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1849

EDWARD A. RAYMOND, Grand Master

NOTES

QUARTERLY COMMUNICATIONS

Held at Masonic Temple, Boston

• 03/14: V-224;
• 06/13: V-234;
• 09/12: V-238;
• 12/12: V-259; (Annual Communication)

03/14 Agenda

• V-225: Reception of Most Wor. William Field, Grand Master of Rhode Island.
• V-225ff: Report on the February convention "for the purpose of providing a more general uniformity in the mode of Work and Lectures." A vote was adopted to exemplify the lectures; this was done by a group of Brothers, which were "discussed, amended and adopted."
• V-226: Report of committee on a report "in relation to the existing Masonic difficulties in Louisiana."
• V-229: Report of the Committee of Finance.
• V-230: Petition of King Hiram's Lodge from 12/1848 was withdrawn.
• V-232: Committee appointed "to put the Regalia of the Grand Lodge in a suitable condition."
• V-233: Complaint by King Solomon's Lodge against East Thomaston Lodge in Maine (possibly Orient #15), for "initiating Sojourners from this State" referred.

06/13 Agenda

• V-235: Committee appointed to obtain jewels and regalia for Permanent Members, Grand Lecturers, and Grand Organist.
• V-236: Committee appointed for arrangements for Feast of St. John the Baptist in Newburyport.

09/12 Agenda

• V-239: Report on communications from two different Grand Lodges in New York.
  • V-245ff: Committee report.
• V-240ff: Report on the reduction of Grand Lodge fees.

12/12 Agenda

• V-260: Report of the Committee of Finance.
• V-261: Reception of Most Ex. Robert P. Dunlap, General Grand High Priest of the General Grand Chapter of the United States.
• V-262: Presentation of the Constitution for a General Grand Lodge by the Grand Master, as adopted by the Grand Lodge of Rhode Island; referred.
• V-262: Communication from the Washington Monument Association; referred.
• V-263: Re-election of Grand Master Raymond (49 ballots), and other Grand Lodge officers.
• V-264: Committee appointed on installation arragements.

Grand Constitutions Amendment Proposals

None.

Grand Master's Address

None.

Necrologies and Memorials

None.

Petitions for Charters

• 12/12: V-264; Petition for Chicopee Lodge, Chicopee, granted.

Petitions for Dispensation for Lodges

None.

Petitions for Restoration of Charter

• 06/13: V-234; Petition by members of Evening Star Lodge, and to remove to Lee; granted.

SPECIAL COMMUNICATIONS

None.

FEAST OF ST. JOHN THE EVANGELIST

(held at Masonic Temple, Boston, 12/27/1849)

• V-266: Report of the Committee of Charity.
• V-267: Report of the Trustees of the Temple.
• V-268: Report of the Trustees of the Grand Charity Fund.
• V-269: Instruction session.
• V-272: Installation of Grand Master Raymond and other Grand Lodge officers. Most Wor. Raymond was installed by proxy (Rt. Wor. John B. Hammatt, the oldest Past Master - having presided over a lodge in 1809).
• V-274: "The Committee of arrangements having been disappointed in procuring the services of an orator the usual festive ceremonies were dispensed with."

LIST OF LODGES BY DATE OF PRECEDENCE: 1849

When more information is available, this will be updated with district information.

• DISTRICT 1: George M. Randall, District Deputy Grand Master
• DISTRICT 2: Asa T. Newhall, Lynnfield, District Deputy Grand Master
• DISTRICT 3: Nathan Ordway, Fitchburg, District Deputy Grand Master
• DISTRICT 4: Jonathan Greenwood, Framingham, District Deputy Grand Master
• DISTRICT 5: Paul Dean, Jr., Easton, District Deputy Grand Master
• DISTRICT 6: Horace Cheney, Worcester, District Deputy Grand Master
• DISTRICT 7: Lucien B. Keith, New Bedford, District Deputy Grand Master
• DISTRICT 8: Waterman Crocker, Provincetown, District Deputy Grand Master
• DISTRICT 9: Franklin Weston, Dalton, District Deputy Grand Master
• DISTRICT 10: Benjamin Brown, Dalton, District Deputy Grand Master

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