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1797
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PAUL REVERE, Grand Master
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's, 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.
- 12/27 (Concert Hall, Boston): II-115;
LIST OF LODGES IN MASSACHUSETTS: 1797
No. | Location | Lodge | Precedence Date | Chartering Body |
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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 | Lodge at Marblehead | 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 |
38 | Groton | St. Paul's | 01/31/1797 | Grand Lodge of Massachusetts |
39 | Wellfleet | Adams | 06/13/1797 | Grand Lodge of Massachusetts |
40 | South Hadley | Jerusalem | 06/13/1797 | Grand Lodge of Massachusetts |
41 | Columbia (Me.) | Tuscan | 06/13/1797 | Grand Lodge of Massachusetts |
42 | Norton | Bristol | 06/14/1797 | Grand Lodge of Massachusetts |
43 | Bridgewater | Fellowship | 06/15/1797 | Grand Lodge of Massachusetts |
44 | Concord | Corinthian | 06/16/1797 | Grand Lodge of Massachusetts |
45 | Franklin | Montgomery | 09/13/1797 | Grand Lodge of Massachusetts |
46 | Oxford | Olive Branch | 09/13/1797 | Grand Lodge of Massachusetts |
47 | Brookfield | Meridian Sun | 09/13/1797 | Grand Lodge of Massachusetts |
48 | Lexington | Hiram | 12/11/1797 | Grand Lodge of Massachusetts |
49 | Watertown | Meridian | 12/11/1797 | Grand Lodge of Massachusetts |
50 | Holmes' Hole | King Solomon Lodge in Perfection | 12/11/1797 | Grand Lodge of Massachusetts |