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"The association for intellectual and moral improvement, organized at the commencement of this century, was a society of Freemasons, bearing the name of Mount Zion Lodge. Its charter from the Grand Lodge bears date March 11, 1800, and its original members were Calvin Eaton, William Stone, James Lawton, John Shaw, 2d, Abijah Powers, Clark Powers, Asaph Newcomb, Rufus King, Roger West, Bradford Newcomb, James Stone, Thomas Powers, Jr., Seth Hinkley, Daniel Ruggles, Daniel Billings, Jr., Luke Brown, Nathan Freeman, Edward Ruggles, Peter Blackmer, Jr., Sylvanus Thompson, Samuel Beals, Daniel Thomas, 2d, Samuel French, Thomas Wheeler, Jr., and Elias Hall. About one half of these persons resided in Hardwick, and nearly all the others in Greenwich, including what is now Enfield.
For the first quarter of the century the Lodge prospered, and embraced among its members many of the most eminent citizens of the before-named towns, and also of Brookfield (especially that portion which is now West Brookfield), New Braintree, Barre, and Dana. Its first place of meeting was in a spacious hall in the Willis Tavern, on the turnpike, marked "Dr. Wardwell " on the R. Map. In 1809, Daniel Ruggles erected a new tavern in the centre of the town, in which he fitted a hall for masonic purposes, and the Lodge was removed thither on the 18th day of October in that year. A procession was formed at the old hall at ten o'clock A. M., and proceeded to the meeting-house, where a discourse was delivered by Rev. James Thompson, of Barre, and the officers of the Lodge were publicly installed. The procession was then again formed and proceeded to the new hall, which was duly dedicated, and was thenceforth the masonic home of the Lodge, until, by permission of the Grand Lodge, it was removed to Barre, March 14, 1855."
History of Hardwick, Massachusetts, By Lucius Robinson Paige (1883)
"The association for intellectual and moral improvement, organized at the commencement of this century, was a society of Freemasons, bearing the name of Mount Zion Lodge. Its charter from the Grand Lodge bears date March 11, 1800, and its original members were Calvin Eaton, William Stone, James Lawton, John Shaw, 2d, Abijah Powers, Clark Powers, Asaph Newcomb, Rufus King, Roger West, Bradford Newcomb, James Stone, Thomas Powers, Jr., Seth Hinkley, Daniel Ruggles, Daniel Billings, Jr., Luke Brown, Nathan Freeman, Edward Ruggles, Peter Blackmer, Jr., Sylvanus Thompson, Samuel Beals, Daniel Thomas, 2d, Samuel French, Thomas Wheeler, Jr., and Elias Hall. About one half of these persons resided in Hardwick, and nearly all the others in Greenwich, including what is now Enfield.
For the first quarter of the century the Lodge prospered, and embraced among its members many of the most eminent citizens of the before-named towns, and also of Brookfield (especially that portion which is now West Brookfield), New Braintree, Barre, and Dana. Its first place of meeting was in a spacious hall in the Willis Tavern, on the turnpike, marked "Dr. Wardwell " on the R. Map. In 1809, Daniel Ruggles erected a new tavern in the centre of the town, in which he fitted a hall for masonic purposes, and the Lodge was removed thither on the 18th day of October in that year. A procession was formed at the old hall at ten o'clock A. M., and proceeded to the meeting-house, where a discourse was delivered by Rev. James Thompson, of Barre, and the officers of the Lodge were publicly installed. The procession was then again formed and proceeded to the new hall, which was duly dedicated, and was thenceforth the masonic home of the Lodge, until, by permission of the Grand Lodge, it was removed to Barre, March 14, 1855."
History of Hardwick, Massachusetts, By Lucius Robinson Paige (1883)