MassachusettsYear1858
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1858
JOHN T. HEARD, Grand Master
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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
- 03/10: VI-166; St. Matthew's; approved.
- 06/09: VI-176; Evening Star, Monitor, Social Harmony, approved. The code of by-laws for Morning Star were to be "returned to the W.M. of said Lodge with instruction to be further considered."
- 06/09: VI-179; St. Paul's, South Boston; approved.
- 09/08: VI-186; Cincinnatus, Hampden, Wyoming; approved with exceptions; Hiram (approved).
- 12/08: VI-206; Morning Star, Philanthropic, Union; approved.
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.
- Berkshire U.D., Adams (Constituted and hall dedicated, 09/21/1858)
- Mount Vernon U.D., Malden (Constituted and hall dedicated, 10/12/1858)
- John Abbot U.D., Somerville (Constituted and hall dedicated, 09/13/1858)
Petitions for Dispensation for Lodges
Mentioned in Grand Master's Address on Pages VI-232.
- Quaboag, Warren (03/22)
- Henry Price, Charlestown (05/19)
- Montacute, Worcester (06/21)
- Webster, Webster (09/10)
- Trinity, Clinton (09/23)
- Southern Cross, Valparaiso, Chile (11/17)
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.
- Lodges constituted, officers installed:
- Blackstone River, Blackstone (02/02)
- Hall Dedications:
- Mount Zion, Barre (12/30/1857)
- Mount Moriah, Westfield (06/24, by Rt. Wor. F. Weston)
- Nassau Hall, Boston (11/01)
- Lodges constituted, officers installed:
- 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
- St. John's (Boston, 1733)
- Lodge of St. Andrew, (Boston, 1752)
- Philanthropic (Marblehead, 1760)
- St. John's (Newburyport, 1766)
- 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 (Great Barrington, 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)
- Thomas (Palmer, 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)
- Bristol (Attleboro, 1797)
- King David (Taunton, 1798)
- Marine (Falmouth, 1798)
- Rising Star (Stoughton, 1799)
- Mount Zion (Barre, 1800)
- Aurora (Fitchburg, 1801)
- Corner Stone (Duxbury, 1801)
- Mount Lebanon (Boston, 1801)
- Fraternal (Barnstable, 1801)
- Rural (Quincy, 1801)
- Merrimack (Haverhill, 1802)
- St. Mark's (Newburyport, 1803)
- Wisdom (West Stockbridge, 1803)
- Mount Carmel (Lynn, 1805)
- Amicable (Cambridge, 1805)
- Mountain (Shelburne Falls, 1806)
- Pentucket (Lowell, 1807)
- Jordan (Danvers, 1808)
- Mystic (Pittsfield, 1810)
- Hampden (Springfield, 1817)
- Solomon's Temple (Uxbridge, 1818)
- St. Alban's (Foxborough, 1818)
- Norfolk Union (Randolph, 1819)
- Bethesda (Brighton, 1819)
- Monitor (Waltham, 1820)
- St. Matthew's (Andover, 1822)
- Warren (Amesbury, 1822)
- Star in the East (New Bedford, 1823)
- Social Harmony (Middleboro, 1823)
- Mount Hope (Fall River, 1824)
- Liberty (Beverly, 1824)
- Orphan's Hope (Weymouth, 1825)
- Bethel (Enfield, 1825) restored charter
- Grecian (Lawrence, 1825)
- Plymouth (Plymouth, 1825)
- Orphan's Hope (Weymouth, 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, 1854)
- Mount Hermon (Woburn, 1854)
- Mount Horeb (West Harwich, 1854)
- Germania (Boston, 1854)
- Putnam (East Cambridge, 1854)
- Benjamin Franklin (Dennis, 1855)
- Blackstone River (Blackstone, 1855)
- Gate of the Temple (South Boston, 1855)
- DeWitt Clinton (Sandwich, 1855)
- Mount Horeb (Medford, 1855)
- Winslow Lewis (Boston, 1855)
- Mount Moriah (Westfield, 1856)
- Paul Revere (N. Bridgewater, 1856)
- Revere (Boston, 1856)
- Wyoming (Melrose, 1856)
- Joseph Warren (Boston, 1856)
- Pequossette (Watertown, 1856)
- Eureka (New Bedford, 1857)
- Mount Vernon (Malden, 1857)
- John Abbot(Somerville, 1857)
- Berkshire (Adams, 1857)
- Agawam (Wareham, U.D.) no charter granted
- Hiram (Copiapo, Chile, U.D.)
- Quaboag (Warren, U.D.)
- Henry Price (Charlestown, U.D.)
- Montacute (Worcester, U.D.)
- Webster (Webster, U.D.)
- Trinity (Clinton, U.D.)
- Southern Cross (Valparaiso, Chile, U.D.)