This article examines the early history of Ogdensburgh Chapter No. 63, Royal Arch Masons, one of the earliest Royal Arch Chapters established in northern New York. The study is based primarily on the unpublished manuscript minutes of the Chapter covering the period from 1818 to 1827.
This study examines the personal composition of one of the early Knights Templar organizations in the United States—Winchester Grand Encampment—as of 1821, when its membership consisted of 31 individuals.
