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At the meeting of the Lodge on October 21, 1874, Right Worshipful Wm. D. Coolidge, Past Grand Master of Masons of Massachusetts, offered the following resolutions:

Whereas, the sad news has reached us as announced by the Acting Grand Master of Freemasons in England, at a meeting of the Grand Lodge in London on the 2d of September, 1874, of the death of the Earl of Dalhousie, late Deputy Grand Master of England, and late Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Scotland, and whereas:

We hold the name of Dalhousie in the highest reverence and respect for the exemplification of the highest Masonic and manly virtues, Therefore,

Resolved, that the announcement and remarks of the Most Worshipful Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of England, and also those of Mr. Hugh D. Sandeman, District Deputy Grand Master of Bombay, who seconded the same, be entered at length on the records of Dalhousie Lodge of Newton, Massachusetts, as expressive of our own sentiments and feelings in this great bereavement.

[NOTE: The remarks referred to, however, were not entered upon the records, reference only being noted to the New England Freemason, Vol. I, No. 9 containing a full account of the proceedings.]

Resolved, that the picture hanging in our Lodge room of the late Earl of Dalhousie be draped in mourning for the space of three months.

Resolved, that a copy of these proceedings be sent to the Grand Secretaries of the Grand Lodges of England and Scotland, with the assurance of our fraternal love and regard.

These resolutions were seconded by Worshipful Brother S. W. Trowbridge, Master of the Lodge, and were adopted by a unanimous vote.

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