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St Albans Lodge history and early charter details
The article recounts St Albans Lodge origin with founders George Crossman Edward Spalding Giles Luther Marshall Thompson Jeremiah Diman Samuel Smith and Daniel Bradford. It notes approval granted, first meeting in Court House Chamber, consecration and installation in 1802, a June 1805 hall dedication, and later moves including the 1920 Odd Fellows Hall. The piece highlights a 1919 campaign for a permanent home at Hope and Church streets, and mentions prominent members and the lodge’s charity fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Crossman
Edward Spalding
Giles Luther, Marshall
George “Dew ‘Thompson
Jeremiah Diman
Samuel”’Smith
Daniel Bradford
St. Alban’s
Court House
High Street
Nathaniel Waldron
First Congregational Church
Academy Hall
Antoni di Carotenuti
Anna
Comoedino) Carotenuti
Gragnani
Naples
Italy
Diodato
Maria
Cedaro) Carotenuti
United States
Bristol
Charles M. Connery
Andy Home
Burton Street
Vincent J. Carotenutis
Antonio, Jr
Leonard Redlawn
Fall River
Trinity Episcopal Church
Pasquale
Domeni
Eo Carotenuti
Sansone
Our Lady of Mt. Carmel
Jtown
Lodge
Valley School
Knights of Pythias
Odd Fellows Hall
Samuel M. Lindsay
William
H Bell
Hope and
Church Streets
McCaughey
Jfund