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Revision as of 13:14, 2 September 2010
1844
AUGUSTUS PEABODY, Grand Master
Contents
NOTES
QUARTERLY COMMUNICATIONS
- 03/13 (Masonic Temple, Boston): IV-682;
- IV-683: Committee response to inquiries by a former member of The Tyrian Lodge.
- IV-685: Committee report on the "late" Constellation Lodge.
- IV-686: Disapprobation resolutions on the By-Laws by members of The Massachusetts Lodge.
- IV-687: Resolution that the vote on sale of the Temple taken in 1841 be voided.
- IV-687: Order of Grand Master Peabody regarding conferral of multiple degrees was referred to the committee on the Grand Constitutions.
- IV-687: Communications from the Grand Lodge of Virginia regarding a general Grand Lodge.
- 06/12: IV-690ff; Extensive committee report.
- 06/12 (Masonic Temple, Boston): IV-689;
- IV-696ff: Committee report on Constitutions and Regulations.
- IV-717: Invitation by Olive Branch Lodge to celebrate the Feast of St. John the Baptist; accepted.
- IV-718: Death of Rt. Wor. Benjamin Appleton.
- 09/11 (Masonic Temple, Boston): IV-719;
- 12/11 (Masonic Temple, Boston): IV-724; Annual Communication.
- IV-730: Report of the Committee of Finance.
- IV-731: Report of the Trustees of the Grand Charity Fund.
- IV-732: Report of the Committee on Treasurer's Accounts.
- IV-733: Report of the Trustees of the Temple.
- IV-735: Address by Grand Master Peabody on "the events of the past year."
- IV-736: Re-election of Grand Master Peabody (59 ballots). Other Grand Lodge officers elected.
- IV-740: Committee on installation arrangements appointed.
- IV-741: Resolution praising the work of Bethesda Lodge, Brighton.
- 12/27 (Masonic Temple, Boston): IV-742;
- IV-743: Invitation by King Solomon's Lodge to the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts to attend the dedication of the Bunker Hill Monument on 06/17/1845.
- IV-749; Accepted, committee appointed.
- IV-746: Instruction by Grand Lodge Lecturers.
- IV-750: Report of the Committee on Charity.
- IV-751: Installation of Grand Master Peabody and other Grand Lodge officers. (Order of ceremonies noted)
- IV-743: Invitation by King Solomon's Lodge to the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts to attend the dedication of the Bunker Hill Monument on 06/17/1845.
PETITIONS FOR CHARTERS
- 09/11: IV-722; Petition by Corner Stone Lodge, Duxbury, for the charter to be restored: referred.
- 12/11: IV-727; after some correspondence, granted.
- 12/11: IV-735: Morning Star Lodge, under dispensation, granted a charter.
- 12/11: IV-740: Petition by Star of Bethlehem Lodge, Chelsea, "under dispensation for the past year," granted an additional six months of dispensation.
SPECIAL COMMUNICATIONS
None.
LIST OF LODGES BY DATE OF PRECEDENCE: 1844
When more information is available, this will be updated with district information.
- DISTRICT 1: E.M.P. Welles, District Deputy Grand Master
- DISTRICT 2: Samuel Baden, District Deputy Grand Master
- DISTRICT 4: Jonathan Greenwood, District Deputy Grand Master
- DISTRICT 5: Samuel Chandler, District Deputy Grand Master
- DISTRICT 7: Lucien B. Keith, New Bedford, District Deputy Grand Master
- St. John's (Boston, 1733) ★
- Lodge of St. Andrew, (Boston, 1752) ★
- The Massachusetts (Boston, 1770) ★
- The Tyrian (Gloucester, 1770) ★
- Union (Nantucket, 1771)
- King Solomon's (Charlestown, 1783) ★
- Morning Star (Worcester, 1793) ★
- Middlesex (Framingham, 1795) ★
- Cincinnatus (Great Barrington, 1795)
- King Hiram's (Provincetown, 1795)
- Harmony (Northfield, 1796)
- Columbian (Boston, 1796) ★
- Union (Dorchester, 1796)
- Jerusalem (South Hadley, 1797)
- Olive Branch (Sutton, 1797) ★
- St. Paul's (Groton, 1797)
- Meridian (Newton Lower Falls, 1797) ★
- Hiram (West Cambridge, 1797) ★
- Corinthian (Concord, 1797)
- Fellowship (Bridgewater, 1797) ★
- Eastern Star (Rehoboth, 1798)
- King David (Taunton, 1798)
- Rising Star (Stoughton, 1799) ★
- Mount Zion (Hardwick, 1800)
- Aurora (Fitchburg, 1801) ★
- Corner Stone (Duxbury, 1801) ★ restored 1844
- Constellation (Dedham, 1801) ★
- Mount Lebanon (Boston, 1801) ★
- Fraternal (Barnstable, 1801)
- St. Mark's (Newburyport, 1803)
- Jordan (Danvers, 1808)
- Hampden (Springfield, 1817)
- Solomon's Temple (Uxbridge, 1818)
- Bethesda (Brighton, 1819) ★
- St. Matthew's (Andover, 1822)
- Warren (Amesbury, 1822) ★
- Star in the East (New Bedford, 1823) ★
- Mount Hope (Fall River, 1824)
- Liberty (Beverly, 1824)
- Eden (Ware, 1824)
- Orphan's Hope (Weymouth, 1825)
- Bethel (Enfield, 1825)
- Oxford (Oxford, 1825)
- Star of Bethlehem (Chelsea, U.D.) ★
★ = Appeared in Grand Lodge during 1844. (See Attendance Summary)