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1867

CHARLES C. DAME, Grand Master

QUARTERLY COMMUNICATIONS

(Held at Freemasons' Hall, 10 Summer St., Boston through June; in the new Masonic Temple on Tremont Street in September and after)'

• 03/13: VII-143;
• 06/12: VII-158;
• 09/11: VII-174;
• 12/11: VII-190; (Annual Communication)

==== 03/13 Agenda

• VII-152: Order to establish a Sinking Fund for the Grand Lodge debt.
• VII-156: Announcement that the new Masonic Temple would be dedicated on 06/24.

06/12 Agenda

• VII-159: Grand Master's report on the suspension of the Master of Berkshire Lodge.
  • 09/11: VII-175; further report on the matter.
  • 12/11: VII-205; Master expelled.
• VII-163: Memorial by King Solomon's Lodge in protest of increase of Grand Lodge dues; committee appointed to consider the matter.
  • 06/12: VII-167: resolution of clarification.
  • 09/11: VII-176; report of committee.
• VII-166: Motion to postpone the enforcement of a captiation tax.

09/11 Agenda

• VII-181ff: Report of communications with the Grand Lodge of Nova Scotia. The Grand Lodge will not recognize it as regular.
• VII-188; Communications from St. John's (Boston), regarding initiation of rejected candidates from Boston in New Brunswick.
• VII-189; Committee directed to prepare and report a new burial service.
  • 12/11: VII-195; reported, and ordered to be printed.

12/11 Agenda

• VII-196: Report of Auditing Committee.
• VII-201; Reports of District Deputies, including notes on capitation tax.
• VII-202: Re-election of Grand Master Dame, and other Grand Lodge officers.
• VII-205: Report of committee on incorporating lodges.
• VII-205: Communication from King Solomon's Lodge regarding jurisdictional dispute with Carroll Lodge in Freedom, N.H.

Grand Constitutions Amendment Proposals:

• 03/13: VII-155; Amendment to the Grand Constitutions to prohibit Lodges from incorporating.
  • 06/12: VII-167; Adopted.
    • Amendment to Part 4, Article 2 Section 1.
    • Amendment to Part 5, Section 22. (revision 09/11; Page VII-179.)
    • Addition of Part 5, Section 23. (09/11; Page VII-176.)

• 09/11: VII-188; Form of petition required to be signed by applicants to be attached to the Grand Constitutions.
  • Amendment to Part 4, Article 3, Section 2.
  • Amendment to Part 4, Article 3, Section 5.

Grand Master's Address

• 03/13: VII-145ff; Report on Grand Master's Address of 12/27/1866.

• 12/27: VII-211; Grand Master's Address.

Lodge By-Law Changes

None.

Necrologies and Memorials

None.

Petitions for Charters

• 03/13: VII-154; Petition for Excelsior U.D., Franklin, granted.

• 03/13: VII-155; Petition for Kilwinning U.D., Lowell, granted.

06/12: VII-160: Petition for Oriental U.D., Edgartown, granted with corrections to the by-laws.

06/12: VII-161: Petition for Eliot U.D., Jamaica Plain, granted.

06/12: VII-162: Petition for Siloam U.D., Westborough, granted upon presentation of by-laws.

09/11: VII-177: Petition for William Sutton U.D., Saugus, granted.

12/11: VII-192: Petition for Ionic U.D., Taunton, granted. (Dispensation 01/08)

12/11: VII-193: Petition for Huntington U.D., Huntington, granted.

12/11: VII-193: Petition for Robert Lash U.D., Chelsea, granted. (Dispensation 01/10)

12/11: VII-192: Petition for Charles C. Dame U.D., Georgetown, granted. (Dispensation 02/15)

Petitions for Dispensation for Lodges

• Dispensations:
  • Ionic, Taunton (01/08; constitution and installation 12/19)
  • Robert Lash, Chelsea (01/10; constitution and installation 12/23)
  • Charles C. Dame, Georgetown (02/15; visited 09/30; constitution and installation 12/26, and dedicated hall)
  • William North, Lowell (03/26)
  • Paul Dean, North Easton (03/26)
  • Zetland, Boston (04/15)
  • Isaac Parker, Waltham (04/23)
  • Ionic, Easthampton (08/23)
  • St. Bernard, Southborough (09/06)
  • Mizpah, Cambridge (09/12)

SPECIAL COMMUNICATIONS

06/24; VII-170ff: Dedication of the New Masonic Temple. Extensive description of the procession and dedication proceedings at the corner of Boylston and Tremont Streets.

FEAST OF ST. JOHN THE EVANGELIST

(held at Freemasons Hall, Boston, 12/27/1867); VII-207.

• VII-208: Installation of Grand Master Dame and other Grand Lodge officers.
  • VII-210: Report of the Grand Master for the preceding year:
  • Constitutions and Installations:
    • Adams, Wellfleet (01/02)
    • Alfred Baylies, Taunton (01/09)
    • Excelsior, Franklin (03/18)
    • Kilwinning, Lowell (03/26)
    • Eliot, Jamaica Plain (06/18)
    • Oriental, Edgartown (07/08; also dedicated hall)
    • William Sutton, Saugus (10/01; also dedicated hall)
    • Huntington U.D., Huntington (12/21)
  • Hall Dedications, Installations:
    • Installation of Columbian Lodge, Boston (01/03)
    • Hall Dedication at Rockport for Ashler Lodge (01/14)
    • Hall Dedication at Melrose for Wyoming Lodge (04/24)
    • Installation at Revere Lodge, Boston (12/03)
    • Installation at Jordan Lodge, South Danvers (12/16)
• VII-214: Thanks voted to Charles W. Moore.
• VII-214: Report on travels by Rt. Wor. Marshall P. Wilder at the Grand Orient of France at the World's Fair.
• VII-218: Report of Library Committee.
• VII-220: Presentation of Portrait of Prince Frederic, Grand Master of the Netherlands.

LIST OF LODGES IN MASSACHUSETTS BY DISTRICT: 1867

There were 16 districts in Massachusetts in 1867. The district disposition is listed in the 1870 Proceedings, and this list is derived by excluding lodges chartered earlier from the district listings.

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