Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1883-01-26
INTER EsTING DISCOVERY.
listOrlCal aud Local Records Found
nenenth the Corner stone of the Old
rlOneer shOp-BoOks, Papers and
documents Yellow with ARe-In-
terestin2 Information for the Curl

terestin2 Information for the Cur
, Gus.
A discovery of considerable local value an
, interest has lust been made at the pionee
shons +, ,o,,o,;,o ,,,o o,rror ,,.,, -, Al,
| D"op'' :" '.'ao''"s VI. oo'.e' ''on'' at VI
northern END oil the OLD building, sheet-lea'
box was found 1t was taken to Col. Wood
bury's Office and opened. Inside the box wa
uror,;nn Of ,o,5 eo;, soo,,d ,,;,, ,yoy an,
"'"PP''s VI 'ouu-io'i 'o"'ou wiz" WA "''
then an envelope OF paper. When 'his wa
removed large package of written docu
mems. pamph,c,s hooks md papers was dis
oona.a, rn 49, ,ss,,. ~ ,,a ,aaJ g.;
'o'e''"' WI '''o 'ns,uo Vi '"o 'o"",io'
wrapper was written, documents deposited
by the Pioneer Mechanic Shop Association
Scn,cr,hcr 1870 Tho ,,,,i, of ,ho docr
D,''
ments proved to be OF Masonic nature
lhey comprise number OF Journals OF the
annual communications Vi inc uranu Lous'
Vi vermont, proceedings Oh 1rahu Lhcatnp
mehls' General Regulations, and other mat
Ter OF interest to Maseus. These documents
were accompanied by a letter, when, as II
eoesto explain ,he entire contents OF INC Dox
VIC print IN iull
70 inc Hrand Chapter and Grand Lodge
Oh tne o!a'c OF vermont.
having Deen calledupon ny the citlzehs OF
burlington 10 oinciatc IN laying Inc corner
stone OF the building beneath which l am
permitted 10 deposit TINS communications, 10
selner WIN sunurY documents II is my
,equcst una. III the eVent OF the removal "
,he same, lhaI they DC delivered over 10 Tic
oouies ahoVe named.
Natian d; iiaswell Fast 1fanu Master
o. Ihe Iranu Lodge 81 Vermont ana last
uranu friest OF the Grand chapter OF YER
mont; M
| hen lhese deposits are MADE, ! am W
years Oh age, nave Deen Mason ~ years ana
~ .he present time Master Oh burlington
Lnu8G ah1 iiigh f,lest OF burlington 0hap-
,Lt mod 5he oiIice Oh arand Matsl'al IN
we ocncia urauu Nhapter Oh me Oniteu
states ana am also member OF the supreme
S Si, oouncil Oh the 5ou degree ior he
N Az , liei'isphere vi ,nc Cnlteu Na.e'
Vi america. NATHAN ID. hASwELi'
Besides the masonic documents and reports,
there were IN the box copy OF the Daily
FREE PRESS of Thursday, Sept. 2, 1852; d
copy Of the Weekly FREE PRESS of Sept B.
1852 copies of the Burlington Sentinel and
Courier of Sept. 9, 1862; an American AL
manac and Repository OF Useful knowledge
for 1852, published in Boston by Charles {.
| Little and James brown; Walton's Vermont
Register for 1859 History of Vermont by
| Zadock Thompson, published in Burlington
by Edward Smith. 1888 Annual Report OF
the Auditor of Accounts of the State oil
Vermont, Oct. 10, 1851 Plea for Free
Masonry, by X. w. John ii. Sheppard
the Natural History of Vermont, al
address before the Boston Society of Natura
| History, by Zadock Thompson Sixty-tirs
Annual Convention of the Diocese of Yer
mont Catalogue of the Principal Officers OF
Vermont from 117S to 1851, by Leonard
Deming; Catalogue OF the University OF
Vermont for 1851 Sxticth Annual Cata
loguc Of Burlington Female Seminary, 1851
52i Bylaws Of Boxer Engine Co, No. g.
lS4S Boston Almanac for 1862 a written
list of the names of the first officers
aud stockholders of the Pioneer
Mechanic shop Co., with the srms
subscribed by the latter The list OF
officers as given in this interesting
document Is as follows: President, Herr,
=. llckok; secretary, Lucius L. Chtten
den; treasurer, Torrey Il. Wales ; direc
tols, Henry =. Hickok, Frederick Smith
Thaideus II. Fletcher, Edwd w. Peck
Morillo Noyes.
There was also a written list of donation,
to the Pioneer Mechanic Shop Company
| copy of the Bylaws of the Burlington Fir,
| Company; Organization OF the Burlington
| Fire Company an American Railway Guido
for 1852 a Vermont Almanac for 1852, pub
| llshed in Woodstock by Haskell and Palmer
and Pathfinder Railway Guide for th'
same year. All of these rare and interesting
documents and prints have been removed by
Col. Woodbury. to the Van Ness House, where
they can be seen by any of our readers whC
wish to examine them.
The cornerstone was laid with great cere
mony september 4th, 1852. There was ;
procession consisting OF the Cornct band
fire cDmpaulcs splprtmpn and VILLAGE unf