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* 12/14: V-469; Petition to restore [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=StJohnN St. John's] Lodge, [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MANewburyport Newburyport]; granted. | * 12/14: V-469; Petition to restore [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=StJohnN St. John's] Lodge, [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MANewburyport Newburyport]; granted. | ||
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+ | === FEAST OF ST. JOHN THE EVANGELIST === | ||
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+ | * V-497: Lodge of Instruction. | ||
+ | * V-500: Installation of Grand Master [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=GMRandall Randall] and other Grand Lodge officers. | ||
+ | * V-502: Recording Grand Secretary presented a copy of a book, “Memorials of the Dead in Boston”, by Thomas Bridgeman. | ||
=== LIST OF LODGES BY DATE OF PRECEDENCE: 1853 === | === LIST OF LODGES BY DATE OF PRECEDENCE: 1853 === |
Revision as of 18:03, 3 September 2010
1853
GEORGE M. RANDALL, Grand Master
Contents
NOTES
QUARTERLY COMMUNICATIONS
Held at Masonic Temple, Boston
- 03/09: V-435;
- 06/08: V-456;
- 09/14: V-463;
- 12/14: V-467; (Annual Communication)
03/09 Agenda
- V-438: Report on the manner and form of visitations in the First District.
- V-438: Report counseling against a reduction of the Grand Lodge dues.
- V-439ff: Report from committee on communication with the Grand Lodge of California, concerning the behavior of Most Wor. B. D. Hyam, Grand Master.
- V-452: Report from Grand Secretary on circulars to solicit funds for the Washington Monument.
- 12/14: V-469; communication received from agents for solicitation.
- 12/27: V-499; Grand Lodge determines that it is inexpedient to take any further action.
- V-454: Thanks voted to Rev. Bro. Alger for the "beautiful, eloquent and instructive address" delivered on 02/22/1853 on the life and character of Washington.
06/08 Agenda
- V-459: Committee to put regalia in order.
- V-460: Invitation by Morning Star Lodge, Worcester, to attend the celebration of St. John's Day; accepted.
09/14 Agenda
- V-465: Committee appointed to consider instruction to lodges regarding visiting members from lodges in New York.
12/14 Agenda
- V-468: Circular from various states regarding a General Grand Lodge; referred and tabled.
- V-473: Report of the Committee on Finance.
- V-474: Re-election of Grand Master Randall and other Grand Lodge officers.
- V-476: Report of the Committee on the Library.
- V-477: Report of the Committee on the National Masonic Convention; referred.
- V-478: Report on the conflict between King Hiram's Lodge and Rt. Wor. Jeremiah Stone, (former) District Deputy Grand Master of the 8th District.
- V-479ff: Report of the committee on the dispute in New York, which had a schism of Grand Lodges; resolves on traveling identities.
- V-492: Report of Trustees of the Temple.
- V-494: Report of Trustees of the Grand Charity Fund.
- V-496: Grand Master authorized to reorganize the Masonic Districts.
Grand Constitutions Amendment Proposals
None.
Necrologies and Memorials
- 03/09: V-438; Death of Rt. Wor. Ferdinand E. White, Past Deputy Grand Master; memorial delivered by committee.
- 06/08: V-457: Death of Bro. Robert Shaw, Trustee of the Grand Charity Fund (and purchaser of the Masonic Temple); memorial delivered by committee.
- 06/08: V-457: Death of Rt. Wor. James A. Dickson, Past Grand Warden; memorial delivered by committee.
- 12/14: V-470: Death of Rt. Wor. William Ferson, Past Senior Grand Warden; memorial delivered by committee.
- 12/14: V-471: Death of Bro. Jonas Chickering, memorial delivered by Rt. Wor. C. Gayton Pickman.
Petitions for Charters
- 03/09: V-454; Petition by Baalbec Lodge, East Boston; charter to be granted depending on provision of better Secretary's records.
- 06/08: V-460; Petition by Ancient York Lodge, Lowell; granted.
Petitions for Dispensation for Lodges
- 12/27: V-502; Petition by Bethesda Lodge, Valparaiso, Chile on 08/17/1853.
Petitions for Restoration of Charter
- 09/14: V-371; Petition to restore Rural Lodge, Quincy; petition granted as soon as the petition is in proper form. Grand Stewards authorized to loan Rural Lodge jewels as necessary.
- 12/14: V-469; Petition to restore St. John's Lodge, Newburyport; granted.
FEAST OF ST. JOHN THE EVANGELIST
(held at Masonic Temple, Boston, 12/27/1853)
- V-497: Lodge of Instruction.
- V-500: Installation of Grand Master Randall and other Grand Lodge officers.
- V-502: Recording Grand Secretary presented a copy of a book, “Memorials of the Dead in Boston”, by Thomas Bridgeman.
LIST OF LODGES BY DATE OF PRECEDENCE: 1853
When more information is available, this will be updated with district information.
- DISTRICT 1: Jerome V.C. Smith, Boston, District Deputy Grand Master
- DISTRICT 2: John S. Johnson, Gloucester, District Deputy Grand Master
- DISTRICT 3: Prentice Cushing, Lowell, District Deputy Grand Master
- DISTRICT 4: Jonathan Greenwood, Framingham, District Deputy Grand Master
- DISTRICT 5: Albert Case, Hingham, District Deputy Grand Master
- DISTRICT 6: Horace Chenery, Worcester, District Deputy Grand Master
- DISTRICT 7: Lucien B. Keith, New Bedford, District Deputy Grand Master
- DISTRICT 8: Sylvanus Baxter, Provincetown, District Deputy Grand Master
- DISTRICT 9: W. Franklin Weston, Dalton, District Deputy Grand Master
- NANTUCKET: Benjamin Brown, Nantucket, Special Deputy for Nantucket
Note that District Grand Lecturers were appointed, as per the vote in Grand Lodge; the District Deputy Grand Masters were appointed, except for District 1 (Wor. William C. Martin) and District 2 (Wor. Isaac P. Seavey).
- St. John's (Boston, 1733)
- Lodge of St. Andrew, (Boston, 1752)
- Philanthropic (Marblehead, 1760)
- St. John's (Newburyport, 1766) charter restored
- The Massachusetts (Boston, 1770)
- The Tyrian (Gloucester, 1770)
- Union (Nantucket, 1771)
- King Solomon's (Charlestown, 1783)
- Essex (Salem, 1791)
- Old Colony (Hingham, 1792)
- Morning Star (Worcester, 1793)
- Middlesex (Framingham, 1795)
- Cincinnatus (Sheffield, 1795)
- King Hiram's (Provincetown, 1795)
- Evening Star (Lee, 1795)
- Republican (Greenfield, 1795)
- Harmony (Northfield, 1796)
- Columbian (Boston, 1796)
- Union (Dorchester, 1796)
- Washington (Roxbury, 1796)
- Jerusalem (South Hadley, 1797)
- Olive Branch (Sutton, 1797)
- St. Paul's (Groton, 1797)
- Meridian (Newton Lower Falls, 1797)
- Hiram (West Cambridge, 1797)
- Corinthian (Concord, 1797)
- Fellowship (Bridgewater, 1797)
- Montgomery (Milford, 1797)
- Eastern Star (Rehoboth, 1798)
- King David (Taunton, 1798)
- Rising Star (Stoughton, 1799)
- Mount Zion (Hardwick, 1800)
- Aurora (Fitchburg, 1801)
- Corner Stone (Duxbury, 1801)
- Mount Lebanon (Boston, 1801)
- Fraternal (Barnstable, 1801)
- Rural (Quincy, 1801) charter restored
- Merrimack (Haverhill, 1802)
- St. Mark's (Newburyport, 1803)
- Mount Carmel (Lynn, 1805)
- Amicable (Cambridge, 1805)
- Pentucket (Lowell, 1807)
- Jordan (Danvers, 1808)
- Mystic (Pittsfield, 1810)
- Hampden (Springfield, 1817)
- Solomon's Temple (Uxbridge, 1818)
- Bethesda (Brighton, 1819)
- Monitor (Waltham, 1820)
- 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)
- Grecian (Lawrence, 1825)
- Plymouth (Plymouth, 1825)
- Star of Bethlehem (Chelsea, 1844)
- Mount Tabor (East Boston, 1846)
- St. Paul's (South Boston, 1846)
- Lafayette (North Adams, 1847)
- Chicopee (Chicopee, 1848)
- Mount Tom (Holyoke, 1850)
- Franklin (Grafton, 1851)
- Ashler (Rockport, 1851)
- Baalbec (East Boston, 1852)
- Ancient York (Lowell, 1852)
- Bethesda (Valparaiso, Chile, U.D.)