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1894

OTIS E. WELD, Grand Master

Edwin B. Holmes, Deputy Grand Master
George W. Bishop, Senior Grand Warden
Charles S. Robertson, Junior Grand Warden


QUARTERLY COMMUNICATIONS

(Held at Masonic Temple, Boston)

  • 03/14: 1894-1;
  • 06/13: 1894-19;
  • 09/12: 1894-49;
  • 12/13: 1894-103; (Annual Communication)

03/14 Agenda

  • 1894-11: Installation of District Deputy Grand Masters not present at the Feast of St. John in 1893.

06/08 Agenda

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Gifford McGrew
From the collection of the Grand Lodge of Masons in Massachusetts

  • 1894-26: Report of Charity Committee.
  • 1894-31: Presentation of a ritual cipher by the Recording Grand Secretary, considered a Masonic offense; a committee was appointed to investigate its preparation and to "ferret out the guilty parties."
    • 09/12: 1894-67ff; Report of committee. Extensive documentation on the purported miscreants; it was declared that withholding information on the basis of Masonic trust between brothers (the MM oath) should not apply when contrary to the "demand of the Grand Lodge for a disclosure." The two participants (George H. Earl and Gifford H. G. McGrew) were expelled from Masonry.
    • 09/12: 1894-75; Resolution that possession of the above-mentioned cipher would be considered a Masonic offense, and that the Committee on Ritual be directed to report on legislation, or orders, to make the work of no Masonic value - including the possibility of revising the Ritual.
  • 12/12: 1894-139; Report of Committee on Ritual, recommending that any Mason who would print, buy or sell, or use or circulate keys or ciphers, should be subjected to expulsion.
  • 1894-32: Proposal for a permanent charity fund, based on the contribution of $1 yearly per member; referred to a committee.

09/13 Agenda

  • 1894-57: Presentation (by letter) of a burial lot to the Grand Lodge, located in Mount Hope Cemetery, by Bro. John Hoffman Collamore. Note: this philanthropic Mason appears to have donated quite a bit to Massachusetts Masonry; a portrait of him can be found in the Commandery offices on the ninth floor of the Boston Masonic building.
    • 10/29: 1894-85; See Special Communication, below.
    • 12/12: 1894-137; Additional burial lot presented, increasing the area to 5,500 sq. ft.
  • 1894-58: Report of Charity Committee.

12/12 Agenda

Grand Constitutions Amendment Proposals

  • 03/14: 1894-11; Proposal to amend Part 5, Section 13, regarding dual membership. The proposal would permit members of lodges outside of the Commonwealth to simultaneously hold membership in Massachusetts-based lodges. Adopted.
  • 03/14: 1894-13; Proposal to amend Part 4, Article 1, Section 5, to permit lodges to hold meetings away from their usual location in order to attend the funeral of a Master Mason. Approved.
  • 03/14: 1894-14; Proposal to amend Part 4, Article 3; a draft of the document to be submitted to candidates seeking admission to the Fraternity, along with provisions for fees, and prohibitions to membership for residence, jurisdiction, and physical capability. Referred.
    • 06/13: 1894-27; Postponed vote to September quarterly, so that amendments and revisions could be proposed and considered. Some revisions appear on page 1894-28.
    • 09/12: 1894-59ff; A revised form of this Article, including amendments and corrections, appears on these pages. Adopted.
  • 12/12: 1894-140; Proposal to amend Part 3, Article 7, Section 2, regarding jewels for subordinate lodges; to provide a jewel for the Inside Sentinel.

Grand Master's Address

  • 12/13: 1894-115: Grand Master's Address, presented by Deputy Grand Master Holmes. "During a large portion of the past year, the state of my health has been such that it has been impossible for me to perform most of the public duties devolving upon the Grand Master." Visits; Grand Lecturer's report; Board of Directors report; Masonic Education and Charity Fund. Income disposition from Grand Charity Fund. Referred to committee. Grand Master Weld declined to be a candidate for the Grand Master's office. An expression of regret and sympathy appears on page 1894-140.

Lodge By-Law Changes

  • 06/13: 1894-25;
    • Full Codes : none.
    • Amendments: Norfolk Union (to reduce the fee for the degrees from $45 to $35 "to place itself on an equality with [neighboring lodges]." Approved.

Necrologies and Memorials

  • 12/12: 1894-141: Memorial to Rt. Wor. DeWitt C. Jansen, District Deputy Grand Master for the China District; presented by Rt. Wor. Sereno D. Nickerson.

Petitions for Charters

  • 03/14: 1894-10; John T. Heard Lodge, Ipswich, to replace the original, destroyed by fire; granted.

Petitions for Dispensation for Lodges

  • Dispensations for new lodges, mentioned in Grand Master's Address, beginning on Page 1894-120:

No page reference:

SPECIAL COMMUNICATIONS

  • 06/16/1894: 1894-34; North Attleborough. Corner-stone laying for the Richards Memorial Library. Rt. Wor. Edwin B. Holmes, Deputy Grand Master, presiding.
    • 1894-35: Grand Lodge opened at Bristol Lodge, procession to the building site.
    • 1894-35: Address by Rt. Wor. Edward R. Price.
    • 1894-36: List of contents of cornerstone box; corner-stone laying ceremony.
    • 1894-38: Address by Deputy Grand Master Holmes.
  • 07/23/1894: 1894-41; Nahant. Corner-stone laying for the Library. Rt. Wor. Edwin B. Holmes, Deputy Grand Master, presiding.
    • 1894-42: Grand Lodge opened in a building adjacent to the steamboat landing, procession to the building site with the escort of Mount Carmel and Golden Fleece Lodges.
    • 1894-43: List of contents of cornerstone box; corner-stone laying ceremony.
    • 1894-44: Address by Deputy Grand Master Holmes.
  • 09/29/1894: 1894-77; Roxbury. Corner-stone laying for the First Universalist Society of Roxbury. Rt. Wor. Samuel Wells, Past Grand Master, presiding.
    • 1894-78: Grand Lodge opened in Prelate's Room of Joseph Warren Commandery. Procession to building site escorted by the Germania Band and Washington Lodge.
    • 1894-79; Address by Mr. William O. Curtis, chairman of the Standing and Building Committee, Rev. E.L. Rexford, and Rev. James DeNormandie.
    • 1894-80: "A novel and pleasing" Corner-stone laying ceremony. Noted that the Corner-stone of the original edifice was laid by Washington Lodge on 07/28/1820.
  • 10/10/1894: 1894-82; Amesbury. Dedication of the Masonic hall of Bethany Lodge. Rt. Wor. Edwin B. Holmes, Deputy Grand Master, presiding.
    • 1894-83: Procession by Grand Lodge into hall; welcome by Master of Bethany Lodge.
    • 1894-84: Dedication of hall; Paul Revere Charge delivered by Deputy Grand Master Holmes.

A picture of this monument appears facing page 1894-85.

    • 1894-87: Grand Lodge travels to Forest Hills, Mount Hope Cemetery.
    • 1894-87: Order of exercises listed, including the presentation of Bro. Collamore, reply of the Acting Grand Master, Scripture and response, and dedication.
    • 1894-96: Deputy Grand Master Holmes' Address.

FEAST OF ST. JOHN THE EVANGELIST

(held at Masonic Temple, Boston, 12/27/1894)

  • 1894-144: Opening and roll call. Rt. Wor. Edwin B. Holmes presiding.
  • 1894-146: Report of Charity Committee.
  • 1894-147: Installation of Grand Master Edwin B. Holmes ‚"in manner and form according to the time-honored usage of this Grand Lodge." Installation of other Grand Officers.
  • 1894-152: Report of Recording Grand Secretary: 1,663 Master Mason diplomas issued in 1894.
  • 1894-154: List of lodges not represented in Grand Lodge in 1894, as well as the past 2-5 years (plus Aconcagua Valparaiso, not represented for the past 13 years).
  • 1894-157: Feast of St. John, listing toasts and names of speakers:

LIST OF LODGES IN MASSACHUSETTS BY DISTRICT: 1894

There were 28 districts in Massachusetts in 1894, as well as districts for Chile and China.

DISTRICT 1: Boston

E. Bentley Young, District Deputy Grand Master; 9 Lodges
Tabular: 1894-v

DISTRICT 2: Cambridge

Frank Vose, District Deputy Grand Master; 9 Lodges
Tabular: 1894-vi

DISTRICT 3: East Boston

John Stalker, District Deputy Grand Master; 9 Lodges
Tabular: 1894-vii

DISTRICT 4: South Boston

Henry B. Chandler, District Deputy Grand Master; 10 Lodges
Tabular: 1894-viii

DISTRICT 5: Newton

Herbert H. Sawyer, District Deputy Grand Master; 7 Lodges
Tabular: 1894-ix

DISTRICT 6: Somerville

Thomas M. Durell, District Deputy Grand Master; 8 Lodges
Tabular: 1894-x

DISTRICT 7: Lynn

William F. Chester, District Deputy Grand Master; 10 Lodges
Tabular: 1894-xi

DISTRICT 8: Salem

Chauncey S. Richards, District Deputy Grand Master; 8 Lodges
Tabular: 1894-xii

DISTRICT 9: Newburyport

Green Davis, District Deputy Grand Master; 8 Lodges
Tabular: 1894-xiii

DISTRICT 10: Lawrence

Edward A. Fitts, District Deputy Grand Master; 8 Lodges
Tabular: 1894-xiv

DISTRICT 11: Lowell

Frank L. Weaver, District Deputy Grand Master; 8 Lodges
Tabular: 1894-xv

DISTRICT 12: Fitchburg

George H. Foye, District Deputy Grand Master; 8 Lodges
Tabular: 1894-xvi

DISTRICT 13: Greenfield

David T. Remington, District Deputy Grand Master; 8 Lodges
Tabular: 1894-xvii

DISTRICT 14: North Adams

Frederick E. White, District Deputy Grand Master; 7 Lodges
Tabular: 1894-xviii

DISTRICT 15: Pittsfield

Miles T. Huntington, District Deputy Grand Master; 8 Lodges
Tabular: 1894-xix

DISTRICT 16: Chicopee

John E. Bronson, District Deputy Grand Master'; 10 Lodges
Tabular: 1894-xx

DISTRICT 17: Palmer

Lovell L. Gage, District Deputy Grand Master; 7 Lodges
Tabular: 1894-xxi

DISTRICT 18: Worcester

F. W. Southwick, District Deputy Grand Master; 8 Lodges + 1 U.D.
Tabular: 1894-xxii

DISTRICT 19: Southbridge

Lester H. Cudworth, District Deputy Grand Master; 7 Lodges
Tabular: 1894-xxiii

DISTRICT 20: Milford

John H. Balcom, District Deputy Grand Master; 8 Lodges
Tabular: 1894-xxiv

DISTRICT 21: Framingham

Lewis M. Palmer, District Deputy Grand Master; 8 Lodges
Tabular: 1894-xxv

DISTRICT 22: Hyde Park

Francis D. Dunbar, District Deputy Grand Master; 8 Lodges
Tabular: 1894-xxvi

DISTRICT 23: Taunton

Edward R. Price, District Deputy Grand Master; 8 Lodges
Tabular: 1894-xxvii

DISTRICT 24: Brockton

Herbert I. Mitchell, District Deputy Grand Master; 8 Lodges
Tabular: 1894-xxviii

DISTRICT 25: Hingham

Charles T. Burr, District Deputy Grand Master; 8 Lodges
Tabular: 1894-xxix

DISTRICT 26: Fall River

Frederick A. Bradford, District Deputy Grand Master; 7 Lodges
Tabular: 1894-xxx

DISTRICT 27: Nantucket

John Huxtable, District Deputy Grand Master; 7 Lodges
Tabular: 1894-xxxi

DISTRICT 28: Barnstable

Oliver H. Linnell, District Deputy Grand Master; 8 Lodges
Tabular: 1894-xxxii

CHILE DISTRICT

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

CHINA DISTRICT

DeWitt C. Jansen, District Deputy Grand Master; 1 Lodge
Tabular: None


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