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Revision as of 14:04, 28 March 2011

1858

JOHN T. HEARD, Grand Master

William Flint, Deputy Grand Master
Henry Goddard, Senior Grand Warden
Isaac H. Wright, Junior Grand Warden


NOTES


QUARTERLY COMMUNICATIONS

Held at Masonic Temple, Boston

  • 03/10: VI-165;
  • 06/09: VI-175;
  • 09/08: VI-184;
  • 12/08: VI-197; (Annual Communication, held in Nassau Hall)

==== 03/10 Agenda ====

  • VI-167: Correspondence from the Grand Lodge of Peru, referred.
    • 12/08: VI-208; report of committee, indicating that Col. Santiago Flores, received in 1851, was not Junior Grand Warden of the Grand Lodge of Peru, and that his conduct should be censured.
  • VI-167: Correspondence from the Grand Lodge of England, read and filed.
  • VI-168; Notation that the Grand Lodge was called upon to bury a foreign brother.
  • VI-168: Committee appointed to ascertain expenses for the erection of a monument at Mount Auburn Cemetery to the memory of Rt. Wor. Rev. Addison Searle. (Note: this is mentioned in Levi Merriam Stevens' Guide to Mount Auburn Cemetery, published 1864; Bro. Searle died at sea in 1850.)
  • VI-168: Petition by Wyoming Lodge to alter its meeting night; approved.
  • VI-169: Petition by Mount Hope Lodge for remission of dues; since the lodge is "in a very flourishing state, . . . with good prospects for the future," the petition is denied.
  • VI-170: Charitable committee report.
  • VI-171: Report by committee on reduction of the Grand Lodge fees; tabled for the next annual Communication. The Grand Secretary is to give notice to the subordinate lodges.
  • VI-171: Committee appointed to obtain jewels for past officers of the Grand Lodge.

06/10 Agenda

VI-178: Communication from the Grand Lodge of Virginia regarding the purchase of the Mount Vernon estate; committee report.

    • VI-188; extended reply from the Grand Lodge praising the effort.
    • 12/08: VI-199; report on correspondence.

09/08: VI-179; Charitable committee report.

  • VI-178: Circular from a committee of Hawaiian Lodge, Honolulu, Hawaii, referred.
    • 09/08: VI-191; extensive reply, as this was a request for assistance in erecting a lodge hall. This lodge received its original dispensation from Massachusetts and was now working under charter from the Grand Lodge of California; due to the "low state of our finances‚" committee recommended postponement of such discussion.)
  • VI-180: Correspondence with the Trustees of the Temple regarding a rent increase.

09/08 Agenda

  • VI-190: Petition by Olive Branch Lodge to remove exclusively to Sutton; granted.
  • VI-193: Committee report on sale of the Temple to the Government of the United States; recommendation to proceed with the sale. (12/08: VI-202; resolution by the Trustees of the Temple to concur in this sale.
  • VI-195; Charitable committee report.

12/08 Agenda

  • VI-200; Charitable committee report; further report (VI-212).
  • VI-204: Report of the Trustees of the Temple.
  • VI-206: Report of the Committee on the Library.
  • VI-206: Report of the Committee of Finance.
  • VI-210: Report by Grand Master Heard regarding procuring a site for the new Temple.
  • VI-212: Edict that District Deputy Grand Masters be authorized to hold quarterly meetings. (See Edict Summary page.)
  • VI-213: Re-election of Grand Master Heard (99 ballots), and other Grand Lodge officers.

Grand Constitutions Amendment Proposals

  • 12/08: VI-211; Amendment to Grand Constitutions (see page VI-171); Part 4, Article 1, Section 10, to the reduce per capita assessment from $5 to $3; approved.

Grand Master's Address

  • 09/08: VI-196; Review of the Grand Master's address in December 1857. Adopted that the fee for restoration of charters should be the same as that required for a new charter.(See Edict Summary page.)
  • 12/27: VI-231; Address by Grand Master Heard, regarding several matters; referred to committee.

Lodge By-Law Changes

Necrologies and Memorials

  • 06/09: VI-181; Death of Rt. Wor. Rev. Asa Eaton, Past Deputy Grand Master; memorial by Rt. Wor. C. Gayton Pickman.

Petitions for Charters

  • 06/09: VI-180; Petition for Eureka U.D., New Bedford, to be granted when the requirements of the Grand Constitutions (regarding returns) be fulfulled. (Constituted 07/21/1858).
  • 09/08: VI-190; Petition for the following lodges; all granted.

Petitions for Dispensation for Lodges

Mentioned in Grand Master's Address on Pages VI-232.

Petitions for Restoration of Charter

  • 03/10: VI-171; Petition to restore Bethel Lodge, Enfield, granted. A document to be submitted to the Freemason magazine accompanied the restoration. "Nowhere were our Brethren more accrimonously[sic] persecuted during the dark ages than at Enfield. There [sic] Lodge room was broken open and their Jewels stolen, and divided among the thieves . . . The records and seal were preserved, and the more bulky furniture, but little injured, now remains the property of the Lodge. . . Since that time, now a quarter of a century, the Lodge room has remained as it was left, awaiting the time when the sound of the gravel [sic] should again call order out of chaos; and the brethren to renew their peaceful labors."

SPECIAL COMMUNICATIONS

None.

FEAST OF ST. JOHN THE EVANGELIST

(held at Masonic Temple, Boston, 12/27/1857).

Note: held in Nassau Hall, Boston.

  • VI-217: Extensive report on the sale of the Temple; committee empowered to purchase a site for the new Masonic Temple.
  • VI-227: Lodge of Instruction.
  • VI-229: Installation of Grand Master Heard and other Grand Lodge officers.
  • VI-231: Grand Master Heard's Annual Address.
  • VI-233: Grand Feast "after the manner of Masons" held in the Banqueting Hall.

LIST OF LODGES BY DATE OF PRECEDENCE: 1858

When more information is available, this will be updated with district information.
(Note: There were 12 Districts in 1858, plus a special area for Chile.)
According to the 1957 history of John Abbot Lodge (Page 1957-146), the 11th Masonic District was established on 09/13/1858, as shown below.)



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