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1845

AUGUSTUS PEABODY, Grand Master

E.M.P. Wells, Deputy Grand Master
Robert Keith, Senior Grand Warden
John Hews, Junior Grand Warden

NOTES

QUARTERLY COMMUNICATIONS

Held at Masonic Temple, Boston

• 03/12: V-5;
• 06/11: V-15;
• 09/10: V-24;
• 12/10: V-39; (Annual Communication)

03/12 Agenda

• V-6: Committee on Constellation Lodge, Dedham, report: that members of the lodge should return monies disbursed to them, and that the Carpet and those funds be returned to the District Deputy and thus to the Grand Lodge.
  • 06/11: V-18; Remittance to be given by members; most of the important regalia, etc. saved.
  • 09/10: V-25; Grand Master Peabody issued a summons to certain members of the lodge, who had divided its funds; expulsion considered.
  • 12/10: V-46; Communication from these brethren, indicating that the sum was disbursed for charitable purposes.
• V-7: Report of committee from King Solomon's Lodge on the upcoming dedication of the Bunker Hill Monument; description of the order of ceremonies.

06/11 Agenda

• V-19: Further details on Grand Lodge participation in the Bunker Hill ceremony.
• V-21: Motion made to commission Rev. Bro. Wm. James Carver of London as Massachusetts' representative to the Grand Lodge of England. Referred.
  • 09/10: V-30; Grand Lodge considered this appointment a special case for Grand Representatives.
• V-21: Correspondence from the Grand Lodge of Bengal, India.
• V-21: Correspondence from the Grand Lodge of Texas.
  • 09/10: V-29; Grand Lodge unconvinced that there should be Grand Representatives.
• V-22: Committee appointed to purchase an organ.
  • 09/10: V-28; Appropriation of $60 made to purchase an organ.

09/10 Agenda

• V-34: Communication from Grand Lodge of Maryland regarding a General Grand Lodge; referred.
  • 12/10: V-44; Committee report: "in our opinion it is at this time inexpedient to take any further order thereon."
• V-35: Petition by Star of Bethlehem Lodge for the loan of a set of collars and jewels; granted.
• V-35: Communication from Henry Purkitt, Permanent Member, who was 90 years of age and did not expect to attend Lodge again; delivered by Rt. Wor. John B. Hammatt; reply of the Grand Master.

12/10 Agenda

• V-40: Report of the Committee of Finance.
• V-41: Report of the Trustees of the Temple.
• V-42: Report of the Trustees of the Grand Charity Fund.
• V-51: Petition by Morning Star, Worcester, for a public profession on 06/24/1846; granted.
• V-52: Election of Simon W. Robinson as Grand Master, and other Grand Lodge officers.
• V-54: Committee on arrangements constituted.
  • 12/27: V-63; report.

Grand Constitutions Amendment Proposals

• 06/11: V-22; Motion to rescind the proscription regulation forbidding the conferral of more than one degree at once; referred. (Not adopted.)

• 09/10: V-34; Amendment to provide for the admission of honorary members.
  • 12/10: V-48ff; Report submitted and adopted. (Note: though supposedly incorporated into the Grand Constitutions, there is no evidence that it appeared in the text.)

Necrologies and Memorials

• 03/12: V-11; Memorial to Benjamin Russell, Past Grand Master, given by Rt. Wor. Winslow Lewis, Jr.

• 09/10: V-34; Memorial to ex-President Andrew Jackson, Past Grand Master of Tennessee, given by Rt. Wor. Winslow Lewis, Jr.

Petitions for Charters

• 03/12: V-6; Petition by Mount Hope Lodge, Fall River, for replacement; charter destroyed by fire. Granted (page V-11); dues remitted to them.

• 06/11: V-19; Petition by Star of Bethlehem Lodge U.D., Chelsea, for a charter; granted.
  • 12/10: V-53; request to have ceremony of constitution at the Boston Masonic Temple; granted.

Petitions for Restorations of Charter

• 03/12: V-6; Petition by Philanthropic Lodge, Marblehead; referred.
  • V-10: granted.

• 03/12: V-6; Petition by Essex Lodge, Salem; referred.
  • 06/11: V-16; Petition granted.

• 06/11: V-19; Petition by Mount Carmel Lodge, Lynn; granted.
  • 09/10: V-33; most of the individuals among whom the property of the lodge was divided in 1835 refuse to return it.
  • 12/10: V-45; Committee met with the brethren named in Liberty Hall in Lynn on 10/27; after conference they determined to "do what wsa right" only two Brethren refused; proceeding to be suspended against these two until after the next Quarterly.

• 09/10: V-32; Petition by Pentucket Lodge, Lowell; granted.

• 12/10: V-40; Remission of dues to Hampden Lodge, suspended work from 1835 to 1844.

• 12/10: V-48; Petition by Amicable Lodge, Cambridge; referred.
  • 12/27: V-57ff; Extensive report of the committee, recommending that the charter be restored.
  • 12/27: V-64; adopted, charter to be restored.

SPECIAL COMMUNICATIONS

• 01/07: V-1; Masonic Temple, Boston. Funeral arrangements for Benjamin Russell, Past Grand Master. Brethren to attend funeral, wear an "appropriate Badge (square and compass on a blue ribbon,) with crape [sic] on the left arm."
  • 03/10: V-3; Melodeon, Boston. (Now the site of the new Paramount Theater on Washington St.) Funeral honours for Benjamin Russell. Description of services, including a eulogy by Francis Baylies.

FEAST OF ST. JOHN THE EVANGELIST

(held at Masonic Temple, Boston, 12/27/1845)

• V-55: Rt. Wor. George Oliver of England elected Honorary Member with the rank of Past Deputy Grand Master.
• V-56: Rt. Wor. Thomas Crucefix of England elected Honorary Member with the rank of Past Deputy Grand Master.
• V-56: Invitation by Aurora Lodge to attend Feast of St. John the Baptist on 06/24/1846 in Fitchburg; referred.
• V-56: Report of the Committee on Charity.
• V-55: Instruction session.
• V-65: Installation of Grand Master Robinson and other Grand Lodge officers. Address by Past Grand Master Peabody "on the condition of the Fraternity in the Commonwealth."
• V-66: Thanks voted to Past Grand Master Peabody, et. al.
• V-66: Address by Rev. Bro. E.M.P. Wells.

LIST OF LODGES BY DISTRICT: 1845

Note: This is extremely conjectural, and based in part on the locations of the appointed Deputies.

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