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1804

ISAIAH THOMAS, Grand Master

Simon Eliot, Deputy Grand Master
Timothy Bigelow, Senior Grand Warden
John Soley, Junior Grand Warden

NOTES

QUARTERLY COMMUNICATIONS

• 03/12 (Concert Hall, Boston): II-234;
  • II-234: Committee appointed to find a more suitable place for Grand Lodge to meet.
  • II-235: Memorial from King Solomon's Lodge for remission of dues due to "extraordinary expenses occurred in erecting the monument on the heights of Charlestown, in memory of our Most Worshipful Brother, General Joseph Warren." Some remittance granted.
  • II-235: Committee on number and grades of lodges read; referred to the next Quarterly.

• 06/11 (Concert Hall, Boston): II-239;
  • II-239: Committee on number and grades of lodges added two members Revere and Bartlett; report referred to next Quarterly.
  • II-239: Communication from the Grand Lodges of Virginia, England, Halifax, Rhode Island and Kentucky.
  • II-240: Petition from Portland Lodge; withdrawn; a resolution that the Grand Secretary be instructed to "state an account against Portland Lodge, agreeably to the Old Regulations, up to the present time."

• 09/10 (Concert Hall, Boston): II-243;
  • II-244: Committee on Masonic hall not ready; enjoined to report at the next Quarterly Communication.
  • II-244ff: Committee on numbers and grades of lodges reported. Table on p. II-245.

• 12/10 (Concert Hall, Boston): II-254;
  • II-254: Petition by Unity Lodge to be released from dues while retaining their charter; committee appointed.
  • II-255: Tyrian and Warren Lodges offered similar petitions. All three lodges dealt with by committees.
  • II-255: Rev. Harris' sermons to be printed and distributed.
  • II-256: Petition by King Hiram's Lodge to remove to Provincetown, as designated in their charter; granted.
  • II-256, 262: Committee to be appointed to apply to the legislature for an act of incorporation; Grand Lodge to consider undertaking the building of a hall, at an estimated cost of $22,400.
  • II-259ff: A list of lodges in Massachusetts, by district.
  • II-261: Grand Lodge to assume some of the cost of publishing the Harris discourses.

PETITIONS FOR CHARTERS

• 03/12: II-234; Petition for Oriental Lodge, Bridgetown; granted.

SPECIAL COMMUNICATIONS

• 05/27 (Sheffield): II-250;
  • II-250: Consecration of Sheffield Lodge, Sheffield, and installation of officers. Officiated by R.W. Caleb Hyde, District Deputy Grand Master.

• 06/06 (Mendon): II-238;
  • II-238: Consecration of Charity Lodge, Mendon, and installation of officers. Officiated by R.W. Ebenezer Phillips, District Deputy Grand Master.

• 07/11 (Newburyport): II-241;
  • II-241: Consecration of St. Mark's Lodge, Newburyport, and installation of officers.

• 09/05 (Amherst): II-252;
  • II-238: Consecration of Pacific Lodge, Amherst, and installation of officers. Officiated by R.W. Solomon Vose, District Deputy Grand Master.

• 09/18 (Groton): II-251;
  • II-251: Consecration of St. Paul's Lodge, Groton, and installation of officers. Officiated by R.W. Timothy Bigelow, District Deputy Grand Master.

• 09/19 (Quincy): II-248;
  • II-248: Consecration of Rural Lodge, Quincy, and installation of officers. Note that this was a public ceremony, and John Adams and John Quincy Adams were both present.

• 10/19 (Bridgetown): II-266;
  • II-266: Consecration of Oriental Lodge, Bridgetown, and installation of officers. Officiated by R.W. Woodbury Storer, District Deputy Grand Master.

• 10/25 (Hallowell): II-268;
  • II-268: Intended constitution of Kennebec Lodge, Hallowell; charges of impropriety and unMasonic conduct; insufficient brethren assembled. Officiated by R.W. Woodbury Storer, District Deputy Grand Master.

• 11/12 (Castine): II-270;
  • II-266: Constitution of Hancock Lodge, Castine, and installation of officers. Officiated by R.W. George Ulmer, District Deputy Grand Master.

• 11/27 (Hampden): II-271;
  • II-271: Consecration of Rising Virtue Lodge, Hampden, and installation of officers. Officiated by R.W. George Ulmer, District Deputy Grand Master.

LIST OF LODGES IN MASSACHUSETTS BY DISTRICT: 1804

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