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|[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MABoston Boston]
 
|[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MABoston Boston]
 
|[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=RACStAndrew St. Andrew's]
 
|[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=RACStAndrew St. Andrew's]
 
|08/28/1769
 
|08/28/1769
|''Scotland''
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|2
 
 
|[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MANewburyport Newburyport]
 
|[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MANewburyport Newburyport]
 
|[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=RACKingCyrus King Cyrus]
 
|[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=RACKingCyrus King Cyrus]
 
|06/28/1790
 
|06/28/1790
|''?''
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|3
 
 
|[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAGroton Groton]
 
|[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAGroton Groton]
 
|[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=RACStJohnG St. John's]
 
|[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=RACStJohnG St. John's]
|10/18/1804
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|09/20/1803
|''Grand Chapter of Massachusetts''
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|[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MEPortland Portland (Maine)]
 
|[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MEPortland Portland (Maine)]
 
|[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=RACMountVernon Mount Vernon]
 
|[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=RACMountVernon Mount Vernon]
 
|02/13/1805
 
|02/13/1805
|''Grand Chapter of Massachusetts''
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|5
 
 
|[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MACharlton Charlton]
 
|[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MACharlton Charlton]
 
|[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=RACKingSolomon King Solomon's]
 
|[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=RACKingSolomon King Solomon's]
 
|09/17/1805
 
|09/17/1805
|''Grand Chapter of Massachusetts''
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|6
 
 
|[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MASalem Salem]
 
|[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MASalem Salem]
 
|[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=RACWashington Washington]
 
|[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=RACWashington Washington]
 
|01/09/1811
 
|01/09/1811
|''Grand Chapter of Massachusetts''
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|7
 
 
|Greenwich
 
|Greenwich
 
|[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=RACKingHiram1 King Hiram (1)]
 
|[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=RACKingHiram1 King Hiram (1)]
 
|06/13/1815
 
|06/13/1815
|''Grand Chapter of Massachusetts''
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|[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAAttleboro Attleboro]
 
|[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAAttleboro Attleboro]
 
|[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=RACAdoniram Adoniram]
 
|[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=RACAdoniram Adoniram]
 
|09/10/1816
 
|09/10/1816
|''Grand Chapter of Massachusetts''
 
 
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Revision as of 14:35, 23 August 2022

1816

John Abbot, Grand High Priest
James C. King, Deputy Grand High Priest
Henry Fowle, Grand King
Nathaniel Knapp, Jr., Grand Scribe

REGULAR SESSIONS

ANNUAL SESSION, 09/11/1816

Meeting held at Mason's Hall, Boston (ChI-127):

The Grand Chapter opened.

Grand Chapter voted as follows:

  • To review the accounts of Treasurer and Secretary and fix their compensation.
  • To grant a dispensation for a Chapter in Attleboro.

The committee to locate a place for future meetings of the Grand Chapter was given leave to sit again.

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

  • Andrew L. Sigourney, Grand High Priest
  • Henry Fowle, Deputy Grand High Priest
  • James C. King, Grand King
  • Joseph Brown, Grand Scribe
  • Thomas Jackson, Grand Treasurer
  • John Loring, Grand Secretary
  • Zach. G. Whitman, Grand Marshal
  • Paul Dean, Grand Chaplain
  • Ezekiel Bascom, Grand Chaplain
  • Alpheus Harding, Grand Chaplain
  • James Morse, Grand Chaplain
  • Seth Johnson, Grand Steward
  • Samuel Davis, Grand Steward
  • Benjamin Whitmore, Grand Steward
  • Jonathan G. Johnson, Grand Steward
  • Richard Hunnewell, Grand Tyler
  • Ebenezer Oliver, Grand Tyler

A committee was appointed to examine the regalia of the Grand Chapter, consisting of Companions Fowle, Whitman and Loring.

STATED MEETING, 12/10/1816

Held at Mason's Hall, Boston (ChI-140):

The Grand Chapter opened.

The Grand Chapter voted:

  • To permit the Committee on Regalia to sit further.
  • To discharge the Committee on censures and expulsions "be discharged, and the subject dismissed.

STATED MEETING, 06/10/1817

Held at Mason's Hall, Boston (ChI-142):

The Grand Chapter opened.

The Grand Chapter voted:

  • To permit the Committee on Regalia to sit further.
  • To grant a dispensation for a Chapter in Springfield.
  • To form a committee to examine "a collection of Masonic songs, &c.", to be published by Comp. Luke Eastman.
  • To form a committee to "report a uniform explanation of the Key to the Royal Arch characters."
  • To form a new committee on fees.
  • To provide a dinner for the next annual session.
  • To form a new committee on the meeting place of Grand Chapter.

SPECIAL MEETINGS

SPECIAL MEETING AT ATTLEBORO, 06/24/1817

Held at "the house of Comp. Balkam", Boston (ChI-144):

The Grand Chapter opened.

The Grand Chapter opened, and received the report on Adoniram Chapter, U. D., of Attleboro, which found the records in order and the members duly proficient. The Committee consisted of Companions Richard Carrique and John J. Loring.)

A procession was then formed to the Meeting House, where the Chapter "was solemnly consecrated and its officers installed in due and ancient form and an instructive and impressive address was delivered by E. and Rev. Comp. Paul Dean."

The Chapter was then closed in due form, and the Companions enjoyed an excellent collation.

LIST OF CHAPTERS IN MASSACHUSETTS: 1816

Location Chapter Precedence Date Notes
Boston St. Andrew's 08/28/1769
Newburyport King Cyrus 06/28/1790
Groton St. John's 09/20/1803
Portland (Maine) Mount Vernon 02/13/1805
Charlton King Solomon's 09/17/1805
Salem Washington 01/09/1811
Greenwich King Hiram (1) 06/13/1815
Attleboro Adoniram 09/10/1816

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