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Revision as of 13:09, 2 September 2010

1831

JOSEPH JENKINS, Grand Master

NOTES

QUARTERLY COMMUNICATIONS

  • 03/09 (Masons Hall, Boston): IV-211;
  • 06/08 (Masons Hall, Boston): IV-214;
    • IV-216: Will of Past Grand Master Isaiah Thomas, including a bequest of $500 toward the building of the Temple. Resolves by the Grand Lodge in thanks.
  • 09/14 (Masons Hall, Boston): IV-220;
    • IV-221: Memorial for R.W. Elijah Morse, Past Deputy Grand Master. "Badges of mourning" for the altar, jewels and regalia of the Grand Lodge.
  • 12/14 (Masons Hall, Boston): IV-223; Annual Communication.
    • IV-224: Petition from Cassia Lodge recommitted.
    • IV-226: Report of Committee on Charity.
    • IV-227: Report of Committee on Finance.
    • IV-203: Grand Master Jenkins re-elected. (Only 57 ballots cast.) Other Grand Lodge officers elected.
    • IV-230: Merrimack Lodge property to be conveyed by quitclaim to the lodge.
  • 12/28 (Masons Hall, Boston): IV-232:
    • IV-232: Installation of Grand Master Jenkins and other Grand Lodge officers.


PETITIONS FOR CHARTERS

None.

GRAND LODGE TEMPLE HALL

  • 03/09: IV-211; Building Committee authorized to borrow an additional $5,000; added to the $20,000 appropriation from the Trustees of the Grand Charity Fund, making $40,000 total.
  • 06/08: IV-215; Building Committee arranged a loan from the President and Fellows of Harvard College for $15,000 on the property to hold the Masonic Temple.
  • 09/14: IV-222; Committee of nine appointed to make arrangements for dedicating the Temple.
  • 12/14: IV-225; Report of committee on arrangements for consecration of the new Masonic Hall reported:
      • An address will be delivered by "a distinguished Brother (from) another part of the State" at St. Paul's Church.
      • Consecrating ceremony to be performed in front of the Brethren.
      • Procession will take place to the Church, with "fellow citizens" invited to join there.
  • 12/14: IV-226; Committee to request the use of Park Street meeting house for the occasion.

SPECIAL COMMUNICATIONS

None.

LIST OF LODGES BY DISTRICT (with date of precedence): 1831

DISTRICT 1

Joseph Eveleth, District Deputy Grand Master; 8 Lodges

DISTRICT 2

Ebenezer Bradbury, District Deputy Grand Master; 15 Lodges

DISTRICT 3

Royal Turner, District Deputy Grand Master; 7 Lodges

DISTRICT 4

Josiah J. Fiske, District Deputy Grand Master; 6 Lodges

DISTRICT 5

Lemuel Shattuck, District Deputy Grand Master; 11 Lodges

DISTRICT 6

Linus Child, District Deputy Grand Master; 16 Lodges

DISTRICT 7

Ansel Phelps, District Deputy Grand Master; 5 Lodges

DISTRICT 8

Charles Baker, District Deputy Grand Master; 7 Lodges

DISTRICT 9

William Hilliard, District Deputy Grand Master; 9 Lodges

DISTRICT 10

Levi Lyman, District Deputy Grand Master; 8 Lodges

DISTRICT 11

Sylvester Baker, District Deputy Grand Master; 4 Lodges

DISTRICT 12

William Morse, District Deputy Grand Master; 2 Lodges

DISTRICT 13

Luther Hamilton, District Deputy Grand Master; 5 Lodges
Conjectural, other than King David and Star in the East

OUTSIDE OF MASSACHUSETTS

No District Deputy Grand Master; 2 Lodges

★ = Appeared in Grand Lodge in 1831. (See Attendance Summary)

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