MassachusettsYear1818

1818

FRANCIS J. OLIVER, Grand Master

John Dixwell, Deputy Grand Master
Caleb Butler, Senior Grand Warden
James C. King, Junior Grand Warden

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QUARTERLY COMMUNICATIONS

• 02/04 (Masons Hall, Boston): III-135; adjourned meeting from 12/27/1817
  • III-136ff: Debate on amendments to By-Laws.

• 03/11 (Masons Hall, Boston): III-140;
  • III-142: Petition by Eastern Star Lodge for remission, granted.
  • III-143: Debate on amendments to By-Laws.

• 06/10 (Masons Hall, Boston): III-145;
  • III-147: Committee appointed to investigate Eastern Star Lodge.
  • III-147: Communication with Grand Lodge of New Hampshire.
  • III-148: Remonstrance by Temple Lodge against Kennebec Lodge.
  • III-151: Debate on amendments to By-Laws.

• 09/09 (Masons Hall, Boston): III-154; adjourned meeting from 06/10/1818
  • III-156: Petition by Wisdom Lodge, to remove to West Stockbridge; referred.
  • III-156: Memorial by Amicable Lodge on the computation of the Masonic Era or Anno Lucis‚
    • 12/09; III-169; this idea dismissed.
  • III-156. Petition by R.W. Whiting on by-law suggestion of inquiry by District Deputies regarding charity, declined.
  • III-158: Debate on amendments to By-Laws; committee appointed to publish.
  • III-159: Grand Secretary to be directed to publish a list of Permanent Members.

• 12/09 (Concert Hall, Boston): III-162; Annual Communication.
  • III-172: Report of Committee on Charity.
  • III-173: Report of Committee on Finance.
  • III-176: Re-election of Grand Master Oliver. Other Grand Officers elected.
  • III-178: Committee of Enquiry chosen ". . . to enquire into certain reports which have been circulated to the prejudice of the Grand Officers in the discharge of their official duties."

• 12/27 (Concert Hall, Boston): III-180;
  • III-181: Installation of Grand Officers, with some remarks on the procession.
    • Installation Address by Grand Master Bartlett (reported as delivered 12/18)
  • III-182: Committee appointed to support American Bible Society.
  • III-186: Debate on amendments to By-Laws regarding Committee on Charity.

PETITIONS FOR CHARTERS

• 06/10: III-148; Petition for St. Alban's Lodge, Wrentham, granted.

• 06/10: III-149; Petition for Adoniram Lodge, Limington (Me.), referred.
  • 09/09: III-158; granted.

• 06/10: III-149; Petition for Northern Star Lodge, Anson (Me.), referred.
  • 12/09: III-167; granted.

• 06/10: III-150; Petition for Tranquil Lodge, Minot (Me.), referred.
  • 12/09: III-167; granted.

• 09/09: III-156; Petition for Solomon's Temple Lodge, Uxbridge, referred.
  • 12/09: III-166; granted.

• 09/09: III-158; Petition for a lodge in Orange; once again rejected.
  • 12/09: III-165; Petition for Mountain Lodge, Colerain not in Rowe granted.

• 12/09: III-178; Petition for United Brethren Lodge, "a lodge in Watertown or Waltham, referred. This petition was withdrawn in 1819.

• 12/09: III-179; Petition for Bethesda Lodge, Brighton, referred.
  • 12/27: III-185; to be granted, but referred back to committee.

• 12/09: III-150; Petition for Minerva Lodge, Andover, referred.
  • 12/27: III-184; Despite lacking the approbation of Good Samaritan Lodge, petition to be granted, but the report was rejected.

SPECIAL COMMUNICATIONS

None.

LIST OF LODGES IN MASSACHUSETTS BY DISTRICT: 1818

DISTRICT 1 (Boston and vicinity)

Samuel P.P. Fay, District Deputy Grand Master; 16 Lodges

• St. John's (Boston, 1733)
• Lodge of St. Andrew, (Boston, 1756)
• 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, 1801)
• Amicable (Cambridge, 1805)
• Good Samaritan (Reading, 1816)
• Mount Hermon (Malden, 1817)

DISTRICT 2 (Newburyport and North Shore)

James C. King, District Deputy Grand Master; 10 Lodges

• 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)
• Mount Carmel (Lynn, 1805)
• Pentucket (Chelmsford, 1807)
• Jordan (Danvers, 1808)

DISTRICT 3 (South Shore and Cape Cod)

Hector Orr, District Deputy Grand Master; 8 Lodges

• Old Colony (Hanover, 1792)
• King Hiram's (Provincetown, 1795)
• Fellowship (Bridgewater, 1797)
• Adams (Wellfleet, 1797)
• Fore Fathers' Rock (Plymouth, 1801)
• Sumner (Dennis, 1801)
• Fraternal (Barnstable, 1801)
• Corner Stone (Duxbury, 1801)

DISTRICT 4 (Southeast)

James Bliss, District Deputy Grand Master; 8 Lodges

• Bristol (Attleboro, 1797)
• Montgomery (Medway, 1797)
• Eastern Star (Rehoboth, 1798)
• King David (Taunton, 1798)
• Rising Star (Stoughton, 1799)
• Washington Remembered (Roxbury, 1803)
• St. Alban's (Wrentham, 1818)
• Solomon's Temple (Uxbridge, 1818)

DISTRICT 5 (Framingham, west and north)

Caleb Butler, District Deputy Grand Master; 7 Lodges

• Trinity (Lancaster, 1776)
• Middlesex (Framingham, 1795)
• St. Paul's (Groton, 1797)
• Corinthian (Concord, 1797)
• Social (Ashby, 1798)
• Aurora (Leominster, 1801)
• Fredonia (Northboro, 1810)

DISTRICT 6 (Central Mass., Worcester)

James Fisk Robbins, District Deputy Grand Master; 11 Lodges

• Morning Star (Worcester, 1793)
• Fayette (Charlton, 1796)
• Thomas (Monson, 1796)
• Olive Branch (Oxford, 1797)
• Meridian Sun (Brookfield, 1797)
• Mount Zion (Hardwick, 1800)
• Harris (Templeton, 1802)
• Charity (Milford, 1803)
• Humanity (Holland, 1811)
• Thompson (Rutland, 1812)
• Hampden (Springfield, 1817)

DISTRICT 7 (North Central Massachusetts)

Titus Strong, District Deputy Grand Master; 11 Lodges

• Federal (Blandford, 1792)
• Republican (Greenfield, 1794)
• Harmony (Northfield, 1796)
• Jerusalem (Northampton, 1797)
• Pacific (Leverett, 1801)
• Mountain (Rowe, 1806)
• Mount Vernon (Belchertown, 1807)
• Friendly Society (Southwick, 1807)
• Mount Pleasant (Granville, 1808)
• Rising Sun (Sandisfield, 1808)
• Golden Rule (New Salem, 1815)

DISTRICT 8 (Berkshires)

John Whiting, District Deputy Grand Master; 9 Lodges

• Friendship (Williamstown, 1785)
• Franklin (Cheshire, 1794)
• Evening Star (Lenox, 1795)
• Cincinnatus (Great Barrington, 1795)
• Sincerity (Partridgefield, 1801)
• Wisdom (West Stockbridge, 1803)
• Sheffield (Sheffield, 1803)
• Mystic (Pittsfield, 1810)
• Orion (Cummington, 1815)

DISTRICT 9 (Southern Maine)

Oliver Bray, District Deputy Grand Master; 17 Lodges

• Portland (Portland (Me.), 1762)
• Lincoln (Wiscasset (Me.), 1792)
• Kennebec (Hallowell (Me.), 1796)
• United (Topsham (Me.), 1801)
• Saco (Pepperellboro (Me.), 1802)
• Pythagorean (Fryeburg (Me.), 1803)
• Cumberland (New Gloucester (Me.), 1803)
• Oriental (Bridgetown (Me.), 1804)
• Solar (Bath (Me.), 1804)
• Ancient Landmark (Portland (Me.), 1806)
• Oxford (Paris (Me.), 1807)
• Maine (Farmington (Me.), 1808)
• Oriental Star (Livermore (Me.), 1811)
• York (Wells (Me.), 1813)
• Freeport (Freeport (Me.), 1814)
• Village, (Bowdoinham (Me.), 1817)
• Tranquil (Minot (Me.), 1818)

DISTRICT 10 (Central Maine)

Samuel Thatcher, District Deputy Grand Master; 8 Lodges

• Hancock (Castine (Me.), 1794)
• Amity (Camden (Me.), 1801)
• Rising Virtue (Bangor (Me.), 1802)
• Orient (Thomaston (Me.), 1806)
• St. George (Warren (Me.) 1806)
• Felicity (Buckston (Me.), 1809)
• Adoniram (Limington (Me.), 1818)
• Northern Star (Anson (Me.), 1818)

DISTRICT 11 (Eastern Maine)

Oliver Snead, District Deputy Grand Master; 3 Lodges

• Warren (Machias (Me.), 1778)
• Eastern (Eastport (Me.), 1801)
• Belfast (Belfast (Me.), 1816)

DISTRICT 12 (Islands)

John Brock, District Deputy Grand Master; 2 Lodges

• Union (Nantucket, 1771)
• King Solomon Lodge in Perfection (Holmes' Hole, 1797)

OUTSIDE OF MASSACHUSETTS

No District Deputy Grand Master; 2 Lodges

• American Union (Marietta (Ohio), 1776)
• St. John's (Starbrock, Demarara, 1801)

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