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Revision as of 16:05, 13 September 2010
1868
CHARLES C. DAME, Grand Master
Contents
- 1 QUARTERLY COMMUNICATIONS
- 2 SPECIAL COMMUNICATIONS
- 3 FEAST OF ST. JOHN THE EVANGELIST
- 4 LIST OF LODGES IN MASSACHUSETTS BY DISTRICT: 1868
- 4.1 DISTRICT 1: Boston
- 4.2 DISTRICT 2: Charlestown
- 4.3 DISTRICT 3: Boston Highlands
- 4.4 DISTRICT 4: Cambridge
- 4.5 DISTRICT 5: Salem
- 4.6 DISTRICT 6: Newburyport
- 4.7 DISTRICT 7: Lowell
- 4.8 DISTRICT 8: Greenfield
- 4.9 DISTRICT 9: Pittsfield
- 4.10 DISTRICT 10: Springfield
- 4.11 DISTRICT 11: Worcester
- 4.12 DISTRICT 12: Milford
- 4.13 DISTRICT 13: Taunton
- 4.14 DISTRICT 14: New Bedford
- 4.15 DISTRICT 15: Barnstable
- 4.16 DISTRICT 16: Plymouth
- 4.17 CHILE DISTRICT
- 4.18 CHINA DISTRICT
- 4.19 PERU DISTRICT
QUARTERLY COMMUNICATIONS
(Held at Masonic Temple, Boston)'
- 03/11: VII-222;
- 06/10: VII-235;
- 09/09: VII-241;
- 12/09: VII-251; (Annual Communication)
03/11 Agenda
- VII-233: Report on communication from King Solomon's Lodge regarding jurisdiction.
06/10 Agenda
- VII-237: Invitation by Springfield Masonic bodies to the Grand Lodge for the Feast of St. John the Baptist, referred.
- VII-237: Committee appointed to consider the jurisdictional consequences of the annexation of Roxbury by Boston.
- VII-239: Report.
09/09 Agenda
- VII-247: Report of Committee on Charity.
- VII-249; Committee appointed to prepare a statement of the Grand Lodge's present indebtedness, to be distributed to the Masters and Wardens.
- VII-249; The Grand Master announced that "brethren who had received the degrees since the last annual return was made could commute their tax to the Grand Lodge by paying nine dollars each."
12/09 Agenda
- VII-255: Report of the Grand Master for the preceding year:
- Constitutions and Installations:
- Paul Dean, North Easton (03/24)
- William North, Lowell (03/26)
- Isaac Parker, Waltham (03/27)
- Zetland, Boston (03/31)
- Ionic, Easthampton (09/25)
- St. Bernard, Southborough (09/28)
- Mizpah, Cambridge (10/05)
- Hall Dedications, Installations:
- Installation of Essex Lodge, Salem (01/14)
- Installation of Social Harmony Lodge, Wareham (02/13)
- Installation of St. John's Lodge, Newburyport (03/16)
- Installation of Liberty Lodge, Beverly (04/01; also dedicated hall)
- Installation of Revere Lodge, Boston (12/01)
- Dedication of Hall at Pittsfield (12/08)
- Constitutions and Installations:
- VII-259: Petition by Lewis Hayden and others (Black Masons) asking to be received as Free and Accepted Masons; referred.
- VII-260: Report of Auditing Committee.
- VII-262: Election of William Sewall Gardner as Grand Master, and other Grand Lodge officers.
Grand Constitutions Amendment Proposals:
None.
Grand Master's Address
- 12/09: VII-255; Grand Master's Address.
- 12/29: VII-269: Grand Master Gardner's Address.
Lodge By-Law Changes
None.
Necrologies and Memorials
- 12/09: VII-257; Death of Rt. Wor. Simon W. Robinson, Past Grand Master; reported by Grand Master Dame; memorial delivered by Rt. Wor. Winslow Lewis.
- 12/09: VII-258; Death of Rt. Wor. Thomas Power, Past Senior Grand Warden; reported by Grand Master Dame; memorial delivered by Rt. Wor. William S. Gardner.
Petitions for Charters
- 03/11: VII-230; Petition for William North U.D., Lowell, granted with minor revisions to by-laws.
- 03/11: VII-231; Petition for Isaac Parker U.D., Waltham, granted.
- 03/11: VII-232; Petition for Paul Dean U.D., North Easton, granted with amended by-laws.
- 09/09: VII-247; Petition for Ionic U.D., Easthampton, granted.
- 09/09: VII-249; Petition for St. Bernard U.D., Southborough, granted upon amendment of by-laws.
Petitions for Dispensation for Lodges
- Dispensations (mentioned in Grand Master's Address, VII-255):
- Delta, Weymouth (06/06)
- Faith, Charlestown (06/10)
- Palestine, South Malden (12/08)
- Bethany, West Amesbury (12/08)
SPECIAL COMMUNICATIONS
None.
FEAST OF ST. JOHN THE EVANGELIST
(held at Masonic Temple, Boston, 12/29/1868); VII-207.
- VII-266: Reception of M.W. Thomas Arthur Doyle, Grand Master of Rhode Island.
- VII-266: Installation of Grand Master Gardner and other Grand Lodge officers.
- VII-284: Annual Feast celebrated "after the manner of Masons."
LIST OF LODGES IN MASSACHUSETTS BY DISTRICT: 1868
There were 16 districts in Massachusetts in 1868. The district disposition is listed in the 1870 Proceedings, and this list is derived by excluding lodges chartered earlier from the district listings.
DISTRICT 1: Boston
James A. Fox, District Deputy Grand Master; 12 Lodges
- St. John's (Boston, 1733)
- Lodge of St. Andrew, (Boston, 1752)
- The Massachusetts (Boston, 1770)
- Columbian (Boston, 1796)
- Mount Lebanon (Boston, 1801)
- Germania (Boston, 1854)
- Winslow Lewis (Boston, 1855)
- Revere (Boston, 1856)
- Joseph Warren (Boston, 1856)
- Aberdour (Boston, 1860)
- The Lodge of Eleusis (Boston, 1865)
- Zetland (Boston, 1867)
DISTRICT 2: Charlestown
Tracy P. Cheever, District Deputy Grand Master; 10 Lodges + 2 U.D.
- King Solomon's (Charlestown, 1783)
- Hiram (West Cambridge, 1797)
- Star of Bethlehem (Chelsea, 1844)
- Mount Hermon (Medford, 1854)
- Wyoming (Melrose, 1856)
- Mount Vernon (Malden, 1857)
- John Abbot (Somerville, 1857)
- Henry Price (Charlestown, 1858)
- William Sutton (Saugus, 1866)
- Robert Lash (Chelsea, 1867)
- Faith (Charlestown, U.D.)
- Palestine (Everett, U.D.)
DISTRICT 3: Boston Highlands
Cephas Brigham, District Deputy Grand Master; 10 Lodges
- Washington (Roxbury, 1796)
- Union (Dorchester, 1796)
- Mount Tabor (East Boston, 1846)
- St. Paul's (South Boston, 1846)
- Baalbec (East Boston, 1852)
- Gate of the Temple (South Boston, 1855)
- Hammatt (East Boston, 1859)
- Lafayette (Roxbury, 1865)
- Adelphi (South Boston, 1865)
- Eliot (Jamaica Plain, 1866)
DISTRICT 4: Cambridge
Henry Endicott, District Deputy Grand Master; 12 Lodges
- Corinthian (Concord, 1797)
- Meridian (Watertown, 1797)
- Amicable (Cambridge, 1805)
- Bethesda (Brighton, 1819)
- Monitor (Waltham, 1820)
- Putnam (Cambridge, 1854)
- Pequossette (Watertown, 1856)
- Dalhousie (Newtonville, 1860)
- Mount Olivet (Cambridge, 1863)
- Belmont (Belmont, 1864)
- Isaac Parker (Waltham, 1867)
- Mizpah (Cambridge, 1867)
DISTRICT 5: Salem
George H. Peirson, District Deputy Grand Master; 12 Lodges
- Philanthropic (Marblehead, 1760)
- The Tyrian (Gloucester, 1770)
- Essex (Salem, 1791)
- Mount Carmel (Lynn, 1805)
- Jordan (Danvers, 1808)
- Liberty (Beverly, 1824)
- Ashler (Rockport, 1851)
- Amity (Danvers, 1863)
- Starr King (Salem, 1864)
- John T. Heard (Ipswich, 1864)
- Golden Fleece (Lynn, 1864)
- Acacia (Gloucester, 1865)
DISTRICT 6: Newburyport
Lemuel A. Bishop, District Deputy Grand Master; 10 Lodges + 1 U.D.
- St. John's (Newburyport, 1766)
- Merrimack (Haverhill, 1802)
- St. Mark's (Newburyport, 1803)
- Warren (Amesbury, 1822)
- St. Matthew's (Andover, 1822)
- Grecian (Lawrence, 1825)
- John Hancock (Methuen, 1860)
- Tuscan (Lawrence, 1863)
- Saggahew (Haverhill, 1864)
- Charles C. Dame (Georgetown, 1867)
- Bethany (Merrimac, U.D.)
DISTRICT 7: Lowell
Charles Kimball, District Deputy Grand Master; 10 Lodges
- St. Paul's (Ayer, 1797)
- Aurora (Leominster, 1801)
- Pentucket (Lowell, 1807)
- Ancient York (Lowell, 1852)
- Mount Horeb (Woburn, 1855)
- Caleb Butler (Ayer, 1859)
- William Parkman (Winchester, 1864)
- Charles W. Moore (Fitchburg, 1865)
- Kilwinning (Lowell, 1866)
- William North (Lowell, 1867)
DISTRICT 8: Greenfield
Ithamar F. Conkey, District Deputy Grand Master; 9 Lodges
- Republican (Greenfield, 1795)
- Harmony (Northfield, 1796)
- Mountain (Shelburne Falls, 1806)
- Bethel (Enfield, 1825)
- Orange (Orange, 1859)
- Pacific (Amherst, 1860)
- Hope (Gardner, 1864)
- Star (Athol, 1864)
- Artisan (Winchendon, 1865)
DISTRICT 9: Pittsfield
Henry Chickering, District Deputy Grand Master; 8 Lodges
- Cincinnatus (Great Barrington, 1795)
- Evening Star (Lenox, 1795)
- Wisdom (West Stockbridge, 1803)
- Mystic (Pittsfield, 1810)
- Lafayette (North Adams, 1847)
- Mount Moriah (Westfield, 1856)
- Berkshire (South Adams, 1857)
- Huntington (Huntington, 1866)
DISTRICT 10: Springfield
David W. Crafts, District Deputy Grand Master; 11 Lodges
- Thomas (Monson, 1796)
- Jerusalem (South Hadley, 1797)
- Hampden (Springfield, 1817)
- Chicopee (Chicopee, 1848)
- Mount Tom (Holyoke, 1850)
- Quaboag (Warren, 1858)
- Day Spring (Monson, 1862)
- Hayden (Brookfield, 1863)
- Eden (Ware, 1863)
- Roswell Lee (Springfield, 1864)
- Ionic (Easthampton, 1867)
DISTRICT 11: Worcester
A. A. Burdin, District Deputy Grand Master; 12 Lodges
- Morning Star (Worcester, 1793)
- Mount Zion (Barre, 1800)
- Montacute (Worcester, 1858)
- Trinity (Clinton, 1858)
- Webster (Webster, 1858)
- Oxford (Oxford, 1859)
- Wilder (Leominster, 1859)
- Quinebaug (Southbridge, 1859)
- United Brethren (Marlborough, 1859)
- Doric (Hudson, 1864)
- Athelstan (Worcester, 1865)
- St. Bernard (Southborough, 1867)
DISTRICT 12: Milford
Henry C. Skinner, District Deputy Grand Master; 11 Lodges
- Middlesex (Framingham, 1795)
- Montgomery (Milford, 1797)
- Olive Branch (Millbury, 1797)
- Solomon's Temple (Uxbridge, 1818)
- Franklin (Grafton, 1851)
- Blackstone River (Blackstone, 1855)
- John Warren (Hopkinton, 1860)
- North Star (Ashland, 1864)
- Mount Hollis (Holliston, 1864)
- Excelsior (Franklin, 1866)
- Siloam (Westborough, 1866)
DISTRICT 13: Taunton
J. Mason Everett, District Deputy Grand Master; 11 Lodges
- Bristol (Attleboro, 1797)
- King David (Taunton, 1798)
- Rising Star (Stoughton, 1799)
- St. Alban's (Wrentham, 1818)
- Orient (Norwood, 1861)
- Blue Hill (Canton, 1863)
- St. James (Mansfield, 1864)
- Alfred Baylies (Taunton, 1866)
- Hyde Park (Hyde Park, 1866)
- Ionic (Taunton, 1867)
- Paul Dean (North Easton, 1867)
DISTRICT 14: New Bedford
Robert C. Brown, District Deputy Grand Master; 10 Lodges
- Marine (Falmouth, 1798)
- Star in the East (New Bedford, 1823)
- Mount Hope (Fall River, 1824)
- Eureka (New Bedford, 1857)
- Martha's Vineyard (Tisbury, 1859)
- Pythagorean (Marion, 1861)
- Pioneer (Somerset, 1863)
- May Flower (Middleboro, 1864)
- King Philip (Fall River, 1866)
- Oriental (Edgartown, 1866)
DISTRICT 15: Barnstable
Joseph K. Baker, Jr., District Deputy Grand Master; 9 Lodges
- Union (Nantucket, 1771)
- King Hiram's (Provincetown, 1795)
- Fraternal (Barnstable, 1801)
- Social Harmony (Middleboro, 1823)
- Mount Horeb (Harwich, 1854)
- DeWitt Clinton (Sandwich, 1855)
- Pilgrim (Harwich, 1859)
- James Otis (Barnstable, 1865)
- Adams (Wellfleet, 1865)
DISTRICT 16: Plymouth
Z. L. Bicknell, District Deputy Grand Master; 10 Lodges + 1 U.D.
- Old Colony (Hingham, 1792)
- Fellowship (Bridgewater, 1797)
- Rural (Quincy, 1801)
- Corner Stone (Duxbury, 1801)
- Norfolk Union (Randolph, 1819)
- Orphan's Hope (Weymouth, 1825)
- Plymouth (Plymouth, 1825)
- Paul Revere (North Bridgewater, 1856)
- John Cutler (Abington, 1859)
- Konohassett (Cohasset, 1864)
- Delta (Weymouth, U.D.)
CHILE DISTRICT
George H. Kendall, District Deputy Grand Master; 2 Lodges
CHINA DISTRICT
I. B. Eames, Special Deputy; 1 Lodge
- Ancient Landmark (Shanghai, China, 1863)
PERU DISTRICT
Richard H. Hartley, Special Deputy; 1 Lodge
- J. L. Hutchinson (Arica, Peru, U.D.)
