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* Jonathan Freeman, 1793, 1794
 
* Jonathan Freeman, 1793, 1794
 
* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAGLJLaughton Joseph Laughton], 1795
 
* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAGLJLaughton Joseph Laughton], 1795
* Simon Elliot, 1796, 1797
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* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAGLSEliot Simon Eliot], 1796, 1797
 
* Allen Crocker, 1798-1802
 
* Allen Crocker, 1798-1802
 
* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAGLJBoyle John Boyle], 1803
 
* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAGLJBoyle John Boyle], 1803
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* ''David F. Howard'', 1993; '''PDDGM'''
 
* ''David F. Howard'', 1993; '''PDDGM'''
 
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=== NOTES ===
 
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* ''George J. Avis'', DDGM, [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MABoston1_1927-2003 District 1 (Boston)], 1989, 1990
 
* ''George J. Avis'', DDGM, [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MABoston1_1927-2003 District 1 (Boston)], 1989, 1990
 
* Henry H. Barton, DDGM, [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MABoston1_1834-48 District 1], 1837-1838; '''[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MASuppNecrologiesAG#BARTON.2C_HENRY_H._.3F-.3F SN]'''
 
* Henry H. Barton, DDGM, [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MABoston1_1834-48 District 1], 1837-1838; '''[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MASuppNecrologiesAG#BARTON.2C_HENRY_H._.3F-.3F SN]'''
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* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAGLJBoyle John Boyle], Junior Grand Warden 1799; Senior Grand Warden 1800-1802, DDGM, [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MABostonDistrict1_1803-20 District 1 (Boston)], 1803, 1804, 1805; Deputy Grand Master 1809, 1810
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* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAGLSBradford Samuel Bradford], Grand Marshal 1790-1791, 1792-1794; Deputy Grand Master 1811
 
* Herbert L. Burrell, DDGM, [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MABoston1_1883-1910 District 1 (Boston)], 1886; '''[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAOtherBrothersB#BURRELL.2C_HERBERT_LESLIE.2C_1856-1910 Memorial]'''
 
* Herbert L. Burrell, DDGM, [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MABoston1_1883-1910 District 1 (Boston)], 1886; '''[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAOtherBrothersB#BURRELL.2C_HERBERT_LESLIE.2C_1856-1910 Memorial]'''
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* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAGLADame Abraham A. Dame], DDGM, [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MABostonDistrict1_1821-34 District 1], 1826, 1827, 1828
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* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAGLSEliot Simon Eliot], Grand Marshal 1789, Deputy Grand Master 1803-1808
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* '''[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=GMHays Moses Michael Hays]''', Junior Grand Warden (Mass. Indep.) 1785; Grand Master 1788-1792
 
* George E. Henry, DDGM, [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MABoston1_1883-1910 District 1 (Boston)], 1897, 1898; '''[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MASuppNecrologiesHM#HENRY.2C_GEORGE_EDMUND_1838-1908 SN]'''
 
* George E. Henry, DDGM, [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MABoston1_1883-1910 District 1 (Boston)], 1897, 1898; '''[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MASuppNecrologiesHM#HENRY.2C_GEORGE_EDMUND_1838-1908 SN]'''
 
* ''David F. Howard'', DDGM, [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MADISTRICT01_2003andAfter District 1] , 2003, 2004
 
* ''David F. Howard'', DDGM, [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MADISTRICT01_2003andAfter District 1] , 2003, 2004
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* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=GLMIJJackson James Jackson], Junior Grand Warden 1781
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* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAGLJLaughton Joseph Laughton], Grand Secretary (Mass. Indep.), 1790-1792; Junior Grand Warden 1796-1797; Senior Grand Warden 1798-1799; Acting Grand Master 1799; Deputy Grand Master 1800-1802
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* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=GLMIPMorton Perez Morton], Senior Grand Warden (Mass. Indep.) 1784-1785; Deputy Grand Master (Mass. Indep.), 1789-1790
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* William Palfrey, Grand Secretary, (Mass. Indep.) 1769-1777
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* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAGLWScollay William Scollay], Grand Treasurer (Mass. Indep.), 1785-1787; Deputy Grand Master 1795-1796
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* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAGLGSmith George G. Smith], Deputy Grand Master 1838-1840
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* Joseph Tyler, Grand Treasurer (Mass. Indep.) 1769-1777
 
* John Wentworth, DDGM, [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MABoston1_1927-2003 District 1 (Boston)], 1941, 1942; '''[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MANecrologiesSZ#WENTWORTH.2C_JOHN_1880-1950 N]'''
 
* John Wentworth, DDGM, [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MABoston1_1927-2003 District 1 (Boston)], 1941, 1942; '''[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MANecrologiesSZ#WENTWORTH.2C_JOHN_1880-1950 N]'''
 
* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAGLEWest Edward N. West], DDGM, [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MABoston1_1883-1910 District 1 (Boston)], 1910; Grand Marshal 1917-1919; Senior Grand Warden, 1920
 
* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAGLEWest Edward N. West], DDGM, [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MABoston1_1883-1910 District 1 (Boston)], 1910; Grand Marshal 1917-1919; Senior Grand Warden, 1920
 
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* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAGLEWright Edwin Wright], Deputy Grand Master 1881-1883
* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=GLMIJJackson James Jackson]
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* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=GLMIPMorton Perez Morton]
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* '''[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=GMHays Moses Michael Hays]'''
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* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAGLWScollay William Scollay]
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* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAGLSBradford Samuel Bradford]
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* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAGLJLaughton Joseph Laughton]
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* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAGLJBoyle John Boyle], DDGM, [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MABostonDistrict1_1803-20 District 1 (Boston)], 1803, 1804, 1805
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* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAGLADame Abraham A. Dame], DDGM, [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MABostonDistrict1_1821-34 District 1], 1826, 1827, 1828
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* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAGLGSmith George G. Smith]
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* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAGLEWright Edwin Wright]
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=== DISTRICTS ===
 
=== DISTRICTS ===

Revision as of 17:05, 29 December 2012

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THE MASSACHUSETTS LODGE

Location: Boston

Chartered By: Joseph Warren

Charter Date: 05/11/1770 I-228

Precedence Date: 05/11/1770

Current Status: Active


PAST MASTERS

Need living PMs and complete list

  • Joseph Tyler, 1770, 1772, 1773
  • William Palfrey, 1771, 1779
  • John Jeffries, 1774-1778
  • James Jackson, 1780
  • Perez Morton, 1781
  • Stephen Bruce, 1782
  • Moses Michael Hays, 1783-1787
  • William Scollay, 1788-1791
  • Samuel Bradford, 1792
  • Jonathan Freeman, 1793, 1794
  • Joseph Laughton, 1795
  • Simon Eliot, 1796, 1797
  • Allen Crocker, 1798-1802
  • John Boyle, 1803
  • Job Drew, 1804-1806, 1810, 1815
  • Thomas Redman, 1807, 1808
  • John Chadwick, 1809
  • Matthew S. Parker, 1811, 1812
  • Jonathan Whitney, 1813, 1814
  • Eleazer G. House, 1816
  • Daniel Lewis Gibbons, 1817, 1818, 1826
  • Zachariah G. Whitman, 1819, 1820
  • M. Roulstone, 1821
  • Enoch Hobart, 1822, 1839-1841, 1846
  • Jedediah Tuttle, 1823
  • Abraham A. Dame, 1824, 1825, 1844, 1845
  • William Emerson, 1826
  • Henry H. Barton, 1827-1829; SN'
  • Nathaniel Cotton, 1830
  • Martin Wilder, 1831-1833, 1842, 1843
  • Francis R. Bigelow, 1834-1837
  • Henry Bowen, 1838
  • George G. Smith, 1847-1849
  • B. Franklin Baker, 1850, 1851
  • Peter S. Wheelock, 1852
  • Francis McDonald, 1853, 1854
  • Thomas G. Whytal, 1855, 1856, 1861
  • John K. Fellows, 1857, 1858
  • William Read, 1859, 1860
  • Martin Long, 1862
  • Alfred F. Chapman, 1863, 1864
  • Charles W. Slack, 1865, 1866
  • Charles O. Fox, 1867, 1868
  • George R. Emerson, 1869, 1870
  • Henry J. Parker, 1871, 1872
  • Samuel A. B. Bragg, 1873, 1874
  • Charles D. Annable, 1875, 1876
  • Samuel W. Creech, Jr., 1877, 1878
  • Edwin Wright, 1879, 1880, 1890
  • George P. Eustis, 1881, 1882
  • Cassius C. Powers, 1883, 1884
  • Herbert L. Burrell, 1885; Mem
  • W. G. Whitney, 1886, 1887
  • Charles D. Wright, 1888, 1889
  • John F. Neill, 1891, 1892
  • Henry H. Kendall, 1893, 1894
  • George E. Henry, 1895, 1896; SN
  • William H. Lott, 1897, 1898
  • Charles A. Neill, 1899, 1900
  • Charles Lewis, 1901, 1902
  • Charles A. Heney, 1903, 1904
  • Edward E. Reynolds, 1905, 1906
  • Edward N. West, 1907, 1908
  • John R. Griffin, 1909
  • William W. Chute, 1910, 1911
  • Ervin A. Eastman, 1912, 1913
  • James G. Brown, 1914, 1915
  • Arthur N. Dodge, 1916
  • Frank A. Rice, 1917
  • William A. Syer, 1918
  • Guy W. Jones, 1919, 1920
  • Henry F. Silsby, 1921
  • Orin E. Spooner, 1922
  • Wallace G. Page, 1923, 1924
  • Frederick O. Harrington, 1925, 1926
  • John Wentworth, 1927, 1928; N
  • Everett M. Studley, 1929, 1930
  • W. Alden Burrell, 1931, 1932
  • Percy E. Yeates, 1933, 1934
  • Asa F. Clark, 1935, 1936
  • Athole H. Edwards, 1937, 1938
  • Frank A. Moore, 1939, 1940
  • George E. O. Anderson, 1941, 1942
  • Henry L. Cross, 1943, 1944
  • Charles M. Merritt, 1945, 1946
  • Joseph Shilliday, 1947, 1948
  • Arthur D. Hamilton, 1949, 1950
  • Eugene H. Clapp, II, 1951, 1952, 1980
  • Walter H. Farello, 1953
  • Hale E. Roberts, 1954
  • Charles M. Hoyt, Jr., 1955, 1956
  • Thomas Bruce, Jr., 1957, 1958
  • S. Arthur Verenis, 1959, 1982-1984
  • Henry L. Rice, 1960, 1961
  • David G. Power, 1962, 1963
  • Charles H. Winchester, 1964, 1965
  • Robert Trajan, 1966, 1967
  • Richard A. Karibian, 1968, 1969
  • George J. Avis, 1970, 1971, 1979, 1981, 1985, 1986; PDDGM
  • John Walter Krey, 1972, 1973
  • Menelaos C. Dalaklis, 1974, 1975, 1978
  • John G. Cosmas, 1976, 1977
  • Steve John Gogolos, 1987, 1988
  • Nicholas Darris, 1989-1991
  • Argyrios A. Karalis, 1992
  • David F. Howard, 1993; PDDGM

NOTES

From New England Freemason, Vol. I, No. 4, April 1875, Page 185:

[At the Regular Meeting of Massachusetts Lodge, of Boston, held on the 19th inst., W. Brother Henry J. Parker, Past Master, read the following paper, embodying historical and biographical information of much interest:]

As one of the three lodges in this District whose Charters were issued previous to the Revolution, it has seemed proper that some formal notice should be taken of the fact that to-day completes the first centennial of an event which resulted in the ultimate independence of the United States; and the fact that the charter of the Massachusetts Lodge was signed by General Joseph Warren is a sufficient excuse, if any is necessary, to warrant us in recalling so important an event in our history.

One hundred years ago to-day the Massachusetts Lodge had been in existence nearly five years. It numbered among its members some of the most active and noted men of the town of Boston. The Lodge was small, comprising at that time thirty members, the membership Being limited by the By-Laws to fifty. From its formation until 1775, the Lodge had held seventy meetings, the regular place of meeting being at Concert Hall, on the corner of Court and Hanover streets. On the evening of December 5, 1774, it was "voted that the removal of this Lodge to the Bunch of Grapes Tavern be notified in the public prints." The meetings of January 2d and February 6th were all that were held there for three years.

At the meeting of February 6th, two candidates were crafted; it does not appear by the records that they were ever raised.

Concert Hall is said to have been the most elegant hall in the town; the architecture of the inside was imposing, and the walls were covered with mirrors. Within its walls our predecessors gathered for several years; the meetings were well attended, and the "symposia" were as regular as the meetings; "sherry" and "punch" were the standard liquids, and the frequent appropriations for "mason glasses," to be imported from London, prove their con. stant use. The records contain a list of the visiting Brethren, among whom appears the name of Paul Revere. The Most Worshipful Joseph Warren constituted the Lodge August 10, 1770, and visited the Lodge in ample form, as the record states, on the 1st of April, 1771, July 6, September 7, and December 7, 1772. "December 28th," the record reads, "being ye Festival of St. John the Evangelist, the Most Worshipful Grand Master, Joseph Warren, Esq., Deputy Grand Master Joseph Webb, and Grand Wardens Samuel Danforth and Samuel Barrett, visited the Lodge in due form." This proved to be the last visitation the Lodge was to receive from their illustrious Grand Master. The important events transpiring in their midst, soon to culminate in war, prevented the usual meetings; the gun fired at Concord was not only to usher in a revolution, but was destined to make discord through all strata of society; the time had come when friends and neighbors were to part, and among the Brethren of the Massachusetts Lodge there was to be a lifelong separation. The last meeting of the Lodge previous to the Revolution was held on the 6th of February, 1775. John Jeffries, then a noted surgeon, was Worshipful Master; Hawes Hatch, Junior Warden; William Codner, Treasurer; John Fenno, Secretary.

The names of Brethren of the Massachusetts Lodge appear prominently on both sides of the conflict—some fighting for the liberty of the colonies, others, equally conscientious, for the Mother country. William Palfrey (whose descendants for three generations have been honored members of our Lodge), Secretary of the Grand Lodge in 1769-70-71, the first Senior Warden of the Massachusetts Lodge, and W. M. in 1771 and 1779, was, during the war, Paymaster-General of the American forces. He was sent on special business to France by order of the Continental Congress; he sailed from Philadelphia in a public-armed vessel, which is supposed to have foundered at sea in the autumn of 1780.

Nathaniel Cudworth was the first Treasurer of the Lodge, serving in that capacity in 1770-1; was elected Secretary in 1772; at the meeting May 4, 1772, he resigned. As he was about to take up his residence in the country, the Lodge tendered him a vote of thanks and the hospitalities of the Lodge whenever he should be in town. He commanded the Sudbury company in the battle at Concord, and "near Hardy's Hill attacked the British troops, where there was a severe skirmish." At the battle of Bunker Hill, he was a Major in Jonathan Brewer's regiment, composed of Worcester and Middlesex troops, "and did excellent duty in the battle."

Joshua Loring was a loyalist, and held the office of Town Major under General Gage. At the evacuation of Boston in March, 1776, he left Boston, and is not known to have returned.

Dr. John Jeffries, Worshipful Master in 1775, was a surgeon of a ship-of-the-line lying in Boston harbor in 1771 to 1774. At the battle of Bunker Hill, he attended the wounded by order of the British Commander. He accompanied the British garrison to Halifax in 1776, where he was appointed Surgeon-General of the forces in Nova Scotia. He afterwards went to London, where he practised in 1790 ; he returned to his native city, where he died in 1819.

Hawes Hatch was a loyalist, and at the evacuation went to St. John, New Brunswick, where he settled, receiving a grant from the British government. He was elected Senior Deacon of the Lodge in 1774.


YEARS

1793 1803 1806 1844 1846 1847 1869 1870 1871 1872 1873 1877 1878 1880 1881 1882 1883 1885 1891 1892 1895 1896 1898 1899 1900 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1916 1917 1920 1923 1926 1927 1935 1937 1938 1942 1945 1949 1954 1963 1966 1970 1987 1988 1995 1997 2004 2006 2007 2008


EVENTS

95TH ANNIVERSARY, MAY 1864

From Moore's Freemason's Monthly Magazine, Vol. XXIII, No. 8, June, 1864, p. 245:

Ninetyfour years ago, May 12th, 1770, and of Masonry 5770, Joseph Warren, Esq., Grand Master in Boston, and within one hundred miles circumjacent to the same, by Patent from George, Earl of Dalhousie, Grand Master of Masons in Scotland, duly authorized and appointed, did, on that date, sign the Charter whereby the precedence of Massachusetts Lodge was declared to date from these Presents, in the Grand Lodge, and elsewhere; and since that time this Lodge has been in possession of its Charter.

It has had periods of reverses, when no initiates have entered its portals for years, but has always had members attached to its ancient Charter, who, in preserving lhat, have preserved an unbroken history. It was therefore with no ordinary feelings of pleasure, that the members determined to celebrate the 95th anniversary in a manner to admit the ladies, as participants in the festivities of the occasion, and to witness the present prosperity of the Lodge.

The Exercises were as follows:— Music. Prayer. Ode. Address, by the W. M., Br. Alfred F. Chapman. Music. Reading of Charter of Lodge, by W. Br. A. A. Dame. Ode. Historical Address, by Br. C. W. Slack. Original Poem, by Rev. Br. W. S. Studley. Banquet.

Of the literary portion, it is enough to say, that the Hisiorical Address, by Br. Slack, was highly interesting and instructive. The Poem— Like the star that athwart gilds the sky, Its course to the latest was bright.

Among the guests were William Parkman, Esq., Grand Master, and lady; C. C. Dame, D. G. Master; J. McClellan, G. Treasurer, and lady; Solon Thornton, Grand High Priest, and lady, together with others, and a full attendance of the members of the Lodge, and their ladies.

Prominent among the members was Matthew S. Parker, Esq., admitted to membership in 1803; Enoch Hobart, in 1817; A. A. Dame, in 1818, and Wm. Palfrey, in 1819, whose son, recently admitted to membership, makes the fourth generation of this name to become members of the Lodge; and Henry Bowen, admitted in 1820.

At twenty minutes past ten o'clock, the W. Master, accompanied by the G. Master and members above named, preceded the procession to the large Hall, where was spread a sumptuous and bountiful table by the Superintendent, Br, L. L. Tarbell.

The exclamation of the Grand Master on entering the banqueting hall—"this is beautiful," will give the best impression of the same. It was a table of beautiful wares, laden with delicacies, and perfumed with the breath of flowers, gathered into twelve fragrant bouquets, which, later in the evening, were disposed of to as many ladies, who happened to hold a talisman given by chance on entering the hall.

Speeches were made by Grand Master Parkman, Rev. J. W. Dadmun, Rev. Dr. Walker, and Rev. Br. Studley, eloquent and humorous, and highly appropriate, if we may judge from the open and frequent expressions of pleasure too great to be repressed, for every now and then one and another would persist in declaring it ; so that in closing, the sociability and good wishes provoked by the occasion, had prepared all who could, to join in singing " Auld Lang Syne," with spirit and feeling, and inspired the "good night," that came from every lip, with, the spirit of peace on earth and good will to men, and God's blessing on Massachusetts Lodge and its members.

GRAND LODGE OFFICERS

DISTRICTS

1803: District 1 (Boston)

1821: District 1

1834: District 1

1849: District 1

1867: District 1 (Boston)

1883: District 1 (Boston)

1911: District 1 (Boston)

1927: District 1 (Boston)

2003: District 1


LINKS

Lodge web site

Massachusetts Lodges