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1822

JOHN DIXWELL, Grand Master

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QUARTERLY COMMUNICATIONS

• 03/13 (Masons Hall, Boston): III-393;
  • III-394: Report of committee on repairs to the new Hall.
  • III-397: Petition by King Hiram's Lodge for remission of dues, referred.
    • 06/12; III-404: refused.

• 06/12 (Masons Hall, Boston): III-398;
  • III-401: Report of committee on proceedings in St. Alban's Lodge.
  • III-404: Committee appointed to procure a frame for the Washington portrait.
    • 09/11; III-408: procured and paid for.

• 09/11 (Masons Hall, Boston): III-406;
  • III-409: Committee on revision to By-Laws regarding concurrent jurisdiction; amemdment approved by vote.
    • 12/11: III-414; returned to committee.
  • III-411: Seven Stars Lodge, Edgartown, granted a year to be organized.
  • III-411: Communication from members of L'Hereux Reveil Lodge.

• 12/11 (Masons Hall, Boston): III-412;
  • III-413: A new Corresponding Grand Secretary appointed.
  • III-416: Report of Committee on Finance.
  • III-419: Report of Committee on Charity.
  • III-420: Proposal from "Brother Henry Clay and others" proposing a formation of a General Grand Lodge of the United States.
  • III-422: Re-election of Grand Master Dixwell and other Grand Lodge officers.
  • III-423: Committee appointed to consider raising a fund for the institution of an orphans' asylum.

• 12/27 (Masons Hall, Boston): III-425;
  • III-426: Installation of Grand Master Dixwell and other Grand Lodge officers.
  • III-428: Grand Treasurer's report on delinquent lodges:
    • Friendship
    • Cincinnatus
    • Sincerity
    • Franklin
    • Evening Star
    • Wisdom
    • Sheffield
    • Rising Sun
    • Mystic
    • Federal
  • III-428: King Solomon Lodge of Perfection surrenders its charter.
  • III-428: Eastern Star Lodge surrenders its charter.

PETITIONS FOR CHARTERS

• 03/13: III-395; Petition for Suffolk Lodge, Boston; refused.

• 03/13: III-396; Petition for Urbanity Lodge, Nantucket, granted.

• 09/11: III-411; Petition for Minerva Lodge, Andover, referred.
  • 12/11: III-423; Granted, name changed to St. Matthew's Lodge.

• 12/11: III-423; Petition for Warren Lodge, Amesbury, granted.

SPECIAL COMMUNICATIONS

• 06/25 (Waltham): III-360;
  • III-360: Constitution of Monitor Lodge and installation of officers. Oration presented by R.W. Thomas Power.

• 10/03 (Nantucket): III-430;
  • III-430: Constitution of Urbanity Lodge and installation of officers. Officiated by Rt. Wor. Elisha Starbuck, District Deputy Grand Master. Address by Wor. Samuel H. Jenks.

LIST OF LODGES IN MASSACHUSETTS BY DISTRICT: 1822

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