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DeWITT CLINTON LODGE

Location: Sandwich

Chartered By: Winslow Lewis

Charter Date: 03/13/1856 VI-7

Precedence Date: 03/16/1855

Current Status: Active

REFERENCES IN GRAND LODGE PROCEEDINGS

• Petition for Dispensation: 1855
• Petition for Charter: 1856

ANNIVERSARIES

• 1955 (Centenary)
• 1980 (125th Anniversary)

VISITS BY GRAND MASTER

• 1856 (Lewis; Constitution of Lodge and installation)
• 1911 (Flanders)
• 1924 (Ferrell; cornerstone laying in Hyannis)
• 1933 (Chipman; hall dedication)
• 1955 (W. Johnson; Centenary)
• 1956 (W. Johnson; "William H. Thomas Night")
• 1963 (Osgood; hall rededication)
• 1974 (Vose; table lodge)
• 1974 (Melanson; 125th Anniversary)
• 1983 (Berquist)
• 1987 (Ames)
• 1998 (A. Johnson)

BY-LAW CHANGES

1877 1882 1885 1887 1888 1891 1898 1907 1913 1921 1924 1927 1930 1938 1942 1953 1958 1961 1967 1973 1974 1977 1981 1982 1984 1988 1993 1997 2001 2008

HISTORY

• 1955 (Centenary History, 1955-111)
• 1980 (125th Anniversary History, 1980-33)

OTHER

• 1886 (Ruling on appeal by lodge)
• 1896 (Jurisdictional dispute)

GRAND LODGE OFFICERS

• Arthur Braman, DDGM, District 27 (Nantucket), 1904, 1905; SN
• Fred E. Burrows, DDGM, District 31 (Nantucket), 1925, 1926; N
• David W. Catten, Jr., DDGM, District 20, 2012
• Bertrand C. French, DDGM, District 32 (Hyannis), 1945, 1946; N
• William M. Harrison, DDGM, District 32 (Hyannis), 1937, 1938; N
• Thomas R. Hickey, DDGM, District 32 (Hyannis), 2002; District 20, 2003
• Kendall G. Jones, DDGM, District 32 (Hyannis), 1977, 1978; N
• James E. O'Toole, DDGM, District 32 (Hyannis), 1967, 1968; N
• Charles T.C. Whitcomb, DDGM, District 27 (Nantucket), 1910, District 31 (Nantucket), 1911, 1912; SN
• George E. White, DDGM, District 27 (Nantucket), 1897, 1898; Memorial
• Lewis J. Whitney, DDGM, District 31 (Nantucket), 1920; N

DISTRICTS

1855: District 8

1867: District 15 (Barnstable)

1883: District 27 (Nantucket)

1911: District 31 (Nantucket)

1927: District 32 (Hyannis)

2003: District 20

LINKS

Lodge web site

Massachusetts Lodges