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Calvin Tiffany. Luther Cowing.
Samuel Bradner. Martin Way.
Jesse Doolittle. Joseph Bailey.
Joel Savage. Joseph Boynton.
Gardner Wiman. Dean Tubbs.
Sam'l Cherry, Jr. Sherman Hosmer.
Levi Mathews. Martin Kellogg.
Peter Pratt. Lemuel Austin.
Endorsed upon the petition is the following:
"To the Right Worshipful Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of the State of New York. I do most humbly certify that I have this day
met with the members of Mexico Lodge and inspected and examined the said Lodge and their doings and report the state of the
said Lodge to be thus:
" The funds are clearly worth One Hundred Forty-two Dollars and Fifty Cents, have good books in regular order, By-laws revised
and correct, members twenty in number all decent bright masons, I therefore take the liberty of a past Master to recommend the
said members and their petition to the Grand Lodge for a regular charter to hold a Lodge in the Town of Mexico, County of Oneida
and State of New York, by their, the said members, complying with the rules and regulations of the said Grand Lodge. With due
respect I have the honor to be,
" Your most humble servant, etc.,
"JOSEPH HEATH
"Mexico, April 4, 5811. "P. Master."
The petition was further recommended by Amicable Lodge, No. 23 (now extinct), but for the third time it failed to secure a warrant.
These repeated failures did for a time dishearten these determined masons but they were not thoroughly discouraged. True, they
had failed in their efforts to secure a warrant and had made but scant progress, still to some extent they maintained their
organization and had sufficient courage and persistence to again apply a fourth time for a warrant.
On June 3. 1818, a petition was read in the Grand Lodge signed by the following:
Solomon Huntington. Peter Pratt.
Samuel Rogers. Sam'l Cherry, Jr.
Joel 8avage. Stephen D. Morse.
Shubal Alford. Joseph Torrey.
Martin Kellogg. Levi Mathews.
John Bostwick. Barnet Whipple.
Elial Hills. Calvin Tiffany.
Charles Wightman. Gamalial Barnes.
Denison B. Palmer.
The petition was recommended by Fellowship Lodge, No. 288 (now extinct).
It named as officers:
SAMUEL CHERRY, JR.. Master.
LEVI MATHEWS, Senior Warden.
DENISON B. PALMER, Junior Warden.
On June 6, 1818, a warrant was issued. Thus after a struggle continuing nearly twelve years these loyal and devoted men and
masons succeeded in obtaining the long coveted authority to enjoy the advantages of a Masonic home, but scarcely had they
secured the long hoped-for and hard-earned prize when that bitter persecution against everything Masonic swept over the State with
its withering and destructive force and they were compelled to cease work and surrender the warrant.
The last returns of the Lodge on file are dated June 2, 1823.
No effort was ever made to revive the Lodge. Its minutes and all records are missing except a few bills; among the items on the
bills are charges for hard cider and doughnuts.
The first attempt to again revive an interest in Masonic affairs in Mexico was in the early part of 1848 when Mexico Lodge, No.
130 was organized.
Since its organization it has prospered and been active; it has occupied four meeting places; its present quarters were dedicated
by M.'. W.', CHARLES W. MEAD, February 7, 1902.
It was represented at the laying of the corner-stone and the dedication of the Home at Utica.
MEN IN PUBLIC LIFE.
Luther H. Conklin, County Treasurer. Avery Skinner, Assemblyman, State Senator.
T. W. Skinner. Surrogate. L. D. Smith, Assemblyman.
Maurice L. Wright, Supreme Court Clerk State Senate. H. W. Loomis, Assemblyman. Judge.
Wilfred R. Robbins, Chief Deputy
GRAND LODGE OFFICERS.
Luther H. Conklin, District Deputy Grand Master.
Wilfred A. Robbins, District Deputy Grand Master.
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