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AMICABLE LODGE

Location: Cambridge

Chartered By: Isaiah Thomas

Charter Date: 06/10/1805 II-276

Precedence Date: 06/10/1805

Current Status: Active

NOTES

REFERENCES IN GRAND LODGE PROCEEDINGS

• Petition for Charter: 1805 "Note that no student at the University would be admitted without permission of the Grand Master."
• Petition for Restoration of Charter: 1845

ANNIVERSARIES

• 1905 (Centenary)
• 1930 (125th Anniversary)
• 1955 (150th Anniversary)
• 1980 (175th Anniversary)

VISITS BY GRAND MASTER

• 1806 (Thomas; Constitution of Lodge and installation)
• 1866 (Dame; installation)
• 1873 (Nickerson)
• 1879 (Welch)
• 1880 (Welch)
• 1881 (Lawrence)
• 1885 (Howland)
• 1887 (Endicott; installation)
• 1888 (Endicott; 2 visits; installation and funeral of Charles Tufts)
• 1889 (Endicott; 2 visits; including installation)
• 1891 (Wells)
• 1893 (Briggs; also a visit by Acting GM Shepard)
• 1898 (Hutchinson)
• 1902 (Gallagher)
• 1905 (Sanford; Centenary)
• 1906 (Blake)
• 1910 (Flanders)
• 1912 (Benton)
• 1918 (Abbott; reception for Radio School brethren)
• 1925 (Ferrell; installation)
• 1930 (Deputy Grand Master Jones; 125th Anniversary)
• 1955 (W. Johnson; 150th Anniversary)
• 1980 (Melanson; 175th Anniversary)
• 1988 (Ames; 2000th Communication)
• 2005 (Hodgdon; 200th Anniversary)

BY-LAW CHANGES

1872 1879 1885 1889 1898 1899 1904 1907 1909 1910 1919 1920 1923 1924 1926 1930 1937 1951 1962 1963 1968 1975 1986 1996 2001 2009

HISTORY

• 1905 (Centenary History, 1905-50)
• 1930 (125th Anniversary History, 1930-255)
• 1955 (brief 150th Anniversary History, 1955-120)

OTHER

• 1818 (Memorial regarding the computation of Anno Lucis)
• 1820 (Conflict over jurisdiction)
• 1821 (Conflict over jurisdiction resolved)
• 1848 (Petition regarding money lent to Grand Lodge)
• 1872 (lodge transferred to a different district)
• 1889 (cornerstone laying of Cambridge city hall)
• 1910 (cornerstone laying of Cambridge Masonic hall)
• 1911 (dedication of Cambridge Masonic hall)

GRAND LODGE OFFICERS

• Henry Endicott, DDGM, Cambridge 4, 1867, 1868; Senior Grand Warden 1873; Grand Master 1887-1889
• Samuel P.P. Fay, DDGM, District 1, 1817, 1818; Deputy Grand Master 1819; Grand Master 1820
• Leander N. Hannum, DDGM, Charlestown 2, 1881; SN
• William Hilliard, DDGM, North Shore 9, 1830, 1831; Deputy Grand Master 1831
• Roger W. Jones, DDGM, Cambridge 2, 1963, 1964; N
• Henry A. Locke, DDGM, Cambridge 2, 1904, 1905; SN
• William Paterson, DDGM, Cambridge 2, 1986, 1987; N
• Augustus (Asa) Peabody, DDGM, District 1, 1813, 1814, 1815, 1816; Senior Grand Warden 1817; Grand Master 1843-1845
• Charles H. Taylor, DDGM, Cambridge 2, 1978, 1979
• Arnold F. Thomas, DDGM, Cambridge 2, 1951, 1952; N
• Edward F. Wallis, DDGM, Cambridge 2, 1927; Memorial
• William J. Whipple, DDGM, North Shore 9, 1823, 1824; Junior Grand Warden 1830-1832, Senior Grand Warden 1833
• Walter P. Worden, DDGM, Cambridge 2, 1941, 1942; N

OTHER BROTHERS

• Anson Burlingame; Memorial
• Charles Tufts; Memorial

DISTRICTS

1805: District 1 (Boston)

1821: District 9

1835: District 1

1849: District 1

1867: District 4 (Cambridge)

1872: District 2 (Charlestown)

1883: Cambridge 2

1911: District 2 (Cambridge)

1927: District 2 (Cambridge)

2003: District 2

LINKS

Lodge web site

Massachusetts Lodges