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* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Jordan Jordan] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MADanvers Danvers], 1808)
 
* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Jordan Jordan] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MADanvers Danvers], 1808)
 
* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Mystic Mystic] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAPittsfield Pittsfield], 1810)
 
* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Mystic Mystic] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAPittsfield Pittsfield], 1810)
* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=GoodSamaritan1 Good Samaritan] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAReading Reading], 1816)
 
 
* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Hampden Hampden] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MASpringfield Springfield], 1817)  
 
* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Hampden Hampden] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MASpringfield Springfield], 1817)  
 
* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=SolomonsTemple Solomon's Temple] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAUxbridge Uxbridge], 1818)
 
* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=SolomonsTemple Solomon's Temple] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAUxbridge Uxbridge], 1818)
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* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MountHope Mount Hope] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAFallRiver Fall River], 1824)
 
* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MountHope Mount Hope] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAFallRiver Fall River], 1824)
 
* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Liberty Liberty] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MABeverly Beverly], 1824)
 
* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Liberty Liberty] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MABeverly Beverly], 1824)
* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Eden1 Eden] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAWare Ware], 1824)
 
 
* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=OrphansHope Orphan's Hope] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAWeymouth Weymouth], 1825)
 
* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=OrphansHope Orphan's Hope] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAWeymouth Weymouth], 1825)
 
* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Bethel Bethel] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAEnfield Enfield], 1825) ''restored charter''
 
* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Bethel Bethel] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAEnfield Enfield], 1825) ''restored charter''
* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Oxford1 Oxford] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAOxford Oxford], 1825)
 
 
* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Grecian Grecian] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MALawrence Lawrence], 1825)
 
* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Grecian Grecian] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MALawrence Lawrence], 1825)
 
* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Plymouth Plymouth] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAPlymouth Plymouth], 1825)
 
* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Plymouth Plymouth] ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAPlymouth Plymouth], 1825)

Revision as of 17:48, 9 September 2010

1858

JOHN T. HEARD, Grand Master

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.
  • 09/08: VI-185; Death of Rt. Wor. Francis J. Oliver, Past 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.

  • DISTRICT 1: William T. Coolidge, Newton, District Deputy Grand Master
  • DISTRICT 2: Isaac P. Seavey, Newburyport, District Deputy Grand Master
  • DISTRICT 3: William North, Lowell, District Deputy Grand Master
  • DISTRICT 4: Levi Rawson, Farnumsville, District Deputy Grand Master
  • DISTRICT 5: Lucien B. Keith, Hingham, District Deputy Grand Master
  • DISTRICT 6: Henry Earle, Worcester, District Deputy Grand Master
  • DISTRICT 7: George H. Taber, Fairhaven, District Deputy Grand Master
  • DISTRICT 8: Sylvanus Baxter, Hyannis, District Deputy Grand Master
  • DISTRICT 9: Daniel Reynolds, Springfield, District Deputy Grand Master
  • DISTRICT 10: W.B.C. Pearsons, Holyoke, District Deputy Grand Master
  • DISTRICT 11: Charles B. Rogers, Charlestown, District Deputy Grand Master
  • DISTRICT 12: Clement A. Walker, South Boston, District Deputy Grand Master
  • VALPARAISO: C.T. Ward, Valparaiso, Special Deputy for Valparaiso

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