1812 De Witt Clinton 1824 Joseph Enos. 1825 Stephen Van Rensselaer John Brush. 1830 Morgan Lewis 1834 Morgan Lewis 1836 Morgan Lewis 1837 Morgan Lewis 1838 Morgan Lewis 1842 Morgan Lewis 1844 Alexander H. Robertson * Died January 2, 1844. R.. W.. JOSEPH SPRAGUE appointed to fill the vacancy. REPORTS OF DISTRICT DEPUTY GRAND MASTERS. To MR. FRANK H. ROBINSON, Grand Master of Masons in the State of New York. Dear Sir and M.. W.. Brother: I have the honor to report to you that I have this day transmitted to M.. W.. EDWARD M. L. EHLERS, Grand Secretary, the annual report of the Lodges in the First District. The report shows a total membership of 3,538, an increase of 228 for the year 1905. Every Lodge in the district was visited by me. I was received without exception with the utmost courtesy and every manifestation of loyalty to you and to the Grand Lodge. The general condition of the Lodges in the First District is very satisfactory. A special feature was made by me of the DANIEL D. TOMPKINS Memorial Fund, explaining fully the merits of the case and urging the loyal support of the project. I am somewhat disappointed at the result. I had expected to receive much more than I did. But when it is considered that most of the brethren of Long Island would have to spend the night in New York in order to attend the entertainment, and that many could not afford this expense, perhaps we did as well as could be expected. The Convention for the Exemplification of the Standard Work was held at Greenport, October 14 to 16, 1905, in the temple of Peconic Lodge, and was exceptionally well attended. The work was conducted by R.. W.. JOHN LAUBENHEIMER in his usual able manner and to the satisfaction of all present. An especially pleasant feature of the Convention was the presence of a large number of present and past members of the Grand Lodge resident of the First Masonic District, and the occasion was also honored by the presence of R.. W.. TOWNSEND SCUDDER. Agreeable to your direction, I delivered, on January 11, 1906, to the brethren of Thomaston, in this district, your dispensation to form a new Lodge, to be known as "Paumanok Lodge." I have also given them all necessary information to conduct the work under dispensation, and am pleased to report that on the occasion of my last visit to the Lodge, on April 7th, in company with W.. BRO. VAN DYKE, the Assistant Grand Lecturer, we found them in a very flourishing condition. Not only did they do the work well, but they are also taking in a class of men who are well calculated to build up a good Lodge. I can cheerfully recommend them to the Grand Lodge as worthy to receive a charter. In conclusion, permit me to thank you for the honor you have done Glen Cove Lodge in appointing me as your representative in this district. It has given me great pleasure to perform the duties of the office to the best of my ability. With best wishes for your health and prosperity, I am, PAUL H. GRIMM, D. D. G. M., First Masonic District. To MR. FRANK H. ROBINSON, Grand Master of Masons in the State of New York. Dear Sir and M.. W.. Brother: In obedience to the requirements of the Constitution of the Grand Lodge, I have forwarded to M.'. W.'. EDWARD M. L. EHLERS, Grand Secretary, the annual report, in tabular form, of all Lodges comprising the Second Masonic District. I am glad to be able to say that the report shows a substantial net increase numerically, which increase, after due analysis and very careful observation, has not been obtained at the expense of our ancient landmarks, but is a natural and healthful growth, obtained from fertile fields of Masonic endeavor after due trial and careful investigation. On August 19th last, at the invitation of the Rev. CHARLES R. EAST, a member of Clinton Lodge, the Grand Master accepted an invitation to lay the corner-stone of the new Church of the Good Tidings, on Stuyvesant Avenue and Madison Street, and 1,000 loyal members of the Second District turned out to assist the Grand Master, and make his visit a memorable one to our district. This pleasant experience brought together our honored Grand Master and the members of the Second District, and was heartily appreciated by the Craft. Our district was represented on the occasion of your annual visit to the Home at Utica on June 24th, and again when you constituted North Woods Lodge, No. 849, at North Woods. Also, on June 30th, at Mt. Kisco, when our honored Deputy Grand Master, R.. W.. TOWNSEND SCUDDER, Consecrated the altar of the local Lodge; and on July 1st, during the laying of the corner-stone by our Deputy Grand Master of the armory for the 17th Separate Company at Flushing, and again on October 5th, at Glen Cove, on the occasion of the visit of the Deputy Grand Master. With my visit on Tuesday evening next to my own Lodge, I will have officially visited each of the Lodges in the Second Masonic District, and, as your personal representative, was in every instance treated with |