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1806

TIMOTHY BIGELOW, Grand Master

Simon Eliot, Deputy Grand Master
John Soley, Senior Grand Warden
Shubael Bell, Junior Grand Warden

NOTES

QUARTERLY COMMUNICATIONS

• 03/12 (Vila's Hotel, Boston): II-327;
  • II-327: Committee making application to the General Court continued until May.
  • II-328: Representation on diplomas sent to committee.
  • II-328: Resolved that a blind man, making application to King Solomon's Lodge, not be admitted because "it is inconsistent and incompatible with the Constitutions of Masonry."
  • II-328: Motion of whether a Quaker can be made a Mason; referred to next Quarterly.
    • 06/09: II-330; carried forward;
    • 12/08: II-346; an affirmation as good as an oath.

• 06/09 (Vila's Hotel, Boston): II-329;
  • II-330: Correspondence with Grand Lodge of New Hampshire regarding formation of convention of Past Masters to determine regular usage. A committee to be appointed.
  • II-331: Question on validity of affirmation, carried forward after discussion.

• 09/08 (Vila's Hotel, Boston): II-336;
  • II-336: Report of committee on "rank and duty of District Deputy Grand Masters."
  • II-337: Due to communications with Portland Lodge, Ancient Landmark Lodge was directed to suspend meetings.
  • II-337: Committee to be appointed to consult with Boston lodges regarding terms of securing a hall for Grand Lodge.

• 12/08 - 12/09 (Vila's Hotel, Boston): II-338; Annual Communication.
  • II-339ff: Final report of committee on "rank and duty of District Deputy Grand Masters." Detailed description of duties.
  • II-344: Ancient Landmark Lodge permitted to resume work.
  • II-344: Reports from District Deputy Grand Masters.
  • II-344: Representation from Wisdom and Cincinnatus Lodges regarding difference of fees between Massachusetts and New York; Isaiah Thomas to be authorized to contact the Grand Lodge of New York.
  • II-344: Re-election of Grand Master Bigelow and other grand officers. Appointments for the coming year.
  • II-345: Report on conference committee with New Hampshire.
  • II-347: Report of Grand Treasurer.

PETITIONS FOR CHARTERS

• 03/12: II-327; Petition for lodge in Hingham, referred.
  • 06/09: II-329; Petition continued, remonstrance against establishment.
  • 09/08: II-337; further posponement.
  • 12/08: II-344; withdrawn.

• 03/12: II-327; Petition for lodge in Steuben (Me.); referred.
  • 06/09: II-330; Petition continued, due to "informality".
  • 09/08: II-337; Petition granted.

• 03/12: II-328; Petition for St. George Lodge, Warren (Me.), granted.

• 06/09: II-330; Petition for Mountain Lodge, Rowe, referred to DDGM, 7th Dist.; granted.

• 06/09: II-330; Petition for Ancient Landmark Lodge, Portland (Me.)
  • 09/08: II-337; Petition granted.

• 12/09: II-347; Petition for a lodge in St. Stephen, New Brunswick; referred.

SPECIAL COMMUNICATIONS

• 03/12 (Boston): II-326;
  • II-326: Visit to Columbian Lodge, Boston. Degree work, and a "pathetic and very instructive address" to the lodge.

• 06/16 (Boston): II-333;
  • II-333: Visit to The Massachusetts Lodge, Boston. An "appropriate ode, composed for the occasion‚" was sung. R.W. C. P. Sumner gave an address on the principles of Masonry; Grand Master Bigelow also gave an "impressive and judicious address, or admonitory oration."

• 06/24 (Cambridge): II-334;
  • II-334: Constitution of Amicable Lodge, Cambridge, and installation of officers. An "ingenious and eloquent address‚" was delivered by R.W. Samuel P.P. Fay which "received the highest applause of a large and brilliant assemblage of ladies and gentlemen."Various clergy and members of Harvard faculty were present."

LIST OF LODGES IN MASSACHUSETTS BY DISTRICT: 1806

Note: A complete list of lodges by district at the end of 1806 appears on Page II-350.

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