February 3, 1844 Nauvoo Masonic Lodge meeting minutes.

Date
Feb 3, 1842
Type
Meeting Minutes / Notes
Source
John D. Parker
LDS
Hearsay
Holograph
Reference

John D. Parker, Nauvoo Masonic Lodge Book 2, February 3, 1844 (William Clayton Copy), MS 3436, Church History Library

Scribe/Publisher
John D. Parker
People
Peter Hofheintz, Levi C. Stringham, Samuel Rolfe, Shadrach Roundy, John D. Parker, Wilkinson Straper, Phineas H. Goring, Nathan West, Benjamin W. Rolfe, Joane Decker, Simeon F. Hurlburt, Jehiel Hildreth, George A. Smith, Lucius N. Scovil, William H. Folsom, John Binley, Melvin Wilbur, Jacob Hofhins, Stephen Chadwick Perry, William Holliday Edwards
Audience
Nauvoo Freemasons
Transcription

Saturday, Feb. 3, A.L. 5844, A.D. 1844

6 o'clock P.M.

Regular Communication: Lodge met pursuant to adjournment.

Present: George A. Smith W.M. Pro. Tem; Samuel Rolfe, S.W. Pro. Tem; Shadrach Roundy J.W. Pro Tem, John D. Parker Secretary, Treas. P.T. Lucius N. Scovil J.D. Pro Tem. Melvin Wilbur J.D. Pro. Tem; Stephen Perry Tyler Pro. Tem; Peter Hofhins, Joane Decker, John Binley, William W. Edwards; Wilkinson Straper, Nathan West, members.

Also Benjamin W. Rolfe, William H. Folsom, John Ray and Samuel Steele F.C. Masons & Levi C. Stringham E.A. Mason.

An Entered Apprentice Lodge was opened in due form for the dispatch of business, whereupon Simeon F. Hurlburt, Phineas H. Goring, Jacob Hofhins & Jehiel Hildreth were duly initiated as Entered Apprentice Masons.

No further business appearing in the first degree, the E.A. Lodge was dispensed with, and a Fellow Craft Lodge opened in due form instead thereof, whereupon Simeon F. Hurlburt and Levi C. Stringham were duly passed to the degree of Fellow Craft Mason.

No further business appearing the Lodges adjourned until Monday evening next at 6 o'clock.

John D. Parker, Sec. Pro. Tem. Lucius N. Scovil William Folsom

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