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1890

SAMUEL WELLS, Grand Master

Benjamin A. Gould, Deputy Grand Master
Charles H. Norris, Senior Grand Warden
George H. Rhodes, Junior Grand Warden


QUARTERLY COMMUNICATIONS

(Held at Masonic Temple, Boston)

  • 03/12: 1890-5;
  • 06/11: 1890-30;
  • 09/10: 1890-72;
  • 12/10: 1890-93; (Annual Communication)

03/12 Agenda

  • 1890-15: Installation of other Grand Officers not present at the Feast of St. John.
  • 1890-18: A new edition of the Trestle-Board was to be printed, with certain "slight typographical emendations" proposed by the Committee on Ritual.
  • 1890-19: Report on the Washington Masonic Memorial Temple. Grand Lodge had subscribed $1,000 in 1875 to be contributed to the Washington Monument, but as Congress had assumed this charge, it was never called for; it was resolved that this sum be applied to the new memorial in Fredericksburg, VA.
  • 1890-22: Resolution of sympathy for Rt. Wor. William F. Salmon, who was ill. A telegram was dispatched following he Communication.

06/11 Agenda

  • 1890-36: Petition by Phoenix Lodge, regarding the membership status of a member who was listed on the Charter but never signed its by-laws and now requested a dimit, having never been requested to pay dues; referred to committee.
    • 06/11: 1890-55; The brother was considered a member and should be granted a dimit; the "inadvertent and unnoticed omission" was the duty of the Secretary to notice.
  • 1890-50; Report by committee on Committees of Investigation, presented by Rt. Wor. Charles C. Dame; an amendment to the Grand Constitutions was recommended.
  • 1890-59: Charity Committee report.
  • 1890-60: Presentation of a portrait of Past Grand Master Endicott.

09/11 Agenda

None.

12/10 Agenda

Grand Constitutions Amendment Proposals

  • 03/12: 1890-19; Proposal to amend Part 3, Article 1, by adding a section appointing a committee on Charters and By-Laws; adopted.
  • 06/11: 1890-54; Proposal to amend Part 3, Article 3, Section 4, regarding committees of investigation.
  • 09/10: 1890-84; approved following discussion "at some length."

Grand Master's Address

  • 06/11: 1890-49: Report on Grand Master's address.
  • 12/10: 1890-102: Grand Master's Address; visits; dispensations; Grand Lecturer's report; report of Board of Directors; final remarks, including the removal of prohibition of a Mason to belong to multiple lodges, and a recommendation that the Grand Constitutions be amended. Referred to committee.

Lodge By-Law Changes

  • 09/10: 1890-78;

Necrologies and Memorials

  • 03/12: 1890-13; Memorial to Rt. Wor. William H.L. Smith, a former District Deputy Grand Master; presented by Rt. Wor. Charles E. Phipps, Grand Sword Bearer, and his nephew.
  • 06/11: 1890-39; Memorial to Rt. Wor. Bradford L. Wales, Past Senior Grand Warden, and a signatory to the Declaration of 1831; presented by Wor. William H. Balkam, Jr., Master of Norfolk Union Lodge.
    • 12/10: 1890-108; Note in Grand Master's Address regarding funeral service (05/16) attended by Rt. Wor. Gould et. al.

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William F. Salmon

  • 06/11: 1890-42: Memorial to Rt. Wor. William F. Salmon, Past Senior Grand Warden. Note: a portrait of Bro. Salmon appears facing page 1890-42. Presented by Rt. Wor. Solon W. Stevens on behalf of the committee.
    • 12/10: 1890-108; Note in Grand Master's Address regarding funeral service (03/31).
  • 09/10: 1890-78: Memorial to Rt. Wor. John W. Dadmun, Past Grand Chaplain. Presented by the Grand Master.
  • 09/10: 1890-79: Memorial to Rt. Wor. George P. Sanger, Past Corresponding Secretary and Past Deputy Grand Master; presented by Wor. Charles S. Robertson, on behalf of the committee.

Petitions for Charters

Petitions for Dispensation for Lodges

  • Dispensations mentioned in Grand Master's address, beginning on page 1890-104:
    • Prospect, Roslindale (03/08); note that the lodge had to obtain dispensation from the other 29 lodges in Boston in order to proceed.

SPECIAL COMMUNICATIONS

  • 02/26/1890: 1890-1; Watertown. Dedication of Pequossette Lodge hall.
    • 1890-2: Grand Lodge procession into lodge-hall. More than 200 Brethren from neighboring lodges were present to receive "the official visitors with appropriate honors."
    • 1890-3: Dedication of lodge hall. Address by Grand Master Wells.

1890-4: "Abundant refreshment" in the supper-room; remarks by the Grand Master and others.

  • 05/30/1890: 1890-25; Andover. Dedication of St. Matthew's Lodge hall.
    • 1890-26: Grand Lodge received At the train by Bethany Commandery, and members of Cochichewick and St. Matthew's Lodges. Grand Lodge opened and received by St. Matthew's lodge.
    • 1890-27: Dedication of lodge hall.
    • 1890-27: Address by Wor. Joseph W. Smith, Past Master: "an interesting historical sketch of the Lodge" covering the period from 1822 to the present.
    • 1890-28: Address by Grand Master Wells.
    • 1890-29: A "bounteous collation" followed.
  • 07/22/1890: 1890-63; Palmer. Cornerstone Laying of Memorial Hall and Public Library.
    • 1890-64: Opening of Grand Lodge at Thomas Lodge hall procession to site with the escort of L.L. Merrick Post 107, G.A.R.
    • 1890-64: Corner-stone laying; address by W.H. Stowe, chairman of the Building Committee, and reply by Grand Master Wells. Blessing of Rev. William H. Munroe, with replies by the Brethren.
    • 1890-68: Address by Grand Master Wells.
  • 10/11/1890: 1890-87; Lowell. Cornerstone Laying of City Hall.
    • 1890-88: Grand Lodge reception at the train station; conducted to Mechanics' Hall, where an excellent dinner was served, in the company of Pentucket, Ancient York, Kilwinning and William North Lodges of Lowell.
    • 1890-89: Procession to site, escorted by the four lodges and Pilgrim Commandery of Lowell, numbering about 600, "a short march through the principal streets of the city, which were crowded with interested spectators."
    • 1890-89: Corner-stone laying, follwing a brief address by Alderman Fuller. Ceremonies similar to those used on 05/15/1889 at Cambridge.
    • 1890-90: Address by Grand Master Wells.

FEAST OF ST. JOHN THE EVANGELIST

(held at Masonic Temple, Boston, 12/30/1890)

  • 1890-134: Opening and roll call.
  • 1890-137: Installation of Grand Master Wells. Installation of other Grand Officers.
  • 1890-141: Report of Grand Secretary; 1,914 Master Masons made.
  • 1890-143: List of lodges not represented in Grand Lodge in 1890, as well as the past 2-9 years.
  • 1890-146: Feast of St. John, listing toasts and names of speakers:
    • 1890-146: Grand Master Wells.
    • 1890-148: Past Grand Master Parkman.
    • 1890-154: Grand Master George H. Kenyon of Rhode Island.
    • 1890-157: Rt. Wor. Charles Levi Woodbury.
    • 1890-164: Senior Grand Warden Hiram O. Smith.
    • 1890-166: Past Deputy Grand Master Benjamin A. Gould.
    • 1890-169: Grand Chaplain Rev. A. St. John Chambré.
    • 1890-174: Past Grand Master and Past Recording Secretary Nickerson.
    • 1890-180: Rt. Wor. S. Lothrop Thorndike, Recording Grand Secretary.
    • 1890-184: Rt. Wor. Richard Briggs.
    • 1890-185: Rt. Wor. Samuel B. Spooner.
    • 1890-188: Rt. Wor. Gatchell, for the District Deputies.
    • 1890-191: Rt. Wor. John Carr, Grand Treasurer.

LIST OF LODGES IN MASSACHUSETTS BY DISTRICT: 1890

There were 28 districts in Massachusetts in 1890, as well as districts for Chile and China.

DISTRICT 1: Boston

Frank T. Dwinell, District Deputy Grand Master; 9 Lodges
Tabular: 1890-v

DISTRICT 2: Cambridge

Albro A. Osgood, District Deputy Grand Master; 9 Lodges
Tabular: 1890-vi

DISTRICT 3: East Boston

Daniel G. Crandon, District Deputy Grand Master; 9 Lodges
Tabular: 1890-vii

DISTRICT 4: South Boston

Solomon A. Bolster, District Deputy Grand Master; 9 Lodges
Tabular: 1890-viii

DISTRICT 5: Newton

Albert L. Harwood, District Deputy Grand Master; 7 Lodges
Tabular: 1890-ix

DISTRICT 6: Somerville

William B. Lawrence, District Deputy Grand Master; 8 Lodges
Tabular: 1890-x

DISTRICT 7: Lynn

Nathan B. Fletcher, District Deputy Grand Master; 10 Lodges
Tabular: 1890-xi

DISTRICT 8: Salem

John Albert Blake, District Deputy Grand Master; 8 Lodges
Tabular: 1890-xii

DISTRICT 9: Newburyport

Herbert C. Taft, District Deputy Grand Master; 8 Lodges
Tabular: 1890-xiii

DISTRICT 10: Lawrence

Charles P. Morrill, District Deputy Grand Master; 8 Lodges
Tabular: 1890-xiv

DISTRICT 11: Lowell

Elisha H. Shaw, District Deputy Grand Master; 8 Lodges
Tabular: 1890-xv

DISTRICT 12: Fitchburg

Charles A. Bartlett, District Deputy Grand Master; 8 Lodges
Tabular: 1890-xvi

DISTRICT 13: Greenfield

John A. Sullivan, District Deputy Grand Master; 8 Lodges
Tabular: 1890-xvii

DISTRICT 14: North Adams

Charles Parsons, District Deputy Grand Master; 7 Lodges
Tabular: 1890-xviii

DISTRICT 15: Pittsfield

'Henry T. Robbins, District Deputy Grand Master; 8 Lodges
Tabular: 1890-xix

DISTRICT 16: Chicopee

Horace W. Gaylord, District Deputy Grand Master; 9 Lodges
Tabular: 1890-xx

DISTRICT 17: Palmer

W. H. Osgood, District Deputy Grand Master; 8 Lodges
Tabular: 1890-xxi

DISTRICT 18: Worcester

Edward B. Dolliver, District Deputy Grand Master; 8 Lodges
Tabular: 1890-xxii

DISTRICT 19: Southbridge

Jeremiah Gatchell, District Deputy Grand Master; 7 Lodges
Tabular: 1890-xxiii

DISTRICT 20: Milford

Herbert W. Lull, District Deputy Grand Master; 8 Lodges
Tabular: 1890-xxiv

DISTRICT 21: Framingham

Emery Grover, District Deputy Grand Master; 8 Lodges
Tabular: 1890-xxv

DISTRICT 22: Hyde Park

George F. Walker, District Deputy Grand Master; 8 Lodges
Tabular: 1890-xxvi

DISTRICT 23: Taunton

James Alfred Messinger, District Deputy Grand Master; 8 Lodges
Tabular: 1890-xxvii

DISTRICT 24: Brockton

Henry O. Fairbanks, District Deputy Grand Master; 8 Lodges
Tabular: 1890-xxviii

DISTRICT 25: Hingham

Stetson Foster, District Deputy Grand Master; 8 Lodges
Tabular: 1890-xxix

DISTRICT 26: Fall River

Charles E. Gifford, District Deputy Grand Master; 7 Lodges
Tabular: 1890-xxx

DISTRICT 27: Nantucket

Henry Paddack, District Deputy Grand Master; 7 Lodges
Tabular: 1890-xxxi

DISTRICT 28: Barnstable

Henry T. Crosby, District Deputy Grand Master; 9 Lodges
Tabular: 1890-xxxii

CHILE DISTRICT

Peter Ewing, District Deputy Grand Master; 4 Lodges
Tabular: None

CHINA DISTRICT

William F. Salmon, Proxy of Ancient Landmark Lodge; 1 Lodge
Tabular: None


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