Order of Masonic performances

Poetry and prose. Program lists "ceremonies connected with the foundation-stone" and "consecration by corn, wine and oil" mentioning wheat taken from supply used at laying of cornerstone of Bunker Hill Monument in 1825; gives words of hymn referring to Warren's death in battle and to planting of the statue of "our Master Grand" where he fell. Place and date of publication suggested because broadside concerns Masonic ceremonies at dedication of statue or at laying of cornerstone of its pedestal; statue of Joseph Warren, who had been Masonic provincial Grand Master, was placed beside Bunker Hill Monument and dedicated June 17, 1857--R. Frothingham, Life and times of Joseph Warren, Boston, 1865, p. 549-550.