MassachusettsYear1838
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1838
PAUL DEAN, Grand Master
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QUARTERLY COMMUNICATIONS
- 03/14 (Masonic Temple, Boston): IV-450;
- IV-451: Communication from "brethren representing themselves as St. John's Grand Lodge in the City of New York." Referred to committee.
- 06/13: IV-458ff; extensive report on the schism in New York Freemasonry.
- IV-451: Communications from Star in the East Lodge and Bristol Lodge.
- IV-451: Appointment of District Deputy Grand Masters for Districts 1-9.
- IV-452: Resolve to obtain a safe for Grand Lodge.
- 06/13: IV-457; report of committee, to be obtained and erected "at the base of the South West Tower." Safe will be 5' high, 4' deep and 3' wide.
- IV-451: Communication from "brethren representing themselves as St. John's Grand Lodge in the City of New York." Referred to committee.
- 06/13 (Masonic Temple, Boston): IV-453;
- IV-454: Report of the Committee on By-Laws. Inexpedient to make committee members ranked in Grand Lodge; Deputy Grand Master should not be elected, but rather appointed.
- IV-455: Partial report on business in Bristol Lodge.
- 09/12 (Masonic Temple, Boston): IV-461;
- IV-462: Communication from the Grand Lodge of South Carolina.
- IV-463: Communication from the Grand Lodge of New York.
- 12/12 (Masonic Temple, Boston): IV-464; Annual Communication.
- IV-465: Report of the Trustees of the Grand Charity Fund.
- IV-465: Report of the Committee on Charity.
- IV-465: Report of the Committee of Finance.
- IV-466: Communication from "certain brethren in Salem" regarding business in Essex Lodge.
- IV-467: Grand Master Dean re-elected. Other Grand Lodge officers elected.
- 12/27 (Masonic Temple, Boston): IV-470;
- IV-471: Report of the Trustees of the Masonic Temple.
- IV-472: Installation of Grand Master Dean and other Grand Lodge officers.
- IV-473: Rt. Wor. George G. Smith, Deputy Grand Master, gave "an interesting and pertinent address on the social character, effects and advantages of the Masonic Institution," for which he was voted thanks.
PETITIONS FOR CHARTERS
None.
SPECIAL COMMUNICATIONS
None.
LIST OF LODGES BY DATE OF PRECEDENCE: 1838
At the beginning of 1837 Grand Master Flint appointed District Deputy Grand Masters for Districts 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, and 7, and a Special Agent for District 9. District 3 (Cambridge area) had no District Deputy appointed, but the district clearly still existed. When more information is available, this will be updated with district information.
- DISTRICT 1: Henry H. Barton, Boston, District Deputy Grand Master
- DISTRICT 2: Isaac Collyer, Marblehead, District Deputy Grand Master
- DISTRICT 4: Alfred L. Baury, Randolph, District Deputy Grand Master
- DISTRICT 5: Lemuel Gay, Stoughton, District Deputy Grand Master
- DISTRICT 6: Gardner Ruggles, Hardwick, District Deputy Grand Master
- DISTRICT 7: Jonathan Ames, West Bridgewater, District Deputy Grand Master
- DISTRICT 9: Gardner Ruggles, Special Deputy
- St. John's (Boston, 1733) ★
- Lodge of St. Andrew, (Boston, 1752) ★
- The Massachusetts (Boston, 1770) ★
- The Tyrian (Gloucester, 1770) charter vacated 1838?
- Union (Nantucket, 1771) ★
- King Solomon's (Charlestown, 1783)
- Morning Star (Worcester, 1793)
- Middlesex (Framingham, 1795)
- Cincinnatus (New Marlborough, 1795)
- King Hiram's (Provincetown, 1795)
- Thomas (Monson, 1796)
- Harmony (Northfield, 1796)
- Social (Ashby, 1798)
- Columbian (Boston, 1796) ★
- Washington (Roxbury, 1796) ★
- Union (Dorchester, 1796) ★
- Jerusalem (South Hadley, 1797)
- Olive Branch (Oxford, 1797)
- St. Paul's (Groton, 1797)
- Meridian (Watertown, 1797) ★
- Hiram (Lexington, 1797)
- Corinthian (Concord, 1797)
- Bristol (Attleboro, 1797) ★
- Fellowship (Bridgewater, 1797)
- Eastern Star (Rehoboth, 1798)
- King David (Taunton, 1798)
- Rising Star (Stoughton, 1799) ★
- Mount Zion (Hardwick, 1800)
- Aurora (Leominster, 1801)
- Constellation (Dedham, 1801) ★
- Mount Lebanon (Boston, 1801) ★
- Fraternal (Barnstable, 1801)
- Merrimack (Haverhill, 1802) ★
- St. Mark's (Newburyport, 1803)
- Amicable (Cambridge, 1805) charter vacated 1838
- Jordan (Danvers, 1808)
- Hampden (Springfield, 1817)
- Solomon's Temple (Uxbridge, 1818)
- Bethesda (Brighton, 1819) ★
- St. Matthew's (Andover, 1822)
- Warren (Amesbury, 1822)
- Star in the East (New Bedford, 1823)
- Mount Hope (Fall River, 1824)
- Liberty (Beverly, 1824)
- Eden (Ware, 1824)
- Orphan's Hope (Weymouth, 1825)
- Bethel (Enfield, 1825)
- Oxford (Oxford, 1825)
★ = Appeared in Grand Lodge during 1838.
