This  lodge  was  known  as  Zion  No,  10.  The  first  records  show  that
Israel  Ruland  received  the  first  degree  on  the  night  of  December  19,
1794,  and  that  Joseph  Douglass  and  John  Monroe  applied  for  member-
ship. All  these  were  members  of  the  Royal  Artillery  Company,  then
stationed  at  Detroit.
In  1803,  seven  years  after  the  Americans  came  into  possession  of
Detroit,  the  Detroit  Masons  applied  for  a  charter  from  the  Grand
Lodge  of  New  York,  which  had  authority  over  all  Masons  in  the
United  States.  In  1804  John  Dodemead  became  master,  and  the
lodge  was  transferred  to  his  house  on  Jefferson  avenue  between  Shelby
and  Griswold  streets.  The  members  of  this  lodge  were  the  most
prominent  citizens  of  the  town.  James  May,  Dr.  Herman  Eberts,
Oliver  and  John  R.  Williams,  Robert  Abbott,  William  McDowell  Scott,
Robert  Abbott,  Charles  Jouet,  Philip  Lecuyer,  Richard  Smythe,
Solomon  Sibley,  Gen.  Wm.  Hull,  George  McDougall  (who  was  secre-
tary for  several  years),  Jean  Baptiste  Comparet,  John  Conner,  Jonathan
Scheiffelin,  and  many  other  historic  names  are  found  on  the  records.
