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1863

WILLIAM PARKMAN, Grand Master

QUARTERLY COMMUNICATIONS

Held at Freemasons' Hall, Boston

• 03/11: VI-447;
• 06/10: VI-452;
• 09/10: VI-459;
• 12/09: VI-463; (Annual Communication; further adjourned to 12/10)

03/11 Agenda

• VI-450; Report of Charity Committee.

06/10 Agenda

• VI-457; Report of Charity Committee.
• VI-461: Committee appointed to report on the powers of District Deputy Grand Masters.
  • 12/09: VI-477ff; Report on the powers of the District Deputy Grand Masters. Order given to follow regarding their powers. (See Edict Summary.

09/10 Agenda

• VI-461; Report of Charity Committee.

12/09 Agenda

• VI-466, VI-467, VI-477; Report of Charity Committee.
• VI-469: Report of Auditing Committee.
• VI-471: Report of Library Committee.
• VI-475: Re-election of Grand Master Parkman and other Grand Lodge officers.
• VI-488: Lodge of Instruction.

Grand Constitutions Amendment Proposals:=

• 03/11: VI-448; Amendment to the Grand Constitutions regarding the date of the Feast of St. John the Evangelist, the appointment of Grand Lecturers, and the installation of the Grand Master by proxy (from the Grand Master's Address); to be considered at the next quarterly communication. (No indication that this action was ever taken.)
  • Part 1, Article 8, Section 1
  • Part 1, Article 8, Section 17
• 12/09: VI-487; Amendment to the Grand Constitutions to revise Part 1, Article 5 "but no action of the Grand Lodge was had on it."

Grand Master's Address

• 12/29: VI-493; Grand Master's Address.

Lodge By-Law Changes

• 03/11: VI-449; St. John's (Boston); approved.

Necrologies and Memorials

• 06/10: VI-453; Death of Rt. Wor. William C. Martin, Senior Grand Warden; memorial presented by committee. Rt. Wor. William W. Baker was elected in his stead and duly installed.

• 06/10: VI-431; Death of Bro. Joseph J. Whiting of Aberdour Lodge, who although not a member of Grand Lodge was a "highly respectable and beloved member" of his lodge and a "worthy mason and citizen.'

• 09/10: VI-460; Death of Rt. Wor. Jesse P. Pattee, Past Junior Grand Warden; memorial presented by Rt. Wor. William D. Coolidge.

• 12/09: VI-467; Death of Rt. Wor. Robert Lash, Past Senior Grand Warden; memorial presented by Rt. Wor. Abraham A. Dame.

Petitions for Charters

• 03/11: VI-449; Petition for Day Spring U.D., Monson, granted.

• 06/10: VI-457; Petition for Pythagorean U.D., Marion; granted.

• 09/10: VI-465; Petition for Tuscan U.D., Lawrence; granted (dispensation 01/01/1863).

Petitions for Dispensation for Lodges

From Grand Master's Address, beginning on Page VI-493:

• Tuscan, Lawrence (01/01)
• Mount Olivet, Cambridge (02/13)
• Pioneer, Somerset (03/09)
• Blue Hill, Canton (03/10)
• Eden, Ware (06/11)
• Amity, Danvers (09/28)
• Hayden, Brookfield (11/05)
• Ancient Landmark, Shanghai, China (12/15)

Petitions for Restoration of Charter

None.

SPECIAL COMMUNICATIONS

None.

FEAST OF ST. JOHN THE EVANGELIST

(held at Freemasons Hall, Boston, 12/29/1863); VI-491.

• VI-492: Installation of Grand Master Parkman and other Grand Lodge officers.
• VI-493: Report of the Grand Master for the preceding year.
• VI-494: Presentation of the Will of Henry Price by Bro. David Pulsifer and Bro. A.A. Prescott.
• VI-446: Annual Feast "duly celebrated" to honor the "Patron Saint".

LIST OF LODGES BY DATE OF PRECEDENCE: 1863

When more information is available, this will be updated with district information. (Note: There were 12 Districts in 1862, plus a special area for Chile.

• DISTRICT 1: Benjamin Dean, Boston, District Deputy Grand Master
• DISTRICT 2: William Sutton, South Danvers, District Deputy Grand Master
• DISTRICT 3: William Sewall Gardner, Lowell, District Deputy Grand Master
• DISTRICT 4: Chester L. Chamberlain, Milford, District Deputy Grand Master
• DISTRICT 5: Enos Loring, Hingham, District Deputy Grand Master
• DISTRICT 6: Henry Goddard, Worcester, District Deputy Grand Master
• DISTRICT 7: James A. Cook, Taunton, District Deputy Grand Master
• DISTRICT 8: R.S. Pope, Hyannis, District Deputy Grand Master
• DISTRICT 9: William S. Shurtleff, Springfield, District Deputy Grand Master
• DISTRICT 10: E.P. Graves, Greenfield, District Deputy Grand Master
• DISTRICT 11: John K. Hall, Somerville, District Deputy Grand Master
• DISTRICT 12: William W. Baker, Boston, District Deputy Grand Master
• CHILE: George H. Kendall, Special Deputy for Chile

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