MassachusettsYear1799

1799

JOSIAH BARTLETT, Grand Master

Samuel Dunn, Deputy Grand Master
JOSEPH LAUGHTON, Senior Grand Warden, Grand Master pro tem, 09/09/1799 - 12/27/1799
John Boyle, Junior Grand Warden

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QUARTERLY COMMUNICATIONS

• 03/11 (Concert Hall, Boston): II-138;
  • II-138: Petition for lodge in Stoughton; held over.
  • II-139: The "State of Masonry" committee recommended that no new lodges be granted for two years from current date.
  • II-139: Interpretation of Section 10, Article 12 of the Grand Constitutions.
  • II-139: Committee on public building report.
  • II-139: Report on Grand Secretary and Grand Treasurer accounts.
  • II-140: Correpondence.

• 06/10 (Concert Hall, Boston): II-141;
  • II-141: Committee on the subject of erecting new lodges (and reconsidering the earlier decision); and to fix fees for the degrees and to consider the "state of Masonry".
  • II-142: Correspondence with King Solomon Lodge of Perfection.
  • II-142: Fayette Lodge permitted to meet in rotation at Charlton, Sturbridge, and Dudley.

• 09/09 (Concert Hall, Boston): II-143;
  • II-143: Letter of resignation from Grand Master Bartlett; Senior Grand Warden Joseph Laughton acting pro tem. A committee appointed to draft a response to the letter.
  • II-144: Petition to review the property of the former Harmonic Lodge.
  • II-144: Correspondence.

• 12/09 (Concert Hall, Boston): II-145;
  • II-145: Committee to be appointed to confer with St. Andrew's Lodge regarding the propriety of acknowledging the authority of the Grand Lodge.
  • II-146ff: Letter from and response to Grand Master Bartlett.
  • II-150: Committee on property of the former Harmonic Lodge.
  • II-151: Committee on the "state of Masonry" and the fees report.
  • II-151: Petition for Rising Star Lodge, Stoughton, granted.
  • II-151: Petition for lodge in Leominster, filed.
  • II-151: Resolution that votes for Grand Lodge officers be taken separately.
  • II-152: Report on Grand Secretary and Grand Treasurer accounts.
  • II-152: Samuel Dunn elected Grand Master; other Grand Officers elected.

SPECIAL COMMUNICATIONS

• 12/17 (Concert Hall, Boston): II-154;
  • II-154: Installation of Grand Master Dunn and other Grand Officers.

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LIST OF LODGES IN MASSACHUSETTS: 1799

No.	Location	Lodge	Precedence Date	Chartering Body
1	Boston	St. John's (Boston)	07/30/1733	St. John's Grand Lodge
2	Boston	Rising States	11/30/1756	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
52	Stoughton	Rising Star	12/09/1799	Grand Lodge of Massachusetts

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