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1817

FRANCIS J. OLIVER, Grand Master

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QUARTERLY COMMUNICATIONS

• 03/10 (Masons Hall, Boston): III-85;
  • III-86ff: Report of committee on incorporation.
  • III-92: Petition by St. George Lodge to remove to Union, denied.
  • III-93: The committee on procuring a place of meeting discharged. A committee appointed to make arrangements for the consecration of the new hall.
    • 09/08: III-113; Grand Lodge to meet in the Exchange Coffee House for a term of ten years.
  • III-93: Committee on appearance of summoned officers discharged and a new committee appointed.

• 06/09 (Masons Hall, Boston): III-97;
  • III-100: Committee appointed to examine a selection of "Songs, Hymns &c" to be published under the Patronage of the Grand Lodge.
  • III-100: Committee appointed to consider a Library.
    • 12/08: III-125; established.
  • III-102: Committee appointed for the amendment of the Constitutions for a Deputy Grand Secretary.
  • III-102: Committee report on the response to the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania regarding the "calumny" of instituting a black lodge.
  • III-104: Committee report on the testimonial to R.W. Rev. Thaddeus Harris.

• 09/08 (Masons Hall, Boston): III-108;
  • III-109: Petition by Jerusalem Lodge to remove to Northampton, granted.
  • III-111: Petition by Pacific Lodge to remove to Amherst, granted.
  • III-112: New code of Grand Lodge By-Laws to be sent to constituent Lodges.
    • 12/08; III-123: By-Laws committee reported, some By-Law revisions accepted;
    • 12/27; III-132: To be printed.
  • III-112: Committee appointed to collate and revise By-Laws and redesign the seal.
  • III-114: Report of the committee on transcripts.
  • III-115ff: Act of Incorporation (1817) enacted.

• 12/08 (Masons Hall, Boston): III-118; Annual Communication.
  • III-120: Report of Finance Committee.
  • III-123: Grand Master Installation of Grand Master Oliver re-elected. Other Grand Officers elected.
  • III-126: New form for diploma to be presented.

• 12/27 (Masons Hall, Boston): III-128;
  • III-128: Installation of Grand Master Oliver and other Grand Lodge officers. Appointment of other Grand Lodge officers.
  • III-131: Petition by Federal Lodge to meet alternately at Blandford and Chester; refused.
  • III-131: Petition by Rising Star Lodge to remove to Stoughton; granted.
  • III-133: Report of Charity Committee.
  • III-134: Deputy Grand Secretary appointed.

PETITIONS FOR CHARTERS

• 03/10: III-94; Petition for Hampden Lodge, Springfield, granted after reconsideration.

• 06/09: III-98; Petition for Mount Hermon Lodge, Malden, granted.

• 06/09: III-99; Petition for Village Lodge, Bowdoinham (Me.), granted.

• 06/09: III-100; Petition for Temple Lodge, Winthrop (Me.), deferred.
  • 09/08: III-110; petition granted.

• 09/08: III-113; Petition by Brothers for the charter of Mountain Lodge, Rowe, issued in 1806.

SPECIAL COMMUNICATIONS

None.

LIST OF LODGES IN MASSACHUSETTS BY DISTRICT: 1817

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