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1891

SAMUEL WELLS, Grand Master

Benjamin A. Gould, Deputy Grand Master
Hiram O. Smith, Senior Grand Warden
Samuel B. Spooner, Junior Grand Warden

QUARTERLY COMMUNICATIONS

(Held at Masonic Temple, Boston)

• 03/11: 1891-7;
• 06/10: 1891-51;
• 09/09: 1891-67;
• 12/09: 1891-89; (Annual Communication)

03/11 Agenda

• 1891-15: Installation of other Grand Officers not present at the Feast of St. John.
• 1891-15: Surrender of the charter of Anchor Lodge, Wales.
• 1891-19ff: An extended discussion of early Freemasonry in North America, presented by Rt. Wor. Sereno D. Nickerson.

06/10 Agenda

• 1891-61: Charity Committee report.
• 1891-64: Recording Grand Secretary reported that he had begun preparing a Register of the members of the fraternity, on a set of file cards. Secretaries of lodges were requested to furnish details.

09/09 Agenda

• 1891-86: Boston Lodge of Instruction to be conducted under the direction of the Grand Lecturer.

12/10 Agenda

• Recorded in Grand Master Wells' address, beginning on page 1891-102:
  • Lodges constituted, officers installed:
    • Prospect, Roslindale (01/12; Special Communication)
  • Lodges visited:
    • Amicable, Cambridge (01/01; installation)
    • John Abbot, Somerville (01/06)
    • Union (Dorchester) (02/17)
    • Liberty, Beverly (02/23; celebration of Washington's Birthday. "Many interesting relics of Revolutionary times were exhibited.")
    • Beth-Horon, Brookline (04/14)
    • Robert Lash, Chelsea (04/22)
    • King Solomon's, Charlestown (05/12, by Rt. Wor. Benjamin A. Gould)
    • Mount Vernon, Malden (06/04)
    • Star of Bethlehem, Chelsea (06/17)
    • King Solomon's, Charlestown (09/08)
    • The Massachusetts, Boston (09/21)
    • The Tyrian, Gloucester (10/06)
    • Quinsigamond, Worcester (10/16; 20th anniversary; presentation given by Hon. Bonum Nye, since deceased.)
    • Mount Horeb (Woburn) (11/04)
    • Lodge of St. Andrew, Boston (11/30; Feast of St. Andrew, 135th anniversary)
    • Revere, Boston (12/01; installation by Past GM Charles C. Dame.)
• 1891-126: Report of Auditing Committee.
• 1891-126: Appropriation for the Education and Charity Trust.
• 1891-127: Re-election of Samuel Wells as Grand Master, and other Grand Lodge officers. Remarks by Deputy Grand Master Gould and Grand Master Wells.

Grand Constitutions Amendment Proposals

• 06/10: 1891-61; Proposal to amend Part 4, Article 3, Section 8, to set the fee for a city lodge to $50, anywhere else $40; referred.

• 09/09: 1891-82; revision suggested that town lodges should have the fee reduced from $40 to $30; following extended discussion, this matter was voted to be indefinitely postponed.

Grand Master's Address

• 03/11: 1891-18: Report on Grand Master's address.
  • 06/10: 1891-57; Additional report on Grand Master's Address.

• 12/09: 1891-99: Grand Master's Address; death of Nye; report on improvement needed in work by subordinate lodges; visits; dispensations; Grand Lecturer's report; report of Board of Directors; final remarks. Referred to committee.

Lodge By-Law Changes

• 03/11: 1891-19;
  • Full Codes : St. John's (Boston), Mountain, Rural.
    • 1891-19: Approved "with such changes as brought them into conformity to the Grand Constitutions."
  • Amendments: DeWitt Clinton, Germania, Mount Olivet.
    • 1891-19: Approved, with changes for Mount Olivet.

• 06/10: 1891-60;
  • Full Codes : Charles C. Dame, Hampshire.
    • 1891-60: approved with "such changes as were necessary."
  • Amendments: Cincinnatus, Columbian, The Lodge of Eleusis, Hampden, Konohassett, Pentucket, Pequossette, Phoenician.
    • 1891-60: approved, with changes for Pequossette and Hampden Lodges.

• 09/09: 1891-86;
  • Full Codes : none.
  • Amendments: Kilwinning, Star of Bethlehem.
    • 1891-86: approved.

• 12/09: 1891-134;
  • Full Codes : none.
  • Amendments: John Cutler, Satucket, Warren.
    • 1891-134: approved.

Necrologies and Memorials

• 09/09: 1891-100; Memorial to Bro. Bonum Nye of Hayden Lodge, age 97 ("doubtless then the oldest living Mason in this State, and there were probably few older in the country.") Mentioned in Grand Master's Address.

Petitions for Charters

None.

Petitions for Dispensation for Lodges

• Dispensations for new lodges, beginning on Page 1891-102:
  • Brigham U.D., Ludlow (07/08)

SPECIAL COMMUNICATIONS

• 01/12/1891: 1891-1; Roslindale. Constitution of Prospect Lodge.
  • 1891-2: Procession of Grand Lodge into a hall "leased by the new Lodge."
  • 1891-3: Constitution of lodge; address by Grand Master Wells, including remarks about the growth of the Fraternity ("it shall not grow rapidly . . . A new lodge is like a new stone added to the structure of Freemasonry, and under the laws of our Order is not created lightly or carelessly.")
  • 1891-5: Installation of officers.

FEAST OF ST. JOHN THE EVANGELIST

(held at Masonic Temple, Boston, 12/29/1891)

A portrait of Past Grand Master Henry Endicott appears facing page 1891-138.

• 1891-136: Opening and roll call.
• 1891-139: Installation of Grand Master Wells. Installation of other Grand Officers.
• 1891-141: Report of Grand Secretary; 1,824 Master Masons made.
• 1891-143: List of lodges not represented in Grand Lodge in 1889, as well as the past 2-3 years (as well as Aconcagua, Valparaiso, Chile, not appearing for 10 years).
• 1891-147: Feast of St. John, listing toasts and names of speakers:
  • 1891-147: Grand Master Wells.
  • 1891-150: Past Grand Master and Past Recording Secretary Nickerson.
  • 1891-156: Deputy Grand Master Benjamin A. Gould.
  • 1891-160: Rt. Wor. William R. Alger.
  • 1891-167: Past Grand Master Welch.
  • 1891-174: Rt. Wor. Charles Levi Woodbury.
  • 1891-178: Rt. Wor. Samuel B. Spooner.
  • 1891-182: Senior Grand Warden Charles I. Litchfield.
  • 1891-184: Deputy Grand Master Frank T. Dwinell.
  • 1891-186: Rt. Wor. Richard Briggs.

LIST OF LODGES IN MASSACHUSETTS BY DISTRICT: 1891

There were 28 districts in Massachusetts in 1891, as well as districts for Chile and China.

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