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United Lodge No. 8 Freemasons Earliest Maine Charter Founding
The article chronicles United Lodge No. 8 in Topsham and Brunswick, Maine, tracing its 1801 charter as the oldest in the area, naming founders from Topsham and Bath, noting early meeting sites in Topsham and Washington Hall, its move to Mason Street in 1817, and the lodge’s mid centuries revival after the Morgan Times. It details key members, hall construction, incorporations in 1822, and notable rituals and milestones through the 1840s.
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Grand Lodge of
Massachusetts
Maine
United Lodge
Brunswick
Topsham
New Meadows
Androscoggin
Maine Street
Maquoit
Bath
Freeport
Mill Street
Mason Street
Bowdoin College
Massachusetts Hall
Topsham Village
Brunswick Village
Gideon Walker
Jacob Brown
Grand Lodge
Jonathan Page
Freeport Lodge
Solar Lodge
St. John the Baptist
Portland
Robert P. Dunlap
Morgan Times
John C. Trumphreys
Jodge
Ephraim Brown
Richard T. Dunlap
Gen. A. B. Thompson
John C. Humphreys
Isaac Lincoln
Peter O. Alden
Charles Weld
Charles Water