MassachusettsYear1773

1773

ST. JOHN'S GRAND LODGE

JOHN ROWE, Grand Master

Richard Gridley, Deputy Grand Master
Abraham Savage, Senior Grand Warden
Samuel Fitch, Junior Grand Warden

QUARTERLY COMMUNICATIONS

• 01/29: I-199; Bunch of Grapes Tavern, Boston.
  • Lodges represented: Master's, First, Second, Rising Sun
  • I-200: Regulations on Charity.
  • I-200: Vote on contributions by attendees: "every Brother who attends the Grand Lodge at their Quarterly Communications, shall upon his entrance into the Lodge Room pay to the Gr: Secy. two shillings and six pence Sterling, towards defraying the Expences of said Lodge ; and if any surplisage remains after the Bill of Reckoning is discharged, the same to be paid to the Grand Treasurer."
  • I-200: Letter from Master of Newbury Lodge.
  • I-200: Letter from Stephen Hooper, Esq., Master of Union Lodge, asking to be registered as "Union Lodge No. 5."
  • I-200: Petitions for Charity.
  • I-200: Vote to provide a letter of recommendation for Bro. John Fleeming.
  • I-200: Vote on visiting rights for members of the Lodge of St. Andrew and The Massachusetts Lodge: "if found to be good Masons after a proper Examination {members} shall be admitted as visiting Brothers in the respective Lodges under this Jurisdiction? After consideration thereof, and debates thereon, the Question was put and passed in the Affirmative Nemine Oontradicente". (i. e., without opposition.)
  • I-200: Appointment of Grand Officers.
  • I-192: Grants of money to the Grand Tyler, Bro. Homans, and the Grand Secretary, Bro. Brown.

• 04/30: I-201; Bunch of Grapes Tavern, Boston.
  • Lodges represented: Masters, First, Second, Rising Sun.
  • I-201: Letter received from Hiram Lodge. (Text on Page I-202.)
  • I-201: Letter received from Union Lodge. (Text on Page I-203.)
  • I-201: Votes on the Feast of St. John the Baptist.
  • I-202: "Voted that the Grand Secretary retain the six Pounds lawful Money he has received from the Nantucket Lodge for the Relief of Bro : Jeremiah Russell in his own Hands, untill he obtains a Receipt from said Bro: Russell for said Sum."
  • I-202: "Voted that the Grand Secretary take up all Letters that arrive from the Grand Lodge in England relative to Masonry, and that the Charges attending such Letters be borne by this Lodge."

• 10/29: I-205; Bunch of Grapes Tavern, Boston.
  • Lodges represented: Masters', First, Second, Rising Sun.
  • I-205: Votes on the Feast of St. John the Evangelist.
  • I-205: Petitions for Charity.

SPECIAL COMMUNICATIONS

• 06/24: I-204; Feast of St. John the Baptist, Kings Arms Tavern, Boston Neck.
  • I-204: List of attendees.
  • I-205: Petitions for Charity.

• 12/27: I-206: Feast of St. John the Evangelist, Bunch of Grapes Tavern, Boston.
  • I-206: List of attendees.
  • I-206: Petitions for Charity.

LIST OF LODGES IN ST. JOHN'S GRAND LODGE JURISDICTION: 1773

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	Annapolis, Maryland	Annapolis, Maryland	08/12/1750
8	New Haven, Connecticut	Hiram	11/12/1750
9	New London, Connecticut	Lodge at New London	01/12/1753
10	Middletown, Connecticut	St. John's, Middletown	02/04/1754
11	Providence, Rhode Island	St. John's, Cranston	01/18/1757
12	Newport, Rhode Island	Master's, Newport	03/20/1759
13	Marblehead	Lodge at Marblehead	03/25/1760
14	Surinam	Surinam	04/06/1761
15	Hartford, Connecticut	Hartford	03/21/1762
16	Falmouth (Portland) (Maine)	Portland	03/30/1762
17	Elizabeth Town, New Jersey	Temple	07/28/1762
18	Waterbury, Connecticut	King Solomon's, Waterbury	10/26/1764
19	Prince Town, New Jersey	St. John's, Prince Town, New Jersey	10/26/1764
20	Newburyport	Newburyport	07/17/1766
21	Norwich, Connecticut	Norwich	10/24/1766
22	Salem	Salem	10/24/1766
23	St. Christopher, West Indies	St. Christopher	10/24/1766
24	Barbados, West Indies	Barbados	10/24/1766
25	Wallingford, Connecticut	Compass, Wallingford	05/01/1769
26	Nantucket	Union	05/27/1771
27	Guilford, Connecticut	Guilford	07/10/1771
28	Boston	Rising Sun	06/22/1772

MASSACHUSETTS (PROVINCIAL) GRAND LODGE

JOSEPH WARREN, Grand Master

Joseph Webb, Deputy Grand Master
Moses Deshon, Senior Grand Warden
Ezra Collins, Junior Grand Warden

LIST OF LODGES IN MASSACHUSETTS GRAND LODGE JURISDICTION: 1773

No.	Location	Lodge	Precedence Date
1	Boston	Lodge of St. Andrew	11/30/1756 Chartered by the Grand Lodge of Scotland
2	Boston	Lodge #322	1759 Chartered by the Grand Lodge of Ireland
3	Boston	Lodge #58	1769 Chartered by the Grand Lodge of England
4	Gloucester	The Tyrian	02/23/1770
5	Boston	The Massachusetts	05/13/1770
6	Newburyport	St. Peter's	03/06/1772

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