MassachusettsYear1794
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1794
JOHN CUTLER, Grand Master
QUARTERLY COMMUNICATIONS
- 03/10 (Concert Hall, Boston): II-53;
- II-53: Committee on fee for Grand Secretary‘s services.
- II-54: Return of Old Colony Lodge, Hanover.
- II-54: Report on Grand Secretary‘s accounts.
- 06/09 (Concert Hall, Boston): II-56;
- II-56: Petition for Hancock Lodge, Penobscot, Maine; granted
- II-56: Petition for Melchizedeck, Boston (same petitioners as St. Paul's in 1793)
- II-56: Petition for lodge at Charlton ("Salem Towne and others")
- II-56: Petition for Franklin Lodge to meet in Cheshire and Lanesborough, to sit six months in each. Voted to allow the lodge to meet in Cheshire only.
- II-57: Report on Grand Treasurer‘s accounts.
- II-57: Petition to allow Federal Lodge, Blandford, to meet alternately in Chester and Blanford; granted.
- 09/10 (Concert Hall, Boston): II-58;
- II-58ff: Correspondence with various lodges.
- II-59: Charlton lodge petition withdrawn.
- II-59: Letter to Grand Lodge of Rhode Island stating that Massachusetts Grand Lodge will not grant charters in states where there is a Grand Jurisdiction in existence.
- 12/08 (Concert Hall, Boston): II-60;
- II-60: Melchizedeck Lodge petition withdrawn.
- II-60: Petition for Republican Lodge, Greenfield, granted.
- II-61: Election of Grand Officers. John Warren elected, but declined; Paul Revere elected.
- II-62: Correspondence with various lodges. Return of Rising States, Boston.
SPECIAL COMMUNICATIONS
- 02/05 (Concert Hall, Boston): II-51;
- II-51: Consecration of Harmonic Lodge, Boston.
- 12/12 (Concert Hall, Boston): II-64;
- II-64: Committee to examine Grand Treasurer and Grand Secretary‘s accounts.
- II-64: Grand Master Revere installed by Grand Master Cutler; appointments of other Grand Lodge officers.
- II-65: Petition for Columbian Lodge, Boston; withdrawn.
LIST OF LODGES IN MASSACHUSETTS: 1794
| No. | Location | Lodge | Precedence Date | Chartering Body |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Boston | St. John's (Boston) | 07/30/1733 | St. John's Grand Lodge |
| 2 | Boston | Master's | 01/02/1738 | St. John's Grand Lodge |
| 3 | Newburyport | St. John's (Newburyport) | 07/17/1766 | St. John's Grand Lodge |
| 4 | Boston | Rising States | 11/30/1752 | Massachusetts Grand Lodge |
| 5 | Marblehead | Lodge at Marblehead | 03/25/1760 | Massachusetts Grand Lodge |
| 6 | Portland (Me.) | Lodge at Portland | 03/30/1762 | St. John's Grand Lodge |
| 7 | Gloucester | The Tyrian | 03/02/1770 | Massachusetts Grand Lodge |
| 8 | Boston | The Massachusetts | 05/13/1770 | Massachusetts Grand Lodge |
| 9 | Boston | Union (Nantucket) | 05/27/1771 | St. John's Grand Lodge |
| 10 | Newburyport | St. Peter's | 03/06/1773 | Massachusetts Grand Lodge |
| 11 | Stockbridge | Berkshire | 03/08/1777 | Massachusetts Grand Lodge |
| 12 | Lancaster | Trinity | 02/15/1776 | Massachusetts Grand Lodge |
| 13 | Machias (Me.) | Warren | 09/04/1778 | Massachusetts Grand Lodge |
| 14 | Ipswich | Unity | 03/09/1779 | Massachusetts Grand Lodge |
| 15 | Charlestown | King Solomon's | 09/05/1783 | Massachusetts Grand Lodge |
| 16 | North Hampton | Hampshire | 01/30/1784 | Massachusetts Grand Lodge |
| 17 | Williamstown | Friendship | 07/23/1785 | Massachusetts Grand Lodge |
| 18 | Boston | Harmonic | 12/08/1790 | Massachusetts Grand Lodge |
| 19 | Salem | Essex | 06/11/1792 | Grand Lodge of Massachusetts |
| 20 | Wiscasset (Me.) | Lincoln | 06/01/1792 | Grand Lodge of Massachusetts |
| 21 | Hanover | Old Colony | 12/10/1792 | Grand Lodge of Massachusetts |
| 22 | Blandford | Federal | 12/10/1792 | Grand Lodge of Massachusetts |
| 23 | Worcester | Morning Star | 06/11/1793 | Grand Lodge of Massachusetts |
| 24 | Cheshire | Franklin | 06/09/1794 | Grand Lodge of Massachusetts |
| 25 | Penobscot (Me.) | Hancock | 06/09/1794 | Grand Lodge of Massachusetts |
| 26 | Greenfield | Republican | U.D. | Grand Lodge of Massachusetts |
