RACMassachusettsYear1800

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1800

Benjamin Hurd, Jr., Grand High Priest
Jonathan Gage, Deputy Grand High Priest
James Harrison, Grand King
Joshua Greenleaf, Grand Scribe

REGULAR SESSIONS

ANNUAL SESSION, 09/16/1800

Meeting held at Mason's Hall, Boston (ChI-23):

The Grand Chapter opened. St. Andrew's Chapter was allowed to make a return at the next meeting.

The meeting elected the following officers for the Grand Royal Arch Chapter for the ensuing year:

  • Benjamin Hurd, Jr., Grand High Priest
  • Joshua Greenleaf, Deputy Grand High Priest
  • William McKean, Grand King
  • Charles Jackson, Grand Scribe
  • Elisha Sigourney, Grand Treasurer
  • Seth Sweetser, Grand Secretary
  • Thaddeus Mason Harris, Deputy Grand Chaplain
  • Henry Purkitt, Grand Marshal
  • Robert Newman, Inside Sentinel
  • William Tarbox, Grand Outside Tyler
  • Hezekiah Hudson, Grand Steward
  • Amos Tappan, Grand Steward
  • David Stanwood, Grand Steward
  • Angier March, Grand Steward

ANNUAL SESSION, 09/17/1799

Held at Union Hall, Newburyport (ChI-23; Dudley Atkins Tyng presiding):

The Grand Chapter affirmed that this session was the annual meeting of the Grand Chapter, which would henceforth be held in future on the third Thursday of September every year, alternately in Boston and Newburyport.

The meeting elected the following officers for the Grand Royal Arch Chapter for the ensuing year:

  • Benjamin Hurd, Jr., Grand High Priest
  • Joshua Greenleaf, Deputy Grand High Priest
  • William McKean, Grand King
  • Charles Jackson, Grand Scribe
  • Elisha Sigourney, Grand Treasurer
  • Seth Sweetser, Grand Secretary
  • Thaddeus Mason Harris, Deputy Grand Chaplain
  • Henry Purkitt, Grand Marshal
  • Robert Newman, Inside Sentinel
  • William Tarbox, Grand Outside Tyler
  • Hezekiah Hudson, Grand Steward
  • Amos Tappan, Grand Steward
  • David Stanwood, Grand Steward
  • Angier March, Grand Steward

SPECIAL MEETINGS

None.

LIST OF CHAPTERS IN MASSACHUSETTS: 1800

No. Location Lodge Precedence Date Chartering Body
1 Boston St. Andrew's 08/28/1769 Scotland
2 Newburyport King Cyrus 06/28/1790 ?

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