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The Master’s Chair - A Place of Prominence and Respect
The Bucktrout Masonic Master’s chair was created and built
by Benjamin Bucktrout, which dates back to between 1769 –
1775. In Williamsburg, VA., Bucktrout’s chair was one of several
made in the south prior to the revolution. Free Masonry was
founded in England in 1717 and established in the Americas by
the 1730s. The Master’s chair occupied a place of special significance
within the allegorical plan, placed on the east wall of the
room. The Master’s chair associated the worshipful master with
the rising sun. Just as the sun was a source of celestial light, the
master is a source of knowledge and enlightenment. Even though
a thought was that the chair was located in Williamsburg Masonic
Lodge #6, the identity of the Lodge that first owned Bucktrout’s
chair is a mystery. History states that the chair was at home for
over two hundred years at Unanimity Lodge #7 in Edenton, North
Carolina. The chair was accepted at Unanimity Lodge on July
6th 1778 as a gift from a ship’s Captain by the name of George
Russel who, legend states had been entrusted with the chair by
the Virginia Lodge for safe keeping during the British – American
Revolution in the mid 1700s. When the lodge failed to reestablish,
Russel presented the chair to the Unanimity Lodge #7. Evidence
suggests that Bucktrout’s Master’s Chair was used in the Williamsburg,
V.A. Lodge by Peyton Randolph, a provincial Grand Master
of Virginia at that time the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
acquired.
The original Bucktrout Master’s Chair in 1983 and now is on display
at the Dewitt Wallace Collection Museum. When the original
chair was transferred to Williamsburg a replica of the Bucktrout
Chair was created for Unanimity #7 Masonic Lodge in Edenton by
Wallace Gusler and Leroy Graves and is now enclosed in a glass
case at the Edenton Lodge. During the colonial period the Unanimity
Lodge #7 was located on the second floor of the Edenton
By Dr. Dave
Courthouse and remained there for 242 years until moving to its
present location on Water Street in Edenton. This replica Master’s
chair will be on display for 2 months for spectators viewing at the
Museum of the Albemarle in Elizabeth City, North Carolina starting
March 2019.
Sons of Confederate Veterans We meet
at Vickie’s Villa in
Elizabeth City the 4th Tuesday every
month at 7pm
Check out our meats!
For more Dr. Dave recipes, a book is
available by contacting Dr Dave at
252-312-0295
All proceeds go to the Oak Grove
United Methodist Church
Scalloped Potatoes
Slice pared potatoes as this as possible, place a
layer of potatoes in a casserole dish, dust with a
little flour
season with salt, pepper, diced onions, and dot
of butter. repeat the layers until casserole dish is
filled to the top.
add enough milk to reach the top layer, sprinkle
the top layer with grated parmesan cheese,
bread crumbs, and a dab of butter. place in a
preheated oven at 325 degrees for an hour and
a half.
Hang Town Fry
Locally produced honey
Variety of fresh meats
Fresh ground chicken feed
Sweet Potatoes
Bagged Chicken, Hog,
Horse, And Goat Feed
Show Time Dog Food
Now Available Boars Head
Deli Meat and Cheese
1 dozen plump oysters
Flour
9 eggs
Fine cracker crumbs
3 tablespoons of butter
Drain oysters on paper towels, dip each oyster
into well beaten egg then into the cracker
crumbs.
Fry in heated butter until nicely browned on both
sides. Beat remaining eggs with salt and pepper.
Pour egg mixture over oysters and cook until
firm on the bottom, Turn with a large spatula
Cook the second side. (basically an oyster omelet
invented in 1849 by rich gold miners)
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M-F 9 am to 5:30 pm
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Sun 1 pm to 5 pm
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