MassachusettsYear1828
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1828
JOHN SOLEY, Grand Master
John Bartlett, Deputy Grand Master
John Keyes, Senior Grand Warden
Henry Purkitt, Junior Grand Warden
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QUARTERLY COMMUNICATIONS
- 03/12 (Masons Hall, Boston): IV-116;
- IV-118: Petition by Mount Hermon Lodge to remove to Medford, referred.
- 06/11: IV-132; granted, and name changed to Brooks Lodge.
- IV-118: Petition by Morning Sun Lodge to remove to Conway, granted.
- IV-118: Petition by Mount Hermon Lodge to remove to Medford, referred.
- 06/11 (Masons Hall, Boston): IV-128;
- IV-130: Committee on resolution to establish an ordinance regarding admitting expelled members, advised nothing be done.
- IV-132: Petition by Freedom Lodge for remission of dues, referred.
- 09/10: IV-135; not granted.
- 09/10 (Masons Hall, Boston): IV-134;
- 12/10 (Masons Hall, Boston): IV-138; Annual Communication.
- IV-139: Petition by Social Harmony Lodge to remove to Wareham, granted.
- IV-140: Report of the Committee on Finance.
- IV-141: Report of the Committee on Charity.
- IV-142: Report of the Trstees of the Grand Charity Fund.
- IV-143: Re-election of Grand Master Soley and other Grand Lodge officers.
- 12/27 (Masons Hall, Boston): IV-146:
- IV-147: Report of Grand Treasurer. Delinquent lodges:
- Carmel (6th District)
- Charity (4th District)
- Cincinnatus (8th District)
- Eden (6th District)
- Evening Star (8th District)
- Federal (9th District)
- Franklin (8th District)
- Freedom (9th District)
- Friendship (8th District)
- Hampden (10th District)
- Mystic (8th District)
- Rising Sun (8th District)
- Sumner (11th District)
- Trinity (5th District)
- Wisdom (8th District)
- IV-148: Installation of Grand Master Soley and other Grand Lodge officers.
- IV-147: Report of Grand Treasurer. Delinquent lodges:
PETITIONS FOR CHARTERS
- 03/12: IV-117; Petition for a lodge in Grafton, recommitted.
- 06/11: IV-129; committee recommended petition, but report not accepted.
- 06/11: IV-133; Petition for a lodge in Douglas, referred.
- 12/10: IV-139l; though the petitioners were "Brethren of respectability‚ the present time is inauspicious for the multiplication of lodges," declined.
SPECIAL COMMUNICATIONS
None.
LIST OF LODGES BY DISTRICT (with date of precedence): 1828
DISTRICT 1
Abraham A. Dame, District Deputy Grand Master; 8 Lodges
- St. John's (Boston, 1733)
- Lodge of St. Andrew, (Boston, 1756)
- The Massachusetts (Boston, 1770)
- Columbian (Boston, 1796)
- Washington (Roxbury, 1796)
- Union (Dorchester, 1796)
- Mount Lebanon (Boston, 1801)
- Rural (Quincy, 1801)
DISTRICT 2
John Cook, Jr., District Deputy Grand Master; 15 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)
- Mount Carmel (Lynn, 1805)
- Jordan (Danvers, 1808)
- St. Matthew's (Andover, 1822)
- Warren (Amesbury, 1822)
- Freedom (Woburn, 1824)
- Liberty (Beverly, 1824)
- Grecian (Methuen, 1825)
DISTRICT 3
Seth Sprague, Jr., District Deputy Grand Master; 6 Lodges
- Old Colony (Hanover, 1792)
- Corner Stone (Duxbury, 1801)
- Norfolk Union (Randolph, 1819)
- Orphan's Hope (Weymouth, 1825)
- Plymouth (Plymouth, 1825)
- Phoenix (Hanover, 1826)
DISTRICT 4
Thomas S. Mann, District Deputy Grand Master; 6 Lodges
- Montgomery (Medway, 1797)
- Rising Star (Stoughton, 1799)
- Constellation (Dedham, 1801)
- Charity (Milford, 1803)
- St. Alban's (Wrentham, 1818)
- Cassia (Medfield, 1823)
DISTRICT 5
William Whiting, District Deputy Grand Master; 11 Lodges
- Trinity (Lancaster, 1776)
- Middlesex (Framingham, 1795)
- St. Paul's (Groton, 1797)
- Corinthian (Concord, 1797)
- Social (Ashburnham, 1798)
- Aurora (Leominster, 1801)
- Pentucket (Chelmsford, 1807)
- Fredonia (Northboro, 1810)
- United Brethren (Marlborough, 1824)
- Clinton (Billerica, 1826)
- Farmers (Sterling, 1826)
DISTRICT 6
Otis Hayden, District Deputy Grand Master; 17 Lodges
- Morning Star (Worcester, 1793)
- Fayette (Charlton, 1796)
- Olive Branch (Oxford, 1797)
- Meridian Sun (Brookfield, 1797)
- Mount Zion (Hardwick, 1800)
- Harris (Templeton, 1802)
- Thompson (Rutland, 1812)
- Solomon's Temple (Uxbridge, 1818)
- Leicester (Leicester, 1823)
- Eden (Ware, 1824)
- Carmel (Western, 1824)
- Orange (Orange, 1825)
- Bethel (Enfield, 1825)
- Oxford (Oxford, 1825)
- Doric (Southbridge, 1826)
- Mount Ararat (Petersham, 1826)
- Central (Dudley, 1827)
DISTRICT 7
Horatio G. Newcomb, District Deputy Grand Master; 6 Lodges
- Republican (Gill, 1794)
- Harmony (Northfield, 1796)
- Pacific (Leverett, 1801)
- Orion (Cummington, 1815)
- Golden Rule (New Salem, 1815)
- Mountain (Rowe, 1806)
DISTRICT 8
Charles Baker, District Deputy Grand Master; 7 Lodges
- Franklin (Cheshire, 1794)
- Cincinnatus (Great Barrington, 1795)
- Evening Star (Lenox, 1795)
- Wisdom (West Stockbridge, 1803)
- Sheffield (Sheffield, 1803)
- Rising Sun (New Marlborough, 1808)
- Mystic (Pittsfield, 1810)
DISTRICT 9
Ephraim Buck, District Deputy Grand Master; 9 Lodges
- King Solomon's (Charlestown, 1783)
- Hiram (Lexington, 1797)
- Meridian (Watertown, 1797)
- Mount Moriah (Reading, 1798)
- Amicable (Cambridge, 1805)
- Good Samaritan (Reading, 1816)
- Mount Hermon (Malden, 1817)
- Bethesda (Brighton, 1819)
- Monitor (Waltham, 1820)
DISTRICT 10
William W. Partridge, District Deputy Grand Master; 9 Lodges
- Federal (Blandford, 1792)
- Thomas (Monson, 1796)
- Jerusalem (Northampton, 1797)
- Mount Vernon (Belchertown, 1807) dissolved 1828; see 1983-193
- Friendly Society (Southwick, 1807)
- Mount Pleasant (Granville, 1808)
- Humanity (Holland, 1811)
- Hampden (Springfield, 1817)
- Morning Sun (Ashfield, 1825)
DISTRICT 11
Sylvester Baker, District Deputy Grand Master; 4 Lodges
- King Hiram's (Provincetown, 1795)
- Marine (Falmouth, 1798)
- Sumner (Dennis, 1801)
- Fraternal (Barnstable, 1801)
DISTRICT 12
William Morse, District Deputy Grand Master; 2 Lodges
DISTRICT 13
Luther Hamilton, District Deputy Grand Master; 6 Lodges
- Bristol (Attleboro, 1797)
- Fellowship (Bridgewater, 1797)
- King David (Taunton, 1798)
- Star in the East (New Bedford, 1823)
- Social Harmony (Middleboro, 1823)
- Mount Hope Lodge, Fall River, 1824)
OUTSIDE OF MASSACHUSETTS
No District Deputy Grand Master; 2 Lodges
- St. John's (Starbrock, Demarara, 1801)
- L'Hereux Reveil (Mayaguez, Puerto Rico, 1821)
