Name/Title
Program, 200th Anniversary of the Scotch CharterEntry/Object ID
2026.012.01Scope and Content
Program for Lodge No. 4 commemorating the 200th anniversary of the Scotch Charter.Context
From Fredericksburg Masonic Lodge No. 4 Website:
Wor. Daniel Campbell, listed as secretary and treasurer at the first recorded meeting, initiated Bro. George Washington in November 1752 and received the Royal Arch Degree in December 1753. He later moved to Scotland and helped acquire the Lodge’s 1758 charter from the Grand Lodge of Scotland. The Scottish Charter, signed by George Frayser, DGM of the Grand Lodge of Scotland, was noteworthy in authorizing the “Lodge at Fredericksburgh” to issue warrants for the formation of other Lodges.
The Lodge exercised this unusual power and chartered two daughter Lodges, Falmouth Lodge across the Rappahannock in 1768 and Botetourt Lodge at Gloucester Court House in 1770. The town would also see the formation of another Lodge, Fredericksburg – American Lodge No. 63, chartered in 1801. It met at the outskirts of town near the corner of William and Winchester Streets, but later moved to the Masonic Temple at 803 Princess Anne Street.