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Revision as of 03:12, 10 September 2010

1857

JOHN T. HEARD, Grand Master

NOTES

QUARTERLY COMMUNICATIONS

Held at Masonic Temple, Boston

  • 03/11: VI-93;
  • 06/10: VI-111;
  • 09/09: VI-120;
  • 12/09: VI-137; (Annual Communication)

03/11 Agenda

  • VI-95: Petition from Evening Star Lodge, Lee, asking for assistance and a replacement charter, lost due to fire.
  • VI-98: Report of Charity Committee.
  • VI-99: Communication from a committee of the Bunker Hill Monument Association; Grand Lodge invited to inaugurate a statue of General Joseph Warren.
  • VI-100: Report of committee on the printing of diplomas.
  • VI-103: Report of the Trustees of the Grand Charity Fund.
  • VI-107: Committee appointed to procure a new banner for the Grand Lodge.
  • VI-108: Committee appointed to review By-Laws of subordinate lodges.
  • VI-108: Committee appointed to procure regalia for the District Deputy Grand Masters.
    • 06/11: VI-113; Grand Lecturers to be furnished with regalia as well.

06/10 Agenda

  • VI-112: Report of committee on obtaining better accomodations; current building unsatisfactory, and unsuitable to be modified. Recommended that the Trustees take charge of this.
  • VI-114: Report of Charity Committee.
  • VI-115: Resolution for the Trustees of the Temple to be directed to sell the Masonic Temple; motion tabled.
  • VI-116: Invitation to attend St. John's Day in Nashua, N.H., and in Providence, R.I.
  • VI-116: Report of Seal Committee.
  • VI-118: Report of Committee on By-Laws.

09/10 Agenda

  • VI-123: Petition by Cincinnatus Lodge to remove from Sheffield to Great Barrington; granted.
  • VI-124: Correspondence with Bunker Hill Monument committee regarding expenses.
    • 09/23: VI-133; Grand Lodge (reluctantly) grants $100 to the committee.
  • VI-128 (09/10), VI-135 (09/23): Report of Charity Committee.
  • VI-129: Committee to consider an Act of Incorporation.
    • 12/09: VI-141; Committee instructed to draw up an Act of Incorporation under the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
    • 12/28: VI-154; Report of committee, tabled.

Adjourned to 09/23.

  • VI-134: Trustees authorized to sell the Masonic Temple.

12/10 Agenda

  • VI-142: Jeremiah Stone readmitted to Masonry, with the concurrence of King Hiram's Lodge.
  • VI-143: Report of Trustees of the Grand Charity Fund.
  • VI-145: Report of Trustees of the Temple.
  • VI-146: Report of Charity Committee.
  • VI-147: Report of the Committee of Finance.
  • VI-148: Committee appointed to secure land for the building of a new Masonic Temple.
  • VI-152: Committee on arrangements appointed.
  • VI-150: Petition by Mount Hope Lodge for remission of dues; referred.
  • VI-150: Re-election of Grand Master Heard elected (102 ballots) and other Grand Lodge officers elected.

Grand Constitutions Amendment Proposals

  • 12/09: VI-151; Amendment to Grand Constitutions for a reduction in Grand Lodge Fees; referred to committee.
  • 12/09: VI-152: Amendment regarding the requirements for certain Grand Lodge offices; referred to committee.

Grand Master's Address

  • 03/11: VI-100; Review of the Grand Master's address in December 1856.
  • 12/28: VI-159; Address by Grand Master Heard, regarding several matters; referred to committee.

Lodge By-Law Changes

Necrologies and Memorials

  • 09/09: VI-121; Death of Rt. Wor. Elias Haskell, Past Senior Grand Warden; Grand Lodge recessed to attend funeral.

Petitions for Charters

  • 12/09: VI-140; Petition by Morning Star Lodge, Worcester, to have their charter dated to the original one; granted.

Petitions for Dispensation for Lodges

  • Eureka, New Bedford (05/08; mentioned in Grand Master's Address, Page VI-159.)
  • Mount Vernon, Malden (08/27; mentioned in Grand Master's Address, Page VI-160.)
  • John Abbot, Somerville (10/21; mentioned in Grand Master's Address, Page VI-160.)
  • Berkshire, Adams South Village (11/14; mentioned in Grand Master's Address, Page VI-160.)
  • Hiram, Copiapo, Chile (12/15; mentioned in Grand Master's Address, Page VI-160.)
  • Star of the South, Concepción, Chile, returned (mentioned in Grand Master's Address, Page VI-160; "some of the petitioners preferring to connect themselves with existing Lodges rather than to establish a new one.)

Petitions for Restoration of Charter

None.

SPECIAL COMMUNICATIONS

None.

FEAST OF ST. JOHN THE EVANGELIST

(held at Masonic Temple, Boston, 12/28/1857)

  • VI-154: Lodge of Instruction.
  • VI-154: Invitation to dedicate the hall of Mount Zion Lodge in Barre; accepted.
  • VI-156: Petition by members of the late Bethel Lodge, referred.
  • VI-157: Installation of Grand Master Heard and other Grand Lodge officers.
  • VI-158: Grand Master's Address, beginning on Page VI-158.
  • VI-161: Correspondence with the Grand Master of England, the Earl of Zetland.

LIST OF LODGES BY DATE OF PRECEDENCE: 1857

When more information is available, this will be updated with district information. (Note: There were 11 Districts in 1857, plus special areas for Nantucket, Provincetown and Valparaiso Chile.

  • DISTRICT 1: William T. Coolidge, Newton, District Deputy Grand Master
  • DISTRICT 2: Isaac P. Seavey, Newburyport, District Deputy Grand Master
  • DISTRICT 3: William North, Lowell, District Deputy Grand Master
  • DISTRICT 4: Levi Rawson, Farnumsville, District Deputy Grand Master
  • DISTRICT 5: Lucien B. Keith, Hingham, District Deputy Grand Master
  • DISTRICT 6: Henry Earle, Worcester, District Deputy Grand Master
  • DISTRICT 7: George H. Taber, Fairhaven, District Deputy Grand Master
  • DISTRICT 8: Sylvanus Baxter, Hyannis, District Deputy Grand Master
  • DISTRICT 9: Daniel Reynolds, Springfield, District Deputy Grand Master
  • DISTRICT 10: W.B.C. Pearsons, Holyoke, District Deputy Grand Master
  • DISTRICT 11: Charles B. Rogers, Charlestown, District Deputy Grand Master
  • NANTUCKET: Benjamin Brown, Nantucket, Special Deputy for Nantucket
  • PROVINCETOWN: J.P. Johnson, Provincetown, Special Deputy for Nantucket
  • VALPARAISO: C.T. Ward, Valparaiso, Special Deputy for Valparaiso

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