Independence Lodge No. 29 in Hackettstown sucessfully acquired its warrant on November 9, 1813, and surrendered it in 1817. Restored again in 1825, the work was suspended in 1830 and stricken from the roll on November 8, 1842. The Lodge was resuscitated on January 10, 1856 at which time it was renumbered as Independence Lodge No. 42.