JamesOtis

JAMES OTIS LODGE

Location: Barnstable

Chartered By: Charles C. Dame

Charter Date: 09/12/1866 VII-95

Precedence Date: 09/13/1865

Current Status: in Grand Lodge Vault. Charter surrendered 10/31/1891.

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PAST MASTERS

• George Marston, 1865-1868
• Elijah Lewis, II, 1869
• Ansel D. Lothrop, 1870
• Russell Matthews, 1871-1874
• Freeman H. Lothrop, 1875-1880
• Charles Thacher, II, 1881
• Elijah L. Loring, 1882
• James B. Cook, 1883-1886, 1890
• Frank H. Hinckley, 1887
• Thomas C. Day, 1888, 1889
• James D. Baxter, 1891

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REFERENCES IN GRAND LODGE PROCEEDINGS

• Petition For Dispensation: 1865
• Petition For Charter: 1866

VISITS BY GRAND MASTER

• 1866 (Dame; constitution of lodge)
• 1882 (Lawrence)

BY-LAW CHANGES

1870 1875 1878 1885

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GRAND LODGE OFFICERS

• Russell Matthews, DDGM, District 15 (Barnstable), 1877-1882; Senior Grand Warden 1884

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DISTRICTS

1865: District 8

1867: District 15 (Barnstable)

1883: District 28 (Barnstable)

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LINKS

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