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DALHOUSIE LODGE

Location: Newtonville

Chartered By: William T. Coolidge

Charter Date: 06/12/1861 VI-376

Precedence Date: 08/03/1860

Current Status: Active

PAST MASTERS

  • William T. Coolidge, 1860
  • Peter C. Jones, 1860
  • Albert A. Kendall, 1861, 1862
  • George E. Bridges, 1862, 1863
  • Cephas Brigham, 1864, 1865; SN
  • Luther E. Leland, 1866, 1867
  • Marcus T. Haywood, 1868, 1869
  • Horatio B. Hackett, 1870, 1871
  • William R. Wilson, 1872, 1873
  • Stephen W. Trowbridge, 1874, 1875
  • Charles N. Brackett, 1876, 1877
  • James B. Fuller, 1878, 1879
  • Wilfred A. Wetherbee, 1880, 1881
  • Edwin W. Gay, 1882, 1883
  • Henry H. Mather, 1884, 1885
  • Albert L. Harwood, 1886, 1887
  • John W. Fisher, 1888, 1889
  • George P. Whitmore, 1890, 1891; Mem
  • Robert Bennett, 1892, 1893
  • George A. Gleason, 1894, 1895
  • Winfield S. Slocum, 1896, 1897
  • Frank R. Moore, 1898
  • Wallace C. Boyden, 1899
  • Clarence E. Hanscom, 1900
  • John A. Fenno, 1901
  • Mitchell Wing, 1902
  • Edward S. Benedict, 1903
  • Samuel F. Brewer, 1904
  • Oliver M. Fisher, 1905
  • Henry L. Fairbrother, 1906
  • H. Stewart Bosson, 1907
  • Harry N. Milliken, 1908
  • Charles E. Hatfield, 1909
  • Carlyle R. Hayes, 1910
  • Edward C. Wyatt, 1911
  • Arthur G. Hosmer, 1912
  • Fred M. Blanchard, 1913; Mem
  • Frederick S. Fairchild, 1914
  • Allen D. Cady, 1915
  • Henry C. French, 1916
  • Edwin F. Ripley, 1917
  • Walter F. McCammon, 1918; N
  • Charles H. Clark, 1919
  • Robert D. Diggs, 1920; Mem
  • William A. Richardson, 1921
  • William L. Graves, 1922
  • Robert E. Hills, 1923
  • George E. Rushford, 1924
  • Harrison Hyslop, 1925
  • Henry A. Heath, 1926
  • Carl C. Davis, 1927
  • A. Perry Martin, 1928
  • J. Edwin Mitchell, 1929; PDDGM
  • Clifford W. Rust, 1930
  • John H. Berquist, 1931
  • James A. Mitchell, 1932
  • Carl B. Graves, 1933
  • William F. Keesler, 1934
  • Elmer J. Keene, 1935
  • Milton E. Allen, 1936
  • Edwin P. McGill, 1937
  • Louis S. Huber, 1938
  • W. Ratcliffe Waldo, 1939
  • Wendell R. Bauckman, 1940
  • Charles W. Lawrence, 1941
  • Leslie A. Russell, 1942
  • Lyman C. Morrill, 1943
  • Leon L. White, 1944
  • Geryon de S. Crummett, 1945
  • Martin G. Becker, 1946
  • Howell E. DuPuy, Jr., 1947
  • Henry W. Webster, 1948
  • Francis C. Laurie, 1949
  • William N. Woodland, 1950
  • Lestor E. Keene, 1951
  • Raymond G. Face, 1952
  • Joseph S. Balcom, 1953
  • John H. Newton, 1954
  • Harry L. Kinsel, 1955
  • Donald S. Bishop, 1956; N
  • William Donald Broadwell, 1957
  • Bert A. Hubley, 1958
  • J. Philip Berquist, 1959; N
  • William E. Halliday, Jr., 1960
  • Robert B. Purinton, 1961
  • Stafford E. Davis, 1962
  • Spencer G. Vocke, 1963
  • Joseph J. Urbanetti, 1964
  • Charles F. Benoit, 1965
  • Leigh G. Packer, 1966
  • Samuel M. Clapper, 1967
  • J. Bruce Spilman, 1968
  • Edward T. Slade, 1969
  • Ruane deS. Crummett, 1970
  • Lewis L. Oglivie, 1971
  • G. Carlton Lind, 1972
  • Robert S. Burkhardt, 1973
  • Paul R. Whitworth, Jr., 1974, 1975; N
  • W. Bradford Chase, Jr., 1976; PDDGM
  • Felix Figueroa, 1977
  • James C. Benoit, 1978
  • Maurice M. Pilette, 1979
  • Dale MacKinnon, 1980
  • James W. Miller, 1981
  • Jeremiah L.F. Coffey, Jr., 1982
  • Robert B. Webber, 1983
  • John R.S. Higgins, 1984
  • Edwin W. Davol, 1985
  • Jeffrey D. Christo, 1986
  • George A. Sarafinas, 1987; PDDGM
  • James O. Dill, Sr., 1988
  • James O. Dill, Jr., 1989 PDDGM
  • Frederick P. Norton, 1990
  • Mark J. Sawyer, 1991, 1992
  • David P. Dill, Sr., 1993
  • Michael P. Tornesello, 1994
  • Charles C. Keyes, 1995
  • John N. Spinney, 1996
  • John W. Whelden, 1997
  • Paul T. Forgit, 1998
  • James D. Conboy, 1999
  • Stephen M. Coan, 2000
  • Philip W. Turland, 2001
  • William S. Wong, 2002
  • Bernard J. Goulding, Jr., 2003, 2004
  • Peter M. Frasca, 2005, 2006
  • Lawrence E. Bethune, 2007, 2008; DDGM
  • Jeremiah J. Manfra, 2009
  • Jonathan B. Stevens, 2010
  • Wayne E. Martin, 2011
  • Peter A. Mooradian, 2012, 2013

REFERENCES IN GRAND LODGE PROCEEDINGS

  • Petition for Dispensation: 1860
  • Petition for Charter: 1861

ANNIVERSARIES

  • 1910 (50th Anniversary)
  • 1935 (75th Anniversary)
  • 1960 (Centenary)
  • 1985 (125th Anniversary)
  • 2010 (150th Anniversary)

VISITS BY GRAND MASTER

BY-LAW CHANGES

1870 1877 1879 1883 1885 1892 1893 1896 1900 1909 1911 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1923 1926 1927 1931 1937 1938 1943 1952 1953 1954 1959 1973 1976 1984 1986 1988 1990 1993 2003 2005

HISTORY

  • 1910 (50th Anniversary historical address, 1910-69)
  • 1935 (75th Anniversary History, 1935-52)
  • 1960 (Centenary History, 1960-91)
  • 1985 (125th Anniversary History, 1985-59)

OTHER

  • 1871 (Lodge charter given rank according to its date of dispensation)
  • 1892 (Petition regarding dates on charter and seal)

EVENTS

DISPENSATION, AUGUST 1860

From Moore's Freemason's Monthly, Vol. XIX, No. 12, September 1860, Page 361:

DALHOUSIE LODGE — LORD ABERDOUR.

On the third of August last, the Grand Master of Massachusetts granted a Dispensation to R. W. William D. Coolidge, Esq., and thirty-five other Brethren, to form a Lodge at Newtonville, in the town of Newton, under the name of "Dalhousie Lodge." The Brethren residing in this town have long needed a Lodge, and we are happy to learn that that now established there promises to flourish and become one of the most influential in the Commonwealth. Indeed, this could hardly be otherwise, for its government is entrusted to Bio. Coolidge, whose skill in Masonry and devotion to its objects and principles, afford the strongest guarantee that all things will be conducted wisely, and creditably to the Craft; and he will be supported by Brethren of experience and fidelity who are associated with him.

In the selection of a name, the Brethren have sought to honor the memory of the Grand Master of Scotland, whose term of office continued from November 30th, 1767, to November 30th, 1769, and who, on the 30th of May, 1769, granted letters of deputation to General Joseph Warren, by which he became "Grand Master of Masons in Boston, New England, and within one hundred miles of the same."

George, the eighth Earl of Dalhousie — the Grand Master above referred to — was a descendant of the illustrious family of Ramsays — which came from Germany and settled in Scotland as early as the reign of King David I. Sir William Ramsay, in 1295, was the first designed "by the title of Dalhousie. George, the 8th Earl, succeeded his brother Charles, the 7th Earl, on the 29th January, 1764, and died in 1787.

Dalhousie Arms, in 1769.

Argent, an eagle displayed, sable, beaked and membered, gules.

  • Crest; on a wreath, an unicorn's head, couped, argent, horned and maned, or.
  • Supporters; two griffons, proper.
  • Motto; Ora et labora.

Two important facts in the early history of Masonry in Massachusetts are now befittingly commemorated through the names of Lodges which illustrate them, namely, — by Montacute Lodge and Henry Price Lodge, is marked the event of the establishment of the Saint John's Grand Lodge, by commission from Viscount Montacute, Grand Master of England, to Henry Price, in 1733; and by Dalhousie Lodge and Joseph Warren Lodge is celebrated the act by which the Grand Master of Scotland, in 1769, deputized Joseph Warren to form a Grand Lodge "in Boston, New England, and within one hundred miles of the same," which subsequently became known as the "Massachusetts Grand Lodge."

One other name we should like to honor by giving it to a Lodge in this jurisdiction—it is that of Sholto Charles Douglas, Lord Aberdour, who, in 1756, as Grand Master of Scotland, granted the Charter of Saint Andrew's Lodge, of this city, under which that body has continued to work to the present time. In 1809, it acknowledged its allegiance to the present Grand Lodge of Massachusetts. Saint Andrew's is the only subordinate Lodge now existing in this commonwealth which originally worked under powers derived from abroad, so that, should we adopt the name of "Aberdour" for a Lodge, the early official connections between European Masonry and that in this Commonwealth, would be, in such mariner, completely celebrated.

Sholto Charles, Lord Aberdour, was Grand Master of Scotland from November 30th, 1755, to November 30th, 1757. He succeeded his father James, the 15th Earl of Morton, October 12th, 1768. He was born in 1732, and died in 1774.

Arms.

Quarterly, 1st and 4th, argent, a man's heart ensigned with an imperial crown, all proper; on a chief azure, three mullets argent, being the paternal coat of Douglas: 2d and 3d, argent, three piles, issuing from the chief gules, the exterior charged with a mullet azure, for Douglas of Dalkeith and Lochleven.

  • Crest; on a wreath, a wild boar, striking between two stems of oak, a chain and lock holding them together.
  • Supporters; two savages, wreathed about their heads and waists with oak leaves, each holding a battoon in his hand, the great end to the ground, all proper.
  • Motto; Lock sicker.

We have given a description of the Arms of Dalhousie and Aberdour in order
that a Lodge taking the name of either of these distinguished persons could
avail itself readily of his insignia for decorative purposes. In this respect, the
example of Montacute Lodge, Worcester, is worthy of imitation, — the Arms of
 Viscount Montacute having been appropriately introduced into the seal of the
 Lodge, serving the double purpose of rendering to his name a fitting tribute and
perpetuating interesting historical associations. J. T. H.

CONSTITUTION AND HALL DEDICATION, JUNE 1861

From Moore's Freemason's Monthly, Vol. XX, No. 9, July 1861, Page 284:

This is the name of a new and energetic Lodge which, for the past year, has been working under Dispensation at Newtonville, and was duly constituted on the 24th June last. The ceremonies of Dedicating the hall and Consecrating the Lodge were performed by the Grand Master and his Officers, in the afternoon, in presence of the members of the new Lodge and visiting Brethren, and in the evening the officers were installed in presence of the ladies and other friends. At the conclusion of which, R. W. Brother Dr. Lewis delivered one of his neat and taking addresses; and of course everybody was pleased with this part of the performance, especially the ladies, to whom the speaker, as usual, made his best bow, and on this occasion, in his best manner.

In the interim between the consecration of the Lodge and the installation of its officers the Brethren partook of a collation, served up in good taste and with generous liberality.

The Hall is one of the finest in the State, and does high honor to the taste, liberality and enterprise of the Brethren of the new Lodge.


GRAND LODGE OFFICERS


DISTRICTS

1860: District 12

1867: District 4 (Cambridge)

1883: District 5 (Newton)

1897: District 5 (Waltham)

1911: District 5 (Waltham)

1927: District 5 (Waltham)

2003: District 5


LINKS

Lodge web site

Massachusetts Lodges