MassachusettsYear1774

1774

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

• 01/28: I-206; Bunch of Grapes Tavern, Boston.
  • Lodges represented: Master's, First, Second, Rising Sun
  • I-207: Regulations on Charity Fund. Committee appointed to review the proposals.
  • I-207: Appointment of Grand Officers.
  • I-207: Letters received from Union Lodge. (Text on Pages I-207-I-209.)
  • I-210: Adjournment to 02/11/1774.

• 02/11: I-210; Bunch of Grapes Tavern, Boston.
  • I-210: Consideration of proposed Rules and Regulations, which were recommitted.
  • I-210: Adjournment to 02/25/1774.

• 02/25: I-210; Bunch of Grapes Tavern, Boston.
  • I-211: Report by the Grand Master; votes of acceptance and direction for printing.
  • I-211: Report on Grand Charity.

• 04/29: I-216; Bunch of Grapes Tavern, Boston.
  • Lodges represented: Masters, First, Second, Rising Sun.
  • I-216: Payment to Grand Tyler and Grand Secretary.
  • I-217: Committee appointed to "to consider of ways and means for defreying the incidental Expences of the Grand Lodge, and make report at the next Quarterly Communication."
  • I-217: Votes on the Feast of St. John the Baptist.
  • I-217: Petitions for Charity.

SPECIAL COMMUNICATIONS

• 06/24: Feast of St. John the Baptist not documented.

• 12/27: I-217: Feast of St. John the Evangelist, Bunch of Grapes Tavern, Boston.
  • I-217: List of attendees.

LIST OF LODGES IN ST. JOHN'S GRAND LODGE JURISDICTION: 1774

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
13	Providence, Rhode Island	St. John's, Cranston	01/18/1757
15	Newport, Rhode Island	Master's, Newport	03/20/1759
16	Marblehead	Lodge at Marblehead	03/25/1760
17	Surinam	Surinam	04/06/1761
19	Hartford, Connecticut	Hartford	03/21/1762
20	Falmouth (Portland) (Maine)	Portland	03/30/1762
21	Elizabeth Town, New Jersey	Temple	07/28/1762
22	Québec, Canada	Québec	10/26/1764
24	Waterbury, Connecticut	King Solomon's, Waterbury	10/26/1764
25	Prince Town, New Jersey	St. John's, Prince Town, New Jersey	10/26/1764
26	Newburyport	Newburyport	07/17/1766
27	Norwich, Connecticut	Norwich	10/24/1766
28	Salem	Salem	10/24/1766
29	Virginia	Virginia	10/24/1766
30	St. Christopher, West Indies	St. Christopher	10/24/1766
31	Barbados, West Indies	Barbados	10/24/1766
32	Wallingford, Connecticut	Compass, Wallingford	05/01/1769
33	Nantucket	Union	05/27/1771
34	Guilford, Connecticut	Guilford	07/10/1771
35	Boston	Rising Sun	06/22/1772

MASSACHUSETTS (PROVINCIAL) GRAND LODGE

JOSEPH WARREN, Grand Master

Joseph Webb, Deputy Grand Master
Ezra Collins, Senior Grand Warden
Samuel Barrett, Junior Grand Warden

LIST OF LODGES IN MASSACHUSETTS GRAND LODGE JURISDICTION: 1774

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
7	Boston	Lodge #243	12/02/1774 Chartered by the Grand Lodge of Ireland

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