MassachusettsYear1849
From MasonicGenealogy
1849
EDWARD A. RAYMOND, Grand Master
George M. Randall , Deputy Grand Master
John J. Loring, Senior Grand Warden
Thomas M. Vinson, Junior Grand Warden
Contents
NOTES
QUARTERLY COMMUNICATIONS
Held at Masonic Temple, Boston
- 03/14: V-224;
- 06/13: V-234;
- 09/12: V-238;
- 12/12: V-259; (Annual Communication)
03/14 Agenda
- V-225: Reception of Most Wor. William Field, Grand Master of Rhode Island.
- V-225ff: Report on the February convention "for the purpose of providing a more general uniformity in the mode of Work and Lectures." A vote was adopted to exemplify the lectures; this was done by a group of Brothers, which were "discussed, amended and adopted."
- V-226: Report of committee on a report "in relation to the existing Masonic difficulties in Louisiana."
- V-229: Report of the Committee of Finance.
- V-230: Petition of King Hiram's Lodge from 12/1848 was withdrawn.
- V-232: Committee appointed "to put the Regalia of the Grand Lodge in a suitable condition."
- V-233: Complaint by King Solomon's Lodge against East Thomaston Lodge in Maine (possibly Orient #15), for "initiating Sojourners from this State" referred.
06/13 Agenda
- V-235: Committee appointed to obtain jewels and regalia for Permanent Members, Grand Lecturers, and Grand Organist.
- V-236: Committee appointed for arrangements for Feast of St. John the Baptist in Newburyport.
09/12 Agenda
- V-239: Report on communications from two different Grand Lodges in New York.
- V-245ff: Committee report.
- V-240ff: Report on the reduction of Grand Lodge fees.
12/12 Agenda
- V-260: Report of the Committee of Finance.
- V-261: Reception of Most Ex. Robert P. Dunlap, General Grand High Priest of the General Grand Chapter of the United States.
- V-262: Presentation of the Constitution for a General Grand Lodge by the Grand Master, as adopted by the Grand Lodge of Rhode Island; referred.
- V-262: Communication from the Washington Monument Association; referred.
- V-263: Re-election of Grand Master Raymond (49 ballots), and other Grand Lodge officers.
- V-264: Committee appointed on installation arragements.
Grand Constitutions Amendment Proposals
None.
Grand Master's Address
None.
Necrologies and Memorials
None.
Petitions for Charters
Petitions for Dispensation for Lodges
None.
Petitions for Restoration of Charter
- 06/13: V-234; Petition by members of Evening Star Lodge, and to remove to Lee; granted.
SPECIAL COMMUNICATIONS
None.
FEAST OF ST. JOHN THE EVANGELIST
(held at Masonic Temple, Boston, 12/27/1849)
- V-266: Report of the Committee of Charity.
- V-267: Report of the Trustees of the Temple.
- V-268: Report of the Trustees of the Grand Charity Fund.
- V-269: Instruction session.
- V-272: Installation of Grand Master Raymond and other Grand Lodge officers. Most Wor. Raymond was installed by proxy (Rt. Wor. John B. Hammatt, the oldest Past Master - having presided over a lodge in 1809).
- V-274: "The Committee of arrangements having been disappointed in procuring the services of an orator the usual festive ceremonies were dispensed with."
LIST OF LODGES BY DATE OF PRECEDENCE: 1849
When more information is available, this will be updated with district information.
- DISTRICT 1: George M. Randall, District Deputy Grand Master
- DISTRICT 2: Asa T. Newhall, Lynnfield, District Deputy Grand Master
- DISTRICT 3: Nathan Ordway, Fitchburg, District Deputy Grand Master
- DISTRICT 4: Jonathan Greenwood, Framingham, District Deputy Grand Master
- DISTRICT 5: Paul Dean, Jr., Easton, District Deputy Grand Master
- DISTRICT 6: Horace Cheney, Worcester, District Deputy Grand Master
- DISTRICT 7: Lucien B. Keith, New Bedford, District Deputy Grand Master
- DISTRICT 8: Waterman Crocker, Provincetown, District Deputy Grand Master
- DISTRICT 9: Franklin Weston, Dalton, District Deputy Grand Master
- DISTRICT 10: Benjamin Brown, Nantucket, District Deputy Grand Master
- St. John's (Boston, 1733)
- Lodge of St. Andrew, (Boston, 1752)
- Philanthropic (Marblehead, 1760)
- The Massachusetts (Boston, 1770)
- The Tyrian (Gloucester, 1770)
- Union (Nantucket, 1771)
- King Solomon's (Charlestown, 1783)
- Essex (Salem, 1791)
- Morning Star (Worcester, 1793)
- Middlesex (Framingham, 1795)
- Cincinnatus (Great Barrington, 1795)
- King Hiram's (Provincetown, 1795)
- Evening Star (Lee, 1795) charter restored, and removed to new location
- Harmony (Northfield, 1796)
- Columbian (Boston, 1796)
- Union (Dorchester, 1796)
- Washington (Roxbury, 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)
- Montgomery (Medway, 1797)
- King David (Taunton, 1798)
- Rising Star (Stoughton, 1799)
- Mount Zion (Hardwick, 1800)
- Aurora (Fitchburg, 1801)
- Corner Stone (Duxbury, 1801)
- Constellation (Dedham, 1801)
- Mount Lebanon (Boston, 1801)
- Fraternal (Barnstable, 1801)
- St. Mark's (Newburyport, 1803)
- Mount Carmel (Lynn, 1805)
- Amicable (Cambridge, 1805)
- Pentucket (Lowell, 1807)
- Jordan (Danvers, 1808)
- Mystic (Pittsfield, 1810)
- Hampden (Springfield, 1817)
- Solomon's Temple (Uxbridge, 1818)
- Bethesda (Brighton, 1819)
- Monitor (Waltham, 1820)
- St. Matthew's (Andover, 1822)
- Warren (Amesbury, 1822)
- Star in the East (New Bedford, 1823)
- Mount Hope (Fall River, 1824)
- Liberty (Beverly, 1824)
- Orphan's Hope (Weymouth, 1825)
- Bethel (Enfield, 1825)
- Oxford (Oxford, 1825)
- Grecian (Lawrence, 1825)
- Star of Bethlehem (Chelsea, 1844)
- Mount Tabor (East Boston, 1846)
- St. Paul's (South Boston, 1846)
- Lafayette (North Adams, 1847)
- Chicopee (Chicopee, 1848)
- Hawaiian (Sandwich Islands, U.D.)
