MassachusettsYear1906

1906

JOHN ALBERT BLAKE, Grand Master

QUARTERLY COMMUNICATIONS

(held at Masonic Temple, Boston)

• 03/14: 1906-4;
• 06/13: 1906-39;
• 09/12: 1906-99;
• 12/12: 1906-139; (Annual Communication)

03/14 Agenda

• 1906-17: Sympathy extended to Wor. and Rev. Charles A. Skinner, Senior Grand Chaplain, during his illness. (Note necrology on 06/13 below).
• 1906-18ff: The will of Bro. John Clarke, who bequeathed real estate to establish a Masonic Home for destitute Masons.
• 1906-27: Installation of officers not present at the 1905 Feast of St. John.

06/13 Agenda

• 1906-55ff: Contributions for California Relief; voted by the Board of Directors. 110 lodges also contributed to this effort. Correspondence.
• 1906-60: Request for recognition by Grand Lodge of Mexico; referred.
• 1906-60: Petition by Greylock and Lafayette (North Adams) Lodges for establishment of jurisdiction over the new boundaries of North Adams; granted.
• 1906-67: Establishment of Daniel Austin Fund.

09/12 Agenda

• 1906-106: Remarks by the Grand Master.
  • 1906-107: Contributions to the Earthquake in San Francisco.
  • 1906-107: Relief for members of the Fraternity in Chile.
  • 1906-107: Deaths of Daniel Taft and James Franklin Beard.
• 1906-113: Report on proposed revision to the burial service; presented by committee.
• 1906-114: Installation of some Grand officers.
• 1906-114: Election of chairman of auditing committee to replace Wor. Bro. Beard.
• 1906-115: Recognition of the service of the Grand Organist, Bro. Howard M. Dow.
• 1906-118: Resolution to provide relief for suffering in Chile.
• 1906-119: Recording Grand Secretary Nickerson presented the result of investigations into the use of the word "Communication", and to the growing practice of requests for release of jurisdiction for candidates. A committee was appointed for each subject.

12/12 Agenda

• Recorded in Grand Master Blake's address, beginning on page 1906-150:
  • Anniversaries:
    • Paul Revere, Brockton (05/15; 50th Anniversary; Special Communication)
    • Mount Moriah (Westfield) (05/16; 50th Anniversary; Special Communication)
    • Aurora, Fitchburg (06/11, 105th anniversary)
    • Wyoming, Melrose (09/09-09/10; 50th anniversary)
    • Mountain, Shelburne Falls (09/27; Centennial; Special Communication)
    • Lodge of St. Andrew, Boston (11/30; 150th Anniversary)
  • Funerals:
    • Chelsea, for Charles W. Avery.
    • Boston, for Rt. Wor. Stephen R. Sircom, Past GM of Nova Scotia.
    • Cambridge, for Wor. Frank Chandler of Belmont.
    • Cambridge, for Wor. and Rev. Charles A. Skinner.
  • Corner Stone Layings and Hall Dedications:
    • Wilmington, for Friendship Lodge (02/21; Special Communication)
    • Somerset, for Pioneer Lodge (03/28; Special Communication)
    • Brookline, corner-stone laying at Universalist Church (06/16; Special Communication)
    • Whitman, corner-stone laying of Town Hall (09/29; Special Communication)
  • Lodge Visits:
    • St. John's (Boston) (01/01; installation)
    • Mount Lebanon, Boston (01/08)
    • Adelphi, South Boston (01/16)
    • Germania, Boston (01/22)
    • Beth-Horon, Brookline (01/23)
    • Plymouth, Plymouth (01/29)
    • Mount Vernon, Malden (02/01)
    • St. Paul's (South Boston) (02/06)
    • Liberty, Beverly (02/22)
    • Amity, Danvers (02/23)
    • Macedonian, Milton (02/27)
    • Belmont, Belmont (03/01)
    • Charity, Cambridge (03/05)
    • Rabboni, Dorchester (03/15)
    • Washington, Roxbury (03/16)
    • Mount Vernon, Malden (03/30; Ladies' night)
    • Dalhousie, Newtonville (04/04)
    • Wyoming, Melrose (04/25)
    • Aberdour, Boston (05/08)
    • Palestine, Everett (05/10)
    • Prospect, Roslindale (05/14)
    • Robert Lash, Chelsea (05/23)
    • Jerusalem, Northampton (05/24)
    • Amicable, Cambridge (06/05)
    • Mount Hermon, Medford (06/07)
    • Mount Tabor, East Boston (06/24)
    • Germania, Boston (06/25)
    • St. John's (Boston) (06/29)
    • Trinity, Clinton (10/30)
    • Norfolk Union, Randolph (10/31)
    • Lodge of St. Andrew, Boston (11/08; installation)
    • Warren, Amesbury (11/14)
    • Saggahew, Haverhill (11/19)
    • Joseph Webb, Boston (11/23)
    • John Abbot, Somerville (11/27)
    • Kilwinning, Lowell (12/04; Feast of St. Andrew)
    • Eliot, Jamaica Plain (12/05)
• 1906-183: Report of Auditing Committee.
• 1906-184: Re-election of Grand Master Blake. Election of other Grand Officers.
• 1906-187: Report of Committee on Curiosities.

Grand Master's Address

• 1906-150: Opening remarks; deaths of Avery, Taft, Mott, Gatchell, Small, Hunt, Partridge, Skinner, Beard, French; loss of 741 Masons; visits; list of lodges contributing to California relief; Grand Lecturers' reports; Grand Treasurer's report; Charity; report of Board of Directors; Conclusion.

Lodge By-Law Changes

• 03/14: 1906-26;
  • Full Codes : None;
  • Amendments: Fraternal (with slight change), Joseph Webb, Liberty, Pequossette, Springfield; approved.

• 06/13: 1906-66;
  • Full Codes : Mount Tabor, Roswell Lee; approved with some corrections.
  • Amendments: Beth-Horon, Caleb Butler, Liberty, Palestine, Trinity, Winthrop; approved.

• 09/12: 1906-118;
  • Full Codes : None.
  • Amendments: Belmont, Eliot, Pentucket, Philanthropic; approved.

• 12/12: 1906-186;
  • Full Codes : None.
  • Amendments: Aurora; King Solomon's; Montacute (with one exception); Morning Star; Norfolk; Pythagorean; St. Alban's; St. John's (Boston); William North approved.

Necrologies and Memorials

• 03/14: 1906-15; Death of Charles M. Avery, Past Senior Grand Warden; presented by Rt. Wor. James M. Gleason, for the committee.
  • 12/12: 1906-152: Mentioned in Grand Master's Address.

• 06/13: 1906-47: Death of Edward Mott, Past District Deputy Grand Master. Reported by the Grand Master.
  • 12/12: 1906-152: Mentioned in Grand Master's Address.

• 06/13: 1906-47: Death of Jeremiah Gatchell, Past District Deputy Grand Master. Reported by the Grand Master.
  • 12/12: 1906-152: Mentioned in Grand Master's Address.

• 06/13: 1906-47: Death of James A. Small, Past District Deputy Grand Master. Reported by the Grand Master.
  • 12/12: 1906-152: Mentioned in Grand Master's Address.

• 06/13: 1906-47: Death of John E. Hunt, Past District Deputy Grand Master. Reported by the Grand Master.
  • 12/12: 1906-152: Mentioned in Grand Master's Address.

• 06/13: 1906-49: Death of Wor. and Rev. Charles A. Skinner, Grand Chaplain. Extensive memorial presented by Rt. Wor. Edward O. Horton, for the committee.
  • 12/12: 1906-152: Mentioned in Grand Master's Address.

• 09/12: 1906-107: Death of Rt. Wor. Daniel W. Taft, Past Senior Grand Warden. Reported by the Grand Master.
  • 09/12: 1906-109; Memorial, presented by Wor. William L. Johnson for the Committee.
  • 12/12: 1906-152: Mentioned in Grand Master's Address.

• 09/12: 1906-107: Death of Wor. James Franklin Beard, Chairman of the Grand Lodge Board of Auditors. Reported by the Grand Master.
  • 12/12: 1906-152: Mentioned in Grand Master's Address.

• 12/12: 1906-152: Death of Rt. Wor. Almond G. Partridge, Past District Deputy Grand Master; Mentioned in Grand Master's Address.

• 12/12: 1906-153: Death of Wor. Joseph F. French, Past Master of John Cutler Lodge, and a member of Grand Lodge.

Petition for Dispensation for Lodges

• 03/14: 1906-24; Petition for Isthmus Lodge (in Ancon, Canal Zone); referred to committee of three Past Grand Masters.
  • 12/12: 1906-169; "The opinion of the committee being favorable to the petitioners, I issued a Dispensation granting their prayer."

• 12/12: 1906-169: Petition for Damascus Lodge, Lynn; issued 11/14.

SPECIAL COMMUNICATIONS

• 02/21: 1906-1. Wilmington. Dedication of Masonic Temple.
  • 1906-2: A "substantial luncheon" served in the banquet hall.
  • 1906-2: Opening of Grand Lodge; reception by Wor. William L. Kelley, Master of Friendship Lodge.
  • 1906-3: Hall dedicated to "Freemasonry, Virtue and to Universal Benevolence."
  • 1906-3: Address by Grand Master Blake.

• 03/28: 1906-28. Somerset. Dedication of Masonic Temple.
  • 1906-29: Opening of Grand Lodge; reception by Wor. Dwight F. Lane, Master of Pioneer Lodge.
  • 1906-29: Hall dedicated to "Freemasonry, Virtue and to Universal Benevolence."
  • 1906-30: An "eloquent recitation" by Rt. Wor. Bro. Hayward.

• 05/15: 1906-31. Brockton. Semi-centennial of Paul Revere Lodge.
  • 1906-32: Opening of Grand Lodge; reception by Wor. Arthur L. Beals of Paul Revere Lodge.
  • 1906-32: Order of exercises.
  • 1906-33: Historical Address.

• 05/16: 1906-34. Westfield. Semi-centennial of Mount Moriah Lodge.
  • 1906-34: Opening of Grand Lodge; reception by Wor. William E. Gibbs of Mount Moriah Lodge.
  • 1906-35: Order of exercises.
  • 1906-36: Historical Address.
  • 1906-36: Oration by Rev. Bro. William Rider.
  • 1906-36: Centennial festivities at the Gem Opera House.

• 06/16: 1906-68; Brookline. Corner-stone laying for Beacon Universalist Church.
  • 1906-69: Opening of Grand Lodge at the Club House of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. Procession to the site.
  • 1906-69: Corner-stone ceremony, described in detail.
  • 1906-72: Address by Rev. Bro. George L. Perin, the Pastor of the Church.

• 09/26: 1906-123. Shelburne Falls. Centennial of Mountain Lodge.
  • 1906-124: Opening of Grand Lodge; reception by Wor. Clarence L. Ward of Mountain Lodge.
  • 1906-124: Grand Lodge repaired to Memorial Hall. Order of exercises.
  • 1906-126: A "Royal Clam-bake" in a Yale tent on the old Academy grounds. Addresses by various Brothers.

• 09/29: 1906-127; Whitman. Corner-stone laying for Town Hall.
  • 1906-128: Opening of Grand Lodge at the Hall of Puritan Lodge.
  • 1906-128: Corner-stone ceremony; order of exercises.
  • 1906-129: Address by Grand Chaplain Wor. and Rev. William H. Rider.

• 11/30: 1906-134. Boston. 150th Anniversary of Lodge of St. Andrew.
  • 1906-136: Opening of Grand Lodge in Sodality Hall; reception by Wor. Winthrop Wetherbee of the Lodge of St. Andrew.
  • 1906-136: Order of exercises.

• 12/20: 1906-189. Saugus. Dedication of Masonic Temple.
  • 1906-190: Opening of Grand Lodge; reception by Wor. Edmund S. Willard, Master of William Sutton Lodge.
  • 1906-190: Hall dedicated to "Freemasonry, Virtue and to Universal Benevolence."
  • 1906-3: Address by Wor. Frederic L. Putnam.

33RD TRIENNAL CONVOCATION

(Held in Boston, June 1906)

• 1906-73ff; Address by Sereno D. Nickerson to the Triennial Convocation of the General Grand Royal Arch Chapter of the United States, 06/19/1906.

FEAST OF ST. JOHN THE EVANGELIST

(held at Masonic Temple, Boston, 12/27/1906)

• 1906-192: Opening and roll call.
• 1906-193: Installation of Grand Master John Albert Blake; ceremony followed form of 1903. Installation of other Grand Officers.
• 1906-200: Report of Recording Grand Secretary: 3,357 Master Mason diplomas issued in 1906.
• 1906-200: List of lodges not represented in Grand Lodge in 1906, as well as the past 2-3 years.
• 1906-202: Feast of St. John, listing toasts and names of speakers:
  • 1906-204: Letter from Past Grand Master Gallagher, praising the work of retiring Grand Secretary Nickerson. ("Note: It was the intention of the Grand Secretary to pocket the very kind letter of Brother Gallagher, but the M.W. Grand Master issued a positive order to print it.")
  • 1906-206: Past Grand Master and Recording Secretary Nickerson; remarks on the Earl of Loudon.
  • 1906-211: Grand Chaplain Rev. William H. Rider.
  • 1906-216: Rt. Wor. Clarence A. Brodeur, District Deputy Grand Master for the 16th District.
  • 1906-223: Bro. E. Bentley Young, Rt. Em. Grand Commander.
  • 1906-227: Grand Chaplain Rev. Edward A. Horton.
  • 1906-232: Wor. Leon M. Abbott, Master of Columbian Lodge.
  • 1906-239: Rev. Bro. William H. Van Allen.
  • 1906-247: Rt. Wor. George J. Tufts, District Deputy Grand Master for the 2nd District.
  • 1906-250: Rt. Wor. Melvin M. Johnson.

LIST OF LODGES IN MASSACHUSETTS BY DISTRICT: 1906

There were 28 districts in Massachusetts in 1906, as well as districts for Chile and China.

DISTRICT 1: Boston

Albert B. Root, District Deputy Grand Master; 9 Lodges
Tabular: 1906-v

• St. John's (Boston, 1733)
• Lodge of St. Andrew, (Boston, 1752)
• The Massachusetts (Boston, 1770)
• Columbian (Boston, 1796)
• Mount Lebanon (Boston, 1801)
• Germania (Boston, 1854)
• Winslow Lewis (Boston, 1855)
• Revere (Boston, 1856)
• Joseph Warren (Boston, 1856)

DISTRICT 2: Cambridge

George J. Tufts, District Deputy Grand Master; 9 Lodges
Tabular: 1906-vi

• Amicable (Cambridge, 1805)
• Putnam (Cambridge, 1854)
• Aberdour (Boston, 1860)
• Mount Olivet (Cambridge, 1863)
• The Lodge of Eleusis (Boston, 1865)
• Mizpah (Cambridge, 1867)
• Zetland (Boston, 1867)
• Charity (Cambridge, 1869)
• Joseph Webb (Boston, 1876)

DISTRICT 3: East Boston

William H.L. Odell, District Deputy Grand Master; 9 Lodges
Tabular: 1906-vii

• Henry Price (Charlestown, 1858)
• Baalbec (East Boston, 1852)
• Temple (East Boston, 1870)
• Faith (Charlestown, 1868)
• Star of Bethlehem (Chelsea, 1844)
• Mount Tabor (East Boston, 1846)
• Hammatt (East Boston, 1859)
• Robert Lash (Chelsea, 1867)
• Winthrop (Winthrop, 1887)

DISTRICT 4: South Boston

William H. Puffer, District Deputy Grand Master; 10 Lodges
Tabular: 1906-viii

• Washington (Roxbury, 1796)
• Union (Dorchester, 1796)
• St. Paul's (South Boston, 1846)
• Gate of the Temple (South Boston, 1855)
• Lafayette (Roxbury, 1865)
• Adelphi (South Boston, 1865)
• Eliot (Jamaica Plain, 1866)
• Rabboni (Dorchester, 1869)
• Prospect (Roslindale, 1890)
• Macedonian (Milton, 1893)

DISTRICT 5: Waltham

George P. Whitmore, District Deputy Grand Master; 8 Lodges
Tabular: 1906-ix

• Monitor (Waltham, 1820)
• Bethesda (Brighton, 1819)
• Belmont (Belmont, 1864)
• Isaac Parker (Waltham, 1867)
• Pequossette (Watertown, 1856)
• Dalhousie (Newtonville, 1860)
• Beth-Horon (Brookline, 1870)
• Norfolk (Needham, 1874)

DISTRICT 6: Somerville

Frederic E. Wood, District Deputy Grand Master; 9 Lodges
Tabular: 1906-x

• King Solomon's (Somerville, 1783)
• Hiram (Arlington, 1797)
• Mount Hermon (Medford, 1854)
• Mount Horeb (Woburn, 1855)
• John Abbot (Somerville, 1857)
• William Parkman (Winchester, 1864)
• Simon W. Robinson(Lexington, 1870)
• Soley (Somerville, 1879)
• Friendship (Wilmington, 1901)

DISTRICT 7: Lynn

Walter F. Medding, District Deputy Grand Master; 10 Lodges + 1 U.D.
Tabular: 1906-xi

• Mount Carmel (Lynn, 1805)
• Wyoming (Melrose, 1856)
• Mount Vernon (Malden, 1857)
• Golden Fleece (Lynn, 1864)
• William Sutton (Saugus, 1866)
• Palestine (Everett, 1868)
• Good Samaritan (Reading, 1870)
• King Cyrus (Stoneham, 1875)
• Converse (Malden, 1887)
• Golden Rule (Wakefield, 1888)
• Damascus (Lynn, U.D.)

DISTRICT 8: Salem

Alonzo T. Wonson, District Deputy Grand Master; 8 Lodges
Tabular: 1906-xii

• Philanthropic (Marblehead, 1760)
• Essex (Salem, 1791)
• Jordan (Peabody, 1808)
• Liberty (Beverly, 1824)
• Amity (Danvers, 1863)
• Starr King (Salem, 1864)
• Acacia (Gloucester, 1865)
• Mosaic (Danvers, 1870)

DISTRICT 9: Newburyport

Horace G. Hudson, District Deputy Grand Master; 8 Lodges
Tabular: 1906-xiii

• St. John's (Newburyport, 1766)
• The Tyrian (Gloucester, 1770)
• St. Mark's (Newburyport, 1803)
• Warren (Amesbury, 1822)
• Ashler (Rockport, 1851)
• John T. Heard (Ipswich, 1864)
• Charles C. Dame (Georgetown, 1867)
• Bethany (Merrimac, 1868)

DISTRICT 10: Lawrence

Edgar S. Rideout, District Deputy Grand Master; 8 Lodges
Tabular: 1906-xiv

• Merrimack (Haverhill, 1802)
• St. Matthew's (Andover, 1822)
• Grecian (Lawrence, 1825)
• John Hancock (Methuen, 1860)
• Tuscan (Lawrence, 1863)
• Saggahew (Haverhill, 1864)
• Phoenician (Lawrence, 1870)
• Cochichewick (North Andover, 1874)

DISTRICT 11: Lowell

Charles S. Proctor, District Deputy Grand Master; 8 Lodges
Tabular: 1906-xv

• St. Paul's (Ayer, 1797)
• Corinthian (Concord, 1797)
• Pentucket (Lowell, 1807)
• Ancient York (Lowell, 1852)
• Caleb Butler (Ayer, 1859)
• Kilwinning (Lowell, 1866)
• William North (Lowell, 1867)
• Thomas Talbot (Billerica, 1889)

DISTRICT 12: Fitchburg

William A. Pearce, District Deputy Grand Master; 8 Lodges
Tabular: 1906-xvi

• Aurora (Leominster, 1801)
• Trinity (Clinton, 1858)
• Wilder (Leominster, 1859)
• Star (Athol, 1864)
• Hope (Gardner, 1864)
• Charles W. Moore (Fitchburg, 1865)
• Artisan (Winchendon, 1865)
• Athol (Athol, 1872)

DISTRICT 13: Greenfield

John A. Taggart, District Deputy Grand Master; 10 Lodges
Tabular: 1906-xvii

• Republican (Greenfield, 1795)
• Harmony (Northfield, 1796)
• Jerusalem (South Hadley, 1797)
• Mountain (Shelburne Falls, 1806)
• Orange (Orange, 1859)
• Pacific (Amherst, 1860)
• Morning Sun (Conway, 1869)
• Hampshire (Haydenville, 1871)
• Bay State (Montague, 1872)
• Mechanic's (Montague, 1878)

DISTRICT 14: North Adams

William P. Martin, District Deputy Grand Master; 5 Lodges
Tabular: 1906-xviii

• Lafayette (North Adams, 1847)
• Berkshire (South Adams, 1857)
• Upton (Cheshire, 1869)
• Williams (Williamstown, 1871)
• Greylock (North Adams, 1871)

DISTRICT 15: Pittsfield

Allen T. Treadway, District Deputy Grand Master; 9 Lodges
Tabular: 1906-xix

• Cincinnatus (Great Barrington, 1795)
• Evening Star (Lenox, 1795)
• Wisdom (West Stockbridge, 1803)
• Mystic (Pittsfield, 1810)
• Huntington (Huntington, 1866)
• Globe (Hinsdale, 1869)
• Occidental (Stockbridge, 1870)
• Crescent (Pittsfield, 1873)
• Unity (Dalton, 1896)

DISTRICT 16: Springfield

Clarence A. Brodeur, District Deputy Grand Master; 11 Lodges
Tabular: 1906-xx

• Hampden (Springfield, 1817)
• Chicopee (Chicopee, 1848)
• Mount Tom (Holyoke, 1850)
• Mount Moriah (Westfield, 1856)
• Roswell Lee (Springfield, 1864)
• Ionic (Easthampton, 1867)
• Mount Holyoke (South Hadley, 1869)
• Belcher (Chicopee, 1870)
• Newton (Wilbraham, 1870)
• Brigham (Ludlow, 1891)
• Springfield (Springfield, 1895)

DISTRICT 17: Palmer

Carlos M. Gage, District Deputy Grand Master; 7 Lodges
Tabular: 1906-xxi

• Thomas (Palmer, 1796)
• Mount Zion (Barre, 1800)
• Bethel (Enfield, 1825)
• Quaboag (Warren, 1858)
• Day Spring (Monson, 1862)
• Eden (Ware, 1863)
• Vernon (Belchertown, 1869)

DISTRICT 18: Worcester

George J. Dudley, District Deputy Grand Master; 9 Lodges
Tabular: 1906-xxii

• Morning Star (Worcester, 1793)
• Olive Branch (Millbury, 1797)
• Montacute (Worcester, 1858)
• Hayden (Brookfield, 1863)
• Athelstan (Worcester, 1865)
• Quinsigamond(Worcester, 1870)
• Spencer (Spencer, 1871)
• Boylston (West Boylston, 1876)
• Meridian Sun (North Brookfield, 1894)

DISTRICT 19: Southbridge

Clifford B. Arnold, District Deputy Grand Master; 7 Lodges
Tabular: 1906-xxiii

• Solomon's Temple (Uxbridge, 1818)
• Blackstone River (Blackstone, 1855)
• Webster (Webster, 1858)
• Oxford (Oxford, 1859)
• Quinebaug (Southbridge, 1859)
• Mumford River (Douglas, 1877)
• Granite (Northbridge, 1880)

DISTRICT 20: Milford

George R. Winsor, District Deputy Grand Master; 8 Lodges
Tabular: 1906-xxiv

• Montgomery (Milford, 1797)
• Franklin (Grafton, 1851)
• John Warren (Hopkinton, 1860)
• Mount Hollis (Holliston, 1864)
• North Star (Ashland, 1864)
• Excelsior (Franklin, 1866)
• Siloam (Westborough, 1866)
• Charles River (Medway, 1871)

DISTRICT 21: Framingham

James Downs, District Deputy Grand Master; 7 Lodges
Tabular: 1906-xxv

• Middlesex (Framingham, 1795)
• Meridian (Watertown, 1797)
• United Brethren (Marlborough, 1859)
• Doric (Hudson, 1864)
• St. Bernard (Southborough, 1867)
• Charles A. Welch (Maynard, 1872)
• Alpha (Framingham, 1875)

DISTRICT 22: Hyde Park

E.P. Jewett, District Deputy Grand Master; 8 Lodges
Tabular: 1906-xxvi

• Rising Star (Stoughton, 1799)
• St. Alban's (Wrentham, 1818)
• Orient (Norwood, 1861)
• Blue Hill (Canton, 1863)
• St. James (Mansfield, 1864)
• Hyde Park (Hyde Park, 1866)
• Paul Dean (North Easton, 1867)
• Constellation (Dedham, 1871)

DISTRICT 23: Taunton

Jason H. Hayward, District Deputy Grand Master; 8 Lodges
Tabular: 1906-xxvii

• Bristol (North Attleboro, 1797)
• King David (Taunton, 1798)
• Pioneer (Somerset, 1863)
• May Flower (Middleboro, 1864)
• Alfred Baylies (Taunton, 1866)
• Ionic (Taunton, 1867)
• Ezekiel Bates (Attleboro, 1870)
• Charles H. Titus (Taunton, 1872)

DISTRICT 24: Brockton

E. Alden Dyer, District Deputy Grand Master; 9 Lodges
Tabular: 1906-xxviii

• Fellowship (Bridgewater, 1797)
• Rural (Quincy, 1801)
• Norfolk Union (Randolph, 1819)
• John Cutler (Abington, 1859)
• Paul Revere (North Bridgewater, 1856)
• Puritan (Whitman, 1869)
• St. George (Brockton, 1877)
• Satucket (East Bridgewater, 1881)
• Wollaston (Wollaston, 1899)

DISTRICT 25: Hingham

Horace T. Fogg, District Deputy Grand Master; 8 Lodges
Tabular: 1906-xxix

• Old Colony (Hingham, 1792)
• Corner Stone (Duxbury, 1801)
• Orphan's Hope (Weymouth, 1825)
• Plymouth (Plymouth, 1825)
• Konohassett (Cohasset, 1864)
• Delta (Braintree, 1868)
• Phoenix (Hanover, 1873)
• Satuit (Scituate, 1875)

DISTRICT 26: Fall River

Dwight E. Cone, District Deputy Grand Master; 7 Lodges
Tabular: 1906-xxx

• Star in the East (New Bedford, 1823)
• Mount Hope (Fall River, 1824)
• Eureka (New Bedford, 1857)
• King Philip (Fall River, 1866)
• George H. Taber (Fairhaven, 1872)
• Narragansett (Fall River, 1876)
• Noquochoke (South Westport, 1878)

DISTRICT 27: Nantucket

Henry P. Brown, District Deputy Grand Master; 7 Lodges
Tabular: 1906-xxxi

• Union (Nantucket, 1771)
• Marine (Falmouth, 1798)
• Social Harmony (Middleboro, 1823)
• Martha's Vineyard (Tisbury, 1859)
• Pythagorean (Marion, 1861)
• Oriental (Edgartown, 1866)
• Mariners' (Cotuit, 1871)

DISTRICT 28: Provincetown

Elisha T. Baker, District Deputy Grand Master; 8 Lodges
Tabular: 1906-xxxii

• King Hiram's (Provincetown, 1795)
• Fraternal (Barnstable, 1801)
• Mount Horeb (Harwich, 1854)
• DeWitt Clinton (Sandwich, 1855)
• Pilgrim (Harwich, 1859)
• Adams (Wellfleet, 1865)
• Howard (Yarmouth, 1869)
• St. Martin's (Chatham, 1872)

CHILE DISTRICT

David Urquhart, District Deputy Grand Master; 3 Lodges
Tabular: None

• Bethesda (Valparaiso, Chile, 1854)
• Huelen (Santiago, Chile, 1876)
• St. John's (Concepción) (Concepción, Chile, 1884)

CHINA DISTRICT

George A. Derby, District Deputy Grand Master; 3 Lodges
Tabular: None

• Ancient Landmark (Shanghai, China, 1863)
• Shanghai (Shanghai, China, 1903)
• Sinim (Shanghai, China, 1903)

OTHER

1 U.D.

• Isthmus (Ancon, Canal Zone, U.D.)

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