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Registration of Lodge Membership for Paul Revere, Joseph Warren and William Palfrey

25 May 1769 (recorded)

A handwritten 1769 Masonic lodge register listing Paul Revere as secretary alongside Joseph Warren and other Boston Patriots.

This register lists Revere as lodge secretary, documenting his Masonic ties to fellow Patriots like Joseph Warren.

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Handwritten page from a Masonic lodge register titled 'St. Andrew's Lodge at Boston, New England, 1756' with columns of names. Left column lists Joseph Warren, Wm Palfrey, Jonathan Snelling, Samuel Barrel, Paul Revere, John Symmes, Edw. Pinchbeck and others, with the ink-written heading and page number 112.
St. Andrew's Lodge Register, Boston, recorded 25 May 1769. Grand Lodge of Scotland.

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What it is

This is a page from the membership register of St. Andrew's Lodge in Boston, held by the Grand Lodge of Scotland. It records officers and members recorded in 1769, including Paul Revere as secretary, Joseph Warren as master, and William Palfrey as senior warden.

Why it matters

The register shows the formal structure of the Masonic lodge that connected many Boston Patriots, including Revere and Warren, who would both play key roles in the coming Revolution. It documents the social networks behind the resistance movement, showing how personal and political ties intertwined.

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  • What roles did Revere and Warren hold in the lodge, and what might that suggest about their standing among their peers?
  • Why might historians find lodge records useful for understanding political networks?
  • What is missing from this list that would help us understand what these men actually did together?

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