. Book of the Royal blue . ick work of firemen and SalvageCorps men in spreading tarpaulins in theGrand I>odge room saved much propertythat could not be replaced, including theabove collection. The Baltimore & Ohio relics were loaned to the Masonic Order May 10, 1898, atrequest of the Grand Lodge of Maryland,and as the corner-stone was laid with greatmasonic ceremonies, these relics appeal toevery student of history in the order. Anoak case contains a shovel, an ax, troweland tin cup. 1 he glass top bears the in-scription, On the 4th of July, 1828, theseimplements were used by Charles Carro

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. Book of the Royal blue . ick work of firemen and SalvageCorps men in spreading tarpaulins in theGrand I>odge room saved much propertythat could not be replaced, including theabove collection. The Baltimore & Ohio relics were loaned to the Masonic Order May 10, 1898, atrequest of the Grand Lodge of Maryland,and as the corner-stone was laid with greatmasonic ceremonies, these relics appeal toevery student of history in the order. Anoak case contains a shovel, an ax, troweland tin cup. 1 he glass top bears the in-scription, On the 4th of July, 1828, theseimplements were used by Charles Carroll ofCarrollton, the last surviving signer of theDeclaration of Independence, in laying of the Baltimore & Ohio Rail-road, the first railroad company organized inthe Lnited States, April 24, 1827, and thefirst passenger railroad in the silk badges and a masonic apron thatwere worn on that occasion are also amongthe collection. The apron was worn byThomas Young Nichol, then a \xStuhEndsopThou£ht^ I ^ I I

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