Digest of Masonic law of Florida

Name/Title

Digest of Masonic law of Florida

Entry/Object ID

2015.1.2442

Description

244 pages : forms ; 17 cm Digest of Masonic law of Florida published by the authority of the Grand Lodge 1942 second edition approved and ordered printed by MAW: Frank H. Thompson Grand Master Free and Accepted Masons of Florida May 15, 1947. Contents: An act -- Brief history of Masonry in Florida -- Brief history of early masonry in St. Augustine -- Constitution -- Regulations relating to the Grand Lodge -- Forms -- The charges of a free mason (Anderson's Constitution) -- General regulations (Anderson's Constitution) -- Masonic home rules and regulations -- Index. Stafford Caldwell of Jacksonville and Wallace R. Cheves wrote a letter dated March 21, 1942 from Jacksonville to Ernest W. Campbell, Grand Master of Masons in Florida, advising that the Reviewing Committee on the Digest of the Law submitted their report. Ernest W. Campbell, Grand Master, proclaimed and promulgated the code as the official Masonic Code of this Grand Jurisdiction, given under seal of the Grand Lodge at the city of Jacksonville, this the 21st day of March, 1942. Mr. Caldwell had affiliation with Temple Lodge No. 23 at Jacksonville. He was a past grand orator of the Masonic grand lodge of Florida, and past grand master of the Second Veil in the Florida Grand Chapter Of Royal Arch Mason, his basic capitular affiliation being with Live Oak Commandery No. 10, Knights Templar, and with Morocco Temple of the Mystic Shrine at Jacksonville. Mr. Caldwell was an assistant general solicitor for the Florida East Coast Railway and other Flagler interests. He advanced to the post of general attorney for the Flagler interests.

Collection

Library

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Book

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Other Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Search Terms

Freemasonry -- Law and legislation -- Florida., Caldwell, Stafford, 1881- ., Freemasonry -- Florida.

Publication Details

Author

Freemasons. Grand Lodge of Florida.

Edition

Second edition

Publisher

Desoto County Publishing Co.

Place Published

* Untyped Place Published

Arcadia, Fla.