MassachusettsYear1798
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1798
JOSIAH BARTLETT, Grand Master
Samuel Dunn, Deputy Grand Master
Joseph Laughton, Senior Grand Warden
William Little, Junior Grand Warden
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QUARTERLY COMMUNICATIONS
- 03/12 (Concert Hall, Boston): II-125;
- II-125: Petition from Bristol Lodge to be withdrawn.
- II-125: Petition for Mount Moriah Lodge, Reading; granted.
- II-126: Petition for Marine Lodge, Falmouth; granted.
- II-126: Petition for Social Lodge, Ashley (Ashby); granted.
- II-126: Petition for Eastern Star Lodge, east parish of Rehoboth; granted.
- II-126: Correspondence from members of the former Harmonic Lodge.
- II-127: Report on new book of Constitutions.
- II-127: Resolution that Grand Lodge not hold communications with lodges that do not pay dues to the Grand Lodge be suspended with respect to St. Andrew's Lodge.
- 06/11 (Concert Hall, Boston): II-129;
- II-129: Correspondence with Adams Lodge read and filed.
- II-130: Committee of correspondence appointed.
- II-130: Report of committee on Harmonic Lodge assets.
- II-130: Charity committee presented regulations; adopted.
- II-130: Petition for King David Lodge, Taunton, granted.
- II-131: Address to the President of the United States.
- 09/10 (Concert Hall, Boston): II-133;
- II-133: Petition for lodge in Hardwick; held over.
- II-133: Committee to be appointed for distribution of the Book of Constitutions.
- II-134: Reply from President Adams.
- 12/10 (Concert Hall, Boston): II-135;
- II-136: Petition for lodge in Hardwick; held over.
- II-136: Committee appointed to consider "the state of Masonry in this Commonwealth" and the "expediency of erecting more Lodges".
- II-136: Committee to review Grand Secretary and Grand Treasurer accounts.
- II-136: Petition for a lodge in Orrington; held over.
- II-136: Proceedings to be printed and distributed.
- II-137: Re-election of Grand Master Bartlett.
SPECIAL COMMUNICATIONS
- 01/17 (Concert Hall, Boston): II-122;
- II-122: Correspondence.
- II-123: Reconsideration of vote to revise the Book of Constitutions; a new edition to be printed (with revisions by Thaddeus Harris and a committee to review it).
- II-123: Thanks voted to Past G.M. Paul Revere.
- II-123: Committee of correspondence to be created.
- II-123: Charity Committee to be created.
- II-123: A plate to be procured for the printing of certificates.
- 03/24 (Concert Hall, Boston): II-128;
- II-128: Petition for a lodge in Northampton; withdrawn.
- II-128: Correspondence with Adams Lodge.
LIST OF LODGES IN MASSACHUSETTS: 1798
No. | Location | Lodge | Precedence Date | Chartering Body |
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1 | Boston | St. John's (Boston) | 07/30/1733 | St. John's Grand Lodge |
2 | Boston | Rising States | 11/30/1752 | Massachusetts Grand Lodge |
3 | Marblehead | Philanthropic | 03/25/1760 | Massachusetts Grand Lodge |
4 | Portland (Me.) | Lodge at Portland | 03/30/1762 | St. John's Grand Lodge |
5 | Newburyport | St. John's (Newburyport) | 07/17/1766 | St. John's Grand Lodge |
6 | Gloucester | The Tyrian | 03/02/1770 | Massachusetts Grand Lodge |
7 | Boston | The Massachusetts | 05/13/1770 | Massachusetts Grand Lodge |
8 | Nantucket | Union (Nantucket) | 05/27/1771 | St. John's Grand Lodge |
9 | Newburyport | St. Peter's | 03/06/1773 | Massachusetts Grand Lodge |
10 | Lancaster | Trinity | 02/15/1776 | Massachusetts Grand Lodge |
11 | Machias (Me.) | Warren | 09/04/1778 | Massachusetts Grand Lodge |
12 | Ipswich | Unity | 03/09/1779 | Massachusetts Grand Lodge |
13 | Charlestown | King Solomon's | 09/05/1783 | Massachusetts Grand Lodge |
14 | Williamstown | Friendship | 07/23/1785 | Massachusetts Grand Lodge |
15 | Salem | Essex | 06/11/1792 | Grand Lodge of Massachusetts |
16 | Wiscasset (Me.) | Lincoln | 06/01/1792 | Grand Lodge of Massachusetts |
17 | Hanover | Old Colony | 12/10/1792 | Grand Lodge of Massachusetts |
18 | Blandford | Federal | 12/10/1792 | Grand Lodge of Massachusetts |
19 | Worcester | Morning Star | 06/11/1793 | Grand Lodge of Massachusetts |
20 | Cheshire | Franklin | 06/09/1794 | Grand Lodge of Massachusetts |
21 | Penobscot (Me.) | Hancock | 06/09/1794 | Grand Lodge of Massachusetts |
22 | Greenfield | Republican | 12/09/1794 | Grand Lodge of Massachusetts |
23 | Framingham | Middlesex | 06/08/1795 | Grand Lodge of Massachusetts |
24 | Lenox | Evening Star | 06/09/1795 | Grand Lodge of Massachusetts |
25 | New Marlborough | Cincinnatus | 12/09/1795 | Grand Lodge of Massachusetts |
26 | Provincetown | King Hiram's | 12/12/1795 | Grand Lodge of Massachusetts |
27 | Hallowell (Me.) | Kennebec | 03/15/1796 | Grand Lodge of Massachusetts |
28 | Charlton | Fayette | 03/15/1796 | Grand Lodge of Massachusetts |
29 | Roxbury | Washington | 03/17/1796 | Grand Lodge of Massachusetts |
30 | Boston | Columbian | 06/08/1796 | Grand Lodge of Massachusetts at large |
31 | Northfield | Harmony | 06/13/1796 | Grand Lodge of Massachusetts |
32 | Dorchester | Union (Dorchester) | 06/13/1796 | Grand Lodge of Massachusetts |
33 | Monson | Thomas | 12/13/1796 | Grand Lodge of Massachusetts |
34 | Groton | St. Paul's | 01/31/1797 | Grand Lodge of Massachusetts |
35 | Wellfleet | Adams | 06/13/1797 | Grand Lodge of Massachusetts |
36 | South Hadley | Jerusalem | 06/13/1797 | Grand Lodge of Massachusetts |
37 | Columbia (Me.) | Tuscan | 06/13/1797 | Grand Lodge of Massachusetts |
38 | Norton | Bristol | 06/14/1797 | Grand Lodge of Massachusetts |
39 | Bridgewater | Fellowship | 06/15/1797 | Grand Lodge of Massachusetts |
40 | Concord | Corinthian | 06/16/1797 | Grand Lodge of Massachusetts |
41 | Franklin | Montgomery | 09/13/1797 | Grand Lodge of Massachusetts |
42 | Oxford | Olive Branch | 09/13/1797 | Grand Lodge of Massachusetts |
43 | Brookfield | Meridian Sun | 09/13/1797 | Grand Lodge of Massachusetts |
44 | Lexington | Hiram | 12/11/1797 | Grand Lodge of Massachusetts |
45 | Watertown | Meridian | 12/11/1797 | Grand Lodge of Massachusetts |
46 | Holmes' Hole | King Solomon Lodge in Perfection | 12/11/1797 | Grand Lodge of Massachusetts |
47 | Falmouth | Marine | 03/13/1798 | Grand Lodge of Massachusetts |
48 | Reading | Mount Moriah | 03/14/1798 | Grand Lodge of Massachusetts |
49 | Ashby | Social | 03/16/1798 | Grand Lodge of Massachusetts |
50 | Rehoboth | Eastern Star | 03/16/1798 | Grand Lodge of Massachusetts |
51 | Taunton | King David | 06/12/1798 | Grand Lodge of Massachusetts |