RisingStates
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RISING STATES LODGE
Location: Boston
Chartered By: Grand Lodge of Scotland
Charter Date: 11/30/1756
Precedence Date: 11/30/1756
Current Status: location of charter unknown.
NOTES
This lodge was originally chartered as a split from the Lodge of St. Andrew and claimed its precedence in Massachusetts Grand Lodge and the united Grand Lodge; the charter was resigned 12/10/1810 (Page II-448).
See account of misuse of the Charter, while Benjamin Russell was Master, is found in the autobiography of Henry Fowle.
PAST MASTERS
- Jonathan Wellington, before 1799
- Benjamin Russell, 1800
- Edmund Bowman, 1802, 1807
YEARS
After resignation of charter:
GRAND LODGE OFFICERS
- Benjamin Russell, Grand Sword Bearer 1792-1795; Grand Marshal 1796-1810; Junior Grand Warden 1811-1812; Senior Grand Warden 1813; Grand Master 1814-1816
