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ST. JOHN'S GRAND LODGE
JOHN CUTLER, Senior Grand Warden, Acting Grand Master
Richard Gridley, Deputy Grand Master
Samuel Dunn, Junior Grand Warden
Note: Rising Sun Lodge was incorporated with St. John's Boston this year.
MASSACHUSETTS (INDEPENDENT) GRAND LODGE
MOSES MICHAEL HAYS, Grand Master
Paul Revere, Deputy Grand Master
Thomas Edwards, Senior Grand Warden
Josiah Bartlett, Senior Grand Warden
Aaron Dexter, Junior Grand Warden
LIST OF LODGES IN MASSACHUSETTS GRAND LODGE JURISDICTION: 1791
| No. | Location | Lodge | Precedence Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Boston | Rising States | 11/30/1756 |
| 2 | Gloucester | The Tyrian | 02/23/1770 |
| 3 | Boston | The Massachusetts | 05/13/1770 |
| 4 | Newburyport | St. Peter's | 03/06/1772 |
| 5 | Stockbridge | Berkshire #5 | 03/08/1777 |
| 6 | Lancaster | Trinity | 01/30/1778 |
| 7 | Danvers | United States | 01/30/1778 |
| 8 | Machias (Me.) | Warren | 09/04/1778 |
| 9 | Salem | Essex | 03/09/1779 |
| 10 | Ipswich | Unity | 03/09/1779 |
| 11 | Traveling Military Lodge | Washington Army | 10/06/1779 probably no longer meeting by 1791 |
| 12 | Charlestown | King Solomon's | 09/05/1783 |
| 13 | Northampton | Hampshire | 01/30/1784 |
| 14 | Keene, NH | Rising Sun | 03/05/1784 withdrawn to the Grand Lodge of New Hampshire |
| 15 | Manchester, VT | North Star | 01/19/1785 |
| 16 | Williamstown | Friendship | 07/23/1785 |
| 17 | Cornish, NH | Faithful | 02/22/1788 withdrawn to the Grand Lodge of New Hampshire |
| 18 | Hanover, NH | Dartmouth | 12/18/1788 ceased to meet by 1791 |
| 19 | Boston | Harmonic | 12/08/1790 |
OTHER
| No. | Location | Lodge | Precedence Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Boston | Lodge of St. Andrew | 11/30/1756 Chartered by the Grand Lodge of Scotland |
