. 
 
 Sherman, N. B Feb. 28, 1872. 
 
 Shurtleff, Nathaniel U Jan. 23, 1856.* 
 
 Sias, William W June 26, 1878. 
 
 Simmons, W. A Dec. 25, 1867. 
 
 Simonds, G. H Sept. 25, 1872. 
 
 Simpson, Robert ^^ay 22, 1867.* 
 
 Small, F. W Dec. 27, 1S71. 
 
 Smith, Benjamin C. . . . . . . June 23, 1875. 
 
 Smith, Charles A Dec. 26, 1877.* 
 
 Smith, C. W Sept. 25, 1S72. 
 
 Smith, D. Z June 25,1862! 
 
 Smith, Eli W Sept. 26, i866.t 
 
 Smith, Franklin April 22, 1868.'" 
 
 Smith, Henry F Sept. 23, 186S. 
 
 Smith, Henry W Jan. 23, 1867.! 
 
50 
 
 MEMBERS OF DE MOLAY COMMANDERY. 
 
 Smith, James M. . . 
 Smith, J. S. . . 
 Smith, Samuel D. . 
 Snell, George .... 
 Soule, John P. . 
 Southworth, Amasa E. 
 Spinney, George R. 
 Sprague, Thomas . . 
 Starr, J. Leander . 
 Stearns, Edward 
 Steele, E. H. . . . 
 Stetson, Edward . . . 
 Stetson, S. A. . . . 
 Stevens, Benjamin F. 
 Stevens, Edward G. 
 Stevens, Henry A. . 
 Stewart, W. D. . . 
 Sticl<ney, Horace W. . 
 Stoddard, Noah . . . 
 Stowell, E. A. . . . 
 Strand, B. F. . . 
 Stratton, H. O. . 
 Straw, Milton A., Jr. . 
 Stubbs, Samuel . . . 
 Studley, E. B. . . . 
 Studley, Rev. W. S. 
 Stumcke, Henry . . 
 Sullivan, Thomas . . 
 Suter, Hales W. . 
 Sutton, William . . . 
 
 May 
 .March 
 Sept. 
 Dec. 
 Dec. 
 June 
 April 
 Sept. 
 
 April 
 
 Sept. 
 
 March 
 
 Dec. 
 
 April 
 
 Jan. 
 
 Dec. 
 
 May 
 
 June 
 
 April 
 
 Sept. 
 
 Jan. 
 
 Feb. 
 
 Dec. 
 
 Sept. 
 
 June 
 
 Sept. 
 
 June 
 
 April 
 
 Sept. 
 
 May 
 
 22, 1867.1" 
 26, 1873. 
 
 26, 1866. 
 
 22, 1858. 
 28, 1864. 
 
 23, 1880. 
 
 27, i859.t 
 
 23, i8s7.1[* 
 §t 
 
 26, 1865. 
 
 24, 1873.1 
 
 27, 1861. 
 26, 1866. 
 
 22, i8s7.t 
 
 28, 1874. 
 
 26, 1877. 
 
 25, 1870.* 
 
 23, 1880. 
 
 22, i863.t 
 
 24, 1873. 
 
 23, 1878. 
 22, 1871. 
 
 22, 1869.1 
 
 24, 1873. 
 
 27, i860. 
 24, 1862. 
 
 23, 1875.1 
 22, i863.t 
 
 26, 1854.1 
 
 27, 1857-11 
 
 Taber, George H. Jan. 26, 1853.! 
 
 Taber, Isaac C Feb. 24, 1858.* 
 
 Tallman, J. R May 27, 1857.* 
 
 Tarbell, Luther L Oct. 24, i855.t 
 
 Taylor, John March 24, i88o. 
 
 Taylor, Thomas A April 22,1863.! 
 
 Taylor, William Sept. 26, 1866. 
 
 Temple, Charles A.- March 24, 1875. 
 
 Thaxter, D. McB March 28, 1855.!* 
 
MEMBERS OF DE MOLAY COMMANDERY. 
 
 51 
 
 Thomas, Henry F. . . 
 Thomas, Rev. Moses G. 
 Thompson, Alexander 
 Thompson, Amasa I). 
 Tilton, George M. 
 Timson, Abbott K 
 Toppan, Charles 
 Townsend, George O 
 Train, Charles R. 
 Tripp, Stephen A 
 Tucker, Elisha G. 
 Tucker, Joshua . 
 Tucker, Lyman . 
 Tucker, Winfield L. 
 Turner, Job A. . 
 Tyler, Edward R. 
 Tyler, John S. . 
 
 Very, Theodore S. 
 
 Wainwright, Peter 
 Wait, R. Pote . . 
 Walbridge, F. G. 
 Walker, Charles W. 
 Walker, Clement A. 
 Walker, Galen C. . 
 Walker, Leonard . 
 Walker, W. T. . . 
 Ward, Joseph W. . 
 Ward, Waldo F. . 
 Ward, William . . 
 Warren, G. Washington 
 Warren, John A. 
 Waters, Robert H. . 
 Watson, David S. . 
 Watson, William F. 
 Webb, Alden . . . 
 Webster, Ambrose . 
 Webster, Sidney 
 Wellington, A. A. . 
 
 Sept. 
 
 24. 
 
 1851.* 
 
 May 
 
 27, 
 
 1857.* 
 
 May 
 
 26, 
 
 1S69.* 
 
 June 
 
 26, 
 
 1867. 
 
 Jan. 
 
 26, 
 
 1876. 
 
 June 
 
 22, 
 
 1876. 
 
 May 
 
 23. 
 
 1866. 
 
 March 
 
 27. 
 
 t86i. 
 
 July 
 
 23. 
 
 i856.t 
 
 Jan. 
 
 23. 
 
 1856. 
 
 May 
 
 25. 
 §1 
 
 1853- 
 
 Sept. 
 
 26, 
 
 1854.* 
 
 March 
 
 24, 
 
 1880. 
 
 (Jet. 
 
 27. 
 
 1858. 
 
 June 
 
 22 
 
 1876. 
 
 March 
 
 24, 
 
 1858.* 
 
 June 28, 1S71. 
 
 Sept. 
 
 May 
 
 Oct. 
 
 Nov. 
 
 Sept. 
 
 Nov. 
 
 May 
 
 Sept. 
 
 Sept. 
 
 28, i8s3.t 
 
 24, 1876. 
 
 25, ises.*! 
 
 26, 1856.* 
 
 28, IS53.II 
 26, 1856.* 
 
 27, i8s7-t 
 27, i86s.t 
 
 §11 
 23. 
 
 [868. 
 
 July 
 
 April 
 
 Jan. 
 
 June 
 
 April 
 
 May 
 
 April 
 
 23. i8s6.t 
 26, 1S65. 
 28, 1S74. 
 22, 1876. 
 
 1866. 
 
 1869. 
 
 1S594 
 Jan. 28, 1852.1 
 
 25. 
 26, 
 
52 MEMBERS OF DE MOLAY COMMANDERY. 
 
 Wellman, William L Sept. 22, 18694 
 
 Wells, Charles W May 22, 1878. 
 
 Wetherbee, J. Otis June 23, i875.ir 
 
 Wheeler, Theodore April 25, 18604 
 
 Wheeler, Lyman W Sept. 22, i869.ir 
 
 Whelden, W. G Feb. 28, 1872. 
 
 Whiting, Joseph J March 28, 1855.! 
 
 Whitney, M. W Sept. 23, 1868. 
 
 Whittier, A. R April 26, 1865. 
 
 Wightman, Henry M . . Sept. 24,1873. 
 
 Wilder, Henry A ... Feb. 28, 1872. 
 
 WiUcutt, L. L Feb. 23, 1876. 
 
 Williams, Charles, Jr March 24, 1880. 
 
 Williams, Henry W May 22, 1878. 
 
 Williams, John L . . Feb. 22, 187 1. 
 
 Williams, Marlborough Sept. 23, 1857.ll 
 
 Williams, William A . 'May 26,18584 
 
 Willis, Hamilton ... § * 
 
 Wilson, Elisha T Sept. 26,1855* 
 
 Wilson, H. G Sept. 27, 18654 
 
 Wilson, fames L June 26, 1867. 
 
 Wilson, Warren A June 23, 1880. 
 
 Winslow, Fred A June 22, 1876. 
 
 Winward, W. W Nov. 22, 1876. 
 
 Wood, Charles F Nov. 25, 1857.! 
 
 Wood, Charles M. . . June 27, i860.* 
 
 Wood, Lineas . July 23, 1856.* 
 
 Woodbury, Charles L. . .... Oct. 26, 1859. 
 
 Woodcock, S. S Jan. 23, 1867. 
 
 Woods, H. T Oct. 27, 1858. 
 
 Wright, George F Dec. 22, 1869. 
 
 Wright, John H Sept. 26, 1855.]: 
 
 Young, Ammi B . § t 
 
 Young, William N Feb. 27, 1867.1!