FAMOUS MASONS
George Washington
Ben Franklin
John Hancock
Andrew Jackson
General Douglas MacArthur
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt
Harry Houdini (Ehrich
Weiss)
Harry S. Truman
John Wayne
Arnold Palmer
John Glenn
Sir Winston Churchill
Peter Sellers
Jack Kemp
Ty Cobb
Who is Moses Paul?
Moses Paul Lodge Number 96 of Dover, NH was
organized under dispensation by the Grand Lodge of
New Hampshire on December 20, 1889 and received
its Charter on May 20, 1890. The Lodge is named after
the late Most Worshipful Brother Moses Paul, Grand
Master of New Hampshire in 1858 and 1859, and a
Past Master of Strafford Lodge No. 29, also of Dover,
New Hampshire.
Born in Waterboro, Maine, on March 28, 1798, Moses
Paul moved to Dover when he was nine years old.
Employed by the Cocheco Manufacturing Company at
an early age, he became Superintendent of the
company at the age of thirty and Agent at thirty-six. A
leading citizen of Dover, it is said that the city owed
much to him for its prosperity. Brother Paul’s home was
located on Locust Street, at the corner of Church Street,
and the building is still there today. He died on July 9,
1860.
As Grand Master, Brother Paul instituted the office of
Grand Lecturer, set the stage for the Semi-annual
Grand Lodge Communications, established a
permanent home for the Grand Lodge in Concord, New
Hampshire to request the conferring of degrees “by
courtesy” in Maine and Massachusetts.
Brother Paul was an ardent Free and Accepted Mason
whose life was one of continual progress and
accomplishment. His many Masonic activities and
services as a leader of several Masonic bodies mark
him as one of the outstanding members of the craft.
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FAMOUS HISTORIC NH
MASONS
William Whipple
Signer of the Declaration of Independence
Nicholas Gilman
Signer of the Federal Constitution
John Paul Jones
Captain of the sloop-of-war Ranger. First
to show U.S. Flag to Europeans
Major General John Stark
Coined “Live Free or Die”
Levi Woodbury
Secretary of the Navy and Secretary of the
Treasury under President Van Buren
Admiral David G. Farragut
First Admiral of the U.S. Navy
Frank Fuller
Friend of Abe Lincoln, former dentist,
promoted his friend Mark Twain to
success
Charles F. Hall & Nathaniel Coffin
North Pole expeditioners circa 1871
Did You Know?
NH has the oldest continuous running Masonic Lodge
in the Americas.
There are about 7000 Masons and 70 Lodges in New
Hampshire.
Granite used to build The George Washington Masonic
Memorial in Alexandria, VA was quarried in Conway,
NH.
General John Sullivan who was born in Somersworth
and raised in New Hampshire, served George
Washington, was a delegate in the First Continental
Congress, and was a Grand Master as well.
FOR MUCH MORE NH MASONIC HISTORY, VISIT THE WILLIAM PITT TAVERN IN
PORTSMOUTH, NH OR VISIT THE NH GRAND LODGE AT www.nhgrandlodge.org
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