MASONIC

HUDSON CHAPTER, NO. 6, R. A. M.

HUDSON,

  COLUMBIA COUNTY, NEW YORK

By Captain Franklin Ellis¹⁶¹

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     The charter of this organization was granted by the Grand Royal Arch Chapter of the Northern States, dated March 15, 1798, and signed by De Witt Clinton, Deputy Grand High-Priest; Thomas Frothingham, Deputy Grand King; Jedeiah Sanger, Deputy Grand Scribe.

     Its first officers were Samuel Edmonds, M. E. H. P.; Thomas Frothingham, E. King; Elisha Jenkins, E. Scribe.

     The Past High-Priests now living are James Batchellor, John Hamlin, Cornelius Bortle, Harloe H. Crandall, Theodore Snyder, John Alger, George Barker, Thomas Borden.

     Officers for 1878:  A. J. Gifford, M. E. H. P.; Richard Kidney, E. Scribe; S. C. McArthur, E. King; Jean Bach, Treas.; James M. Punderson, Sec.; Henry Kertz, Capt. Host; Almon Snyder, P. S.; Lewis B. Little, R. A. C.; W. H. Scovill, M. 3d V.; W. R. Elting, M. 2d V.; R. Moores, M. 1st V.  The present membership is one hundred and twenty-five.