MEETING PLACES: 1799, Martin Boerum's Hotel (the site occupied now by Eagle Storage Warehouse). 1813, corner of Main and James Streets. 1817, Boerum's (then Hunter's) Hotel. 1818, Martin Brower's, Mount Pleasant Garden, Fulton Street. 1823, Du Flon's Military Garden, site now occupied by Court House. August 15, 1842, No. 3 Front Street. 1848, Stevenson's Hotel, on Liberty Street. 1853, No. 166 Fulton Street. 1859, corner Court and Joralemon Streets.

ORIGINAL CHARTER OF FORTITUDE LODGE, NO. 19.

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1888. John S. Boyce.
1889. John S. Boyce.
1890. William H. Tintle.
1891. William H. Tintle.
1892. William H. Tintle.
1893. James McCullough.
1894. James Given.
1895. Daniel Stern.

1896. Daniel Stern.
1897. James McCullough.
1898. Harry T. Cummings.
1899. Gabriel Bloch.
1900. Gabriel Bloch.
1901. Martin Miller.
1902. Simon Bloch.

GRAND LODGE OFFICERS.

Nathaniel F. Waring.

Rev. John Ireland, First Chaplain of the United States Navy, Chaplain of Grand Lodge.

Rev. Evan M. Johnson, Chaplain of Grand Lodge.

BRETHREN (DECEASED) DISTINGUISHED IN VARIOUS FIELDS.

Henry Eckford, Naval Constructor. [See report of Grand Historian, 1901.

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G. A. Clussman, Physician.

HISTORY: Centennial History of Fortitude Lodge, No. 19, compiled by the Historic Committee, DANIEL STERN, J. Cox HULL, CHAS R. PHILLIPS, THOMAS GERNON, and JOHN ALLEN, Brooklyn, 1900.

EXTRACTS FROM RECORDS: First meeting for conferring of degrees January 13, 1806, when DAVID BARTOW was the candidate. The fee for. each degree was $2, but on January 20, 1806, the fee was raised to $5.

Refreshments appear to have been an important part of the proceedings of this Lodge during its earlier history. The amounts of money spent for this purpose ranged all the way from $5 to $60 per night. Upon the date of November 16, 1812, there is a record in the minutes of a charge of £41 12s. 10d., which is something over $200.

Lodge called off during July, August, September, and October, 1832, on account of prevalence of cholera.

December 15, 1870, motion adopted that a committee be appointed to present the dependent widows of the Lodge with a turkey and a five-dollar bill.

December 4, 1899, Lodge celebrated its centennial with a dinner at Hotel St. George, and a reception at Plymouth Church.

PIONEER, NO. 20, NEW YORK CITY.

CHARTER: January 18, 1800, as Abrams Lodge, No. 15; name changed to Pioneer Lodge, June 5, 1873.

NUMBER: No. 15 to 1819; No. 83 to 1839; No. 20 to date.
MINUTES: Intact from December 26, 1807.

MEETING PLACES: St. John's Hall, Franklin Street. Broome and Crosby Streets. Third Avenue and Seventh Street. German Masonic Temple. Lexington Opera House. Masonic Hall.