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1763

JEREMY GRIDLEY, Grand Master

John Rowe, Deputy Grand Master
Robert Williams, Senior Grand Warden
Andrew Oliver, Junior Grand Warden

QUARTERLY COMMUNICATIONS

  • 01/28: I-82.
  • 04/22: I-84.
    • Masters, First, Second
    • "No Persons appear'd in behalf of these Lodges:" Surranam, Maryland, Elizabeth Town, New Haven, Middletown, Hartford, Crownpoint, Newport, Providence, Marblehead, Portsmouth, Falmouth, Halifax, Louisburge
    • I-84: Votes on finances.
  • 07/28: I-85.
    • Masters, First, Second
    • "No Officers appeard for these Lodges:" Surranam, Maryland, Elizabeth Town, New Haven, Middletown, Hartford, Crownpoint, Newport, Providence, Marblehead, Portsmouth, Falmouth, Halifax, Louisburge
  • 10/24: I-87.
    • Masters, First, Second
    • I-87: "The Lodge was opened and the several Lodges within the Grand Masters Jurisdiction were called after which the Grand Master appointed Bro Abraham Savage & Jno. Cutler to Consider and Determine on the best Method to Hold the Annual Feasts & Report to him accordingly at the Next Masters Lodge & then was pleas'd to order that the Feast of S4 John the Evangelist should be duely Celebrated. Other Business ordered not to be Recorded."

SPECIAL COMMUNICATIONS

  • 06/24: I-84; George Tavern, Boston.
    • I-84: "The Right Worship1 Jeremy Gridley Esq* Grand Master sunimond

the Brethren to attend at the George Tavern where he held a Grand Lodge & the Feast was Celebrated in the Usual manner."

    • I-85: List of attendees.
  • 09/13: I-86.
    • I-86: "The Right Worshipful Grand Master summond a Special Lodge to Consult the Grand Officers on Several affairs of Importance. . . The Grand Master having Communicated what he thought

proper received the Thanks of the Lodge for his especial Care."

  • 10/28: I-87; Concert Hall, Boston.
    • I-87: "Being a Special Grand Lodge Night the Grand Master directed the Grand Secretary to Summon all the Masons in Boston to Attend him at Concert Hall in Boston."
    • I-88: "It was Voted unanimously that Concert Hall, in which the Brethren are now Assembled, be Purchased, for the Honour Benefit & Convenience of Free Masons at the Rate of Twelve hundred Pounds Sterling, and that a Subscription be immediately put about, to raise the said Sum, towards Purchasing, Furnishing, and otherwise Accommodating the Fraternity for the Future. But Mr. Stephen Deblois notwithstanding the Foregoing Vote and a Consequent agreement with him, Sold the House to Mr. Nathl. Wheelwright the next Day, whereby the Subscriptions & other Provisions made for the Purchase aforesaid became Abortive. To the Great disappointment, as well as Charge of the Brethren in their Meetings about it. —"
  • 12/27: I-89.
    • I-89: "Being the Feast of St. John the Evangelist. Our Right Worshipfull Jeremy Gridley Esq* summon'd the Brethren to attend him when he held a Grand Lodge & Celebrated the Day as Usual."
    • I-89: List of attendees.

LIST OF LODGES IN ST. JOHN'S GRAND LODGE JURISDICTION: 1763

No. Location Lodge Precedence Date
1 Boston First Lodge 07/30/1733
2 Portsmouth (N.H.) St. John's (Portsmouth) 06/24/1736
3 Boston Master's 01/02/1738
4 Newfoundland St. John's, Newfoundland 12/24/1746
5 Boston Second Lodge 02/15/1749
6 Newport, Rhode Island St. John's Newport 12/27/1749
7 Halifax, Nova Scotia Halifax 07/19/1750
8 Annapolis, Maryland Annapolis, Maryland 08/12/1750
9 New Haven, Connecticut Hiram 11/12/1750
10 New London, Connecticut Lodge at New London 01/12/1753
11 Middletown, Connecticut St. John's, Middletown 02/04/1754
12 Crown Point, New York Lake George Army Lodge 05/13/1756
13 Providence, Rhode Island St. John's, Cranston 01/18/1757
14 Louisbourg, Acadia Louisbourg Army 11/13/1758
15 Newport, Rhode Island Master's, Newport 03/20/1759
16 Marblehead Lodge at Marblehead 03/25/1760
17 Surinam Surinam 04/06/1761
18 Crown Point, New York Crown Point Army 03/20/1762
19 Hartford, Connecticut Hartford 03/21/1762
20 Falmouth (Portland) (Maine) Portland 03/30/1762
21 Elizabeth Town, New Jersey Temple 07/28/1762

OTHER LODGES IN MASSACHUSETTS: 1763

No. Location Lodge Precedence Date
1 Boston Lodge of St. Andrew 11/30/1756 Chartered by the Grand Lodge of Scotland

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