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'''1806'''

'''[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=GMBigelow Timothy Bigelow]''', Grand High Priest<br>
'''[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=GMRussell Benjamin Russell]''', Deputy Grand High Priest<br>
'''David Coffin, Jr.''', Grand King<br>
'''Samuel A. Otis''', Grand Scribe

== REGULAR SESSIONS ==

=== ANNUAL SESSION, 09/09/1806 ===

''Meeting held at Mason's Hall, Boston (ChI-48):''

The Grand Chapter opened. 

Grand Chapter voted as follows:
* To approve the new design and form for a diploma.
* To report the compensation for the Grand Secretary.
* To commend the work of Past Grand High Priest Bigelow.

The meeting elected the following officers for the Grand Royal Arch Chapter for the ensuing year:
* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=GMThomas Isaiah Thomas], Grand High Priest
* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=GMRussell Benjamin Russell], Deputy Grand High Priest
* Amos Tappan, Grand King
* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAGCJHopkins James D. Hopkins], Grand Scribe
* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAGLASigourney Andrew Sigourney], Grand Treasurer
* Edward Horsman, Grand Secretary
* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAGLAEaton Asa Eaton], Grand Chaplain
* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAGLHPurkitt Henry Purkitt], Grand Marshal
* Thomas Redman, Grand Steward
* Jacob Perkins, Grand Steward
* James Locke, Grand Steward
* Seth Johnson, Grand Steward
* William Tompkins, Grand Inside Sentinel
* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAGLWEaton William Eaton], Grand Tyler
* Jeremiah Folsom, Grand Tyler

=== STATED MEETING, 12/09/1806 ===

''Held at Mason's Hall, Boston (ChI-50):''

The Grand Chapter opened.

''Note: this is the first recorded meeting that listed members from each Chapter in detail, indicating that representatives from St. Andrew's, King Cyrus, St. John's and Mount Vernon were represented.''

=== STATED MEETING, 06/09/1807 ===

The Grand Chapter opened, and voted:
* That Companions Thomas, Fowle and Sigourney were formed as a Committee to "take into consideration what amendments are necessary in the Rules and Regulations of this Grand Chapter and report at the next Communication."
* That due to delinquency, [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=RACKingSolomon King Solomon's] Chapter would have its Charter revoked if it did not pay the annual fees or make annual returns, which was characterized as "very reprehensible."

== LIST OF CHAPTERS IN MASSACHUSETTS: 1806 ==

{| class="wikitable" 
|-
! Location
! Chapter
! Precedence Date
! Notes
|-
|[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MABoston Boston]
|[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=RACStAndrew St. Andrew's]
|08/28/1769
|
|-
|[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MANewburyport Newburyport]
|[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=RACKingCyrus King Cyrus]
|06/28/1790
|
|-
|[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAGroton Groton]
|[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=RACStJohnG St. John's]
|09/20/1803
|
|-
|[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MEPortland Portland (Maine)]
|[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=RACMountVernon Mount Vernon]
|02/13/1805
|
|-
|[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MACharlton Charlton]
|[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=RACKingSolomon King Solomon's]
|09/17/1805
|
|}

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