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MOUNT LEBANON LODGE

Location: Boston

Chartered By: Samuel Dunn

Charter Date: 06/08/1801 II-181

Precedence Date: 06/08/1801

Current Status: Active


NOTES

A Boston lodge, chartered at the beginning of the 19th century and one of the few Dunn charters still active.


PAST MASTERS

  • Henry Fowle, 1801-1803, 1805
  • William Bentley, 1804, 1806
  • John Barber, 1807
  • Samuel Thaxter, 1808-1810, 1813
  • Benjamin Gleason, 1811; SN
  • Robert Lash, Jr., 1812, 1823
  • Jared Lincoln, 1814
  • Charles Wells, 1815, 1816, 1818-1822, 1826; SN
  • William Barry, 1817
  • Simon W. Robinson, 1824, 1825, 1845
  • Gilbert Nourse, 1827, 1828, 1844; SN
  • William Knapp, 1829, 1830
  • Thomas Waterman, 1831, 1832
  • Samuel Millard, 1833, 1834
  • James Holbrook, 1835-1837
  • William Eaton, 1838-1840
  • Edward Bell, 1841, 1842, 1846
  • Osgood Eaton, 1843
  • Charles Bates, 1847-1850, Mem
  • Albion K. P. Cooper, 1851, 1852
  • William H. L. Smith, 1853-1856; Mem
  • Franklin H. Sprague, 1857, 1858
  • William H. Sampson, 1859, 1860
  • John L. Stevenson, 1861-1863
  • John F. Abbott, 1864, 1865
  • Ira D. Davenport, 1866-1868
  • William J. Ellis, 1869, 1870
  • Caleb Blodgett, 1871, 1872
  • George D. Moore, 1873, 1874
  • Warren B. Ellis, 1875, 1876; Mem
  • Albert L. Richardson, 1877, 1878; Memorial
  • Charles J. Miller, 1879, 1880
  • George E. Atwood, 1881, 1882
  • Edward F. Smith, 1883, 1884
  • Charles E. Phipps, 1885, 1886
  • Frank Fuller, 1887, 1888
  • George H. Endres, 1889, 1890
  • Bart M. Young, 1891, 1892
  • Gus G. Stanwood, 1893, 1894
  • William B. Phipps, 1895, 1896
  • Harry D. Delano, 1897, 1898
  • C. W. Parker, Jr., 1899, 1900
  • Frederic I. Clayton, 1901, 1902
  • Walter B. Tripp, 1903, 1904; Mem
  • Edwin M. Steere, 1905
  • Charles W. Kidder, 1906, 1907
  • Joseph T. Paul, 1908, 1909; Mem
  • Frank E. Buxton, 1910, 1911
  • Charles S. Hadaway, 1912, 1913
  • Harrington D. Learnard, 1914, 1915
  • Everett W. Crawford, 1916
  • Frank A. North, Sr., 1917
  • Andrew P. Cornwall, 1918, 1919; N
  • Edward C. Mathewson, 1920, 1921
  • D. Henry Childs, 1922, 1923
  • Walter F. Nolen, 1924, 1925
  • T. Frederick Brunton, 1926, 1927
  • Edward W. Phillips, 1928
  • Henry W. Stevens, 1929, 1930; N
  • A. VanAllen Thompson, 1931, 1932
  • Wilhelm E. Lundqvist, 1933, 1934
  • George E. Seabury, 1935
  • Frank A. North, Jr., 1936
  • Leo E. Davison, 1937
  • Walter E. Duncan, 1938, 1939
  • Frederic L. Pike, 1940, 1941; N
  • Henry W. Cook, Jr., 1942
  • George E. Amazeen, 1943, 1944
  • Lawrence G. Hopkins, 1945, 1946
  • George E. Tew, 1947, 1948
  • Lester M. Clark, 1949, 1950
  • George N. Ackerman, 1951, 1952
  • Raymond G. Hallgren, 1953, 1954
  • Harry W. Tileston, Jr., 1955, 1956
  • Harold F. Petherick, 1957, 1958, 1978, 1979
  • Hans O. Johnson, 1959, 1960, 1976, 1977, 1981; N
  • John F. Van Baars, 1961, 1962; N
  • Robert N. Gordon, 1963
  • William C. Scott, 1964, 1965
  • Ira W. Biggar, 196
  • Daniel D. Field, 1967, 1968
  • Robert H. Gallagher, 1969
  • Thomas G. Smiley, 1970, 1971
  • John R. Waldman, 1972, 1973
  • Joseph M. Dube, 1974, 1975
  • Dean A. Burland, 1980
  • Clark B. Loth, 1982-1984; PDDGM
  • Albert V. Ferguson, 1985, 1986
  • Taylor F. Massie, Jr., 1987, 1988, 1993
  • Ronald K. Beaton, 1989, 1990
  • Paul H. Walker, 1991, 1992
  • David J. Gray, 1994, 1995
  • Vaughn A. Lovejoy, 1996, 1997
  • Ronald H. Ackerman, 1998, 1999
  • Frank B. Gomes, Jr., 2000, 2001
  • David P. Cerasoli, 2002-2004
  • Stephen B. Smith, 2005
  • Robert V. Jolly, Jr., 2006, 2007
  • Timothy A. Ackerman, 2008, 2009
  • Matthew J. Wissell, 2010, 2011

YEARS

1801 1820 1821 1839 1855 1866 1869 1870 1872 1873 1874 1875 1878 1879 1881 1885 1890 1892 1895 1897 1900 1901 1902 1904 1906 1908 1912 1916 1922 1924 1926 1927 1928 1934 1935 1936 1938 1943 1947 1950 1951 1976 1993 2010 2011


EVENTS

PRESENTATION, NOVEMBER 1851

From Moore's Freemason's Monthly Magazine, Vol. XI, No. 1, November 1851, p. 29:

Allow me to lay before your readers a brief notice of a very pleasunt Masonic meeting which occurred at the Temple, on Monday evening, October 20th. It appears that or the twenty Masters who have presidetl over Mnunt Lebanon Indge, ten now belong to it ae P. Masters. At a iate meetinE of the horlv. a vote was passed to present each of them with a past l\laster's jeruel. Tt*L *;;; presented on the occasion to which rve refcr, to the following persolls !_

  • -Robert_Lash, Sinr.n W. Bolj11s6n, Gilberi Nurse, Thoma-s Futurrnun, Samuel

4.illard, Jarnes Hoibrook, William'Eaton, Edwaid Bell, OsgoodE;l"q ;; Charles Batcs, _ At.the.reqnest_of the.Lodge,these Jewels were presented by Rev, Stephen Lovell, D. D, G ltl. of the Firsi .Nlasonic District, icco,,,punied Uy the fofiowiog address:- Rt. W, Brotheqs, -Past Maeters of Mount Lebanon Lodge:-I have been re_ quested,.in behaif of the Lodge, to present to you severrllf, a Jewel ,ppi"priuL to the relation vou sustain to this bodv. - And althnugh in respect to r\lasoriic lisht, it would become me to adoot the tb nigdu,taog teh, eo Gf roenaet Mofo rthael L nignchite notf vtheen ewraotreldrl ,.pi,a It rolnnso eo nf eoeud,rt oi ncsotmitue titoon i.A rw" h;oo ;mi;';e;e_k lv , dlhou,.-to mq?" still I ciirnot corrsistentiy,"fruin fro* itu;ir;i;;g;';';ffi; m glhrtifyinqg in its nnaatutruer,e, -'-----'e- thIltte nrneayd. awpipthe atrh eto -fsi"oomst eo of ff iyflovu ,M annsdn npiea rtwicinutlaprrlcy- rthoq ro nrhei ow rh^ot s^e- l^ofc sk^s^ ^h^a^ve been ,rr uray. dpj)ear ro-some ot yi)u, and parttcularly to one whose locks have :lLr^._1"^d_X,llh the Ji"ost of fifty Masonic winteri, rhailhis roken of respect comes =$.;',rirdiJy: . B.ut rvhatever ilelay m-ay. huu" nccurred i; ilr;;il;",ili;;: rn, I. beg yorr to feel perfectly assirred ihat Mnunr f,"b";; io;;;;; ;;;;;-i;,

oe 811gle monrent Iost sight the valuablc' serviccs I'ou hate "rcndered, nor of

[e obltoa.tinn those ncruinos 1,""a i--^...1 r,,^- t"^- a-r -.^-,- :- ,-r-- , r- r loit sight-of the. valuable services you t ** ?"nJ;;-, ;;.';i

  • e ...b,lq*,t"1.1!lseseyiiry l'ave. imposed ,rpon t ""

' A"J t;;-i;;;il;;;;;: nirg thparettiernbdli gtoa toi'frfer,r yaonud iann t eesqtuifiyvianldgn'tto fybor uthr'em beerint;e.-fi t;s; ;r;e;c; eiveMd.; ;I;';h;a;;t; ;in;.ileed ?orI1{ b" her wish ; but the thing is impossibie ; and you neither expect nor de_ +Froar tbe Olive Branch. izetl under a cberter from the Grontl Lodge, in November of the saule y And it was during this brief period-in October-that the venerable Past I ter, senior of tho;e now before me, was placed in the Northeast corner of LLoodd€glee,, as an upritgllilt[ IMvlaassoonn,, and receilvedo il[t strilctrlly iln chnarge ever troo walk act as such. And it is with no ordinary emotions of plcrsure thet the coff tthiis Lodrgree,. most of whom were then unborn,. ffiinrdi that he never fforgot charse. nor "deviated charge, from its import, And the sbme may be said, though referince to shorter periods of tim6, of all the Paet Masteis, rvhom I now the honor to address. t Some'of you, my Brethreu, have eeen hard timee,-times which -tried country, carrying before it hundreds, perhaps. thousands, who had been a.ong us-l6nving them stripped of 'dvery'thirrg except the unenviable r and notorietv o[f Masonic traitore-Jtulddaasseess of the {fiirrssttr wrvaatteerr,, or ratlhrer ot darkhestt ddyvee. .' You met that shock as the ocean rock rneete the wave*purer freer frori defilement by the sarne threaterring \pave? whieh, broken and ins. dies awav vour feeL souls,-tim6s when none brit "good men and trrte" dared to stand forth iq fencs of our time-honored and gldry-crowned institution. But here are men fore me who stood firia. You met ihe Anti-lllasonic blast which swept over again, shining with increaseC lustre, and speaking with a more potent II=ihee present ils an unprecedented time ofpeace andl-pprroossppeerriittyy with the Fr ty. But the clearest sky and the brightest srrn have been followed by ciloruudls, muttering thuntdleiis,, and sswweeeeppiinngu tempests. Then is the tirne when representatives if Hiram Abif shoulil sdiud try their prineiples and sustain t integrity. IVllurit Lebanon Lodge has had the pleasure of being governed a.nd ho: by tw€nty Presiding Masters. On the graves of some of them she has drt the green aeassia, Eeilewed with th€ t6ars of Brotheily affebtiorr. Some chan ed tbeir connection from thisto other Masonie bodies, And to each of, remulning ten, she this night appropriates a Past Master's Jewel, which I h frrll confiIence in believing-will bir worrr with equal pleasure to the receiver, within. The best of instituti But. "great is truth, and wwiill prevail." Though crushed to ear$' it will honor to the Lodge. 6@*MMyv Brretthrren,. iI' qwas eally reminded-lvhich,_however, was in perfect tice with my own conviciions of propriety-that, on this occasion, my sshhnonulldd bhee fdiw.- AAnndd IT wwoorurlldd tthhaa.tt tthhedvy rtve6re ((,' wwoorrddss f6i1tl1y,r ssppo6kh-genn :;t"t wyh!*i h ancient Grand Master. Solomon, King-of Israel, once ddclareit were'tlike ple* of goid in pictures of silver." i'n"1s.t ;dJie;;sr ya wav at your 'i"oy;i;tt; to,L to coutend with foes from rvithout anil traitore ihe 6esC institutions and the best of men have met with oppos ' In co"nclusiori, I would say, that no purer pleasure nor higher honor could conferred on me ttris evening, than the privilege of placir:g these Jewels w thevy ssoo jiuussttllyv bbeelloonngc--aanndd there mav thev. for manv long Years, be seen uI nisbeiL I ule prtvllege ot pracrDg lnese Jewer$ h may they, many years, u At this perioil the Jewel wasfresented to each inilividuat. After whicht W. Robert Lasb, the senior Past Master referreil to above, replied in himself anil his associates, addressing the Master in the Ohair as follows'r* R. m-I rise with ilifrdence to aildress to you. No words of mine ate quate to express the de'ep emotious of my heart, as I loo'k bae k'through the, ofl fifty yeai's, to the timel most dear to m5i memory, when I received those first structions, in this Lodge, which were indelibly impresseil on my young mind, r which are the basis of out'.principl.es ar$ tenetr; a.ntlI thank God that I su here, at this hour; and on thii occasion, after so loug lapse of timel to part in the benefaction of the same Lodge, wheie I received my initiation. Haring attend€d with great pldsure to the words so fitly spoken -anil queniJy delivered in the addrese of our R. W. Brother, rvho hae invested us b Jewels, I would respectfully reply in behalf of my W. Companions and 'n'y- elf, the recipients. TYe receive this investment rvith a.high appreciation oftbe honor conferred on : We have a grateful sense of this magnificent act of our l,odge, which shows r tlrat our labors of love, in the Temple of our solenrnities, are not forgotten. l'Lese aie indeed precious Jeryels. They sre to .us of inestimable value. We ricerely hope th'ey rvill be worthily w6rn, that their brightness may never be &med by any act that would sully aur good name, or biing discredit to the fudge; and may they remind us, ever, that tlre duties.and obl,iga*iom, .and the hrons of instruction which we have inculcated on others, sboulit be the subjects J oor oun observance, the rule of our own conduct, This is a joyous occasion, rvhich brings together in a happy band of reciprocal lrotherly love arrd fellowship so nrany of the Past i\Iasters of this Lodge; and rtHlewe thus unite, we will give a tear to the remernbrance of fft,ose ,rvho have rgone before ;" may their memory be bl'essed. We rejoice in the prosperity of rLedge, rvhich enables thern, with a liberality that does them honor, to make 5 beetowment of their favor, this testimony of their approbation. Irecollect, that, at an entertainment given on the occasion of the consecration d onr Lodge, some fifty years ago, thtM. W. Grand Master, Samuel Dunn, gave lE sentiment:- u Mmnt Lebanan I'odg,e:$er works praise her," - Bow happy are we nory to repeat her praises, and to say, long may she con- he to shine a bright star in the galaxy of our Ilasonic hemisphere. And now ql Brethrerr all, may we walk worrhy of our vocatiori, walk as children of the ftlt,('walk uplightlyandwe shil[ walk surclyl" remembering our engage- Esatthealtarof truth,onwhich is inscribed holiness to the Lord; livein ,tEe,and may the God of love and peace delight to dwell rvith and to bless us.

INSTALLATION, JANUARY 1864

From Moore's Freemason's Monthly Magazine, Vol. XXIII, No. 4, February, 1864, p. 114:

The officers of this excellent and prosperous Lodge were publicly installed at Freemasons' Hall, in this city, on the evening of the 10th of January. There were about a hundred ladies, principally the wives and daughters of the members, present to witness the ceremonies, which were ably performed by the Deputy Grand Master, R. W. Brother Charles C. Dame, and were interspersed with music by a fine quartette of ladies and gentlemen. The Charge was given by the M. W. Grand Master Parkman, in his usual happy and impressive manner. At the conclusion of the ceremonies a procession was formed and the company repaired to the Banqueting Hall, where Brother Silsbee of the Winthrop House, had spread one of the finest entertainments of the season, both in its variety and service.

The officers installed were as follows :—

  • John F. Abbot, Master
  • Ira D. Davenport, S. W.
  • William J. Ella, J. W.
  • Cadis B. Boyce, Treas.
  • Thomas Waterman, Sec'y.
  • Henry E. Lang, S. D.
  • George Moore, J. Deacon
  • Thomas W. Osborn, S. S.
  • Bela D. Ladd, J. S.
  • William R. Alger and John W. Dadmun, Chaplains
  • E. L. Sanderson, Marshal
  • William Pratt, Jr., I. S.
  • Stephen B. Ball, Chorister
  • Luther L. Tarbell, Tyler

INSTALLATION, JANUARY 1866

From Moore's Freemason's Monthly Magazine, Vol. XXV, No. 4, February, 1866, p. 118:

A public installation of the officers of Mount Lebanon Lodge took place at the Lodge-room, Masonic Hall, Summer street, on the 8th of January. The exercises were of a very interesting character, and quite a large number of ladies graced the occasion with their presence. The following is a list of the officers installed:—

  • Ira D. Davenport, W. M.
  • John W. Dadmun, S. W.
  • James R. Elliot, J. W.
  • Cadis B. Boyce, Treas.
  • Thomas Waterman, Sec.
  • George D. Moore, S. D.
  • Bela D. Ladd, J. D.
  • William Pratt, Jr., S. S.
  • Thomas Waterman, Jr., J. S.
  • Aaron R. Coolidge, I. S.
  • Noah M. Gaylord, Chaplain
  • William W. Elliot, Marshal
  • S. B. Ball, Chorister
  • John F. Abbott
  • J. F. Hews, William Boyce, M. V. Lincoln, and William Marble, Committee on Charity;
  • Luther L. Tarbell, Tyler.

The ceremonies of the installation were performed by M. W. Grand Master Charles C. Dame.

Appropriate music was furnished by Mount Lebanon Lodge Quartette Club, consisting of Brothers S. B. Ball, Hiram Wilde, J. Kimball, and Edward Prescott; Brother Howard M. Dow officiating as pianist.

At the conclusion of the formal exercises a supper, prepared in the most elegant style by Br. Tarbell, was partaken of, after which speeches were made by Ira D. Davenport, W. M., Grand Master Dame, Rev. Br. Dadmun, Rev. Br. Alger, Rev. Br. Gaylord, Brothers Woodbury, Marshall, and others. The speeches were interspersed with music. Br. William Marble read a poem, and Br. H. D. Barnabee contributed to the enjoyment of the occasion with several comic songs and recitations.

PRESENTATION, MARCH 1874

From New England Freemason, Vol. I, No. 4, April 1874, Page 196:

The Cedars of Lebanon. — At the Stated Communication of Mount Lebanon Lodge, of Boston, held on the thirteenth instant, Brother Woodbridge, a member of the Lodge, presented a cone from one of the Cedars of Lebanon, brought home by Brother W. Wallace, of the U. S. Marine Corps, who furnished the following certificate of its genuineness:

"Marine Barracks, Navy Yard, Boston, March 17, 1874.

"Respected Bro. Woodbridge: According to promise, I send you the cone from the cedars of Lebanon, and that there can be no question as to its being genuine, I propose to give you a little account as to how it came into my possession.

"In the year 1872,1 was attached to the U. S. Ship Guerriere, serving in the Mediterranean Squadron. While there, we made a tour of the East, visiting many places where a ship of war is seldom seen. While in the town of Beirut, in Syria, I made the acquaintance of Brother Samuel Halleck, who was attached to the Presbyterian Mission at that place. With him I visited a native Lodge, and was received in the most friendly manner. The Treasurer of the Lodge was a chief of the Druses, Jalhook Pacha, attached to the staff of the Governor of Lebanon and living in the region where what are left of the celebrated trees exist. Upon my expressing a desire for some memento of them, he, after some time, sent me three of these cones, one of which I send you for presentation to your Lodge and which I hope will be acceptable. Fraternally Yours, "(Signed) "W. WALLACE."

The interesting memento was laid up in the archives of the Lodge.


MEMORIALS

JUSTIN E. STEVENS 1822-1852

  • MM 1843, Mount Lebanon

From Moore's Freemason's Monthly, Vol. XII, No. 3, January, 1853, p. 94:

In this city, on the morning of the 17th December, Dr. Justin E. Stevens, youngest son of Dr. John Stevens, aged 30.

Dr. Stevens was a graduate of the Military Academy of Vermont, under the charge of Capt. Partridge. He afterwards studied medicine in this city, and received a diploma from Harvard University. On the breaking out of the war with Mexico, he received an appointment as surgeon in the army, and was present at the taking of the city of Mexico. On the establishment of peace, he returned home, bringing with him, like hundreds of others, the seeds of the disease which finally terminated his existence on earth.

He was made a Mason soon after attaining to his majority, and was a member of the Boston Encampment of Knights Templars at the time of his death. He was a young man of great purity of character, and was highly esteemed by all who knew him, for the amiability of his temper and excellent social qualities. His friends will long lament his premature death, as the loss of one to whom they had become endeared through warm, social and fraternal relations. He leaves a young and accomplished wile—an aged father, and brothers and sisters, to embalm his memory in tears of sorrow.

His funeral was attended by his military and Masonic friends, from the residence of his father, on Monday, the 20th. The President elect, Gen. Pierce, to whose regiment the deceased was attached, while in Mexico, was present, and united in paying the usual military honors to his memory.


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1821: District 1

1835: District 1

1849: District 1

1867: District 1 (Boston)

1883: District 1 (Boston)

1911: District 1 (Boston)

1927: District 1 (Boston)

2003: District 1


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