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JOSIAH BARTLETT, Grand Master
JOSEPH LAUGHTON, Senior Grand Warden, Grand Master pro tem, 09/09/1799 - 12/27/1799
QUARTERLY COMMUNICATIONS
- 03/11 (Concert Hall, Boston): II-138;
- II-138: Petition for lodge in Stoughton; held over.
- II-139: The "State of Masonry" committee recommended that no new lodges be granted for two years from current date.
- II-139: Interpretation of Section 10, Article 12 of the Grand Constitutions.
- II-139: Committee on public building report.
- II-139: Report on Grand Secretary and Grand Treasurer accounts.
- II-140: Correpondence.
- 06/10 (Concert Hall, Boston): II-141;
- II-141: Committee on the subject of erecting new lodges (and reconsidering the earlier decision); and to fix fees for the degrees and to consider the "state of Masonry".
- II-142: Correspondence with King Solomon Lodge of Perfection.
- II-142: Fayette Lodge permitted to meet in rotation at Charlton, Sturbridge, and Dudley.
- 09/09 (Concert Hall, Boston): II-143;
- II-143: Letter of resignation from Grand Master Bartlett; Senior Grand Warden Joseph Laughton acting pro tem. A committee appointed to draft a response to the letter.
- II-144: Petition to review the property of the former Harmonic Lodge.
- II-144: Correspondence.
- 12/09 (Concert Hall, Boston): II-145;
- II-145: Committee to be appointed to confer with St. Andrew's Lodge regarding the propriety of acknowledging the authority of the Grand Lodge.
- II-146ff: Letter from and response to Grand Master Bartlett.
- II-150: Committee on property of the former Harmonic Lodge.
- II-151: Committee on the "state of Masonry" and the fees report.
- II-151: Petition for Rising Star Lodge, Stoughton, granted.
- II-151: Petition for lodge in Leominster, filed.
- II-151: Resolution that votes for Grand Lodge officers be taken separately.
- II-152: Report on Grand Secretary and Grand Treasurer accounts.
- II-152: Samuel Dunn elected Grand Master; other Grand Officers elected.
SPECIAL COMMUNICATIONS
- 12/17 (Concert Hall, Boston): II-154;
- II-154: Installation of Grand Master Dunn and other Grand Officers.
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 | Master's | 01/02/1738 | St. John's Grand Lodge |
| 3 | Newburyport | St. John's (Newburyport) | 07/17/1766 | St. John's Grand Lodge |
| 4 | Boston | Rising States | 11/30/1752 | Massachusetts Grand Lodge |
| 5 | Marblehead | Lodge at Marblehead | 03/25/1760 | Massachusetts Grand Lodge |
| 6 | Portland (Me.) | Lodge at Portland | 03/30/1762 | St. John's Grand Lodge |
| 7 | Gloucester | The Tyrian | 03/02/1770 | Massachusetts Grand Lodge |
| 8 | Boston | The Massachusetts | 05/13/1770 | Massachusetts Grand Lodge |
| 9 | Boston | Union (Nantucket) | 05/27/1771 | St. John's Grand Lodge |
| 10 | Newburyport | St. Peter's | 03/06/1773 | Massachusetts Grand Lodge |
| 11 | Stockbridge | Berkshire | 03/08/1777 | Massachusetts Grand Lodge |
| 12 | Lancaster | Trinity | 02/15/1776 | Massachusetts Grand Lodge |
| 13 | Machias (Me.) | Warren | 09/04/1778 | Massachusetts Grand Lodge |
| 14 | Ipswich | Unity | 03/09/1779 | Massachusetts Grand Lodge |
| 15 | Charlestown | King Solomon's | 09/05/1783 | Massachusetts Grand Lodge |
| 16 | North Hampton | Hampshire | 01/30/1784 | Massachusetts Grand Lodge |
| 17 | Williamstown | Friendship | 07/23/1785 | Massachusetts Grand Lodge |
| 18 | Salem | Essex | 06/11/1792 | Grand Lodge of Massachusetts |
| 19 | Wiscasset (Me.) | Lincoln | 06/01/1792 | Grand Lodge of Massachusetts |
| 20 | Hanover | Old Colony | 12/10/1792 | Grand Lodge of Massachusetts |
| 21 | Blandford | Federal | 12/10/1792 | Grand Lodge of Massachusetts |
| 22 | Worcester | Morning Star | 06/11/1793 | Grand Lodge of Massachusetts |
| 23 | Cheshire | Franklin | 06/09/1794 | Grand Lodge of Massachusetts |
| 24 | Penobscot (Me.) | Hancock | 06/09/1794 | Grand Lodge of Massachusetts |
| 25 | Greenfield | Republican | 12/09/1794 | Grand Lodge of Massachusetts |
| 26 | Framingham | Middlesex | 06/08/1795 | Grand Lodge of Massachusetts |
| 27 | Lenox | Evening Star | 06/09/1795 | Grand Lodge of Massachusetts |
| 28 | New Marlborough | Cincinnatus | 12/09/1795 | Grand Lodge of Massachusetts |
| 29 | Provincetown | King Hiram's | 12/12/1795 | Grand Lodge of Massachusetts |
| 30 | Hallowell (Me.) | Kennebec | 03/15/1796 | Grand Lodge of Massachusetts |
| 31 | Charlton | Fayette | 03/15/1796 | Grand Lodge of Massachusetts |
| 32 | Roxbury | Washington | 03/17/1796 | Grand Lodge of Massachusetts |
| 33 | Boston | Columbian | 06/08/1796 | Grand Lodge of Massachusetts at large |
| 34 | Northfield | Harmony | 06/13/1796 | Grand Lodge of Massachusetts |
| 35 | Dorchester | Union (Dorchester) | 06/13/1796 | Grand Lodge of Massachusetts |
| 36 | Monson | Thomas | 12/13/1796 | Grand Lodge of Massachusetts |
| 37 | Groton | St. Paul's | 01/31/1797 | Grand Lodge of Massachusetts |
| 38 | Wellfleet | Adams | 06/13/1797 | Grand Lodge of Massachusetts |
| 39 | South Hadley | Jerusalem | 06/13/1797 | Grand Lodge of Massachusetts |
| 40 | Columbia (Me.) | Tuscan | 06/13/1797 | Grand Lodge of Massachusetts |
| 41 | Norton | Bristol | 06/14/1797 | Grand Lodge of Massachusetts |
| 42 | Bridgewater | Fellowship | 06/15/1797 | Grand Lodge of Massachusetts |
| 43 | Concord | Corinthian | 06/16/1797 | Grand Lodge of Massachusetts |
| 44 | Franklin | Montgomery | 09/13/1797 | Grand Lodge of Massachusetts |
| 45 | Oxford | Olive Branch | 09/13/1797 | Grand Lodge of Massachusetts |
| 46 | Brookfield | Meridian Sun | 09/13/1797 | Grand Lodge of Massachusetts |
| 47 | Lexington | Hiram | 12/11/1797 | Grand Lodge of Massachusetts |
| 48 | Watertown | Meridian | 12/11/1797 | Grand Lodge of Massachusetts |
| 49 | Holmes’ Hole | King Solomon Lodge in Perfection | 12/11/1797 | Grand Lodge of Massachusetts |
| 50 | Falmouth | Marine | 0313/1798 | Grand Lodge of Massachusetts |
| 51 | Reading | Mount Moriah | 03/14/1798 | Grand Lodge of Massachusetts |
| 52 | Ashby | Social | 03/16/1798 | Grand Lodge of Massachusetts |
| 53 | Rehoboth | Eastern Star | 03/161798 | Grand Lodge of Massachusetts |
| 54 | Taunton | King David | 06/12/1798 | Grand Lodge of Massachusetts |
| 55 | Stoughton | Rising Star | 12/09/1799 | }
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