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1819

FRANCIS J. OLIVER, Grand Master

Samuel P. P. Fay, Deputy Grand Master
Caleb Butler, Senior Grand Warden
Joseph Jenkins, Junior Grand Warden

NOTES

QUARTERLY COMMUNICATIONS

• 03/10 (Masons Hall, Boston): III-189;
  • III-189: Installation of some Grand Lodge officers.
  • III-190: Election of Grand Charity Fund trustees.
  • III-191: The Grand Master is directed to investigate delinquency among lodges in the jurisdiction.
  • III-192: Report of committee on ". . . certain reports which have been circulated to the prejudice of the Grand Officers in the discharge of their official duties, appointed 12/09/1818";
    • 09/08: III-210; committee discharged.
  • III-193: First report from committee on American Union Lodge.
  • III-194: Report of committee on American Bible Society. (in detail beginning on page III-196.)
  • III-194: Committee on support of Amherst Academy. (in detail beginning on page III-197.)

• 06/10 (Masons Hall, Boston): III-200;
  • III-201: Report on American Union Lodge; charter expired, and that lodge is to conform to the Grand Lodge of Ohio.
  • III-206ff: Various correspondence.

• 09/08 (Masons Hall, Boston): III-209;
  • III-210: Committee on remonstrance from Temple Lodge to be discharged.
  • III-211: Committee on petition by brethren for a lodge in Watertown were given leave to withdraw their petition. (They would successfully petition in 1820 for a lodge in Waltham.)
  • III-211: Petition by King David Lodge for remission, referred.
  • III-211: Petition by Eastern Star Lodge for remission, referred.
  • III-214: Report of the Standing Committee on Charity.
  • III-217ff: By-Laws of the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts (1819).

• 12/08 (Masons Hall, Boston): III-239;
  • III-241: A delegation from Districts 9, 10 and 11 presented a Memorial regarding the establishment of a new Grand Lodge in Maine, subsequent to its creation as a separate State.
  • III-242: Report on reconciliation in Middlesex Lodge.
  • III-243: Report of committee on suspensions and expulsions.
  • III-244: Report of Charity Committee.
  • III-246: Report of Finance Committee.
  • III-249: Election of Samuel Prescott Phillips Fay as Grand Master. Election of other Grand Officers.
  • III-252: Communication from Grand Lodge of New Hampshire.
  • III-252: Petition by The Tyrian Lodge, Gloucester, for charitable assistance.
    • 12/27, III-254; granted.
  • III-253: Memorial regarding irregularities in Pentucket Lodge.
    • 12/27: III-264; referred to District Deputy Grand Master, 5th Masonic District.)

• 12/27 (Masons Hall, Boston): III-254;
  • III-256: Report of committee on the future Meeting Place of the Grand Lodge; recommendation for the purchase of Merchants Hall. Grand Treasurer instructed to subscribe for shares in a corporation.
  • III-259: Presentation by Grand Master Oliver on "the state and Condition of the Craft under this jurisdiction."
  • III-259: Installation of Grand Master Fay and other Grand Lodge officers.
  • III-262: Thanks voted to past Grand Treasurer.

PETITIONS FOR CHARTERS

• 03/10: III-191; Petition for Blazing Star Lodge, Rumford (Me.), granted.

• 06/10: III-205; Petition for Norfolk Union Lodge, Randolph, granted.

• 09/08: III-211; Petition for lodge in Watertown to be withdrawn.

• 12/08: III-253; Petition for Union Lodge, Union (Me.), referred.
  • 12/27: III-258; granted.

SPECIAL COMMUNICATIONS

None.

LIST OF LODGES IN MASSACHUSETTS BY DISTRICT: 1819

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