A FAMILY PAPER DEVOTED TO THE NEWS OF THE DAY IN SOUTH DANVERS (PEABODY), MASSACHUSETTS
January 6 – June 29, 1864 - Part VI
Freemasons
About the South Danvers Wizard

Overview:  Jan.- July 1864

 About South Danvers (Peabody), Massachusetts

 

 South Danvers Wizard, 1/20/1864, p. 1/5
MASONIC LOVE AND DISUNIONISM – “Since the war commenced, we have heard of many instances of kindness exhibited on the part of Masonic brethren.  These acts have occurred in the fields of battle, in the hospitals, and in the dungeons of the Southern Confederacy, as well as in the prisons of the loyal North…” Reprinted from Flag of the Union.

South Danvers Wizard, 2/17/1864, p. 2/3
JORDAN LODGE – Lists names of officers for 1864.

South Danvers Wizard, 4/27/1864, p 2/4
“A new Masonic Lodge was organized in Salem on Thursday evening, under a dispensation from the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts and the following officers were elected: …”