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October 29, 1808: Sampson Simson received the 17th and 18th degrees from Abraham Jacobs.
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2021-10-29

Happy Birthday to M.W. Roger B. Quintana, Past Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of New Jersey!
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2021-10-23

Happy Birthday to Henry L. Palmer, 33°. Past SGC of the Scottish Rite, NMJ and Past GM of the Grand Lodge of Wisconsin. Born on this day in 1819.
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2021-10-18

October 16, 1646: Elias Ashmole wrote in his diary that he was "made a Free Mason at Warrington in Lancashire…" This entry credits Ashmole as the first recorded English 'speculative' Freemason known to history.
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2021-10-16

October 4, 1877: S.L. MacGregor Mathers was initiated an Entered Apprentice in Hengist Lodge No. 195 in Bournemouth, England.
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2021-10-04