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MOUNT CARMEL LODGE

Location: Lynn

Chartered By: Isaiah Thomas

Charter Date: 06/10/1805 II-276

Precedence Date: 06/10/1805

Current Status: Active

NOTES

V-33: Mount Carmel Lodge divided its property, about $3000, among about 25 brethren. In 1845, when the charter was to be restored, most would not return the funds.

A banner presentation appears as part of the Newburyport Feast of St. John in June 1849.

• Mount Sinai Lodge merged here, 06/15/1989.
• Damascus Lodge merged here, 03/12/2001.
• Bethlehem Lodge merged here, 10/09/2006.

PAST MASTERS

REFERENCES IN GRAND LODGE PROCEEDINGS

• Petition for Charter: 1805
• Petition for Restoration of Charter: 1845
• Consolidation Petition (with Mount Sinai Lodge): 1989
• Consolidation Petition (with Damascus Lodge): 2000
• Consolidation Petition (with Bethlehem Lodge): 2006

ANNIVERSARIES

• 1905 (Centenary)
• 1955 (150th Anniversary)
• 2005 (200th Anniversary)

VISITS BY GRAND MASTER

• 1807 (Bigelow; Constitution of Lodge and installation; Special Communication)
• 1881 (Lawrence)
• 1885 (Howland)
• 1889 (Endicott)
• 1899 (Hutchinson)
• 1905 (Sanford; Centenary; Special Communication)
• 1911 (Flanders)
• 1919 (L. Abbott; "Welcome Home Night")
• 1955 (W. Johnson; 150th Anniversary; Special Communication)
• 1989 (Ames; 2 visits, including Consolidation; Special Communication)
• 1992 (Darling)
• 2001 (Bauer; Consolidation; Special Communication)
• 2005 (Hodgdon; 200th Anniversary)
• 2006 (Hodgdon; Consolidation; Special Communication)

BY-LAW CHANGES

1875 1880 1882 1900 1902 1903 1904 1908 1910 1912 1936 1942 1949 1950 1973 2004 2007

HISTORY

• 1905 (Centennial Address, 1934-169)
• 1955 (150th Anniversary History, 1955-156)

OTHER

• 1821 (Report on delinquency, III-341, III-368)
• 1834 (Permission for remission of dues, IV-339)
• 1835 (Communication, IV-375)
• 1851 (Remission of dues, V-341)
• 1894 (Participation in Nahant corner stone laying, 1894-41)
• 1895 (Jurisdictional dispute, 1895-216)
• 1898 (Participation in Lynn corner stone laying, 1898-112)
• 1904 (Participation in Nahant corner stone laying, 1904-75)
• 1912 (Participation in Nahant corner stone laying, 1912-62)

EVENTS

INSTALLATION OF OFFICERS, FEBRUARY 1847

From Moore's Freemason's Monthly, Vol. VI, No. 4, February 1847, p. 108:

On the 18th, the officers of Mount Carmel Lodge, at Lynn, were publicly installed by the Grand Officers. The hall was full to repletion. The address was delivered by Rev. Br. Bartlett, of Marblehead, and was well received, as were all the ceremonies of the evening.

GRAND LODGE OFFICERS

• Benjamin F. Arrington, Deputy Grand Master 1927
• Charles H. Colby, DDGM, District 8 (Salem), 1929; Memorial
• Harlan S. Cummings, DDGM, District 8 (Lynn), 1923, 1924; Memorial
• Earl R. Galeucia, DDGM, District 8 (Salem), 1940, 1941; N
• Josiah F. Kimball, DDGM, District 7 (Lynn), 1895; SN
• S. Raymond King, Jr., DDGM, District 9, 2007, 2008
• William C. Maxwell, DDGM, District 5 (Salem), 1876, 1877, 1878; SN
• Fred H. Nichols, DDGM, District 7 (Lynn), 1904, 1905; SN
• Archie M. Simons, DDGM, District 8 (Salem), 1963, 1964; N
• Thomas Todd, Jr., DDGM, District 8 (Salem), 1979, 1980
• Robert J. Waugh, Jr., DDGM, District 8 (Salem), 2001; N

DISTRICTS

1803: District 2 (Newburyport and North Shore)

1821: District 2

1845: District 2

1849: District 2

1867: District 5 (Salem)

1870: District 2 (Charlestown)

1871: District 5 (Salem)

1883: District 7 (Lynn)

1911: District 8 (Lynn)

1927: District 8 (Salem)

2003: District 9

LINKS

Massachusetts Lodges