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1852

GEORGE M. RANDALL, Grand Master

NOTES

QUARTERLY COMMUNICATIONS

Held at Masonic Temple, Boston

• 03/10: V-370;
• 06/09: V-382;
• 09/08: V-403;
• 12/08: V-411; (Annual Communication)

03/10 Agenda

• V-372: Petition by Meridian Lodge to remove to Natick; granted.
• V-373; Report of jurisdictional dispute between Rising Sun Lodge in Nashua, N.H. and St. Paul's Lodge, Groton (First reported in 1851.)
• V-376: Communication from Grand Lodge of Kentucky.
  • 06/09: V-384; Grand Lodge declined financial support for the building of the Louisville Masonic Temple due to lack of funds.
• V-376: Resignation of Bro. Josiah Baldwin, long time Grand Tyler (more than 30 years).
• V-377: Communication from the Grand Lodge of California.

06/09 Agenda

• V-383: Bro. Levi Bates appointed and installed Grand Tyler.
• V-383: Committee of arrangements appointed for the anniversary of the initation of George Washington.
  • 09/08: V-408; Partial report of committee; procession, oration and dinner to be held.
• V-385ff: Reply to Bro. Jacob Norton on the subject of Jewish forms of prayer in Lodge.

Note: 48 Lodges listed as represented at this meeting, detailed on pages V-401/402.

09/08 Agenda

• V-405: Petition by Mount Tom Lodge, Holyoke, for remission of dues, and assistance in finding a "proper and safe" place to meet.
• V-406: Petition by Montgomery Lodge, Medway, to remove to Milford; application informal and without approval of nearest lodge; tabled.
  • 12/08: V-514; granted. (Note also that Charity Lodge, formerly of Milford, did not have its charter restored this year and never again convened.)
• V-408: Documents and correspondence from the Grand Orient of France and its Grand Master, Prince Murat.
• V-409: Masonic Monument proposal from a Virginia brother; Grand Lodge to contribute $100.

12/08 Agenda

• V-412: Report of the Trustees of the Grand Charity Fund.
• V-415: Petition by Cincinnatus Lodge to remove to Sheffield; to be granted when the District Deputy Grand Master grants approval.
• V-417: Report of the Committee on Finance.
• V-419: Re-election of Grand Master Randall and other Grand Lodge officers.
• V-420: Plymouth Lodge dues remitted.

Grand Constitutions Amendment Proposals

• 09/08: V-407; Amendment to Grand Constitutions to raise Annual Fees to $5; referred.
  • 12/08: V-417; tabled and referred to the next Quarterly communication.

Grand Master's Address

None.

Necrologies and Memorials

• 03/10: V-374; Death of Rt. Wor. Thomas M. Vinson, Past Senior Grand Warden; memorial delivered by committee.

• 06/09: V-383; Death of Rt. Wor. Charles Bates, Grand Lecturer.
  • 09/08: V-404, delivered by Rev. Bro. Stephen Lovell.

• 12/08: V-421; Death of Rt. Wor. Thomas Cole, Past Grand Warden; delivered by Rt. Wor. C. Gayton Pickman.

Petitions for Charters

• 03/10: V-372; Petition by Ashler Lodge, Rockport; granted (Dispensation 03/16/1851).

• 06/12: V-372; Petition for Ben Franklin Lodge, Grafton; granted, name changed to Franklin Lodge. (Dispensation 03/15/1851).

Petitions for Dispensation for Lodges

• 06/08: V-384; Dispensation for Baalbec Lodge, East Boston.

• 06/08: V-384; Dispensation for Ancient York Lodge, Lowell.

Petitions for Restoration of Charter

• 03/10: V-371; Petition to restore Charity Lodge, Milford; petition "not in conformity with regulations" and tabled.

SPECIAL COMMUNICATIONS

• 05/10: V-379; Special meeting to receive Brother Louis(Lajos) Kossuth of Hungary. Address by Grand Master Randall and eloquent reply by Kossuth (which "occupied about three quarters of an hour and was listened to with rapt attention."

FEAST OF ST. JOHN THE EVANGELIST

(held at Masonic Temple, Boston, 12/30/1851)

• V-423: Instruction session.
• V-430: Installation of Grand Master Randall and other Grand Lodge officers. Grand Secretary presented a "curious Masonic Watch made in London in the year 1800‚" description given.
• V-430: Rt. Wor. Winslow Lewis presented Grand Lodge with a gilt framed portrait of Prince Murat, Grand Master of France.

LIST OF LODGES BY DATE OF PRECEDENCE: 1852

When more information is available, this will be updated with district information.

• DISTRICT 1: Jerome V.C. Smith, Boston, District Deputy Grand Master
• DISTRICT 2: Benjamin Huntoon, Marblehead, District Deputy Grand Master
• DISTRICT 3: Prentice Cushing, Lowell, District Deputy Grand Master
• DISTRICT 4: Jonathan Greenwood, Framingham, District Deputy Grand Master
• DISTRICT 5: Albert Case, Hingham, District Deputy Grand Master
• DISTRICT 6: Horace Chenery, Worcester, District Deputy Grand Master
• DISTRICT 7: Lucien B. Keith, New Bedford, District Deputy Grand Master
• DISTRICT 8: Jeremiah Stone, Provincetown, District Deputy Grand Master
• DISTRICT 9: W. Franklin Weston, Dalton, District Deputy Grand Master
• NANTUCKET: Benjamin Brown, Nantucket, Special Deputy for Nantucket

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