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1816

BENJAMIN RUSSELL, Grand Master

Francis J. Oliver, Deputy Grand Master
John B. Hammatt, Senior Grand Warden
Ralph H. French, Junior Grand Warden

NOTES

QUARTERLY COMMUNICATIONS

• 03/11 (Masons Hall, Boston): III-34;
  • III-35: Petition for abatement of dues from Hancock Lodge, Castine.
    • 12/09: III-63; losses claimed were due to the lodge being deprived jewels and furniture by invading British troops; the petition was therefore granted.
  • III-36: Petition for abatement of dues from Corner Stone Lodge, Duxbury. (12/09: III-64; rejected).
  • III-36: Remonstrance against removal of United Lodge to Brunswick (Me). (06/10: III-43; committee recommended that the removal petition be granted.)
  • III-36: Conflict between Harris and Morning Star Lodges over jurisdiction. (12/09: III-65; resolved in favor of Harris Lodge.)
  • III-37: Committee for Promotion of Masonic Knowledge considering "the propriety of communicating with our Brethren . . . on the practicability and advantages of sending . . . Sojourners into other Countries."
    • 12/09; III-69: committee discharged.
  • III-38: Committee to procure a new place of meeting.
  • III-38: Constellation Lodge granted leave to celebrate Feast of St. John the Baptist.
  • III-38: A letter of condolence was sent to the widow of Past Grand Master Samuel Dunn.

• 06/10 (Masons Hall, Boston): III-42;
  • III-45: Petition for Mystic Lodge to remove to Pittsfield, granted.
  • III-46: Committee appointed to examine the Masonic Minstrel publication.
    • 12/09: III-71; the publication was rejected as ‚"unsuitable".
  • III-47: A petition from members of Saco Lodge to have the charter and regalia transferred to them.
    • 09/09; III-51: granted; charter transferred to "Daniel Granger and others" to practice the Craft.
  • III-47: Thanks and gifts presented to R.W. Thaddeus M. Harris.

• 09/10 (Masons Hall, Boston): III-52;
  • III-53: Communication from Oriental Lodge, regarding "want of attention‚" from the District Deputy Grand Master in the 9th District.
  • III-55: Report from the committee on the appointment of a Deputy Grand Secretary.
    • 12/09: III-74; recommitted as an amendment to the Grand Constitutions.
  • III-57: Petition by Republican Lodge for a loan to finish a lodge hall; rejected as "inexpedient".
  • III-58: Committee appointed regarding the report from the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania that the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts had chartered a "Black Lodge".
  • III-58: Committee appointed regarding the procuring of vellum for and inspection of plates of diplomas.
    • 12/09: III-74; Grand Treasurer to repair the plates and obtain vellum.
  • III-59: Committee appointed on the transcript of records.

• 12/09 (Masons Hall, Boston): III-62; Annual Communication.
  • III-67: Finance Committee report.
  • III-70: Francis J. Oliver elected Grand Master. Other Grand Officers elected.
  • III-75: Petition by Pacific Lodge to remove to Amherst, referred.
  • III-75: Petition by St. George Lodge to remove to Union, referred.

• 12/27 (Masons Hall, Boston): III-79;
  • III-80: Installation of Most Wor. Francis J. Oliver as Grand Master. Other Grand Lodge officers installed and appointed.
  • III-82: Address by Grand Master Oliver.
  • III-83: Committee appointed to consider an Act of Incorporation.
  • III-84: A Memorial from American Union Lodge of Ohio was received and is to be considered.

PETITIONS FOR CHARTERS

• 03/11; III-35: Petition for Lunar Lodge, Bowdoinham, referred.
  • 12/09; III-84: without necessary certificates, petition withdrawn.

• 06/10; III-43: Petition for Good Samaritan Lodge, Reading, granted.

• 06/10; III-44: Petition for Minerva Lodge, Andover, referred.

• 09/09; III-55: Petition for Hampden Lodge, Springfield, referred.
  • 12/09; III-65: without consent of nearby lodges and District Deputy Grand Master, no further action to be taken.

• 09/09: III-56: Petition for Belfast Lodge, Belfast, granted.

SPECIAL COMMUNICATIONS

None.

LIST OF LODGES IN MASSACHUSETTS BY DISTRICT: 1816

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