MassachusettsYear1797

1797

PAUL REVERE, Grand Master

Samuel Dunn, Deputy Grand Master
Isaiah Thomas , Senior Grand Warden
Joseph Laughton, Junior Grand Warden

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QUARTERLY COMMUNICATIONS

• 03/13 (Concert Hall, Boston): II-97;
  • II-97: Correspondence.
  • II-97: Committee to draft an address to George Washington.
  • II-98: Partial report of committee on rejected applicants presented.
  • II-98: Address by Thaddeus Mason Harris.

• 06/12 (Concert Hall, Boston): II-100;
  • II-100: Petition for Bristol Lodge, Norton, granted.
  • II-100: Petition for Jerusalem Lodge, South Hadley, granted.
  • II-100: Petition for Fellowship Lodge, Bridgewater, granted.
  • II-101: Petition for Corinthian Lodge, Concord, granted.
  • II-101: Petition for Tuscan Lodge, Columbia (Me.); actual petition mislaid, Grand Master authorized to take action.
  • II-101ff: Address to George Washington and his response.
  • II-103: Grand Master, Deputy and Wardens empowered to affix names to Lodges granted charters in this jurisdiction.
  • II-103: Grand Lodge to attend installation of St. Paul, Groton, on 08/02.

• 09/13 (Concert Hall, Boston): II-108;
  • II-108: Correspondence.
  • II-108: Petition for Hiram Lodge in Lexington; laid over.
  • II-108: Petition for Marine Lodge in Falmouth; laid over.
  • II-109: Petition for Montgomery Lodge in Franklin; granted.
  • II-109: Petition for Meridian Sun Lodge, Brookfield, granted.
  • II-109: Committee to revise Constitutions reported; new regulations proposed.
  • II-110: Committee to review Grand Secretary and Grand Treasurer accounts.

• 12/11 (Concert Hall, Boston): II-111;
  • II-112: Committee report on resolve regarding "persons proposed to be made Masons in Lodges and not admitted."
  • II-112: Petition for Hiram Lodge in Lexington; granted.
  • II-112: Petition for Meridian Lodge in Watertown; granted.
  • II-112: Petition for Marine Lodge in Falmouth; granted.
  • II-112: Petition for King Solomon Lodge of Perfection Lodge in Holmes' Hole, Martha's Vineyard; granted.
  • II-113: Vote that each lodge have one vote in Grand Lodge.
  • II-113: Address by Grand Master Revere.
  • II-113: Josiah Bartlett elected Grand Master.
  • II-113: Thanks given to Isaiah Thomas for the gift of "an elegant Bible."

SPECIAL COMMUNICATIONS

• 02/23 (Concert Hall, Boston): II-96;
  • II-96: Committee to draft language in the Grand Constitutions regarding rejected applicants.

• 06/26 - 06/28 (Concert Hall, Boston): II-104;
  • II-104ff: Charges against Harmonic Lodge regarding improper making of Masons contrary to the orders of the Grand Lodge; charter vacated. (An account of the end of this lodge is given in the autobiography of Henry Fowle.)

• 12/27 (Concert Hall, Boston): II-115;
  • II-115: Report on Grand Secretary and Grand Treasurer accounts.
  • II-116: Installation of Grand Master Bartlett.
  • II-117ff: Address by Grand Master Bartlett.

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LIST OF LODGES IN MASSACHUSETTS: 1797

No.	Location	Lodge	Precedence Date	Chartering Body
1	Boston	St. John's (Boston)	07/30/1733	St. John's Grand Lodge
2	Boston	Rising States	11/30/1752	Massachusetts Grand Lodge
3	Marblehead	Philanthropic	03/25/1760	Massachusetts Grand Lodge
4	Portland (Me.)	Lodge at Portland	03/30/1762	St. John's Grand Lodge
5	Newburyport	St. John's (Newburyport)	07/17/1766	St. John's Grand Lodge
6	Gloucester	The Tyrian	03/02/1770	Massachusetts Grand Lodge
7	Boston	The Massachusetts	05/13/1770	Massachusetts Grand Lodge
8	Nantucket	Union (Nantucket)	05/27/1771	St. John's Grand Lodge
9	Newburyport	St. Peter's	03/06/1773	Massachusetts Grand Lodge
10	Lancaster	Trinity	02/15/1776	Massachusetts Grand Lodge
11	Machias (Me.)	Warren	09/04/1778	Massachusetts Grand Lodge
12	Ipswich	Unity	03/09/1779	Massachusetts Grand Lodge
13	Charlestown	King Solomon's	09/05/1783	Massachusetts Grand Lodge
14	Williamstown	Friendship	07/23/1785	Massachusetts Grand Lodge
15	Boston	Harmonic	12/08/1790	Massachusetts Grand Lodge at large; Vacated 06/28/1797.
16	Salem	Essex	06/11/1792	Grand Lodge of Massachusetts
17	Wiscasset (Me.)	Lincoln	06/01/1792	Grand Lodge of Massachusetts
18	Hanover	Old Colony	12/10/1792	Grand Lodge of Massachusetts
19	Blandford	Federal	12/10/1792	Grand Lodge of Massachusetts
20	Worcester	Morning Star	06/11/1793	Grand Lodge of Massachusetts
21	Cheshire	Franklin	06/09/1794	Grand Lodge of Massachusetts
22	Penobscot (Me.)	Hancock	06/09/1794	Grand Lodge of Massachusetts
23	Greenfield	Republican	12/09/1794	Grand Lodge of Massachusetts
24	Framingham	Middlesex	06/08/1795	Grand Lodge of Massachusetts
25	Lenox	Evening Star	06/09/1795	Grand Lodge of Massachusetts
26	New Marlborough	Cincinnatus	12/09/1795	Grand Lodge of Massachusetts
27	Provincetown	King Hiram's	12/12/1795	Grand Lodge of Massachusetts
28	Hallowell (Me.)	Kennebec	03/15/1796	Grand Lodge of Massachusetts
29	Charlton	Fayette	03/15/1796	Grand Lodge of Massachusetts
30	Roxbury	Washington	03/17/1796	Grand Lodge of Massachusetts
31	Boston	Columbian	06/08/1796	Grand Lodge of Massachusetts at large
32	Northfield	Harmony	06/13/1796	Grand Lodge of Massachusetts
33	Dorchester	Union (Dorchester)	06/13/1796	Grand Lodge of Massachusetts
34	Monson	Thomas	12/13/1796	Grand Lodge of Massachusetts
35	Groton	St. Paul's	01/31/1797	Grand Lodge of Massachusetts
36	Wellfleet	Adams	06/13/1797	Grand Lodge of Massachusetts
37	South Hadley	Jerusalem	06/13/1797	Grand Lodge of Massachusetts
38	Columbia (Me.)	Tuscan	06/13/1797	Grand Lodge of Massachusetts
39	Norton	Bristol	06/14/1797	Grand Lodge of Massachusetts
40	Bridgewater	Fellowship	06/15/1797	Grand Lodge of Massachusetts
41	Concord	Corinthian	06/16/1797	Grand Lodge of Massachusetts
42	Franklin	Montgomery	09/13/1797	Grand Lodge of Massachusetts
43	Oxford	Olive Branch	09/13/1797	Grand Lodge of Massachusetts
44	Brookfield	Meridian Sun	09/13/1797	Grand Lodge of Massachusetts
45	Lexington	Hiram	12/11/1797	Grand Lodge of Massachusetts
46	Watertown	Meridian	12/11/1797	Grand Lodge of Massachusetts
47	Holmes' Hole	King Solomon Lodge in Perfection	12/11/1797	Grand Lodge of Massachusetts

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