Excerpt from Proceedings of the R. W. Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania, at a Quarterly Grand Communication: Held at the Masonic Hall, Chestnut St. Philadelphia, March 5th, A. D. 1866, A. L. 5866, in Reference to the Death of the R. W. Grand Secretary, Brother William H. Adams Legislature of Pennsylvania, had scarcely then begun to subside, and the attendance at the meetings of the Lodges was still small On the occasion of the Grand Visita tion, Brother Adams attended to his duties as Secretary, and at the same time filled the Oriental Chair. At a subsequent Grand Visitation, in June, 1842, the report of the Right Worshipful Grand Secretary, which is spread upon the minutes, states that for the three preced ing years, the average attendance upon the meetings of the Lodge had been but six; but that the circumstances of the Lodge were then improving; and that its then present flourishing condition was mainly Owing to the zeal and devotion of four of its Past Masters, Brother Adams being one of those mentioned by name. For many years he served upon the Committee of Charity of the Lodge; in 1853, his name was returned to this Grand Lodge as the Past Master upon whom the choice of the Lodge had fallen to be recommended to the Right Worshipful Grand Master for appointment as one of the Building Committee of the new Hall; for one year he acted as the representative of his Lodge (in the Board of Almoners of the Grand Lodge Charity Fund, and declined a reappointment. On December 13th, '1864, he was unanimously elected a Life and Honorary member of the Lodge, a well - deserved tribute to his long and faithful services. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.