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=== NOTES ===
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'''[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=GMRevere PAUL REVERE], Grand Master'''
  
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'''[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=GMDunn Samuel Dunn]''', Deputy Grand Master<br>
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'''[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=GMThomas Isaiah Thomas]''' , Senior Grand Warden<br>
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'''[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAGLJLaughton Joseph Laughton]''', Junior Grand Warden
  
 
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'''''[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=GMRevere PAUL REVERE], Grand Master'''''
 
  
=== QUARTERLY COMMUNICATIONS ===
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=== NOTES ===
* 03/14 (Concert Hall, Boston): II-83;
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** II-83: Petition for [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Washington Washington] Lodge, Roxbury, granted.
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** II-83: Petition for [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=KennebecM Kennebec] Lodge, Hallowell, granted.
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** II-84: Petition for [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Fayette Fayette] Lodge, Charlton, granted.
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** II-84: New charter for [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=StPeter1 St. Peter's] Lodge, Newburyport, endorsed and provided to replace the original.
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** II-84: Charter for [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Columbian Columbian] Lodge, Boston, be granted "at large".
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* 06/13 (Concert Hall, Boston): II-85;
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** II-85: Petition for [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Harmony Harmony] Lodge, Northfield, granted.
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=== QUARTERLY COMMUNICATIONS ===
** II-85: Petition for [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=UnionD Union] Lodge, Dorchester, granted.
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* 03/13 (Concert Hall, Boston): II-97;
** II-85: [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=PortlandM Portland] Lodge granted precedence according to its charter.
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** II-97: Correspondence.
** II-86: [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Warren Warren] Lodge remitted dues.
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** II-97: Committee to draft an address to George Washington.
** II-87: Reinstatement of [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Harmonic Harmonic] Lodge charter, with the condition that they make no Masons except with the permission of the Grand Master.
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** II-98: Partial report of committee on rejected applicants presented.
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** II-98: Address by [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAGLTMHarris Thaddeus Mason Harris].
  
* 09/12 (Concert Hall, Boston): II-88;
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* 06/12 (Concert Hall, Boston): II-100;
** II-88: Correspondence.
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** II-100: Petition for [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Bristol Bristol] Lodge, Norton, granted.
** II-89: Petition for a lodge [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Thomas in Monson], held over.
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** II-100: Petition for [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Jerusalem Jerusalem] Lodge, South Hadley, granted.
** II-89: Committee to review Grand Secretary and Grand Treasurer accounts.
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** II-100: Petition for [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Fellowship Fellowship] Lodge, Bridgewater, granted.
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** II-101: Petition for [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Corinthian Corinthian] Lodge, Concord, granted.
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** II-101: Petition for [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=TuscanM Tuscan] Lodge, Columbia (Me.); actual petition mislaid, Grand Master authorized to take action.
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** II-101''ff'': Address to George Washington and his response.
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** II-103: Grand Master, Deputy and Wardens empowered to affix names to Lodges granted charters in this jurisdiction.
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** II-103: Grand Lodge to attend installation of [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=StPaulA St. Paul], Groton, on 08/02.
  
* 12/12 (Concert Hall, Boston): II-91;
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* 09/13 (Concert Hall, Boston): II-108;
** II-91: [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Unity Unity] Lodge, Ipswich, voted to come under Massachusetts jurisdiction.
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** II-108: Correspondence.
** II-92: Report on Grand Secretary and Grand Treasurer accounts.
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** II-108: Petition for [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Hiram Hiram] Lodge in Lexington; laid over.
** II-92: Grand Master empowered to appoint a Grand Chaplain.
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** II-108: Petition for [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Marine Marine] Lodge in Falmouth; laid over.
** II-93: Grand Master [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=GMRevere Revere] re-elected.
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** II-109: Petition for [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Montgomery Montgomery] Lodge in Franklin; granted.
** II-93: [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=PortlandM Portland] Lodge quarterages remitted.
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** II-109: Petition for [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MeridianSun1 Meridian Sun] Lodge, Brookfield, granted.
** II-93: Petition for [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Thomas Thomas] Lodge, Monson, granted.
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** II-109: Committee to revise Constitutions reported; new regulations proposed.
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** II-110: Committee to review Grand Secretary and Grand Treasurer accounts.
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* 12/11 (Concert Hall, Boston): II-111;
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** II-112: Committee report on resolve regarding "persons proposed to be made Masons in Lodges and not admitted."
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** II-112: Petition for [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Hiram Hiram] Lodge in Lexington; granted.
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** II-112: Petition for [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Meridian Meridian] Lodge in Watertown; granted.
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** II-112: Petition for [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Marine Marine] Lodge in Falmouth; granted.
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** II-112: Petition for [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=KingSolomonPerfection King Solomon Lodge of Perfection] Lodge in Holmes' Hole, Martha's Vineyard; granted.
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** II-113: Vote that each lodge have one vote in Grand Lodge.
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** II-113: Address by Grand Master [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=GMRevere Revere].
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** II-113: [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=GMBartlett Josiah Bartlett] elected Grand Master.
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** II-113: Thanks given to [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=GMThomas Isaiah Thomas] for the gift of "an elegant Bible."
  
 
=== SPECIAL COMMUNICATIONS ===
 
=== SPECIAL COMMUNICATIONS ===
* 12/22 (Concert Hall, Boston): II-95;
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* 02/23 (Concert Hall, Boston): II-96;
** II-95: [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Harmonic Harmonic] Lodge charter restrictions to be continued.
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** II-96: Committee to draft language in the Grand Constitutions regarding rejected applicants.
** II-95: Committee to confer with [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Columbian Columbian] Lodge.
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=== LIST OF LODGES IN MASSACHUSETTS: 1796 ===
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* 06/26 - 06/28 (Concert Hall, Boston): II-104;
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** II-104ff: Charges against [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Harmonic Harmonic] Lodge regarding improper making of Masons contrary to the orders of the Grand Lodge; charter vacated. ''(An account of the end of this lodge is given in the [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAGLHFowle#1833_AUTOBIOGRAPHY autobiography of Henry Fowle].)''
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*12/27 (Concert Hall, Boston): II-115;
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** II-115: Report on Grand Secretary and Grand Treasurer accounts.
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** II-116: Installation of Grand Master [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=GMBartlett Bartlett].
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** II-117''ff'': Address by Grand Master [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=GMBartlett Bartlett].
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=== LIST OF LODGES IN MASSACHUSETTS: 1797 ===
 
{| class="wikitable"  
 
{| class="wikitable"  
 
|-
 
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|-
 
|-
 
|1
 
|1
|Boston
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|[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MABoston Boston]
 
|[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=StJohnB St. John's (Boston)]
 
|[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=StJohnB St. John's (Boston)]
 
|07/30/1733
 
|07/30/1733
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|-
 
|-
 
|2
 
|2
|Boston
+
|[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MABoston Boston]
|[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Masters1 Master's]
+
|01/02/1738
+
|St. John's Grand Lodge
+
|-
+
|3
+
|Newburyport
+
|[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=StJohnN St. John's (Newburyport)]
+
|07/17/1766
+
|St. John's Grand Lodge
+
|-
+
|4
+
|Boston
+
 
|[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=RisingStates Rising States]
 
|[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=RisingStates Rising States]
 
|11/30/1752
 
|11/30/1752
 
|Massachusetts Grand Lodge
 
|Massachusetts Grand Lodge
 
|-
 
|-
|5
+
|3
|Marblehead
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|[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAMarblehead Marblehead]
|[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Philanthropic Lodge at Marblehead]
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|[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Philanthropic Philanthropic]
 
|03/25/1760
 
|03/25/1760
 
|Massachusetts Grand Lodge
 
|Massachusetts Grand Lodge
 
|-
 
|-
|6
+
|4
|Portland (Me.)
+
|[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MEPortland Portland] (Me.)
 
|[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=PortlandM Lodge at Portland]
 
|[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=PortlandM Lodge at Portland]
 
|03/30/1762
 
|03/30/1762
 
|St. John's Grand Lodge
 
|St. John's Grand Lodge
 
|-
 
|-
|7
+
|5
|Gloucester
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|[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MANewburyport Newburyport]
 +
|[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=StJohnN St. John's (Newburyport)]
 +
|07/17/1766
 +
|St. John's Grand Lodge
 +
|-
 +
|6
 +
|[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAGloucester Gloucester]
 
|[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Tyrian The Tyrian]
 
|[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Tyrian The Tyrian]
 
|03/02/1770
 
|03/02/1770
 
|Massachusetts Grand Lodge
 
|Massachusetts Grand Lodge
 
|-
 
|-
|8
+
|7
|Boston
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|[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MABoston Boston]
 
|[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsLodge The Massachusetts]
 
|[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsLodge The Massachusetts]
 
|05/13/1770
 
|05/13/1770
 
|Massachusetts Grand Lodge
 
|Massachusetts Grand Lodge
 
|-
 
|-
|9
+
|8
|Boston
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|[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MANantucket Nantucket]
 
|[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=UnionN Union (Nantucket)]
 
|[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=UnionN Union (Nantucket)]
 
|05/27/1771
 
|05/27/1771
 
|St. John's Grand Lodge
 
|St. John's Grand Lodge
 
|-
 
|-
|10
+
|9
|Newburyport
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|[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MANewburyport Newburyport]
 
|[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=StPeter2 St. Peter's]
 
|[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=StPeter2 St. Peter's]
 
|03/06/1773
 
|03/06/1773
 
|Massachusetts Grand Lodge
 
|Massachusetts Grand Lodge
 
|-
 
|-
|11
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|10
|Stockbridge
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|[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MALancaster Lancaster]
|[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Berkshire1 Berkshire]
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|03/08/1777
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|Massachusetts Grand Lodge
+
|-
+
|12
+
|Lancaster
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|[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Trinity1 Trinity]
 
|[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Trinity1 Trinity]
 
|02/15/1776
 
|02/15/1776
 
|Massachusetts Grand Lodge
 
|Massachusetts Grand Lodge
 
|-
 
|-
|13
+
|11
|Machias (Me.)
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|[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MEMachias Machias] (Me.)
 
|[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=WarrenM Warren]
 
|[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=WarrenM Warren]
 
|09/04/1778
 
|09/04/1778
 
|Massachusetts Grand Lodge
 
|Massachusetts Grand Lodge
 
|-
 
|-
|14
+
|12
|Ipswich
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|[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAIpswich Ipswich]
 
|[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Unity Unity]
 
|[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Unity Unity]
 
|03/09/1779
 
|03/09/1779
 
|Massachusetts Grand Lodge
 
|Massachusetts Grand Lodge
 
|-
 
|-
|15
+
|13
|Charlestown
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|[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MACharlestown Charlestown]
 
|[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=KingSolomon King Solomon's]
 
|[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=KingSolomon King Solomon's]
 
|09/05/1783
 
|09/05/1783
 
|Massachusetts Grand Lodge
 
|Massachusetts Grand Lodge
 
|-
 
|-
|16
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|14
|North Hampton
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|[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAWilliamstown Williamstown]
|[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Hampshire2 Hampshire]
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|01/30/1784
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|Massachusetts Grand Lodge
+
|-
+
|17
+
|Williamstown
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|[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Friendship1 Friendship]
 
|[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Friendship1 Friendship]
 
|07/23/1785
 
|07/23/1785
 
|Massachusetts Grand Lodge
 
|Massachusetts Grand Lodge
 
|-
 
|-
|18
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|15
|Boston
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|[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MABoston Boston]
 
|[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Harmonic Harmonic]
 
|[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Harmonic Harmonic]
 
|12/08/1790
 
|12/08/1790
 
|Massachusetts Grand Lodge ''at large''; ''Vacated'' 06/28/1797.
 
|Massachusetts Grand Lodge ''at large''; ''Vacated'' 06/28/1797.
 
|-
 
|-
|19
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|16
|Salem
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|[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MASalem Salem]
 
|[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Essex2 Essex]
 
|[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Essex2 Essex]
 
|06/11/1792
 
|06/11/1792
 
|Grand Lodge of Massachusetts
 
|Grand Lodge of Massachusetts
 
|-
 
|-
|20
+
|17
|Wiscasset (Me.)
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|[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MEWiscasset Wiscasset] (Me.)
 
|[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=LincolnM Lincoln]
 
|[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=LincolnM Lincoln]
 
|06/01/1792
 
|06/01/1792
 
|Grand Lodge of Massachusetts
 
|Grand Lodge of Massachusetts
 
|-
 
|-
|21
+
|18
|Hanover
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|[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAHanover Hanover]
 
|[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=OldColony Old Colony]
 
|[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=OldColony Old Colony]
 
|12/10/1792
 
|12/10/1792
 
|Grand Lodge of Massachusetts
 
|Grand Lodge of Massachusetts
 
|-
 
|-
|22
+
|19
|Blandford
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|[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MABlandford Blandford]
 
|[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Federal1 Federal]
 
|[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Federal1 Federal]
 
|12/10/1792
 
|12/10/1792
 
|Grand Lodge of Massachusetts
 
|Grand Lodge of Massachusetts
 
|-
 
|-
|23
+
|20
|Worcester
+
|[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAWorcester Worcester]
 
|[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MorningStar Morning Star]
 
|[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MorningStar Morning Star]
 
|06/11/1793
 
|06/11/1793
 
|Grand Lodge of Massachusetts
 
|Grand Lodge of Massachusetts
 
|-
 
|-
|24
+
|21
|Cheshire
+
|[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MACheshire Cheshire]
 
|[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Franklin1 Franklin]
 
|[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Franklin1 Franklin]
 
|06/09/1794
 
|06/09/1794
 
|Grand Lodge of Massachusetts
 
|Grand Lodge of Massachusetts
 
|-
 
|-
|25
+
|22
|Penobscot (Me.)
+
|[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MEPenobscot Penobscot] (Me.)
 
|[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=HancockM Hancock]
 
|[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=HancockM Hancock]
 
|06/09/1794
 
|06/09/1794
 
|Grand Lodge of Massachusetts
 
|Grand Lodge of Massachusetts
 
|-
 
|-
|26
+
|23
|Greenfield
+
|[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAGreenfield Greenfield]
 
|[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Republican Republican]
 
|[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Republican Republican]
 
|12/09/1794
 
|12/09/1794
 
|Grand Lodge of Massachusetts
 
|Grand Lodge of Massachusetts
 
|-
 
|-
|27
+
|24
|Framingham
+
|[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAFramingham Framingham]
 
|[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Middlesex Middlesex]
 
|[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Middlesex Middlesex]
 
|06/08/1795
 
|06/08/1795
 
|Grand Lodge of Massachusetts
 
|Grand Lodge of Massachusetts
 
|-
 
|-
|28
+
|25
|Lenox
+
|[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MALenox Lenox]
 
|[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=EveningStar Evening Star]
 
|[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=EveningStar Evening Star]
 
|06/09/1795
 
|06/09/1795
 
|Grand Lodge of Massachusetts
 
|Grand Lodge of Massachusetts
 
|-
 
|-
|29
+
|26
|New Marlborough
+
|[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MANewMarlborough New Marlborough]
 
|[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Cincinnatus Cincinnatus]
 
|[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Cincinnatus Cincinnatus]
 
|12/09/1795
 
|12/09/1795
 
|Grand Lodge of Massachusetts
 
|Grand Lodge of Massachusetts
 
|-
 
|-
|30
+
|27
|Truro
+
|[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAProvincetown Provincetown]
 
|[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=KingHiram King Hiram's]
 
|[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=KingHiram King Hiram's]
 
|12/12/1795
 
|12/12/1795
 
|Grand Lodge of Massachusetts
 
|Grand Lodge of Massachusetts
 
|-
 
|-
|31
+
|28
|Hallowell (Me.)
+
|[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MEHallowell Hallowell] (Me.)
 
|[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=KennebecM Kennebec]
 
|[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=KennebecM Kennebec]
 
|03/15/1796
 
|03/15/1796
 
|Grand Lodge of Massachusetts
 
|Grand Lodge of Massachusetts
 
|-
 
|-
|32
+
|29
|Charlton
+
|[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MACharlton Charlton]
 
|[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Fayette Fayette]
 
|[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Fayette Fayette]
 
|03/15/1796
 
|03/15/1796
 
|Grand Lodge of Massachusetts
 
|Grand Lodge of Massachusetts
 
|-
 
|-
|33
+
|30
|Roxbury
+
|[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MARoxbury Roxbury]
 
|[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Washington Washington]
 
|[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Washington Washington]
 
|03/17/1796
 
|03/17/1796
 
|Grand Lodge of Massachusetts
 
|Grand Lodge of Massachusetts
 
|-
 
|-
|34
+
|31
|Boston
+
|[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MABoston Boston]
 
|[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Columbian Columbian]
 
|[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Columbian Columbian]
 
|06/08/1796
 
|06/08/1796
 
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|06/13/1796
 
|06/13/1796
 
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|Grand Lodge of Massachusetts
 
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|36
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|33
|Dorchester
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|[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=UnionD Union (Dorchester)]
 
|06/13/1796
 
|06/13/1796
 
|Grand Lodge of Massachusetts
 
|Grand Lodge of Massachusetts
 
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|37
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|34
|Monson
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|[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Thomas Thomas]
 
|12/13/1796
 
|12/13/1796
 
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|38
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|35
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|[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAGroton Groton]
 
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|Groton
 
 
|01/31/1797
 
|01/31/1797
 
|Grand Lodge of Massachusetts
 
|Grand Lodge of Massachusetts
 
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|39
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|36
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|[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAWellfleet Wellfleet]
 
|[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Adams Adams]
 
|[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Adams Adams]
|Wellfleet
 
 
|06/13/1797
 
|06/13/1797
 
|Grand Lodge of Massachusetts
 
|Grand Lodge of Massachusetts
 
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|40
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|37
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|[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MASHadley South Hadley]
 
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|[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Jerusalem Jerusalem]
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|06/13/1797
 
|06/13/1797
 
|Grand Lodge of Massachusetts
 
|Grand Lodge of Massachusetts
 
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|41
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|38
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|[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MEColumbia Columbia] (Me.)
 
|[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=TuscanM Tuscan]
 
|[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=TuscanM Tuscan]
|Columbia (Me.)
 
 
|06/13/1797
 
|06/13/1797
 
|Grand Lodge of Massachusetts
 
|Grand Lodge of Massachusetts
 
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|-
|42
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|39
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|[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MANorton Norton]
 
|[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Bristol Bristol]
 
|[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Bristol Bristol]
|Norton
 
 
|06/14/1797
 
|06/14/1797
 
|Grand Lodge of Massachusetts
 
|Grand Lodge of Massachusetts
 
|-
 
|-
|43
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|40
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|[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MABridgewater Bridgewater]
 
|[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Fellowship Fellowship]
 
|[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Fellowship Fellowship]
|Bridgewater
 
 
|06/15/1797
 
|06/15/1797
 
|Grand Lodge of Massachusetts
 
|Grand Lodge of Massachusetts
 
|-
 
|-
|44
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|41
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|[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAConcord Concord]
 
|[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Corinthian Corinthian]
 
|[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Corinthian Corinthian]
|Concord
 
 
|06/16/1797
 
|06/16/1797
 
|Grand Lodge of Massachusetts
 
|Grand Lodge of Massachusetts
 
|-
 
|-
|45
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|42
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|[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAFranklin Franklin]
 
|[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Montgomery Montgomery]
 
|[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Montgomery Montgomery]
|Franklin
 
 
|09/13/1797
 
|09/13/1797
 
|Grand Lodge of Massachusetts
 
|Grand Lodge of Massachusetts
 
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|-
|46
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|43
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|[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAOxford Oxford]
 
|[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=OliveBranch Olive Branch]
 
|[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=OliveBranch Olive Branch]
|Oxford
 
 
|09/13/1797
 
|09/13/1797
 
|Grand Lodge of Massachusetts
 
|Grand Lodge of Massachusetts
 
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|-
|47
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|44
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|[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MABrookfield Brookfield]
 
|[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MeridianSun1 Meridian Sun]
 
|[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MeridianSun1 Meridian Sun]
|Brookfield
 
 
|09/13/1797
 
|09/13/1797
 
|Grand Lodge of Massachusetts
 
|Grand Lodge of Massachusetts
 
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|48
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|45
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|[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MALexington Lexington]
 
|[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Hiram Hiram]
 
|[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Hiram Hiram]
|Lexington
 
 
|12/11/1797
 
|12/11/1797
 
|Grand Lodge of Massachusetts
 
|Grand Lodge of Massachusetts
 
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|49
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|46
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|[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAWatertown Watertown]
 
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|[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Meridian Meridian]
|Watertown
 
 
|12/11/1797
 
|12/11/1797
 
|Grand Lodge of Massachusetts
 
|Grand Lodge of Massachusetts
 
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|50
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|47
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|[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAHolmesHole Holmes' Hole]
 
|[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=KingSolomonPerfection King Solomon Lodge in Perfection]
 
|[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=KingSolomonPerfection King Solomon Lodge in Perfection]
|Holmes’ Hole
 
 
|12/11/1797
 
|12/11/1797
 
|Grand Lodge of Massachusetts
 
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Latest revision as of 02:42, 18 September 2012

1797

PAUL REVERE, Grand Master

Samuel Dunn, Deputy Grand Master
Isaiah Thomas , Senior Grand Warden
Joseph Laughton, Junior Grand Warden


NOTES


QUARTERLY COMMUNICATIONS

  • 03/13 (Concert Hall, Boston): II-97;
    • II-97: Correspondence.
    • II-97: Committee to draft an address to George Washington.
    • II-98: Partial report of committee on rejected applicants presented.
    • II-98: Address by Thaddeus Mason Harris.
  • 06/12 (Concert Hall, Boston): II-100;
    • II-100: Petition for Bristol Lodge, Norton, granted.
    • II-100: Petition for Jerusalem Lodge, South Hadley, granted.
    • II-100: Petition for Fellowship Lodge, Bridgewater, granted.
    • II-101: Petition for Corinthian Lodge, Concord, granted.
    • II-101: Petition for Tuscan Lodge, Columbia (Me.); actual petition mislaid, Grand Master authorized to take action.
    • II-101ff: Address to George Washington and his response.
    • II-103: Grand Master, Deputy and Wardens empowered to affix names to Lodges granted charters in this jurisdiction.
    • II-103: Grand Lodge to attend installation of St. Paul, Groton, on 08/02.
  • 09/13 (Concert Hall, Boston): II-108;
    • II-108: Correspondence.
    • II-108: Petition for Hiram Lodge in Lexington; laid over.
    • II-108: Petition for Marine Lodge in Falmouth; laid over.
    • II-109: Petition for Montgomery Lodge in Franklin; granted.
    • II-109: Petition for Meridian Sun Lodge, Brookfield, granted.
    • II-109: Committee to revise Constitutions reported; new regulations proposed.
    • II-110: Committee to review Grand Secretary and Grand Treasurer accounts.
  • 12/11 (Concert Hall, Boston): II-111;
    • II-112: Committee report on resolve regarding "persons proposed to be made Masons in Lodges and not admitted."
    • II-112: Petition for Hiram Lodge in Lexington; granted.
    • II-112: Petition for Meridian Lodge in Watertown; granted.
    • II-112: Petition for Marine Lodge in Falmouth; granted.
    • II-112: Petition for King Solomon Lodge of Perfection Lodge in Holmes' Hole, Martha's Vineyard; granted.
    • II-113: Vote that each lodge have one vote in Grand Lodge.
    • II-113: Address by Grand Master Revere.
    • II-113: Josiah Bartlett elected Grand Master.
    • II-113: Thanks given to Isaiah Thomas for the gift of "an elegant Bible."

SPECIAL COMMUNICATIONS

  • 02/23 (Concert Hall, Boston): II-96;
    • II-96: Committee to draft language in the Grand Constitutions regarding rejected applicants.
  • 06/26 - 06/28 (Concert Hall, Boston): II-104;
    • II-104ff: Charges against Harmonic Lodge regarding improper making of Masons contrary to the orders of the Grand Lodge; charter vacated. (An account of the end of this lodge is given in the autobiography of Henry Fowle.)
  • 12/27 (Concert Hall, Boston): II-115;
    • II-115: Report on Grand Secretary and Grand Treasurer accounts.
    • II-116: Installation of Grand Master Bartlett.
    • II-117ff: Address by Grand Master Bartlett.

LIST OF LODGES IN MASSACHUSETTS: 1797

No. Location Lodge Precedence Date Chartering Body
1 Boston St. John's (Boston) 07/30/1733 St. John's Grand Lodge
2 Boston Rising States 11/30/1752 Massachusetts Grand Lodge
3 Marblehead Philanthropic 03/25/1760 Massachusetts Grand Lodge
4 Portland (Me.) Lodge at Portland 03/30/1762 St. John's Grand Lodge
5 Newburyport St. John's (Newburyport) 07/17/1766 St. John's Grand Lodge
6 Gloucester The Tyrian 03/02/1770 Massachusetts Grand Lodge
7 Boston The Massachusetts 05/13/1770 Massachusetts Grand Lodge
8 Nantucket Union (Nantucket) 05/27/1771 St. John's Grand Lodge
9 Newburyport St. Peter's 03/06/1773 Massachusetts Grand Lodge
10 Lancaster Trinity 02/15/1776 Massachusetts Grand Lodge
11 Machias (Me.) Warren 09/04/1778 Massachusetts Grand Lodge
12 Ipswich Unity 03/09/1779 Massachusetts Grand Lodge
13 Charlestown King Solomon's 09/05/1783 Massachusetts Grand Lodge
14 Williamstown Friendship 07/23/1785 Massachusetts Grand Lodge
15 Boston Harmonic 12/08/1790 Massachusetts Grand Lodge at large; Vacated 06/28/1797.
16 Salem Essex 06/11/1792 Grand Lodge of Massachusetts
17 Wiscasset (Me.) Lincoln 06/01/1792 Grand Lodge of Massachusetts
18 Hanover Old Colony 12/10/1792 Grand Lodge of Massachusetts
19 Blandford Federal 12/10/1792 Grand Lodge of Massachusetts
20 Worcester Morning Star 06/11/1793 Grand Lodge of Massachusetts
21 Cheshire Franklin 06/09/1794 Grand Lodge of Massachusetts
22 Penobscot (Me.) Hancock 06/09/1794 Grand Lodge of Massachusetts
23 Greenfield Republican 12/09/1794 Grand Lodge of Massachusetts
24 Framingham Middlesex 06/08/1795 Grand Lodge of Massachusetts
25 Lenox Evening Star 06/09/1795 Grand Lodge of Massachusetts
26 New Marlborough Cincinnatus 12/09/1795 Grand Lodge of Massachusetts
27 Provincetown King Hiram's 12/12/1795 Grand Lodge of Massachusetts
28 Hallowell (Me.) Kennebec 03/15/1796 Grand Lodge of Massachusetts
29 Charlton Fayette 03/15/1796 Grand Lodge of Massachusetts
30 Roxbury Washington 03/17/1796 Grand Lodge of Massachusetts
31 Boston Columbian 06/08/1796 Grand Lodge of Massachusetts at large
32 Northfield Harmony 06/13/1796 Grand Lodge of Massachusetts
33 Dorchester Union (Dorchester) 06/13/1796 Grand Lodge of Massachusetts
34 Monson Thomas 12/13/1796 Grand Lodge of Massachusetts
35 Groton St. Paul's 01/31/1797 Grand Lodge of Massachusetts
36 Wellfleet Adams 06/13/1797 Grand Lodge of Massachusetts
37 South Hadley Jerusalem 06/13/1797 Grand Lodge of Massachusetts
38 Columbia (Me.) Tuscan 06/13/1797 Grand Lodge of Massachusetts
39 Norton Bristol 06/14/1797 Grand Lodge of Massachusetts
40 Bridgewater Fellowship 06/15/1797 Grand Lodge of Massachusetts
41 Concord Corinthian 06/16/1797 Grand Lodge of Massachusetts
42 Franklin Montgomery 09/13/1797 Grand Lodge of Massachusetts
43 Oxford Olive Branch 09/13/1797 Grand Lodge of Massachusetts
44 Brookfield Meridian Sun 09/13/1797 Grand Lodge of Massachusetts
45 Lexington Hiram 12/11/1797 Grand Lodge of Massachusetts
46 Watertown Meridian 12/11/1797 Grand Lodge of Massachusetts
47 Holmes' Hole King Solomon Lodge in Perfection 12/11/1797 Grand Lodge of Massachusetts

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