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− | , Grand High Priest<br> | + | [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAGCJPrescott James Prescott], Grand High Priest<br> |
− | , Deputy Grand High Priest<br> | + | [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAGLHFowle Henry Fowle], Deputy Grand High Priest<br> |
− | , Grand King<br> | + | [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=GMButler Caleb Butler], Grand King<br> |
− | , Grand Scribe | + | James Morss, Grand Scribe |
== REGULAR SESSIONS == | == REGULAR SESSIONS == | ||
− | === ANNUAL SESSION, | + | === ANNUAL SESSION, 09/12/1820 === |
− | ''Meeting held at | + | ''Meeting held at Boston (Ch1-195):'' |
+ | The Grand Chapter opened. | ||
− | + | The committee to investigate the chapters in Greenfield and Greenwich were given leave to sit again. | |
− | + | The Grand Chapter reported on the accounts of the Grand Secretary and Grand Treasurer. | |
− | + | The Committee on the revisions to the Grand Constitutions was continued, with a report expected at the next Communication, "in consequence of the death of their chairman." Rev. Comp. [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAGLCFelch Cheever Felch] was added to the committee. | |
− | ''Held at Mason's Hall, Boston (ChI- | + | The Deputy Grand High Priest reported on the consecration of three Royal Arch Chapters in Maine. ''The text of this report appears beginning on Page ChI-197, including the attendees and participants at these events. |
+ | |||
+ | Comp. [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAGLHFowle Henry Fowle] was chosen as Grand High Priest, but declined the office; therefore, the meeting elected the following officers for the Grand Royal Arch Chapter for the ensuing year: | ||
+ | * [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAGCJGage Jonathan Gage], Grand High Priest | ||
+ | * [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=GMButler Caleb Butler], Grand King | ||
+ | * James Morss, Grand Scribe | ||
+ | * Thomas Jackson, Grand Treasurer | ||
+ | * [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAGLJLoring John Loring], Grand Secretary | ||
+ | |||
+ | The officers were installed and the following appointments were made by the new Grand High Priest: | ||
+ | * Samuel L. Knapp, Deputy Grand High Priest | ||
+ | * William Barry, Grand Marshal | ||
+ | * [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=GMPDean Paul Dean], Grand Chaplain | ||
+ | * [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAGLEBascom Ezekiel Bascom], Grand Chaplain | ||
+ | * Gideon W. Olney, Grand Chaplain | ||
+ | * [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAGLSOsgood Samuel Osgood], Grand Chaplain | ||
+ | * Michael Roulstone, Grand Steward | ||
+ | * Daniel Baxter, Jr., Grand Steward | ||
+ | * John Scott, Grand Steward | ||
+ | * John Cook, Grand Steward | ||
+ | * Stephen S. Hedge, Grand Inside Sentinel | ||
+ | * William Eaton, Grand Tyler | ||
+ | * Joseph Currier, Grand Tyler | ||
+ | |||
+ | A committee was appointed to present, if appropriate, a new design for a diploma. | ||
+ | |||
+ | === STATED MEETING, 12/12/1820 === | ||
+ | |||
+ | ''Held at Mason's Hall, Boston (ChI-207):'' | ||
+ | |||
+ | A petition was received for [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=RACMtZion Mount Zion] Chapter in Stoughton, and a dispensation was issued. | ||
+ | |||
+ | A petition was read from [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=RACFranklin Franklin] Royal Arch Chapter: | ||
+ | <blockquote> | ||
+ | The Franklin Royal Arch Chapter by the undersigned, their Committee, appointed for this purpose, humbly represent, that this Chapter is located within twenty miles of the Chapter in Brattleborough, Vermont; that the fees demanded in that Chapter and others in that State, for all the degrees we confer, are considerably less than we are required to receive by your Laws and Regulations for conferring the same; that these circumstances embarrass our proceedings, and hinder our prosperity, at the same time they affect the revenues of the Grand Chapter, inasmuch as Masonic brethren who wish to receive the sublime degrees, residing as nigh, or perhaps nigher to us than the Brattleborough Chapter, find it for their interest to receive the degrees in that Chapter rather than from us, though residing within your jurisdiction, and in all other respects having their Masonic relation and fellowship with us, and inclined by every motive but that of economy, to be exalted in our Chapter. This state of things, connected with the fact that a neighboring Chapter under this jurisdiction has, in some instances, conferred the degrees on brethren residing in a town adjacent to us, without recommendation for us, and for a sum in fact less than the legal fees, has lessened our work and revenue, and wounded our Masonic feelings.<br> | ||
+ | <br> | ||
+ | As a partial relief from these embarrassments, the undersigned, in behalf of this Chapter pray the Grand Chapter to pass a law or adopt some regulation, that shall benefit this Chapter to exalt candidates residing within this jurisdiction, and within twenty miles of any Chapter in Vermont, on the same terms, or for the same fees, that are required under the Vermont jurisdiction, which we understand to be twenty-five dollars. | ||
+ | </blockquote> | ||
+ | |||
+ | The petition was forwarded to a committee which recommended that the "$31" provision in the 12th Article of the Constitutions be replaced with an amount of $25. | ||
+ | |||
+ | The committee on the conduct of this Chapter reported that, following a meeting with its representatives and an examination of its records, that it considered the Chapter "worthy of the high consideration, affection and protection of this Grand Chapter." | ||
+ | |||
+ | A communication was received from the High Priest of [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=RACMountVernon Mount Vernon] Chapter in Portland, Maine, indicating that the Chapters in Maine were preparing to organize a Grand Chapter in that state, and that "this step does not originate from any disquietude in longer remaining under their government, but from its incompatibility with the 13th section of the 2nd article of the General Grand Royal Arch Constitutions". | ||
+ | |||
+ | The committee on place of meeting reported that the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts had made arrangements to meet at the Old State House for ten years; the committee of Boston Masonic institutions settled on the assessments for each of the bodies, including the Grand Chapter and the two Boston-based constituent Chapters. | ||
+ | |||
+ | It was voted that "no article in the Constitution of this Grand Chapter shall be altered except at an annual meeting thereof, unless the alteration shall have been proposed at a previous meeting." | ||
+ | |||
+ | === STATED MEETING, 06/12/1821 === | ||
+ | |||
+ | ''Held at Mason's Hall, Boston (ChI-214):'' | ||
+ | |||
+ | Grand Chapter opened. | ||
+ | |||
+ | The petition from [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=RACFranklin Franklin] Chapter was read and postponed until the next Annual Communication. | ||
+ | |||
+ | The committee on charges against [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=RACKingHiram1 the Chapter at Greenwich] reported progress and was given leave to sit again. | ||
+ | |||
+ | A committee was appointed to examine the Grand Chapter regalia. | ||
+ | |||
+ | A communication was read from [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=RACStPaul St. Paul's] Chapter. | ||
+ | |||
+ | A communication was read from the new Grand Chapter of Maine. | ||
== SPECIAL MEETINGS == | == SPECIAL MEETINGS == | ||
− | === SPECIAL MEETING AT | + | === SPECIAL MEETING AT STOUGHTON, 08/22/1821 === |
+ | |||
+ | ''Held in Stoughton (ChI-218):'' | ||
+ | |||
+ | Grand Chapter opened. The commission for the constituting of [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=RACMtZion Mount Zion] Chapter was read. | ||
− | + | A procession of Grand Chapter officers was formed and proceeded to the Meeting House, where the Chapter was consecrated and its officers installed. | |
== LIST OF CHAPTERS IN MASSACHUSETTS: 1820 == | == LIST OF CHAPTERS IN MASSACHUSETTS: 1820 == | ||
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− | ! | + | ! Chapter |
! Precedence Date | ! Precedence Date | ||
− | ! | + | ! Notes |
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|[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MABoston Boston] | |[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MABoston Boston] | ||
|[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=RACStAndrew St. Andrew's] | |[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=RACStAndrew St. Andrew's] | ||
|08/28/1769 | |08/28/1769 | ||
− | | | + | | |
|- | |- | ||
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|[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MANewburyport Newburyport] | |[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MANewburyport Newburyport] | ||
|[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=RACKingCyrus King Cyrus] | |[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=RACKingCyrus King Cyrus] | ||
|06/28/1790 | |06/28/1790 | ||
− | | | + | | |
|- | |- | ||
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|[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAGroton Groton] | |[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAGroton Groton] | ||
|[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=RACStJohnG St. John's] | |[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=RACStJohnG St. John's] | ||
− | | | + | |09/20/1803 |
− | | | + | | |
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|[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MEPortland Portland (Maine)] | |[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MEPortland Portland (Maine)] | ||
|[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=RACMountVernon Mount Vernon] | |[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=RACMountVernon Mount Vernon] | ||
|02/13/1805 | |02/13/1805 | ||
− | |'' | + | |''removed to Maine 02/1821'' |
|- | |- | ||
− | |||
|[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MACharlton Charlton] | |[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MACharlton Charlton] | ||
|[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=RACKingSolomon King Solomon's] | |[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=RACKingSolomon King Solomon's] | ||
|09/17/1805 | |09/17/1805 | ||
− | | | + | | |
|- | |- | ||
− | |||
|[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MASalem Salem] | |[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MASalem Salem] | ||
|[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=RACWashington Washington] | |[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=RACWashington Washington] | ||
|01/09/1811 | |01/09/1811 | ||
− | | | + | | |
|- | |- | ||
− | |||
|Greenwich | |Greenwich | ||
|[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=RACKingHiram1 King Hiram (1)] | |[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=RACKingHiram1 King Hiram (1)] | ||
|06/13/1815 | |06/13/1815 | ||
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|- | |- | ||
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|[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAAttleboro Attleboro] | |[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAAttleboro Attleboro] | ||
|[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=RACAdoniram Adoniram] | |[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=RACAdoniram Adoniram] | ||
|09/10/1816 | |09/10/1816 | ||
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− | |- | + | |- |
− | + | ||
|[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MASpringfield Springfield] | |[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MASpringfield Springfield] | ||
|[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=RACMorningStar Morning Star] | |[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=RACMorningStar Morning Star] | ||
|06/29/1818 | |06/29/1818 | ||
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|- | |- | ||
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|[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MANantucket Nantucket] | |[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MANantucket Nantucket] | ||
|[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=RACRisingSun Rising Sun] | |[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=RACRisingSun Rising Sun] | ||
|11/25/1818 | |11/25/1818 | ||
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− | |- | + | |- |
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|[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=RACFranklin Franklin] | |[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=RACFranklin Franklin] | ||
|[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAGreenfield Greenfield] | |[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAGreenfield Greenfield] | ||
|12/07/1818 | |12/07/1818 | ||
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|- | |- | ||
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|[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MABoston Boston] | |[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MABoston Boston] | ||
|[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=RACStPaul St. Paul's] | |[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=RACStPaul St. Paul's] | ||
|01/25/1819 | |01/25/1819 | ||
− | |'' | + | | |
+ | |- | ||
+ | |[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MEBath Bath (Maine)] | ||
+ | |[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=RACMontgomery Montgomery] | ||
+ | |12/07/1819 | ||
+ | |''removed to Maine 02/1821'' | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MEHallowell Hallowell (Maine)] | ||
+ | |[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=RACJerusalem Jerusalem] | ||
+ | |12/07/1819 | ||
+ | |''removed to Maine 02/1821'' | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MEWiscasset Wiscasset (Maine)] | ||
+ | |[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=RACNewJerusalem New Jerusalem] | ||
+ | |12/07/1819 | ||
+ | |''removed to Maine 02/1821'' | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAStoughton Stoughton] | ||
+ | |[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=RACMtZion Mount Zion] | ||
+ | |12/12/1820 | ||
+ | | | ||
|} | |} | ||
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Latest revision as of 19:15, 28 November 2023
1820
James Prescott, Grand High Priest
Henry Fowle, Deputy Grand High Priest
Caleb Butler, Grand King
James Morss, Grand Scribe
Contents
REGULAR SESSIONS
ANNUAL SESSION, 09/12/1820
Meeting held at Boston (Ch1-195):
The Grand Chapter opened.
The committee to investigate the chapters in Greenfield and Greenwich were given leave to sit again.
The Grand Chapter reported on the accounts of the Grand Secretary and Grand Treasurer.
The Committee on the revisions to the Grand Constitutions was continued, with a report expected at the next Communication, "in consequence of the death of their chairman." Rev. Comp. Cheever Felch was added to the committee.
The Deputy Grand High Priest reported on the consecration of three Royal Arch Chapters in Maine. The text of this report appears beginning on Page ChI-197, including the attendees and participants at these events.
Comp. Henry Fowle was chosen as Grand High Priest, but declined the office; therefore, the meeting elected the following officers for the Grand Royal Arch Chapter for the ensuing year:
- Jonathan Gage, Grand High Priest
- Caleb Butler, Grand King
- James Morss, Grand Scribe
- Thomas Jackson, Grand Treasurer
- John Loring, Grand Secretary
The officers were installed and the following appointments were made by the new Grand High Priest:
- Samuel L. Knapp, Deputy Grand High Priest
- William Barry, Grand Marshal
- Paul Dean, Grand Chaplain
- Ezekiel Bascom, Grand Chaplain
- Gideon W. Olney, Grand Chaplain
- Samuel Osgood, Grand Chaplain
- Michael Roulstone, Grand Steward
- Daniel Baxter, Jr., Grand Steward
- John Scott, Grand Steward
- John Cook, Grand Steward
- Stephen S. Hedge, Grand Inside Sentinel
- William Eaton, Grand Tyler
- Joseph Currier, Grand Tyler
A committee was appointed to present, if appropriate, a new design for a diploma.
STATED MEETING, 12/12/1820
Held at Mason's Hall, Boston (ChI-207):
A petition was received for Mount Zion Chapter in Stoughton, and a dispensation was issued.
A petition was read from Franklin Royal Arch Chapter:
The Franklin Royal Arch Chapter by the undersigned, their Committee, appointed for this purpose, humbly represent, that this Chapter is located within twenty miles of the Chapter in Brattleborough, Vermont; that the fees demanded in that Chapter and others in that State, for all the degrees we confer, are considerably less than we are required to receive by your Laws and Regulations for conferring the same; that these circumstances embarrass our proceedings, and hinder our prosperity, at the same time they affect the revenues of the Grand Chapter, inasmuch as Masonic brethren who wish to receive the sublime degrees, residing as nigh, or perhaps nigher to us than the Brattleborough Chapter, find it for their interest to receive the degrees in that Chapter rather than from us, though residing within your jurisdiction, and in all other respects having their Masonic relation and fellowship with us, and inclined by every motive but that of economy, to be exalted in our Chapter. This state of things, connected with the fact that a neighboring Chapter under this jurisdiction has, in some instances, conferred the degrees on brethren residing in a town adjacent to us, without recommendation for us, and for a sum in fact less than the legal fees, has lessened our work and revenue, and wounded our Masonic feelings.
As a partial relief from these embarrassments, the undersigned, in behalf of this Chapter pray the Grand Chapter to pass a law or adopt some regulation, that shall benefit this Chapter to exalt candidates residing within this jurisdiction, and within twenty miles of any Chapter in Vermont, on the same terms, or for the same fees, that are required under the Vermont jurisdiction, which we understand to be twenty-five dollars.
The petition was forwarded to a committee which recommended that the "$31" provision in the 12th Article of the Constitutions be replaced with an amount of $25.
The committee on the conduct of this Chapter reported that, following a meeting with its representatives and an examination of its records, that it considered the Chapter "worthy of the high consideration, affection and protection of this Grand Chapter."
A communication was received from the High Priest of Mount Vernon Chapter in Portland, Maine, indicating that the Chapters in Maine were preparing to organize a Grand Chapter in that state, and that "this step does not originate from any disquietude in longer remaining under their government, but from its incompatibility with the 13th section of the 2nd article of the General Grand Royal Arch Constitutions".
The committee on place of meeting reported that the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts had made arrangements to meet at the Old State House for ten years; the committee of Boston Masonic institutions settled on the assessments for each of the bodies, including the Grand Chapter and the two Boston-based constituent Chapters.
It was voted that "no article in the Constitution of this Grand Chapter shall be altered except at an annual meeting thereof, unless the alteration shall have been proposed at a previous meeting."
STATED MEETING, 06/12/1821
Held at Mason's Hall, Boston (ChI-214):
Grand Chapter opened.
The petition from Franklin Chapter was read and postponed until the next Annual Communication.
The committee on charges against the Chapter at Greenwich reported progress and was given leave to sit again.
A committee was appointed to examine the Grand Chapter regalia.
A communication was read from St. Paul's Chapter.
A communication was read from the new Grand Chapter of Maine.
SPECIAL MEETINGS
SPECIAL MEETING AT STOUGHTON, 08/22/1821
Held in Stoughton (ChI-218):
Grand Chapter opened. The commission for the constituting of Mount Zion Chapter was read.
A procession of Grand Chapter officers was formed and proceeded to the Meeting House, where the Chapter was consecrated and its officers installed.
LIST OF CHAPTERS IN MASSACHUSETTS: 1820
Location | Chapter | Precedence Date | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Boston | St. Andrew's | 08/28/1769 | |
Newburyport | King Cyrus | 06/28/1790 | |
Groton | St. John's | 09/20/1803 | |
Portland (Maine) | Mount Vernon | 02/13/1805 | removed to Maine 02/1821 |
Charlton | King Solomon's | 09/17/1805 | |
Salem | Washington | 01/09/1811 | |
Greenwich | King Hiram (1) | 06/13/1815 | |
Attleboro | Adoniram | 09/10/1816 | |
Springfield | Morning Star | 06/29/1818 | |
Nantucket | Rising Sun | 11/25/1818 | |
Franklin | Greenfield | 12/07/1818 | |
Boston | St. Paul's | 01/25/1819 | |
Bath (Maine) | Montgomery | 12/07/1819 | removed to Maine 02/1821 |
Hallowell (Maine) | Jerusalem | 12/07/1819 | removed to Maine 02/1821 |
Wiscasset (Maine) | New Jerusalem | 12/07/1819 | removed to Maine 02/1821 |
Stoughton | Mount Zion | 12/12/1820 |