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==== ST. JOHN'S DAY, JUNE 1824 ====
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''From New England Freemason, Vol. I, No. 10, October 1874, Page 483:''
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The ''New England Galaxy'' contained each week, under the head of "Masonic Calendar", a list of the Masonic meetings to bo held during the following week throughout the State. To this was added from time to time the names of officers elected in some of the Bodies.
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In the June 4, 1824 issue appears the following advertisement:
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'''MASONIC CELEBRATION.'''
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"Constellation Lodge, of Dcdham, have made arrangements for celebrating the Nativity of St. John the Baptist, the 24th of June next. A Sermon will be delivered on the occasion by R. W. and Rev. Brother James Sabine, of Boston; and an Address by R. W. Brother Josiali J. Fisk, of Wrentham. The Brethren generally are respectfully invited to join with them in the intended celebration.
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"Procession to form at precisely 10 o'clock A. M. Entertainment by Brother Francis Alden. Suitable accommodations for the ladies.
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"Tickets for gentlemen $1, - for ladies, 75 cents.
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"Dedham, May 23, A. L. 5824."<br>
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"John K. Briggs, ''Secretary.''"
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Revision as of 15:42, 14 November 2012

CONSTELLATION LODGE

Location: Dedham

Chartered By: Samuel Dunn

Chartered By: Sereno D. Nickerson

Charter Date: 12/14/1801 II-189

Charter Date: 03/13/1872 1872-42

Precedence Date: 02/09/1871

Current Status: Merged with Eliot-Hyde Park Lodge to form Celestial Lodge, 03/17/2010.


NOTES

original charter vacated some time between 1816 and 1845; petition to restore it apparently granted (V-165) but the lodge was again dark for a period between 1850 and 1870; a new charter was granted in 1872.


EVENTS

ST. JOHN'S DAY, JUNE 1824

From New England Freemason, Vol. I, No. 10, October 1874, Page 483:

The New England Galaxy contained each week, under the head of "Masonic Calendar", a list of the Masonic meetings to bo held during the following week throughout the State. To this was added from time to time the names of officers elected in some of the Bodies. In the June 4, 1824 issue appears the following advertisement:

MASONIC CELEBRATION.

"Constellation Lodge, of Dcdham, have made arrangements for celebrating the Nativity of St. John the Baptist, the 24th of June next. A Sermon will be delivered on the occasion by R. W. and Rev. Brother James Sabine, of Boston; and an Address by R. W. Brother Josiali J. Fisk, of Wrentham. The Brethren generally are respectfully invited to join with them in the intended celebration.

"Procession to form at precisely 10 o'clock A. M. Entertainment by Brother Francis Alden. Suitable accommodations for the ladies.

"Tickets for gentlemen $1, - for ladies, 75 cents.

"Dedham, May 23, A. L. 5824."
"John K. Briggs, Secretary."

YEARS

1801 1803 1816

1844 1845 1846 1848 1850

charter surrendered, 12/11/1850

1871 1872 1878 1881 1884 1889 1890 1897 1902 1905 1910 1912 1916 1917 1919 1920 1922 1923 1927 1928 1932 1933 1934 1935 1937 1938 1939 1940 1945 1946 1949 1953 1957 1959 1964 1971 1972 1974 1975 1982 1996 2001 2009


GRAND LODGE OFFICERS


DISTRICTS

1803: District 1 (Boston)

1821: District 4

1835: District 4

1871: District 13 (Taunton)

1878: District 19 (Dedham)

1883: District 22 (Hyde Park)

1911: District 25 (Hyde Park)

1927: District 25 (Hyde Park)

2003: District 6


LINKS

Lodge web site

Massachusetts Lodges