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assisted in searching for information. The systematic and methodical manner in which the records and papers are arranged in his
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I thank you sincerely for appointing me to this important office. The labor devolving upon me in discharging the duties
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administration of the affairs of the distinguished office to which you were called in such a flattering manner.
With kindest wishes for your future welfare, I am,
Very truly and fraternally yours.
EDWIN A. QUICK,
Grand Historian.
OSWEGO LODGE, NO. 127, OSWEGO, N. Y.
WARRANT: The warrant under which the Lodge is working is dated January 12, 1848.
The original warrant was damaged by fire October 3, 1883, and on June 9, 1884, a duplicate warrant was ordered by the Grand
Lodge; both warrants are in possession of the Lodge.
The name or number has never been changed.
MINUTES: Intact.
The Lodge was organized in 1847; on May 19th a dispensation was issued by M.'. W.’. JOHN D. WILLARD, Grand Master. The
officers’ names in the dispensation were:
MATHEW cNair, Master.
PORTIUS F. PARSONS, Senior Warden.
PHILO STEVENS, Junior Warden.
CHARTER MEMBERS.
Mathew McNair.
Philo Stevens.
Elias Trowbridge.
Stephen Bently.
Moses P. Hatch.
Sanford C. Peck.
Porting F. Parsons.
Edwin W. Clark.
Samuel Freeman.
Orlo Steel.
James Bickford.
The first meeting after the warrant was granted was held February 8, 1848. At this meeting the Lodge was constituted and the
following officers installed by R.'. W.’. EZRA S. BARNUM, Junior Grand Warden:
PORTIUS F. PARSONS, Master.
PHILO STEVENS, Senior Warden.
PHILO M. CARPENTER, Junior Warden.
JAMES BICKFORD, Treasurer.
EDWIN C. CLARK, Secretary.
ELISHA H. SHEPPARD, Senior Deacon.
ORLO STEEL, Junior Deacon.
JOHN JOICE, Tiler.
At first the Lodge met twice in each month. This arrangement was continued until December 27, 1852; since that time meetings
have been held every week.
Its first meeting place was in a building owned by Francis Ramsdell on West First Street, where it remained until June, 1849,
when for a short time it met temporarily in the Odd Fellows Lodge rooms, it afterward secured permanent quarters at 173 West First
Street, remaining there until November, 1854, when it moved across the river into what was known as the Hungerford Block. No. 7
East Bridge Street, where it remained until May, 1876, when it again moved, this time into the adjoining building known as the Neal
Block, where it still has quarters.
On April 24, 1889, it held "Jubilee" services in conjunction with Frontier City Lodge, No. 422, and Aeoni Lodge, No. 679.
It assisted at the laying of the corner-stone of the Oswego City Hall, June 21, 1870. It was also represented at the laying of the
corner-stone and dedication of the Home at Utica.
Oswego Lodge, No. 127, was not the first Lodge located at Oswego. On September 21, 1819, a warrant was granted to Oswego
Lodge, No. 326, which named as officers:
JOHN GRANT, JR., Master.
PETER D. HUGUNNIN, Senior Warden.
ROSWELL ELLIS, Junior Warden.
A report of the constituting of the Lodge and the installation of its officers was submitted to the Grand Lodge, June 9, 1820.
On June 7, 1832, its warrant was declared forfeited. In all probability it shared the fate of many others during that troublesome
period.
MEN IN PUBLIC LIFE.
John C. Churchill, Supreme Court Judge.
Newton W. Nutting, Congressman.
MASTERS.
1847. Mathew McNair.
1848. Portius F. Parsons.
1849. William H. Shumway.
1850. Edwin W. Clark.
1851. Edwin W. Clark.
1852. Edwin W. Clark.
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