MassachusettsYear1798

1798

JOSIAH BARTLETT, Grand Master

Samuel Dunn, Deputy Grand Master
Joseph Laughton, Senior Grand Warden
William Little, Junior Grand Warden

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QUARTERLY COMMUNICATIONS

• 03/12 (Concert Hall, Boston): II-125;
  • II-125: Petition from Bristol Lodge to be withdrawn.
  • II-125: Petition for Mount Moriah Lodge, Reading; granted.
  • II-126: Petition for Marine Lodge, Falmouth; granted.
  • II-126: Petition for Social Lodge, Ashley (Ashby); granted.
  • II-126: Petition for Eastern Star Lodge, east parish of Rehoboth; granted.
  • II-126: Correspondence from members of the former Harmonic Lodge.
  • II-127: Report on new book of Constitutions.
  • II-127: Resolution that Grand Lodge not hold communications with lodges that do not pay dues to the Grand Lodge be suspended with respect to St. Andrew's Lodge.

• 06/11 (Concert Hall, Boston): II-129;
  • II-129: Correspondence with Adams Lodge read and filed.
  • II-130: Committee of correspondence appointed.
  • II-130: Report of committee on Harmonic Lodge assets.
  • II-130: Charity committee presented regulations; adopted.
  • II-130: Petition for King David Lodge, Taunton, granted.
  • II-131: Address to the President of the United States.

• 09/10 (Concert Hall, Boston): II-133;
  • II-133: Petition for lodge in Hardwick; held over.
  • II-133: Committee to be appointed for distribution of the Book of Constitutions.
  • II-134: Reply from President Adams.

• 12/10 (Concert Hall, Boston): II-135;
  • II-136: Petition for lodge in Hardwick; held over.
  • II-136: Committee appointed to consider "the state of Masonry in this Commonwealth" and the "expediency of erecting more Lodges".
  • II-136: Committee to review Grand Secretary and Grand Treasurer accounts.
  • II-136: Petition for a lodge in Orrington; held over.
  • II-136: Proceedings to be printed and distributed.
  • II-137: Re-election of Grand Master Bartlett.

SPECIAL COMMUNICATIONS

• 01/17 (Concert Hall, Boston): II-122;
  • II-122: Correspondence.
  • II-123: Reconsideration of vote to revise the Book of Constitutions; a new edition to be printed (with revisions by Thaddeus Harris and a committee to review it).
  • II-123: Thanks voted to Past G.M. Paul Revere.
  • II-123: Committee of correspondence to be created.
  • II-123: Charity Committee to be created.
  • II-123: A plate to be procured for the printing of certificates.

• 03/24 (Concert Hall, Boston): II-128;
  • II-128: Petition for a lodge in Northampton; withdrawn.
  • II-128: Correspondence with Adams Lodge.

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LIST OF LODGES IN MASSACHUSETTS: 1798

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	Salem	Essex	06/11/1792	Grand Lodge of Massachusetts
16	Wiscasset (Me.)	Lincoln	06/01/1792	Grand Lodge of Massachusetts
17	Hanover	Old Colony	12/10/1792	Grand Lodge of Massachusetts
18	Blandford	Federal	12/10/1792	Grand Lodge of Massachusetts
19	Worcester	Morning Star	06/11/1793	Grand Lodge of Massachusetts
20	Cheshire	Franklin	06/09/1794	Grand Lodge of Massachusetts
21	Penobscot (Me.)	Hancock	06/09/1794	Grand Lodge of Massachusetts
22	Greenfield	Republican	12/09/1794	Grand Lodge of Massachusetts
23	Framingham	Middlesex	06/08/1795	Grand Lodge of Massachusetts
24	Lenox	Evening Star	06/09/1795	Grand Lodge of Massachusetts
25	New Marlborough	Cincinnatus	12/09/1795	Grand Lodge of Massachusetts
26	Provincetown	King Hiram's	12/12/1795	Grand Lodge of Massachusetts
27	Hallowell (Me.)	Kennebec	03/15/1796	Grand Lodge of Massachusetts
28	Charlton	Fayette	03/15/1796	Grand Lodge of Massachusetts
29	Roxbury	Washington	03/17/1796	Grand Lodge of Massachusetts
30	Boston	Columbian	06/08/1796	Grand Lodge of Massachusetts at large
31	Northfield	Harmony	06/13/1796	Grand Lodge of Massachusetts
32	Dorchester	Union (Dorchester)	06/13/1796	Grand Lodge of Massachusetts
33	Monson	Thomas	12/13/1796	Grand Lodge of Massachusetts
34	Groton	St. Paul's	01/31/1797	Grand Lodge of Massachusetts
35	Wellfleet	Adams	06/13/1797	Grand Lodge of Massachusetts
36	South Hadley	Jerusalem	06/13/1797	Grand Lodge of Massachusetts
37	Columbia (Me.)	Tuscan	06/13/1797	Grand Lodge of Massachusetts
38	Norton	Bristol	06/14/1797	Grand Lodge of Massachusetts
39	Bridgewater	Fellowship	06/15/1797	Grand Lodge of Massachusetts
40	Concord	Corinthian	06/16/1797	Grand Lodge of Massachusetts
41	Franklin	Montgomery	09/13/1797	Grand Lodge of Massachusetts
42	Oxford	Olive Branch	09/13/1797	Grand Lodge of Massachusetts
43	Brookfield	Meridian Sun	09/13/1797	Grand Lodge of Massachusetts
44	Lexington	Hiram	12/11/1797	Grand Lodge of Massachusetts
45	Watertown	Meridian	12/11/1797	Grand Lodge of Massachusetts
46	Holmes' Hole	King Solomon Lodge in Perfection	12/11/1797	Grand Lodge of Massachusetts
47	Falmouth	Marine	03/13/1798	Grand Lodge of Massachusetts
48	Reading	Mount Moriah	03/14/1798	Grand Lodge of Massachusetts
49	Ashby	Social	03/16/1798	Grand Lodge of Massachusetts
50	Rehoboth	Eastern Star	03/16/1798	Grand Lodge of Massachusetts
51	Taunton	King David	06/12/1798	Grand Lodge of Massachusetts

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