MassachusettsYear1803

1803

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ISAIAH THOMAS, Grand Master

QUARTERLY COMMUNICATIONS

• 03/14 (Concert Hall, Boston): II-210;
  • II-210: Report from Rising States Lodge, regarding improper conduct by certain members. Endorsed by the Grand Lodge.
  • II-214: "Lengthy communication" from the Grand Lodge of South Carolina.

• 06/13 (Concert Hall, Boston): II-219;
  • II-219: Committee on communication from King Solomon's Lodge to report at next Quarterly.
  • II-220: Hancock Lodge given leave to remove from Penobscot to Castine.
  • II-220: Grand Secretary directed to remind lodges of the need for proxy certificates to have seals.

• 09/12 (Concert Hall, Boston): II-221;
  • II-222: Correspondence from Grand Lodge of England.
  • II-222: Correspondence from Grand Lodges of Tennessee and North Carolina.

• 12/12 (Concert Hall, Boston): II-229;
  • II-229: Remonstrance by brothers regarding application to another lodge, and their expulsion.
  • II-230: Report on Grand Secretary and Grand Treasurer accounts.
  • II-230: Committee on compensation for Grand Treasurer and Grand Secretary.
  • II-231: Committee on "numbers and grades of lodges."
  • II-231: Petition by Unity Lodge, Ipswich, requesting a remission of dues because of their "deranged situation."
  • II-231: Rural Lodge permitted to remove to Quincy.
  • II-232: Re-election of Grand Master Isaiah Thomas and other Grand Lodge officers.
  • II-233: Committee to prepare "a suitable platform" as well as jewels for District Deputy Grand Masters.
  • II-233: Committee to consider means to erect a hall for the use of the Grand Lodge.

PETITIONS FOR CHARTERS

• 03/14: II-214; Petition for St. John's, Newburyport to assemble again as a lodge; granted, charter endorsed.
• 03/14: II-214; Petition for Charity Lodge, Mendon; laid over;
  • 06/13: II-219, granted.
• 03/14: II-214; Petition for Washington Remembered Lodge, NewBedford; laid over;
  • 09/12: II-221, granted.
• 06/13: II-219; Petition for Wisdom Lodge, West Stockbridge; granted.
• 06/13: II-219; Petition for Pythagorean Lodge, Fryeburg (Me.); granted.
• 06/13: II-219; Petition for Cumberland Lodge, New Gloucester (Me.); granted.
• 09/12: II-221; Petition for lodge in Quincy, withdrawn.
• 09/12: II-221; Petition for St. Mark's Lodge, Newburyport; granted.
• 09/12: II-221; Petition by American Union Lodge, Marietta, Ohio, for a renewal of their charter; granted.

SPECIAL COMMUNICATIONS

• 04/25 (Concert Hall, Boston): II-51;
  • II-215: Visit to Rising States Lodge, Boston.

• 05/12 (Haverhill) II-217;
  • II-217: Visit to Merrimack Lodge, Haverhill; installation of officers.

• 09/06 (West Stockbridge) II-236;
  • II-236: Constitution of Wisdom Lodge, West Stockbridge; installation of officers.

• 10/13 (Athol) II-228;
  • II-228: Visit to Harris Lodge, Athol; constitution of lodge and installation of officers. Sermon by Rev. Bro. Elliot.

• 10/19 (Dedham) II-224;
  • II-224: Visit to Constellation Lodge, Dedham; insallation of officers.

• 11/15 (Concert Hall, Boston): II-226;
  • II-226: Visit to The Massachusetts Lodge, Boston; address by Charles P. Sumner.

• 11/15 (Barnstable): II-227;
  • II-227: Deputy Grand Lodge by R.W. John Dunbar, DDGM of the 3rd District, to constitute and install Fraternal Lodge, Barnstable.

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LIST OF LODGES IN MASSACHUSETTS BY DISTRICT

DISTRICT 1 (Boston and vicinity)

• John Boyle, District Deputy Grand Master; 13 Lodges

* St. John's (Boston, 1733)
* Rising States, (Boston, 1752)
* The Massachusetts (Boston, 1770)
* King Solomon's (Charlestown, 1783)
* Columbian (Boston, 1796)
* Washington (Roxbury, 1796)
* Union (Dorchester, 1796)
* Hiram (Lexington, 1797)
* Meridian (Watertown, 1797)
* Mount Moriah (Reading, 1798)
* Mount Lebanon (Boston, 1801)
* Rural (Quincy, 1801)
* Constellation (Dedham, 1802)

DISTRICT 2 (Newburyport and North Shore)

• Jonathan Gage, District Deputy Grand Master
• 8 Lodges: Philanthropic (Marblehead, 1760), St. John's (Newburyport, 1766), The Tyrian (Gloucester, 1770), St. Peter's (Newburyport, 1773), Unity (Ipswich, 1779), Essex (Salem, 1792), Merrimack (Haverhill, 1802), St. Mark's, (Newburyport, 1803).

DISTRICT 3 (South Shore and Cape Cod)

• John D. Dunbar, District Deputy Grand Master
• 8 Lodges: Old Colony (Hanover, 1792), King Hiram's (Provincetown, 1795), Adams (Wellfleet, 1797), Marine (Falmouth, 1798), Fore Fathers' Rock (Plymouth, 1801), Sumner (Dennis, 1801), Fraternal (Barnstable, 1801), Corner Stone (Duxbury, 1801).

DISTRICT 4 (Southeast)

• Seth Padelford, District Deputy Grand Master

DISTRICT 5 (Framingham, west and north)

• Timothy Whiting, District Deputy Grand Master

DISTRICT 6 (Central Mass., Worcester)

• Ebenezer Phillips, District Deputy Grand Master

DISTRICT 7 (North Central Massachusetts)

• Solomon Vose, District Deputy Grand Master

DISTRICT 8 (Berkshires)

• Caleb Hyde, District Deputy Grand Master

DISTRICT 9 (Southern Maine)

• Woodbury Storer, District Deputy Grand Master

DISTRICT 10 (Central Maine)

• George Ulmer, District Deputy Grand Master

DISTRICT 11 (Eastern Maine)

• John Cooper, District Deputy Grand Master

DISTRICT 12 (Islands)

• William Coffin, District Deputy Grand Master

OUTSIDE OF MASSACHUSETTS

• No District Deputy Grand Master

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