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'''1868'''
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'''[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=GMDame CHARLES C. DAME], Grand Master'''
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=== QUARTERLY COMMUNICATIONS ===
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''(Held at Masonic Temple, Boston)'''
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* 03/11: VII-222;
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* 06/10: VII-235;
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* 09/09: VII-241;
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* 12/09: VII-251; (Annual Communication)
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==== 03/11 Agenda ====
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* VII-233: Report on communication from [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=KingSolomon King Solomon's] Lodge regarding jurisdiction.
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==== 06/10 Agenda ====
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* VII-237: Invitation by [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MASpringfield Springfield] Masonic bodies to the Grand Lodge for the Feast of St. John the Baptist, referred.
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* VII-237: Committee appointed to consider the jurisdictional consequences of the annexation of [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MARoxbury Roxbury] by [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MABoston Boston].
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** VII-239: Report.
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==== 09/09 Agenda ====
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* VII-247: Report of Committee on Charity.
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* VII-249; Committee appointed to prepare a statement of the Grand Lodge's present indebtedness, to be distributed to the Masters and Wardens.
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* VII-249; The Grand Master announced that "brethren who had received the degrees since the last annual return was made could commute their tax to the Grand Lodge by paying nine dollars each."
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==== 12/09 Agenda ====
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* VII-255: Report of the Grand Master for the preceding year:
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** Constitutions and Installations:
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*** [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=PaulDean Paul Dean], [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MANEaston North Easton] (03/24)
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*** [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=WilliamNorth William North], [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MALowell Lowell] (03/26)
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*** [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=IsaacParker Isaac Parker], [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAWaltham Waltham] (03/27)
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*** [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Zetland Zetland], [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MABoston Boston] (03/31)
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*** [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=IonicE Ionic], [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAEasthampton Easthampton] (09/25)
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*** [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=StBernard St. Bernard], [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MASouthborough Southborough] (09/28)
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*** [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Mizpah Mizpah], [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MACambridge Cambridge] (10/05)
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** Hall Dedications, Installations:
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*** Installation of [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Essex2 Essex] Lodge, [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MASalem Salem] (01/14)
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*** Installation of [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=SocialHarmony Social Harmony] Lodge, [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAWareham Wareham] (02/13)
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*** Installation of [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=StJohnN St. John's] Lodge, [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MANewburyport Newburyport] (03/16)
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*** Installation of [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Liberty Liberty] Lodge, [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MABeverly Beverly] (04/01; also dedicated hall)
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*** Installation of [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Revere Revere] Lodge, [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MABoston Boston] (12/01)
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*** Dedication of Hall at [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAPittsfield Pittsfield] (12/08)
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* VII-259: Petition by Lewis Hayden and others (Black Masons) asking to be received as Free and Accepted Masons; referred.
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* VII-260: Report of Auditing Committee.
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* VII-262: Election of [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=GMGardner William Sewall Gardner] as Grand Master, and other Grand Lodge officers.
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==== Grand Constitutions Amendment Proposals: ====
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''None.''
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==== Grand Master's Address ====
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* 12/09: VII-255; Grand Master's Address.
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* 12/29: VII-269: Grand Master [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=GMGardner Gardner]'s Address.
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==== Lodge By-Law Changes ====
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''None.''
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==== Necrologies and Memorials ====
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* 12/09: VII-257; Death of Rt. Wor. [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=GMRobinson Simon W. Robinson], Past Grand Master; reported by Grand Master [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=GMDame Dame]; memorial delivered by Rt. Wor. Winslow Lewis.
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* 12/09: VII-258; Death of Rt. Wor. Thomas Power, Past Senior Grand Warden; reported by Grand Master [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=GMDame Dame]; memorial delivered by Rt. Wor. [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=GMGardner William S. Gardner].
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==== Petitions for Charters ====
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* 03/11: VII-228; Petition for [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Zetland Zetland] U.D., [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MABoston Boston], granted with some revisions to by-laws.
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* 03/11: VII-230; Petition for [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=WilliamNorth William North] U.D., [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MALowell Lowell], granted with minor revisions to by-laws.
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* 03/11: VII-231; Petition for [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=IsaacParker Isaac Parker] U.D., [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAWaltham Waltham], granted.
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* 03/11: VII-232; Petition for [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=PaulDean Paul Dean] U.D., [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MANEaston North Easton], granted with amended by-laws.
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* 09/09: VII-247; Petition for [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=IonicE Ionic] U.D., [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAEasthampton Easthampton], granted.
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* 09/09: VII-248; Petition for [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Mizpah Mizpah] U.D., [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MACambridge Cambridge], granted.
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* 09/09: VII-249; Petition for [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=StBernard St. Bernard] U.D., [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MASouthborough Southborough], granted upon amendment of by-laws.
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==== Petitions for Dispensation for Lodges ====
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* Dispensations (mentioned in Grand Master's Address, VII-255):
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** [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Delta Delta], [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAWeymouth Weymouth] (06/06)
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** [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Faith Faith], [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MACharlestown Charlestown] (06/10)
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** [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Palestine Palestine], [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAEverett South Malden] (12/08)
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** [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Bethany Bethany], West [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAAmesbury Amesbury] (12/08)
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=== SPECIAL COMMUNICATIONS ===
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''None.''
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=== FEAST OF ST. JOHN THE EVANGELIST ===
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'''(held at Masonic Temple, Boston, 12/29/1868); VII-207.'''
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* VII-266: Reception of M.W. Thomas Arthur Doyle, Grand Master of Rhode Island.
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* VII-266: Installation of Grand Master [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=GMGardner Gardner] and other Grand Lodge officers.
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* VII-284: Annual Feast celebrated "after the manner of Masons."
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=== LIST OF LODGES IN MASSACHUSETTS BY DISTRICT: 1868 ===
 
=== LIST OF LODGES IN MASSACHUSETTS BY DISTRICT: 1868 ===
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There were 16 districts in Massachusetts in 1868. The district disposition is listed in the 1870 Proceedings, and this list is derived by excluding lodges chartered earlier from the district listings.
  
 
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* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=JosephWarren Joseph Warren] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MABoston Boston], 1856)
 
* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=JosephWarren Joseph Warren] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MABoston Boston], 1856)
 
* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Aberdour Aberdour] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MABoston Boston], 1860)
 
* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Aberdour Aberdour] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MABoston Boston], 1860)
* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Eleusis The Lodge of Eleusis] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MABoston Boston], 1864)
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* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Eleusis The Lodge of Eleusis] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MABoston Boston], 1865)
 
* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Zetland Zetland] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MABoston Boston], 1867)
 
* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Zetland Zetland] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MABoston Boston], 1867)
  
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* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=KingSolomon King Solomon's] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MACharlestown Charlestown], 1783)
 
* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=KingSolomon King Solomon's] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MACharlestown Charlestown], 1783)
* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Hiram Hiram] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MALexington Lexington], 1797)
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* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Hiram Hiram] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAWCambridge West Cambridge], 1797)
* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=StarBethlehem Star of Bethlehem] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAChelsea Chelsea], 1845)
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* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=StarBethlehem Star of Bethlehem] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAChelsea Chelsea], 1844)
 
* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MountHermon2 Mount Hermon] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAMedford Medford], 1854)
 
* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MountHermon2 Mount Hermon] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAMedford Medford], 1854)
 
* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Wyoming Wyoming] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAMelrose Melrose], 1856)
 
* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Wyoming Wyoming] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAMelrose Melrose], 1856)
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* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=HenryPrice Henry Price] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MACharlestown Charlestown], 1858)
 
* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=HenryPrice Henry Price] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MACharlestown Charlestown], 1858)
 
* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=WilliamSutton William Sutton] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MASaugus Saugus], 1866)
 
* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=WilliamSutton William Sutton] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MASaugus Saugus], 1866)
* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=RobertLash Robert Lash] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAChelsea Chelsea], 1866)
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* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=RobertLash Robert Lash] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAChelsea Chelsea], 1867)
 
* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Faith Faith] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MACharlestown Charlestown], U.D.)
 
* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Faith Faith] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MACharlestown Charlestown], U.D.)
 
* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Palestine Palestine] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAEverett Everett], U.D.)
 
* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Palestine Palestine] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAEverett Everett], U.D.)
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* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Washington Washington] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MARoxbury Roxbury], 1796)
 
* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Washington Washington] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MARoxbury Roxbury], 1796)
 
* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=UnionD Union] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MADorchester Dorchester], 1796)
 
* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=UnionD Union] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MADorchester Dorchester], 1796)
* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MountTabor Mount Tabor] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAEBoston East Boston], 1845)
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* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MountTabor Mount Tabor] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAEBoston East Boston], 1846)
 
* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=StPaulB St. Paul's] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MASBoston South Boston], 1846)
 
* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=StPaulB St. Paul's] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MASBoston South Boston], 1846)
 
* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Baalbec Baalbec] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAEBoston East Boston], 1852)
 
* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Baalbec Baalbec] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAEBoston East Boston], 1852)
 
* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=GateTemple Gate of the Temple] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MASBoston South Boston], 1855)
 
* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=GateTemple Gate of the Temple] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MASBoston South Boston], 1855)
* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Hammatt Hammatt] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAEBoston East Boston], 1865)
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* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Hammatt Hammatt] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAEBoston East Boston], 1859)
* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=LafayetteR Lafayette] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MARoxbury Boston Highlands], 1865)
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* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=LafayetteR Lafayette] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MARoxbury Roxbury], 1865)
 
* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Adelphi Adelphi] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MASBoston South Boston], 1865)
 
* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Adelphi Adelphi] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MASBoston South Boston], 1865)
 
* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Eliot Eliot] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAJamaicaPlain Jamaica Plain], 1866)
 
* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Eliot Eliot] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAJamaicaPlain Jamaica Plain], 1866)
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* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Philanthropic Philanthropic] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAMarblehead Marblehead], 1760)
 
* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Philanthropic Philanthropic] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAMarblehead Marblehead], 1760)
 
* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Tyrian The Tyrian] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAGloucester Gloucester], 1770)
 
* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Tyrian The Tyrian] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAGloucester Gloucester], 1770)
* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Essex2 Essex] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MASalem Salem], 1792)
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* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Essex2 Essex] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MASalem Salem], 1791)
 
* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MountCarmel Mount Carmel] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MALynn Lynn], 1805)
 
* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MountCarmel Mount Carmel] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MALynn Lynn], 1805)
 
* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Jordan Jordan] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MADanvers Danvers], 1808)
 
* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Jordan Jordan] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MADanvers Danvers], 1808)
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* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Grecian Grecian] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MALawrence Lawrence], 1825)
 
* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Grecian Grecian] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MALawrence Lawrence], 1825)
 
* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=JohnHancock John Hancock] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAMethuen Methuen], 1860)
 
* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=JohnHancock John Hancock] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAMethuen Methuen], 1860)
* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Tuscan Tuscan] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MALawrence Lawrence], 1862)
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* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Tuscan Tuscan] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MALawrence Lawrence], 1863)
 
* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Saggahew Saggahew] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAHaverhill Haverhill], 1864)
 
* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Saggahew Saggahew] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAHaverhill Haverhill], 1864)
* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=CharlesCDame Charles C. Dame] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAGeorgetown Georgetown], 1866)
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* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=CharlesCDame Charles C. Dame] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAGeorgetown Georgetown], 1867)
 
* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Bethany Bethany] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAMerrimac Merrimac], U.D.)
 
* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Bethany Bethany] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAMerrimac Merrimac], U.D.)
  
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'''Ithamar F. Conkey, District Deputy Grand Master'''; ''9 Lodges''
 
'''Ithamar F. Conkey, District Deputy Grand Master'''; ''9 Lodges''
  
* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Republican Republican] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAGreenfield Greenfield], 1794)
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* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Republican Republican] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAGreenfield Greenfield], 1795)
 
* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Harmony Harmony] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MANorthfield Northfield], 1796)
 
* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Harmony Harmony] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MANorthfield Northfield], 1796)
* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Pacific1 Pacific] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MALeverett Leverett], 1801)
 
 
* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Mountain Mountain] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAShelburneFalls Shelburne Falls], 1806)
 
* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Mountain Mountain] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAShelburneFalls Shelburne Falls], 1806)
 
* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Bethel Bethel] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAEnfield Enfield], 1825)
 
* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Bethel Bethel] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAEnfield Enfield], 1825)
 
* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Orange2 Orange] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAOrange Orange], 1859)
 
* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Orange2 Orange] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAOrange Orange], 1859)
 +
* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Pacific2 Pacific] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAAmherst Amherst], 1860)
 
* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Hope Hope] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAGardner Gardner], 1864)
 
* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Hope Hope] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAGardner Gardner], 1864)
 
* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Star Star] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAAthol Athol], 1864)
 
* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Star Star] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAAthol Athol], 1864)
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* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Wisdom Wisdom] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAWStockbridge West Stockbridge], 1803)
 
* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Wisdom Wisdom] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAWStockbridge West Stockbridge], 1803)
 
* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Mystic Mystic] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAPittsfield Pittsfield], 1810)
 
* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Mystic Mystic] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAPittsfield Pittsfield], 1810)
* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=LafayetteNA Lafayette] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MANAdams North Adams], 1848)
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* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=LafayetteNA Lafayette] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MANAdams North Adams], 1847)
* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MountMoriahW Mount Moriah] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MASpringfield Springfield], 1855)
+
* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MountMoriahW Mount Moriah] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MASpringfield Springfield], 1856)
* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Berkshire2 Berkshire] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MASAdams South Adams], 1858)
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* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Berkshire2 Berkshire] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MASAdams South Adams], 1857)
 
* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Huntington Huntington] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAHuntington Huntington], 1866)
 
* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Huntington Huntington] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAHuntington Huntington], 1866)
  
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'''David W. Crafts, District Deputy Grand Master'''; ''11 Lodges''
 
'''David W. Crafts, District Deputy Grand Master'''; ''11 Lodges''
  
* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Federal1 Federal] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MABlandford Blandford], 1792)
 
 
* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Thomas Thomas] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAMonson Monson], 1796)
 
* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Thomas Thomas] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAMonson Monson], 1796)
 
* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Jerusalem Jerusalem] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MASHadley South Hadley], 1797)
 
* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Jerusalem Jerusalem] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MASHadley South Hadley], 1797)
 
* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Hampden Hampden] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MASpringfield Springfield], 1817)
 
* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Hampden Hampden] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MASpringfield Springfield], 1817)
 
* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Chicopee Chicopee] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAChicopee Chicopee], 1848)
 
* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Chicopee Chicopee] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAChicopee Chicopee], 1848)
* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MountTom Mount Tom] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAHolyoke Holyoke], 1849)
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* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MountTom Mount Tom] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAHolyoke Holyoke], 1850)
 
* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Quaboag Quaboag] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAWarren Warren], 1858)
 
* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Quaboag Quaboag] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAWarren Warren], 1858)
 
* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=DaySpring Day Spring] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAMonson Monson], 1862)
 
* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=DaySpring Day Spring] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAMonson Monson], 1862)
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* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Quinebaug Quinebaug] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MASouthbridge Southbridge], 1859)
 
* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Quinebaug Quinebaug] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MASouthbridge Southbridge], 1859)
 
* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=UnitedBrethren2 United Brethren] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAMarlborough Marlborough], 1859)
 
* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=UnitedBrethren2 United Brethren] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAMarlborough Marlborough], 1859)
* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Doric2 Doric] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAHudson Hudson], 1863)
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* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Doric2 Doric] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAHudson Hudson], 1864)
 
* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Athelstan Athelstan] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAWorcester Worcester], 1865)
 
* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Athelstan Athelstan] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAWorcester Worcester], 1865)
 
* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=StBernard St. Bernard] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MASouthborough Southborough], 1867)
 
* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=StBernard St. Bernard] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MASouthborough Southborough], 1867)
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* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Orient Orient] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MANorwood Norwood], 1861)
 
* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Orient Orient] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MANorwood Norwood], 1861)
 
* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=BlueHill Blue Hill] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MACanton Canton], 1863)
 
* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=BlueHill Blue Hill] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MACanton Canton], 1863)
* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=StJames St. James] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAMansfield Mansfield], 1865)
+
* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=StJames St. James] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAMansfield Mansfield], 1864)
* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=AlfredBaylies Alfred Baylies] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MATaunton Taunton], 1865)
+
* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=AlfredBaylies Alfred Baylies] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MATaunton Taunton], 1866)
* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=HydePark Hyde Park] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAHydePark Hyde Park], 1865)
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* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=HydePark Hyde Park] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAHydePark Hyde Park], 1866)
* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=IonicT Ionic] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MATaunton Taunton], 1866)
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* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=IonicT Ionic] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MATaunton Taunton], 1867)
 
* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=PaulDean Paul Dean] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MANEaston North Easton], 1867)
 
* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=PaulDean Paul Dean] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MANEaston North Easton], 1867)
  
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* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MountHope Mount Hope] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAFallRiver Fall River], 1824)
 
* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MountHope Mount Hope] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAFallRiver Fall River], 1824)
 
* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Eureka Eureka] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MANewBedford New Bedford], 1857)
 
* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Eureka Eureka] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MANewBedford New Bedford], 1857)
* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MarthasVineyard Martha's Vineyard] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAVineyardHaven Vineyard Haven], 1859)
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* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MarthasVineyard Martha's Vineyard] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MATisbury Tisbury], 1859)
* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Pythagorean Pythagorean] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAMarion Marion], 1862)
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* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Pythagorean Pythagorean] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAMarion Marion], 1861)
 
* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Pioneer Pioneer] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MASomerset Somerset], 1863)
 
* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Pioneer Pioneer] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MASomerset Somerset], 1863)
 
* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MayFlower May Flower] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAMiddleboro Middleboro], 1864)
 
* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MayFlower May Flower] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAMiddleboro Middleboro], 1864)
* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=KingPhilip King Philip] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAFallRiver Fall River], 1865)
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* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=KingPhilip King Philip] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAFallRiver Fall River], 1866)
 
* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Oriental Oriental] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAEdgartown Edgartown], 1866)
 
* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Oriental Oriental] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAEdgartown Edgartown], 1866)
  
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'''I. B. Eames, Special Deputy'''; ''1 Lodge''
 
'''I. B. Eames, Special Deputy'''; ''1 Lodge''
  
* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=AncientLandmark Ancient Landmark] (Shanghai, China, 1864)
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* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=AncientLandmark Ancient Landmark] (Shanghai, China, 1863)
  
 
==== PERU DISTRICT ====
 
==== PERU DISTRICT ====
 
'''Richard H. Hartley, Special Deputy'''; ''1 Lodge''
 
'''Richard H. Hartley, Special Deputy'''; ''1 Lodge''
  
* J.L. Hutchinson (Arica, Peru, U.D.)
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* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=JLHutchinson J. L. Hutchinson] (Arica, Peru, U.D.)
 
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Revision as of 19:49, 9 September 2010

1868

CHARLES C. DAME, Grand Master

QUARTERLY COMMUNICATIONS

(Held at Masonic Temple, Boston)'

  • 03/11: VII-222;
  • 06/10: VII-235;
  • 09/09: VII-241;
  • 12/09: VII-251; (Annual Communication)


03/11 Agenda

  • VII-233: Report on communication from King Solomon's Lodge regarding jurisdiction.

06/10 Agenda

  • VII-237: Invitation by Springfield Masonic bodies to the Grand Lodge for the Feast of St. John the Baptist, referred.
  • VII-237: Committee appointed to consider the jurisdictional consequences of the annexation of Roxbury by Boston.
    • VII-239: Report.

09/09 Agenda

  • VII-247: Report of Committee on Charity.
  • VII-249; Committee appointed to prepare a statement of the Grand Lodge's present indebtedness, to be distributed to the Masters and Wardens.
  • VII-249; The Grand Master announced that "brethren who had received the degrees since the last annual return was made could commute their tax to the Grand Lodge by paying nine dollars each."

12/09 Agenda

Grand Constitutions Amendment Proposals:

None.

Grand Master's Address

  • 12/09: VII-255; Grand Master's Address.
  • 12/29: VII-269: Grand Master Gardner's Address.

Lodge By-Law Changes

None.

Necrologies and Memorials

  • 12/09: VII-257; Death of Rt. Wor. Simon W. Robinson, Past Grand Master; reported by Grand Master Dame; memorial delivered by Rt. Wor. Winslow Lewis.
  • 12/09: VII-258; Death of Rt. Wor. Thomas Power, Past Senior Grand Warden; reported by Grand Master Dame; memorial delivered by Rt. Wor. William S. Gardner.

Petitions for Charters

  • 03/11: VII-228; Petition for Zetland U.D., Boston, granted with some revisions to by-laws.
  • 03/11: VII-230; Petition for William North U.D., Lowell, granted with minor revisions to by-laws.

Petitions for Dispensation for Lodges

SPECIAL COMMUNICATIONS

None.

FEAST OF ST. JOHN THE EVANGELIST

(held at Masonic Temple, Boston, 12/29/1868); VII-207.

  • VII-266: Reception of M.W. Thomas Arthur Doyle, Grand Master of Rhode Island.
  • VII-266: Installation of Grand Master Gardner and other Grand Lodge officers.
  • VII-284: Annual Feast celebrated "after the manner of Masons."

LIST OF LODGES IN MASSACHUSETTS BY DISTRICT: 1868

There were 16 districts in Massachusetts in 1868. The district disposition is listed in the 1870 Proceedings, and this list is derived by excluding lodges chartered earlier from the district listings.

DISTRICT 1: Boston

James A. Fox, District Deputy Grand Master; 12 Lodges

DISTRICT 2: Charlestown

Tracy P. Cheever, District Deputy Grand Master; 10 Lodges + 2 U.D.

DISTRICT 3: Boston Highlands

Cephas Brigham, District Deputy Grand Master; 10 Lodges

DISTRICT 4: Cambridge

Henry Endicott, District Deputy Grand Master; 12 Lodges

DISTRICT 5: Salem

George H. Peirson, District Deputy Grand Master; 12 Lodges

DISTRICT 6: Newburyport

Lemuel A. Bishop, District Deputy Grand Master; 10 Lodges + 1 U.D.

DISTRICT 7: Lowell

Charles Kimball, District Deputy Grand Master; 10 Lodges

DISTRICT 8: Greenfield

Ithamar F. Conkey, District Deputy Grand Master; 9 Lodges

DISTRICT 9: Pittsfield

Henry Chickering, District Deputy Grand Master; 8 Lodges

DISTRICT 10: Springfield

David W. Crafts, District Deputy Grand Master; 11 Lodges

DISTRICT 11: Worcester

A. A. Burdin, District Deputy Grand Master; 12 Lodges

DISTRICT 12: Milford

Henry C. Skinner, District Deputy Grand Master; 11 Lodges

DISTRICT 13: Taunton

J. Mason Everett, District Deputy Grand Master; 12 Lodges

DISTRICT 14: New Bedford

Robert C. Brown, District Deputy Grand Master; 10 Lodges

DISTRICT 15: Barnstable

Joseph K. Baker, Jr., District Deputy Grand Master; 9 Lodges

DISTRICT 16: Barnstable

Z. L. Bicknell, District Deputy Grand Master; 10 Lodges + 1 U.D.

CHILE DISTRICT

George H. Kendall, District Deputy Grand Master; 2 Lodges

  • Bethesda (Valparaiso, Chile, 1854)
  • Hiram (Caldera, Chile, 1858)

CHINA DISTRICT

I. B. Eames, Special Deputy; 1 Lodge

PERU DISTRICT

Richard H. Hartley, Special Deputy; 1 Lodge


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