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1819

FRANCIS J. OLIVER, Grand Master

Samuel P. P. Fay, Deputy Grand Master
Caleb Butler, Senior Grand Warden
Joseph Jenkins, Junior Grand Warden


NOTES

QUARTERLY COMMUNICATIONS

  • 03/10 (Masons Hall, Boston): III-189;
    • III-189: Installation of some Grand Lodge officers.
    • III-190: Election of Grand Charity Fund trustees.
    • III-191: The Grand Master is directed to investigate delinquency among lodges in the jurisdiction.
    • III-192: Report of committee on ". . . certain reports which have been circulated to the prejudice of the Grand Officers in the discharge of their official duties, appointed 12/09/1818";
      • 09/08: III-210; committee discharged.
    • III-193: First report from committee on American Union Lodge.
    • III-194: Report of committee on American Bible Society. (in detail beginning on page III-196.)
    • III-194: Committee on support of Amherst Academy. (in detail beginning on page III-197.)
  • 06/10 (Masons Hall, Boston): III-200;
    • III-201: Report on American Union Lodge; charter expired, and that lodge is to conform to the Grand Lodge of Ohio.
    • III-206ff: Various correspondence.
  • 09/08 (Masons Hall, Boston): III-209;
  • 12/08 (Masons Hall, Boston): III-239;
    • III-241: A delegation from Districts 9, 10 and 11 presented a Memorial regarding the establishment of a new Grand Lodge in Maine, subsequent to its creation as a separate State.
    • III-242: Report on reconciliation in Middlesex Lodge.
    • III-243: Report of committee on suspensions and expulsions.
    • III-244: Report of Charity Committee.
    • III-246: Report of Finance Committee.
    • III-249: Election of Samuel Prescott Phillips Fay as Grand Master. Election of other Grand Officers.
    • III-252: Communication from Grand Lodge of New Hampshire.
    • III-252: Petition by The Tyrian Lodge, Gloucester, for charitable assistance.
      • 12/27, III-254; granted.
    • III-253: Memorial regarding irregularities in Pentucket Lodge.
      • 12/27: III-264; referred to District Deputy Grand Master, 5th Masonic District.)
  • 12/27 (Masons Hall, Boston): III-254;
    • III-256: Report of committee on the future Meeting Place of the Grand Lodge; recommendation for the purchase of Merchants Hall. Grand Treasurer instructed to subscribe for shares in a corporation.
    • III-259: Presentation by Grand Master Oliver on "the state and Condition of the Craft under this jurisdiction."
    • III-259: Installation of Grand Master Fay and other Grand Lodge officers.
    • III-262: Thanks voted to past Grand Treasurer.

PETITIONS FOR CHARTERS

  • 09/08: III-211; Petition for lodge in Watertown to be withdrawn.
  • 12/08: III-253; Petition for Union Lodge, Union (Me.), referred.
    • 12/27: III-258; granted.

SPECIAL COMMUNICATIONS

None.

LIST OF LODGES IN MASSACHUSETTS BY DISTRICT: 1819

DISTRICT 1 (Boston and vicinity)

Thomas Power, District Deputy Grand Master; 17 Lodges

DISTRICT 2 (Newburyport and North Shore)

Andrew Nichols, District Deputy Grand Master; 10 Lodges

DISTRICT 3 (South Shore and Cape Cod)

Sylvester Baker, District Deputy Grand Master; 8 Lodges

DISTRICT 4 (Southeast)

Abiathar Richardson, District Deputy Grand Master; 9 Lodges

DISTRICT 5 (Framingham, west and north)

David Wilder, District Deputy Grand Master; 7 Lodges

DISTRICT 6 (Central Mass., Worcester)

James Fisk Robbins, District Deputy Grand Master; 11 Lodges

DISTRICT 7 (North Central Massachusetts)

Titus Strong, District Deputy Grand Master; 11 Lodges

DISTRICT 8 (Berkshires)

John Whiting, District Deputy Grand Master; 9 Lodges

DISTRICT 9 (Southern Maine)

William Swan, District Deputy Grand Master; 18 Lodges

DISTRICT 10 (Central Maine)

Manly Hardy, District Deputy Grand Master; 8 Lodges

DISTRICT 11 (Eastern Maine)

Jonathan D. Weston, District Deputy Grand Master; 4 Lodges

DISTRICT 12 (Islands)

Hezekiah B. Gardner, District Deputy Grand Master; 2 Lodges

OUTSIDE OF MASSACHUSETTS

No District Deputy Grand Master; 1 Lodge



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