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'''[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=GMPeabody AUGUSTUS PEABODY], Grand Master'''
 
'''[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=GMPeabody AUGUSTUS PEABODY], Grand Master'''
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'''[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAGLEWells E.M.P. Wells]''', Deputy Grand Master<br>
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'''[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAGLRKeith Robert Keith]''', Senior Grand Warden<br>
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'''[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAGLJHews John Hews]''', Junior Grand Warden
  
 
=== NOTES ===
 
=== NOTES ===
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==== [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=HistoriesEvents#1845 EVENTS IN 1845] ====
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=== QUARTERLY COMMUNICATIONS ===
 
=== QUARTERLY COMMUNICATIONS ===
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** 12/10: V-44; Committee report: "in our opinion it is at this time inexpedient to take any further order thereon."
 
** 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 [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=StarBethlehem Star of Bethlehem] Lodge for the loan of a set of collars and jewels; granted.  
 
* V-35: Petition by [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=StarBethlehem Star of Bethlehem] Lodge for the loan of a set of collars and jewels; granted.  
* V-35: Communication from Henry Parkitt, 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.
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* V-35: Communication from [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAGLHPurkitt Henry Purkitt], Permanent Member, who was 90 years of age and did not expect to attend Lodge again; delivered by Rt. Wor. [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAGLJHammatt John B. Hammatt]; reply of the Grand Master.
  
 
==== 12/10 Agenda ====
 
==== 12/10 Agenda ====
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* 01/07: V-1; Masonic Temple, Boston. Funeral arrangements for [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=GMRussell 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."
 
* 01/07: V-1; Masonic Temple, Boston. Funeral arrangements for [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=GMRussell 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; [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melodeon_%28Boston,_Massachusetts%29 Melodeon], Boston. ''(Now the site of the new Paramount Theater on Washington St.)'' Funeral honours for [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=GMRussell Benjamin Russell]. Description of services, including a eulogy by Francis Baylies.
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* 03/10: V-3; [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melodeon_%28Boston,_Massachusetts%29 Melodeon], Boston. ''(Now the site of the new Paramount Theater on Washington St.)'' Funeral honours for [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=GMRussell Benjamin Russell]. Description of services, including a eulogy by Francis Baylies.
  
 
=== FEAST OF ST. JOHN THE EVANGELIST ===  
 
=== FEAST OF ST. JOHN THE EVANGELIST ===  
 
'''(held at Masonic Temple, Boston, 12/27/1845)'''
 
'''(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.
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* V-56: Rt. Wor. Thomas Crucefix of England elected Honorary Member with the rank of Past Deputy Grand Master.
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http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/images/GeorgeOliver.jpg<br>
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''Rt. Wor. George Oliver''<br>
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''From the collection of the Grand Lodge of Masons in Massachusetts''
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* V-55: Rt. Wor. George Oliver of England elected Honorary Member with the rank of Past Deputy Grand Master. ''see description below''
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* V-56: Rt. Wor. Thomas Crucefix of England elected Honorary Member with the rank of Past Senior Grand Warden. ''see description below''
 
* V-56: Invitation by [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Aurora Aurora] Lodge to attend Feast of St. John the Baptist on 06/24/1846 in [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAFitchburg Fitchburg]; referred.
 
* V-56: Invitation by [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Aurora Aurora] Lodge to attend Feast of St. John the Baptist on 06/24/1846 in [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAFitchburg Fitchburg]; referred.
 
* V-56: Report of the Committee on Charity.
 
* V-56: Report of the Committee on Charity.
 
* V-55: Instruction session.
 
* V-55: Instruction session.
* V-65: Installation of Grand Master [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=GMRobinson Robinson] and other Grand Lodge officers. Address by Past Grand Master [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=GMPeabody Peabody] "on the condition of the Fraternity in the Commonwealth."
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* V-65: Installation of Grand Master [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=GMRobinson Robinson] and other Grand Lodge officers. [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=GMPeabody#ADDRESS_TO_THE_GRAND_LODGE_OF_MASSACHUSETTS.2C_DECEMBER_1845 Address] by Past Grand Master [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=GMPeabody Peabody] "on the condition of the Fraternity in the Commonwealth."
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* V-66: Thanks voted to Past Grand Master [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=GMPeabody Peabody], et. al.
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* V-66: Address by Rev. Bro. E.M.P. Wells.
  
V-66: Thanks voted to Past Grand Master [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=GMPeabody Peabody], et. al. Address by Rev. Bro. E.M.P. Welles.
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''From Moore's Freemason's Monthly Magazine, Vol. V, No. 6, April 1846, p. 166:''
  
=== LIST OF LODGES BY DATE OF PRECEDENCE: 1845 ===
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DRS. OLIVER AND CRUCEFIX — OF ENGLAND.
  
''When more information is available, this will be updated with district information.''
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At the annual communication of the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts in December last, the following resolutions, offered by the M. W. Grand Master, [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=GMPeabody Augustus Peabody], Esq., were unanimously adopted:—
  
* DISTRICT 2: '''Samuel Bowden, Marblehead, District Deputy Grand Master'''
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''Resolved unanimously'', That this Grand Lodge have long witnessed with admiration, the indefatigable labors in the cause of Freemasonry of the Reverend and venerable Brother, the R. W. George Oliver, D. D., of Scopwick, Lincolnshire, England; and that they entertain a high sense of his great learning, and intellectual and moral worth:
* DISTRICT 3: '''Nathan Ordway, Fitchburg, District Deputy Grand Master'''
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* DISTRICT 4: '''Jonathan Greenwood, Framingham, District Deputy Grand Master'''
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''Therefore'', The better to testify the respect and affection they cherish for him as a man and as a Brother, it is farther
* DISTRICT 5: '''Samuel Chandler, Stoughton, District Deputy Grand Master'''
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* DISTRICT 7: '''Lucien B. Keith, New Bedford, District Deputy Grand Master'''
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''Resolved unanimously'', That the aforesaid George Oliver, be and he hereby is, elected and constituted an Honorary Member of the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts, with the rank and privileges of a Past Deputy Grand Master.
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''Resolved unanimously'', That this Grand Lodge have witnessed with peculiar interest and satisfaction, the judicious and persevering efforts of the W. Brother Robert Thomas Crucifix, M. D., of London, England, as well in the cause of humanity as in the cause of Freemasonry, and entertaining the highest respect for his great intellectual and moral worth:
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''Therefore'', in token of their appreciation of bis distinguished character for benevolence, it is further
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''Resolved unanimously'', That our said Brother Robert Thomas Crucifix, be and he hereby is, elected and constituted an Honorary Member of the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts, with the rank and privileges of a Past Senior Grand Warden.
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These resolutions were handsomely engrossed and forwarded to England on the first of January last, and are noticed in the South London ''News'', and in most of the English Metropolitan papers, as follows:— "We have received the very gratifying intelligence from the United States that the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts has paid an expressive but justly earned tribute to the merits of those distinguished Brethren of our Grand Lodge, the Rev. Dr. Oliver and Dr. Crucefix, by unanimously conferring on the former the rank of Past Deputy Grand Master, and on the latter that of Past Senior Grand Warden. This compliment comes with greater force from the circumstance of its being the first occurrence of the sort on the part of the Grand Lodge referred to; and affords a very conclusive evidence of the great moral effects which these eminent and exalted Brethren exercise, even in a distant hemisphere. Their names run parallel in Masonic history, the one as the unrivalled expounder of doctrine and illustration, the other as the most accomplished proficient in discipline and practice. As Freemasons we cordially concur in the propriety of this act, by the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts, and very sincerely wish that our estimable Breth¬ ren may wear their well earned honors through many a year of utility and happiness."
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The above testimony is the more gratifying to us, inasmuch as it confirms the favorable opinion we have often expressed of these distinguished Brethren,—an opinion founded on a pretty long and not altogether inactive personal correspondence.
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=== LIST OF LODGES BY DISTRICT: 1845 ===
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''Note: This list is based on the table in MFM, Page V:145, March 1, 1845.''
  
 
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* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=StJohnB St. John's] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MABoston Boston], 1733)
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==== [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MABoston1_1834-48 DISTRICT 1] ====
* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=StAndrew Lodge of St. Andrew], ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MABoston Boston], 1752)
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'''[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAGLEWells E.M.P. Wells], District Deputy Grand Master'''; ''10 Lodges + 1 U.D.''
* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Philanthropic Philanthropic] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAMarblehead Marblehead], 1760) ''restored charter''
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* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=StJohnB St. John's] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MABoston Boston], 1733)  
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* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=StAndrew Lodge of St. Andrew], ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MABoston Boston], 1756)    
 
* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsLodge The Massachusetts] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MABoston Boston], 1770)  
 
* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsLodge The Massachusetts] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MABoston Boston], 1770)  
* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Tyrian The Tyrian] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAGloucester Gloucester], 1770) 
 
* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=UnionN Union] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MANantucket Nantucket], 1771)
 
 
* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=KingSolomon King Solomon's] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MACharlestown Charlestown], 1783)  
 
* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=KingSolomon King Solomon's] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MACharlestown Charlestown], 1783)  
* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Essex2 Essex] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MASalem Salem], 1791)
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* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Washington Washington] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MARoxbury Roxbury], 1796)
* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MorningStar Morning Star] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAWorcester Worcester], 1793)
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* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Middlesex Middlesex] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAFramingham Framingham], 1795) 
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* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Cincinnatus Cincinnatus] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAGreatBarrington Great Barrington], 1795)
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* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=KingHiram King Hiram's] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAProvincetown Provincetown], 1795)
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* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Harmony Harmony] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MANorthfield Northfield], 1796)
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* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Columbian Columbian] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MABoston Boston], 1796)  
 
* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Columbian Columbian] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MABoston Boston], 1796)  
 
* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=UnionD Union] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MADorchester Dorchester], 1796)  
 
* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=UnionD Union] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MADorchester Dorchester], 1796)  
* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Jerusalem Jerusalem] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MASHadley South Hadley], 1797)
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* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MountLebanon Mount Lebanon] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MABoston Boston], 1801)  
* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=OliveBranch Olive Branch] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MASutton Sutton], 1797)
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* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Amicable Amicable] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MACambridge Cambridge], 1805) ''charter restored 12/10/1845''
* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=StPaulA St. Paul's] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAGroton Groton], 1797)
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* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=BethesdaB Bethesda] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MABrighton Brighton], 1819)  
* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Meridian Meridian] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MANewtonLowerFalls Newton Lower Falls], 1797)
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* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=StarBethlehem Star of Bethlehem] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAChelsea Chelsea], 1844)  
* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Hiram Hiram] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAArlington West Cambridge], 1797)
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* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MountTabor Mount Tabor] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAEBoston East Boston], U.D.)
* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Corinthian Corinthian] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAConcord Concord], 1797)
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* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Fellowship Fellowship] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MABridgewater Bridgewater], 1797)
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==== [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MANorthShore2_1834-48 DISTRICT 2] ====
* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=KingDavid King David] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MATaunton Taunton], 1798)
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'''Samuel Bowden, District Deputy Grand Master'''; ''6 Lodges''
* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=RisingStar Rising Star] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAStoughton Stoughton], 1799)   
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* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MountZion Mount Zion] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAHardwick Hardwick], 1800)
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* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Philanthropic Philanthropic] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAMarblehead Marblehead], 1760) ''restored charter''
* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Aurora Aurora] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAFitchburg Fitchburg], 1801)
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* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Tyrian The Tyrian] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAGloucester Gloucester], 1770)  
* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=CornerStone Corner Stone] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MADuxbury Duxbury], 1801)  ''restored 1844''
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* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Constellation Constellation] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MADedham Dedham], 1801) 
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* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MountLebanon Mount Lebanon] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MABoston Boston], 1801)  
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* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Fraternal Fraternal] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MABarnstable Barnstable], 1801)
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* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=StMark St. Mark's] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MANewburyport Newburyport], 1803)  
 
* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=StMark St. Mark's] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MANewburyport Newburyport], 1803)  
* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MountCarmel Mount Carmel] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MALynn Lynn], 1805)
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* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MountCarmel Mount Carmel] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MALynn Lynn], 1805) ''restored charter 06/10/1845''
* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Amicable Amicable] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MACambridge Cambridge], 1805)
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* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Pentucket Pentucket] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MALowell Lowell], 1807)
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* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Jordan Jordan] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MADanvers Danvers], 1808)
 
* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Jordan Jordan] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MADanvers Danvers], 1808)
* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Hampden Hampden] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MASpringfield Springfield], 1817)
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* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Warren Warren] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAAmesbury Amesbury], 1822)
* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=SolomonsTemple Solomon's Temple] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAUxbridge Uxbridge], 1818)
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* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=BethesdaB Bethesda] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MABrighton Brighton], 1819)
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* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=StMatthew St. Matthew's] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAAndover Andover], 1822)
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* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Warren Warren] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAAmesbury Amesbury], 1822
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* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=StarEast1 Star in the East] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MANewBedford New Bedford], 1823)   
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* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MountHope Mount Hope] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAFallRiver Fall River], 1824)
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* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Liberty Liberty] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MABeverly Beverly], 1824)
 
* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Liberty Liberty] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MABeverly Beverly], 1824)
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==== [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MANorthOfBoston3_1834-48 DISTRICT 3] ====
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'''Nathan Ordway, District Deputy Grand Master'''; ''8 Lodges''<br>
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* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=StPaulA St. Paul's] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAGroton Groton], 1797)
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* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Corinthian Corinthian] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAConcord Concord], 1797)
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* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Hiram Hiram] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAArlington West Cambridge], 1797) 
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* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MountMoriahR Mount Moriah] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAReading Reading], 1798)
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* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Aurora Aurora] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAFitchburg Fitchburg], 1801)
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* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Pentucket Pentucket] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MALowell Lowell], 1807) ''charter restored 06/10/1845''
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* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=StMatthew St. Matthew's] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAAndover Andover], 1822)
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* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Freedom1 Freedom] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAWoburn Woburn], 1824)
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==== [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MASouthOfBoston4_1834-48 DISTRICT 4] ====
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'''Jonathan Greenwood, District Deputy Grand Master'''; ''6 Lodges''
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* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Middlesex Middlesex] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAFramingham Framingham], 1797)
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* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Meridian Meridian] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MANewton Newton], 1797) 
 +
 +
==== [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MASouthShore5_1834-48 DISTRICT 5] ====
 +
'''Samuel Chandler, District Deputy Grand Master'''; ''3 Lodges''
 +
 +
* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Montgomery Montgomery] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Medway Medway], 1797)
 +
* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=OliveBranch Olive Branch] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MASutton Sutton], 1797)
 +
* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=RisingStar Rising Star] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAStoughton Stoughton], 1799) 
 +
* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=CornerStone Corner Stone] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MADuxbury Duxbury], 1801)
 +
* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=StAlban St. Alban's] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAWrentham Wrentham], 1818)
 +
* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Cassia Cassia] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Medfield Medfield], 1823)
 +
 +
==== [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MACentralMass6_1834-48 DISTRICT 6] ====
 +
'''Pliny Slocomb, District Deputy Grand Master'''; ''7 Lodges''
 +
 +
* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MorningStar Morning Star] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAWorcester Worcester], 1793)
 +
* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MeridianSun1 Meridian Sun] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MABrookfield Brookfield], 1797)
 +
* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=KingDavid King David] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MATaunton Taunton], 1798)
 +
* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MountZion Mount Zion] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAHardwick Hardwick], 1800)
 +
* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Harris Harris] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MATempleton Templeton], 1802)
 +
* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=SolomonsTemple Solomon's Temple] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAUxbridge Uxbridge], 1818)*
 
* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Eden1 Eden] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAWare Ware], 1824)
 
* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Eden1 Eden] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAWare Ware], 1824)
* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=OrphansHope Orphan's Hope] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAWeymouth Weymouth], 1825)
+
* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Oxford2 Oxford] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAOxford Oxford], 1825)
 +
* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Doric1 Doric] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MASouthbridge Southbridge], 1826)
 +
 
 +
==== [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MASouthAndCape7_1834-48 DISTRICT 7] ====
 +
'''Lucien B. Keith, District Deputy Grand Master'''; ''3 Lodges''
 +
 
 +
* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Fellowship Fellowship] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MABridgewater Bridgewater], 1797)
 +
* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=SocialHarmony Social Harmony] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAWareham Wareham], 1823)
 +
* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=StarEast1 Star in the East] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MANewBedford New Bedford], 1823)
 +
* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MountHope Mount Hope] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAFallRiver Fall River], 1824)
 +
 
 +
==== [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAIslands8_1834-48 DISTRICT 8] ====
 +
'''Samuel H. Jenks (?), District Deputy Grand Master'''; ''2 Lodges''
 +
 
 +
* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=UnionN Union] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MANantucket Nantucket], 1771)
 +
* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=KingHiram King Hiram's] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAProvincetown Provincetown], 1795)
 +
* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Fraternal Fraternal] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MABarnstable Barnstable], 1801)
 +
 
 +
==== [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAWesternMass9_1834-48 DISTRICT 9] ====
 +
'''Addison Ware (?), District Deputy Grand Master'''; ''4 Lodges''
 +
 
 +
* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=EveningStar Evening Star] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MALee Lee], 1795)
 +
* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Cincinnatus Cincinnatus] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAGreatBarrington Great Barrington], 1795)
 +
* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Harmony Harmony] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MANorthfield Northfield], 1796)
 +
* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Thomas Thomas] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAMonson Monson], 1796)
 +
* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Jerusalem Jerusalem] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MANorthampton Northampton], 1797) ''in recess''
 +
* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MountVernon1 Mount Vernon] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MABelchertown Belchertown], 1807)
 +
* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Humanity Humanity] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MABrimfield Brimfield], 1811)
 +
* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Hampden Hampden] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MASpringfield Springfield], 1817)
 +
 
 +
==== NOT IN MOORE'S LIST ====
 +
''Unclear where these should go''
 +
 
 
* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Bethel Bethel] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAEnfield Enfield], 1825)
 
* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Bethel Bethel] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAEnfield Enfield], 1825)
* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Oxford1 Oxford] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAOxford Oxford], 1825)
+
* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Constellation Constellation] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MADedham Dedham], 1801)  
* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=StarBethlehem Star of Bethlehem] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAChelsea Chelsea], 1844)
+
* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=GoodSamaritan1 Good Samaritan] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAReading Reading], 1816)
* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MountTabor Mount Tabor] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAEBoston East Boston], U.D.)
+
  
 
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Latest revision as of 19:28, 9 September 2013

1845

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AUGUSTUS PEABODY, Grand Master

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

NOTES

EVENTS IN 1845


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

  • 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 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.
  • 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)

GeorgeOliver.jpg
Rt. Wor. George Oliver
From the collection of the Grand Lodge of Masons in Massachusetts

  • V-55: Rt. Wor. George Oliver of England elected Honorary Member with the rank of Past Deputy Grand Master. see description below
  • V-56: Rt. Wor. Thomas Crucefix of England elected Honorary Member with the rank of Past Senior Grand Warden. see description below
  • 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.

From Moore's Freemason's Monthly Magazine, Vol. V, No. 6, April 1846, p. 166:

DRS. OLIVER AND CRUCEFIX — OF ENGLAND.

At the annual communication of the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts in December last, the following resolutions, offered by the M. W. Grand Master, Augustus Peabody, Esq., were unanimously adopted:—

Resolved unanimously, That this Grand Lodge have long witnessed with admiration, the indefatigable labors in the cause of Freemasonry of the Reverend and venerable Brother, the R. W. George Oliver, D. D., of Scopwick, Lincolnshire, England; and that they entertain a high sense of his great learning, and intellectual and moral worth:

Therefore, The better to testify the respect and affection they cherish for him as a man and as a Brother, it is farther

Resolved unanimously, That the aforesaid George Oliver, be and he hereby is, elected and constituted an Honorary Member of the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts, with the rank and privileges of a Past Deputy Grand Master.

Resolved unanimously, That this Grand Lodge have witnessed with peculiar interest and satisfaction, the judicious and persevering efforts of the W. Brother Robert Thomas Crucifix, M. D., of London, England, as well in the cause of humanity as in the cause of Freemasonry, and entertaining the highest respect for his great intellectual and moral worth:

Therefore, in token of their appreciation of bis distinguished character for benevolence, it is further

Resolved unanimously, That our said Brother Robert Thomas Crucifix, be and he hereby is, elected and constituted an Honorary Member of the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts, with the rank and privileges of a Past Senior Grand Warden.

These resolutions were handsomely engrossed and forwarded to England on the first of January last, and are noticed in the South London News, and in most of the English Metropolitan papers, as follows:— "We have received the very gratifying intelligence from the United States that the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts has paid an expressive but justly earned tribute to the merits of those distinguished Brethren of our Grand Lodge, the Rev. Dr. Oliver and Dr. Crucefix, by unanimously conferring on the former the rank of Past Deputy Grand Master, and on the latter that of Past Senior Grand Warden. This compliment comes with greater force from the circumstance of its being the first occurrence of the sort on the part of the Grand Lodge referred to; and affords a very conclusive evidence of the great moral effects which these eminent and exalted Brethren exercise, even in a distant hemisphere. Their names run parallel in Masonic history, the one as the unrivalled expounder of doctrine and illustration, the other as the most accomplished proficient in discipline and practice. As Freemasons we cordially concur in the propriety of this act, by the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts, and very sincerely wish that our estimable Breth¬ ren may wear their well earned honors through many a year of utility and happiness."

The above testimony is the more gratifying to us, inasmuch as it confirms the favorable opinion we have often expressed of these distinguished Brethren,—an opinion founded on a pretty long and not altogether inactive personal correspondence.

LIST OF LODGES BY DISTRICT: 1845

Note: This list is based on the table in MFM, Page V:145, March 1, 1845.

DISTRICT 1

E.M.P. Wells, District Deputy Grand Master; 10 Lodges + 1 U.D.

DISTRICT 2

Samuel Bowden, District Deputy Grand Master; 6 Lodges

DISTRICT 3

Nathan Ordway, District Deputy Grand Master; 8 Lodges

DISTRICT 4

Jonathan Greenwood, District Deputy Grand Master; 6 Lodges

DISTRICT 5

Samuel Chandler, District Deputy Grand Master; 3 Lodges

DISTRICT 6

Pliny Slocomb, District Deputy Grand Master; 7 Lodges

DISTRICT 7

Lucien B. Keith, District Deputy Grand Master; 3 Lodges

DISTRICT 8

Samuel H. Jenks (?), District Deputy Grand Master; 2 Lodges

DISTRICT 9

Addison Ware (?), District Deputy Grand Master; 4 Lodges

NOT IN MOORE'S LIST

Unclear where these should go



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