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Jenks's Portland Gazette
Portland, Cumberland County, Maine
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In Portland, the American Union Lodge of Masons, with George Ulmer as Master, was constituted on Saturday, August 10, 1801. The installation was performed by the Master of Hancock Lodge, featuring a dignified ceremony, religious service by Warren officers, an address by Brother W., and an evening party with dancing.
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MASONIC INSTALLATION.
A Lodge of Masons of which George Ulmer, Esq. is Master, was constituted on Saturday the 10th inst. in this town, by the name of the 'American Union Lodge.' The honors of the installation were performed by the Master of Hancock Lodge, constituted for that purpose by the Grand Master of the Commonwealth. The whole was conducted with that dignity and benevolence of the institution; reverence, receiving their several charge with the badges of Brother-hood and architecture, the importance of their trust, the majesty of their deportment, that the officers of Warren who performed the religious service. An Address was pronounced by Brother W[?] which did no less honor to the fraternity, frightful to the foolish and contemptible to the learned, than its author. Free from that monkish mystery, the institution will o[?] olynima- ha ouy ieeplnidfebl beauty philanthrophy. Never peoge i but the phrenzy of boisterous acclamations, and pleasure there the loathsome excess of indulgence-was picipation h larity. Regularity the unaffected mile of gladness and the innocent nd satisfaction characterized the day the pleasure of the dance—the hall was lighted up. In the evening, the labours of the craft yielded to and a large party of both sexes closed the occasion with py and contentment.
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Portland
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Saturday The 10th Inst.
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the installation concluded with a large party of both sexes, characterized by regularity, unaffected mirth, gladness, innocent pleasure, and satisfaction.
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A new Masonic lodge named American Union Lodge, with George Ulmer as Master, was constituted in Portland. The installation honors were performed by the Master of Hancock Lodge, under authority from the Grand Master. The ceremony was conducted with dignity and benevolence, including charges to officers with badges of brotherhood and architecture, a religious service by Warren officers, and an address by Brother W. The event featured no excess but frenzied acclamations and innocent pleasures, ending with dancing in a lighted hall.