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HISTORICAL SKETCH 
 
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 Cen^enntaf @nm))et0atg 
 
 OF 
 
 Washington Lodge 
 
 A. F. AND A. M. 
 
 ROXBURY, MASS. 
 
 1796—1896. 
 
 " Freemasonry seeks to restore the unity of the race, and to reahze 
 in a beautiful and efficient form tlie holy ideas of Charity, and Love, 
 and Brotherhood." — Rev. Augustus C. L. Arnold. 
 
 ROXBURY 
 
 PUBLISHED BY THE LODGE 
 
 1896 
 
PRINTERS 
 d. PARKHILL A. CO., BOSTON, U. S. A, 
 
 ILLUSTRATIONS 
 THE HELIOTVPE PRINTING CO., 211 TREMONT STREET. BOSTON 
 
CONTENTS. 
 
 Page 
 
 Brief Centennial History of the Lodge ... 5 
 Chronological List of all who have been Members . 92 
 'Alphabetical List of all who have been Members . 114 
 Present Members in the Order of Signing the By- 
 Laws 142 
 
 Exercises at the One Hundredth Anniversary . 151 
 Order of Service at the Church . . . .164 
 
 Reception and Banquet at Odd Fellows Building . 204 
 
 Officers of the Lodge from 1796 to 1896 . . 249 
 
Missing Page 
 
A BRIEF CENTENNIAL HISTORY 
 
 OF 
 
 WASHINGTON LODGE, 
 
 1796—1896. 
 
 " Some of the most important lessons for the government of 
 our future conduct are derived from the history of the past." 
 
 1796, March 13. Simeon Pratt, John Ward, Moses 
 Harriman, Ebenezer Seaver, Timothy Heely, Joseph 
 Ruggles, Stephen Davis, and James Howe, met at 
 the house of Brother Harriman (still standing on 
 Tremont Street, the third old house north of Parker 
 Street). 
 
 After due deliberation, they resolved to petition 
 the Grand Lodge for a Charter. They also chose, by 
 ballot, Hon. Ebenezer Seaver, Master; Simeon Pratt, 
 Senior Warden ; and John Ward, Junior Warden. 
 Pratt and Harriman were chosen a committee to 
 present the petition to the Grand Lodge. 
 
 " The petitioners were people of substance, enter- 
 prising, industrious, and God-loving." 
 
6 A BRIEF HISTORY OF 
 
 1796, March 14. In Grand Lodge: "A Petition 
 from Simeon Pratt and others, praying for a Charter 
 to hold a Lodge in the town of Roxbury, by name of 
 Washington Lodge, was read ; and Voted, That the 
 prayer of the Petitioners be granted. Brother Pratt 
 presented the Petition, and was admitted to a seat in 
 Grand Lodge." 
 
 1796, March 17. The Charter was signed by the 
 Most Worshipful . Grand Master, Paul Revere. From 
 this date the Lodge takes precedence. 
 
 This was the thirteenth Lodge chartered in Mas- 
 sachusetts. 
 
 1796, April 4. The Lodge held its first meeting 
 under its Charter at Brother Harriman's. They ap- 
 pointed Moses Harriman, S. D. ; Timothy Heely, J. D. ; 
 and Joseph Ruggles, Treasurer. 
 
 William Brewer and James Bowers were received. 
 William Blaney, Belcher Hancock, and Nathaniel Tiles- 
 ton were passed. 
 
 Any one was eligible for office and membership 
 after being received. The first degree was the prin- 
 cipal one, — its importance was what the third is 
 now. 
 
 The next meeting was held at Brother Harri- 
 man's April 7. Seven members were present, and 
 they did some work. 
 
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 In which Washington Lodge was organized, March 13, I 7S 
 
WASHINGTON LODGE. 7 
 
 1796, May 2. The first meeting in Pierce's Hall, 
 in the upper story of Lemuel Pierce's dwelling-house, 
 near where Engine-house No. 14 stands, on Centre 
 Street. All the members — eleven — present, and 
 nine visitors. 
 
 1796, May 16 and June 6. Meetings were held and 
 considerable work done. Nathaniel Ruggles was ad- 
 mitted to membership and chosen secretary. Up to 
 this time the Lodge had no regular secretary. The 
 records were made by Brother Ruggles from " rough 
 minutes handed to him." 
 
 Nathaniel Ruggles, son of Captain Joseph, was 
 a graduate of Harvard, a lawyer, and a member of 
 Congress from 181 3 to 18 19. 
 
 1796, June 13. Made returns to Grand Lodge, 
 which state that since they received their Charter 
 seven were made and six admitted to membership. 
 No account is given of those who were passed or 
 raised. 
 
 1796, June 27. Accepted a code of By-Laws. A 
 few extracts from them : 
 
 "This Body may consist of forty members." 
 "That the greatest decency and good order may be 
 observed, it is strongly recommended that every mem- 
 ber appear cleanly dressed." 
 
8 A BRIEF HISTORY OF 
 
 "The Tyler shall not be a member of any Lodge." 
 
 " Every member chosen on a committee who neg- 
 lects his duty shall pay 50 cents." 
 
 "No foreigner shall pay towards the expenses of 
 the evening ; but every brother belonging to the town 
 or its vicinity shall pay 37 cents and a half." 
 
 "The Lodge shall always close at 11 o'clock, and at 
 all times, when convenient, it shall be closed at 10 
 o'clock." 
 
 "Any brother, not a member, making application 
 for assistance shall have the benefit of a contribution 
 of the brethren present." 
 
 "Fees for the degrees: first and second, ^12.50; 
 second, ^3.00 ; third, 4.00. Membership, ;^S.oo, if 
 made in this Lodge ; ;^ 10.00 for others." 
 
 " Quarterages : 75 cents, except seafaring members, 
 who shall pay 10 cents." 
 
 " Every brother, visiting the Lodge, shall pay 37^ 
 cents." 
 
 1796, Oct. 16. Consecration of Washington Lodge. 
 "The Washington Lodge met for Installation, at 
 Pierce's Hall ; and in Grand Lodge, the Most Worship- 
 ful Paul Revere, Grand Master, made the requisite en- 
 quiries and examinations ; and, after a preliminary ad- 
 dress and descant upon the principles of Freemasonry 
 was given by Brother Josiah Bartlett, the Grand Mas- 
 ter proceeded to install the Washington Lodge in 
 
WASHINGTON LODGE. 9 
 
 ancient form, which was solemnly and pathetically con- 
 secrated by our Rev. Brother William Bently by the 
 Grand Master's appointment ; which business being 
 regularly completed, all the Brethren present walked in 
 procession to the Meeting House ^ where an address 
 was delivered by Brother William Dix and a well 
 adapted sermon delivered by Brother Bently, to a re- 
 spectable, large, and well pleased audience. 
 
 "The Brethren returned in regular procession to 
 Pierce's Hall, where, with a number of respectable gen- 
 tlemen, not of the fraternity, they partook of a con- 
 vivial repast which ended with decency and decorum." 
 
 The S. W. and Deacons were appointed a commit- 
 tee " to distribute the fragments to whom they thought 
 the most needy." 
 
 1796, Dec. 5. Choice of Officers : 
 
 Hon. Ebenezer Seaver, Master. 
 Simeon Pratt, S. W. John Ward, J. W. 
 
 1797, Dec. 4. Choice of Officers : 
 
 Simeon Pratt, Master. 
 Moses Harriman, S. W. Phinehas Withington, J. W. 
 
 1798, Dec. 3. Choice of Officers : the same as last 
 year. 
 
 I Dr. Porter's on Eliot Square, the only meeting-house in town. 
 
lO A BRIEF HISTORY OF 
 
 1799, Jan. 23. The Lodge moved from Pierce's 
 Hall to a hall in the third story of Brother Harri- 
 man's house, he having fitted it at his own expense. 
 Bro. Nathaniel Ruggles addressed the Lodge as fol- 
 lows : 
 
 " Brethren : You are now convened for the first 
 time in Bro. Harriman's Hall, newly prepared for your 
 use, furnished with implements which loudly speak that 
 Industry is the parent of improvement and the strength 
 of the community, in the midst of symbols which em- 
 phatically call you to the prompt discharge of the duties 
 of your profession, and surrounded with hieroglyphics 
 which expressly remind you of those virtues which 
 adorn society and ennoble the human heart. 
 
 " May those principles be here instilled which shall 
 further beautify your lodge room and tend to the honor 
 and respectability of Masonry ; may that caution and 
 careful scrutiny be here used that shall baffle the de- 
 signs of cowans and keep the brethren within masonic 
 order ; may that circumspection be here observed and 
 here taught that shall make every brother the pride of 
 the profession, and the express means of universal com- 
 mendation. 
 
 " In fine, Brethren, may your character and reputa- 
 tion be as bright, your philanthropy as broad, your du- 
 ration as long, your penetration as deep as the dimen- 
 sions of a well constituted Lodge." 
 
 Membership, twenty-five. 
 
WASHINGTON LODGE. 1 1 
 
 "Collection of ^4.83 for John Newland of Vermont 
 to enable him to get home." 
 
 Before the days of railroads, weary pilgrims on their 
 way to join their families and friends, frequently ap- 
 plied to the Lodge for assistance, which was always 
 given. The records are illuminated throughout with 
 "deeds of charity and pure beneficence." 
 
 1799, Nov. 20. Choice of Officers : 
 
 Nathaniel Ruggles, Master. 
 Phinehas Withington, S. W. William Brewer, J. W. 
 The Treasurer received the past year, ^312.11. He 
 paid out, ;^293.02. 
 
 1800, Jan. I. Special meeting. 
 
 " The Washington Lodge, deeply impressed at the 
 loss the fraternity and the public have sustained in the 
 death of our Right Worshipful and Illustrious Brother 
 George Washington, and wishing to join their Brethren 
 and the public in testimony of respect to his memory ; 
 whereupon voted to choose a committee to report im- 
 mediately what badges of mourning the Lodge will 
 adopt." 
 
 " The Lodge was draped in black ; the members' 
 aprons were trimmed with black ribbon, with a black 
 star in the centre ; the officers wore a black knot on 
 their jewels; and the brethren wore a black weed on 
 the left arm with a narrow blue ribbon interwoven, for 
 three Lodge nights." 
 
12 A BRIEF HISTORY OF 
 
 1800, Jan. 14. Funeral honors were paid to the 
 memory of Washington. 
 
 At sunrise the discharge of sixteen guns, and the 
 tolling of the bells reminded the citizens of Roxbury 
 that the appointed day had arrived. All business was 
 suspended. At eleven a. m. the citizens and military 
 assembled at Sumner Hall and its vicinity ; the bier 
 was brought out and received by Capt. Barnes's com- 
 pany of infantry, and the procession was formed in the 
 following order : 
 
 Capt. Barnes's company of infantry ; school-children 
 with their teachers ; two infantry companies ; company 
 of artillery ; a company of light infantry ; a troop of 
 cavalry, dismounted ; music ; Washington Lodge of 
 Freemasons ; reverend clergy ; the bier carried by six 
 sergeants ; town officers ; and a large number of citi- 
 zens, four abreast. 
 
 The procession moved down Washington Street to 
 the Boston line, and then countermarched to Rev. Mr. 
 Porter's meeting-house, Eliot Square. The bier was 
 carried into the meeting-house and placed in front of 
 the desk. After the prayer, by Rev. Mr. Bradford, 
 a eulogy was delivered by Rev. Dr. Porter. 
 
 "While the procession was moving, minute guns 
 ' with full loadings ' were fired by a detachment of 
 artillery, from ' High Fort,' and one of the pieces 
 through the identical embrasure from which the Ameri- 
 cans discharged the first cannon against the British 
 troops in Boston during the siege." 
 
WASHINGTON LODGE. 1 3 
 
 1800, Feb. 8. " Voted: To pay ten dollars to the 
 Grand Lodge to defray the expense of the grand pro- 
 cession on the nth instant, in honor of our departed 
 Brother, George Washington." 
 
 1800, Dec. 3. Choice of Officers : 
 
 John Ward, Master. 
 Phinehas Withington, S. W. Samuel Barry, J. W. 
 
 1801, Sept. 23. "The Supreme Architect was ad- 
 dressed in a short but pertinent prayer by the Rev. 
 R. W. Brother Thadeus M. Harris, after which a well 
 adapted discourse on the afflicting bereavement the 
 Lodge has sustained in the removal of its members by 
 death." 
 
 " Voted: That a collection be made for the relief of 
 our sick and distressed Bro. Oliver Jewitt ; and col- 
 lected eleven dollars." 
 
 1 80 1, Nov. 18. Choice of Officers : 
 
 Phinehas Withington, Master. 
 Samuel Barry, S. W. John Bowen, J. W. 
 
 1801, Dec. 16. "The Lodge gave consent to estab- 
 lish a Lodge in Dedham, by the name of Constellation 
 Lodge." 
 
 1802, April 14. " Voted: That when any member 
 
14 A BRIEF HISTORY OF 
 
 has paid dues to the amount of fifteen dollars, he be ex- 
 cused from paying any more." 
 
 1802, Dec. 8. Choice of Officers : 
 
 Phinehas Withington, Master. 
 Samuel Barry, S. W. John Bowen, J. W. 
 
 1803, Nov. 23. " Voted: That the young members 
 be enjoined to attend punctually, and any member be- 
 ing absent for three stated meetings successively shall 
 forfeit his membership, unless he can offer a sufficient 
 excuse for such neglect." 
 
 Choice of Officers : 
 
 Samuel Barry, Master. 
 Nathaniel Prentiss, S. W. Edward Turner, J. W. 
 
 1804, Oct. 17. Official Visitation by the D. D. 
 Grand Master. 
 
 The Grand Lodge instituted D. D. Grand Masters 
 in 1804. This was the first official visitation. 
 
 1804, Dec. 12. Choice of Officers : 
 
 Samuel Barry, Master. 
 Nathaniel S. Prentiss, S. W. Edward Turner, J. W. 
 
 1805, Sept. 10. The Grand Master issued a circu- 
 lar letter, setting forth that in many cases the work in 
 the Lodges was rude and imperfect ; therefore he had 
 
WASHINGTON LODGE. IS 
 
 appointed a Grand Lecturer to visit all the Lodges and 
 instruct them in the ancient mode of labor. 
 
 These new measures created considerable friction in 
 the Lodges throughout the jurisdiction. 
 
 1805, Oct. 30. Washington Lodge voted not to 
 take any notice of the new method, believing the 
 changes to be an innovation. 
 
 Washington Lodge suffered from the unpleasant 
 feeling engendered by the discussion which followed. 
 
 1805, Dec. 4. Choice of Officers : 
 
 Dr. Nathaniel S. Prentiss, Master. 
 Enos Withington, S. W. James Leeds, J. W. 
 
 1806, Dec. 4. Choice of Officers : 
 
 Dr. Nathaniel S. Prentiss, Master. 
 Enos Withington, S. W. Eliphalet Spurr, J. W. 
 
 1806, Dec. 4. The Lodge removed its home to 
 Sumner Hall, Sumner Street — now Palmer Street. 
 The building, now standing, was owned by the town 
 and used by the public as well as by the Lodge. A 
 school occupied the first story. 
 
 1807, Jan. 21. "Voted: That the Master and War- 
 dens be directed in Grand Lodge, at their next quar- 
 terly communication, to use their influence that the 
 
1 6 A BRIEF HISTORY OF 
 
 Grand Lodge remove the Grand Lecturer from his 
 office." 
 
 With this last shot at the Grand Lecturer, the op- 
 position to the new lectures subsided. 
 
 The radical measures proposed by the new work 
 produced considerable difficulty throughout the juris- 
 diction, including the Grand Lodge. 
 
 1808, Jan. 9. Choice of Officers : 
 
 Enos Withington, Master. 
 Eliphalet Spurr, S. W. Daniel Knower, J. W. 
 
 In August, 1808, Nathaniel S. Prentiss and seven 
 others withdrew their memberships, and new officers 
 were chosen. Samuel Barry was chosen Master, but 
 the names of the other officers were not recorded. 
 This shows that there was some disturbance, but what 
 it was does not appear on the records. 
 
 The records of the Grand Lodge give us some light 
 on the question. 
 
 1808, June 13. "It appears to this Grand Lodge 
 that the Charter by them granted to the Washington 
 Lodge, at Roxbury, has been appropriated by the 
 officers of the Lodge to the purposes of conferring 
 and receiving other degrees than those known to this 
 Grand Lodge ; it is therefore voted that the same be 
 returned." 
 
 1808, Sept. 12. The Charter was resumed by the 
 Grand Lodge and laid on the table. 
 
WASHINGTON LODGE. \-j 
 
 The records of the Grand Lodge state : " A peti- 
 tion was presented from a number of members of 
 Washington Lodge, praying for the restoration of their 
 Charter. A committee was appointed to take the sub- 
 ject into consideration, together with the concerns of 
 that Lodge generally, and that in the interim they 
 might meet and act as a Lodge under the Warrant 
 they then held." 
 
 In Grand Lodge, Dec. 7, the following vote passed 
 unanimously : " That the memorialists and petition- 
 ers of Washington Lodge, whose names the commit- 
 tee have reported, have their Charter restored to 
 them." 
 
 At a meeting of the Grand Lodge, Dec. 27, " The 
 Committee of Conference, consisting of fifteen, on the 
 conduct of a number of the officers and members of 
 Washington Lodge, and other Lodges, made the follow- 
 ing report : 
 
 "The undersigned Committee of Conference, hav- 
 ing performed the duty assigned them, and having fully 
 heard the committee deputed from the associated mem- 
 bers of what was called the Washington Encampment, 
 in Roxbury, in behalf of themselves and associates, and 
 having heard from them a very candid and satisfactory 
 disclosure of their proceedings, and received from them 
 the acknowledgment by them subscribed and herewith 
 produced, do most respectfully report that the said sub- 
 scribing associates be restored to the charities and 
 
1 8 A BRIEF HISTORY OF 
 
 friendship of the Grand Lodge, and to all the privileges 
 and hospitalities of Masonry universal." 
 
 The report was unanimously adopted. 
 
 The reader will bear in mind that it was not the 
 Lodge that conferred the irregular orders, but an asso- 
 ciation, composed of the members of the Lodge, by the 
 name of the Washington Encampment. 
 
 To loan the Charters of Craft Lodges to give 
 authority to associations to confer degrees unknown to 
 regular Lodges was a common accommodation, until 
 the Grand Lodge thought best to oblige its Lodges to 
 use their Charters only for their legitimate work. 
 
 1808, Dec. 28. Choice of Officers : 
 
 Samuel Barry, Master. 
 Abel Hubbard, S. W. Joshua C. Clark, J. W. 
 
 1809, May 24. " Voted: That the Lodge invite 
 those who had withdrawn their membership to become 
 members again by signing the By-Laws." 
 
 1809, Nov. 15. Choice of Officers: 
 
 Enos Withington, Master. 
 James Cawte, S. W. Samuel Griggs, J. W. 
 
 1810, Dec. 5. Choice of Officers: 
 
 Enos Withington, Master. 
 James Cawte, S. W. Warren Marsh, J. W. 
 
SAMUEL J. GARDNER 
 Master, I S I 7 
 
 Dr. CHARLES WILD 
 Master, I828-I,°,29: 183 8-183 
 846-1 347 
 
 SAMUEL .JACKSON 
 Master, I 834-1 83 5 , I 849-1 851 
 
 3E0RGE MOULTON 
 Master, I 85 I -I 852 
 
WASHINGTON LODGE. 19 
 
 181 1, Nov. 27. Choice of Officers : 
 
 Enos Withington, Master. 
 James Cawte, S. W. Oliver Rouse, J. W. 
 
 18 1 2, Oct. 20. Although Washington Lodge had 
 set itself right with the Grand Lodge, still the interest 
 of its members in the Lodge was sadly decreased. It 
 was also found that the funds had been improperly 
 vested. All of which caused the members to consider 
 the propriety of surrendering their Charter. 
 
 A list of the members in 1812 : 
 
 John Ward. Phinehas Withington. 
 
 Samuel Barry. Enos Withington. 
 
 Joshua C. Clark. Oliver Rouse. 
 
 Aaron Kingsbury. Joshua Holden. 
 
 Boswell Pomroy. John English. 
 
 Ebenezer S. Pierce. Wm. W. Moses. 
 
 Stephen Davis. Hon. Ebenezer Seaver. 
 
 William Brewer. Thomas Williams, Jr. 
 
 Nathaniel Ruggles. Edward Turner. 
 
 James Leeds. Charles Durant. 
 
 Benjamin Marshall. Rufus Foster. 
 
 Abel Hubbard. Jesse Stetson. 
 
 Robert S. Davis. Dan Gibbs. 
 
 Warren Marsh. Nathaniel Scott. 
 
 Isaac Farrington. William Rooke. 
 
 1 8 12, Nov. 10. Choice of Officers : 
 Joshua C. Clark, Master. 
 Joshua Holden, S. W. Oliver Rouse, J. W. 
 
20 A BRIEF HISTORY OF 
 
 1 813, Feb. 24. The propriety of surrendering the 
 Charter was unanimously negatived. 
 
 181 3, Dec. I. Choice of Officers : 
 
 Joshua C. Clark, Master. 
 Joshua Holden, S. W. Oliver Rouse, J. W. 
 
 1 8 14, Jan. 5. The officers were installed for the 
 first time since 1797. 
 
 1 8 14, Nov. 23. Choice of Officers : 
 
 Joshua Holden, Master. 
 Samuel J. Gardner, S. W. Warren Marsh, J. W. 
 
 1 81 5, May 17. Voted to accept an invitation of 
 Amicable Lodge, Cambridge, to join with them in cele- 
 brating St. John's Day. 
 
 181 5, Nov. 22. Choice of Officers : 
 
 Joshua Holden, Master. 
 Samuel J. Gardner, S. W. Warren Marsh, J. W. 
 
 1 8 16. Since 1808 but little interest is shown in 
 the Lodge by its members. In 181 5 the whole receipts 
 were ^13.50. But through the dull times a faithful few 
 persevered, and at the beginning of this year harmony 
 and good fellowship prevailed, and the Lodge assumed 
 a more elevated and dignified standing, and its con- 
 cerns wore a more promising aspect. 
 
WASHINGTON LODGE. 21 
 
 1816, April 10. Accepted an invitation to cele- 
 brate St. John's Day with Constellation Lodge, Ded- 
 ham. 
 
 Sumner Hall being found inconvenient, a suitable 
 hall was procured in the third story of a building on 
 the corner of what is now Roxbury Street and Guild 
 Row. The hall was 41 feet by 20 feet. They took a 
 lease for ten years at ^38 a year. 
 
 1 8 16, Nov. 8. The hall was dedicated. The Grand 
 Lodge and a large number of visiting brethren with 
 their ladies were present. Prayers were offered by 
 Rev. Dr. Porter and Rev. Paul Dean. An address was 
 delivered by Brother Samuel J. Gardner, Senior War- 
 den. Appropriate music was interspersed during the 
 services. At the close, "the company partook of a 
 rich repast." This was a bright day in the history of 
 the Lodge. The zeal, fidelity, and perseverance of the 
 few, in the hour of trial, had brought harmony and 
 prosperity. 
 
 1816, Dec. 4. Choice of Officers : 
 
 Samuel J. Gardner, Master. 
 Enos Withington, S. W. Dudley Andrews, J. W. 
 
 1 81 7, March 26. " Voted: That one of the Breth- 
 ren be chosen to make himself master of ancient lect- 
 ures, and to use his utmost endeavors to teach the 
 same." 
 
22 A BRIEF HISTORY OF 
 
 1817, June 24. In the morning the members as- 
 sembled at their hall, and were joined by a large num- 
 ber of brethren from the Lodges in the vicinity. At 
 noon a procession was formed, and they proceeded to 
 Dr. Porter's Meeting House. The ceremonies were 
 very imposing, consisting of a sermon by Rev. Dr. 
 Saunders of Medfield, an oration by Rev. Joseph Rich- 
 ardson of Hingham, prayers by Rev. Dr. Harris and 
 Rev. Dr. Porter, and music by the choir of the church. 
 At the conclusion, the members of the Lodge, with a 
 large number of the clergy and other invited guests, 
 partook of an " elegant banquet " at the Town House. 
 
 1817, Nov. 20. Choice of Officers : 
 
 Samuel Barry, Master. 
 Asa Bugbee, S. W. John Howe, J. W. 
 
 18 18, Nov. II. Choice of Officers : 
 
 Asa Bugbee, Master. 
 John Holden, S. W. John Howe, J. W. 
 
 1 81 8, Nov. 13. Public Installation of Officers. 
 
 1 8 19, Dec. I. Choice of Officers : 
 
 John Howe, Master. 
 Chester Guild, S. W. David Lincoln, J. W. 
 
 1 819, Dec. 6. Public Installation of Officers. 
 
WASHINGTON LODGE. 
 
 23 
 
 1820, May 12. The corner-stone of the First 
 Baptist Church, on Dudley Street, was laid, in due and 
 ancient form, by the Lodge. 
 
 1820, July 28. The Lodge laid the corner-stone of 
 the First Universalist Church. 
 
 1820, Nov. 15. Choice of Officers : 
 John Howe, Master. 
 
 Chester Guild, S. W. 
 
 James Jones, J. W. 
 
 1821, March 14. The Lodge celebrated its twenty- 
 fifth anniversary. Worshipful John Howe delivered 
 an address of great merit, which is spread in full on 
 our records. 
 
 The following shows the work of Washington 
 Lodge during its first quarter-century. 
 
 1796 to 1801, 
 1801 to 1806, 
 1806 to 181 1, 
 1811 to 1816, 
 1816 to 1821, 
 
 67 initiates, 36 members. 
 
 20 " 10 
 
 40 " 25 
 
 12 " II 
 
 48 " 31 
 
 Total, . . 187 " 113 
 
 At the close of its first quarter of a century, Wash- 
 ington Lodge held no inferior rank among sister 
 Lodges. The frequent visits of numerous worthy 
 brethren of other Lodges fully demonstrated that it 
 was respectable in itself and held in high esteem 
 
24 A BRIEF HISTORY OF 
 
 abroad. Its general prosperity was seldom surpassed. 
 The total income of the Lodge during its first twenty- 
 five years exceeded ^6,300 — an average of $250 
 annually. 
 
 1821, Nov. 9. "R. W. and Rev. Hosea Ballou, 2d, 
 pastor of the First Universalist Church, having previ- 
 ously been elected a member of Washington Lodge 
 and appointed Chaplain of it, was introduced to the 
 R. W. Master and duly installed." 
 
 "The Rev. Bro. Dean addressed the Lodge in a 
 truly elegant, affectionate, and masonic manner, which 
 did honor to the head and heart of the speaker, and we 
 trust will be profitable to those who had the pleasure 
 of hearing him, more particularly the younger brethren, 
 who by observing the excellent advice given them, will 
 be better members of society, more intelligent masons, 
 and, finally, qualified for a membership in the Grand 
 Lodge above." 
 
 1 82 1, Dec. 5. Election of Officers : 
 Chester Guild, Master. 
 James Jones, S. W. Lewis Withington, J. W. 
 
 1 82 1, Dec. 19. "The officers were installed by 
 P. M. Howe, in the First Universalist Meeting House. 
 Most of the members were present and a large number 
 of visiting brethren. An address by Rev. Bro. Hosea 
 Ballou." 
 
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 ROBERT W MOLINEUX 
 Tfoasurr.r 28 y.-rir^ 
 
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WASHINGTON LODGE. 25 
 
 1822, Nov. 28. Election of Officers : 
 
 James Jones, Master. 
 Lewis Withington, S. W. Wm. H. Brown, J. W. 
 
 1823, Oct. 15. "A communication from the Grand 
 Lodge stating the report of a committee to whom was 
 referred the motion of R. W. Bro. Cole to take into 
 consideration the expediency of raising a fund for an 
 asylum for orphans, and to provide means to carry the 
 same into effect, was read and referred for further con- 
 sideration." 
 
 1823, Nov. 12. Election of Officers: 
 James Jones, Master. 
 William H. Brown, S. W. Lewis Withington, J. W. 
 
 1823, Nov. 26. Public installation held in the First 
 Universalist Meeting House. R. W. Rev. Paul Dean 
 officiated. Rev. Dr. Porter offered the concluding 
 prayer. Benediction by Rev. Dr. Harris. There was 
 no banquet, still the records state, " The occasion was 
 highly enjoyable." 
 
 Late hours were not fashionable. The meetings 
 opened at six o'clock and closed at nine. 
 
 1824, Jan. 15. Bro. Stratton was authorized to 
 place a timber over Smelt Brook, near the entrance to 
 the hall. The cost prevented its being done. 
 
26 A BRIEF HISTORY OF 
 
 1824, Feb. 12. "A letter was received from a 
 brother asking that his dues be remitted, and that he 
 be permitted to withdraw from membership. The 
 dues were remitted ; but the request to withdraw from 
 membership, if made on account of his present in- 
 ability to pay quarterages, should not be granted ; be- 
 lieving, as we do, that it is unmasonic to dismiss a 
 brother on account of poverty." 
 
 1824, July 5. Monsieur Boulogne Constant, a No- 
 tary Public of Guadaloup, was initiated. Not being able 
 to speak English, Bro. Lauriat acted as interpreter. 
 
 1824, Nov. 4. Election of Officers :' 
 
 Lewis Withington, Master. 
 William H. Brown, S. W. Ephraim W. Stone, J. W. 
 
 1825, Oct. 28. By dispensation the three degrees 
 were conferred on Hyacinthe Gallien, a native of 
 France. Bro. Lauriat acted as interpreter. 
 
 1825, Nov. 25. Election of Officers : 
 Lewis Withington, Master. 
 Ephraim W. Stone, S. W. Jeremiah Lyon, J. W. 
 
 1825, Dec. 16. Installation of officers. Rev. Bro. 
 William Leverett gave an address. Subject : Relig- 
 ion, Morality, and Charity. 
 
WASHINGTON LODGE. 27 
 
 Rev. Dr. Porter, Pastor of First Church, 1 782-1 833, 
 Rev. Bro. Hosea Ballou, 2d, Pastor of First Universa- 
 list Church, 1 821-1838, and Rev. Bro. Wilham Lever- 
 ett, pastor of First Baptist Church, 1 825-1 839, were 
 enthusiastic patrons of Freemasonry. Although Dr. 
 Porter was never initiated, he was a true mason at 
 heart, and delighted to associate with them on all pub- 
 lic occasions. 
 
 1826, Nov. g. Election of Officers : 
 
 Ephraim W. Stone,' Master. 
 Jeremiah Lyon, S. W. Charles Wild, J. W. 
 
 1827, Dec. 6. Election of Officers : 
 
 Dr. Charles Wild, Master. 
 Reuben Hunting, S. W. Samuel Jackson, J. W. 
 
 1828, March i. "Voted to attend, as a Lodge, the 
 funeral of R. W. John Howe." 
 
 1828, Nov. 2. Election of Officers: 
 
 Dr. Charles Wild, Master. 
 Reuben Hunting, S. W. Samuel Jackson, J. W. 
 
 1829, March 19. Constellation Lodge of Dedham, 
 invited Washington Lodge to join with them in cele- 
 brating next St. John's Day. 
 
28 A BRIEF HISTORY OF 
 
 1829, Dec. 10. Election of Officers : 
 
 Asa Bugbee, Master. 
 Samuel Jackson, S. W. Jeremiah Lyon, J. W. 
 
 1830, Sept. 30. The first three officers were ap- 
 pointed a committee to solicit subscriptions for erect- 
 ing a masonic temple in Boston. 
 
 1830, Nov. 25. Election of Officers : 
 
 Asa Bugbee, Master. 
 Samuel Jackson, S. W. Jeremiah Lyon, J. W. 
 
 1 83 1, May 26. "A circular was read, requesting 
 aid for the Boston Seaman's Friend Society." 
 
 " Voted: That it lie on the table, and all disposed 
 to aid the object, subscribe to it." 
 
 183 1, Nov. 27. Election of Officers : 
 
 William H. Brown, Master. 
 Samuel Jackson, S. W. Jeremiah Lyon, J. W. 
 
 1832, Jan. 12. "A eulogy was delivered, by our 
 Rev. Bro. William Leverett, on the death of our 
 worthy Bro. Asa Bugbee." 
 
 1832, Dec. 6. Election of Officers : 
 William H. Brown, Master. 
 Samuel Jackson, S. W. Jeremiah Lyon, J. W. 
 
WASHINGTON LODGE. 29 
 
 1833, Nov. 21. Election of Officers : 
 
 Samuel Jackson, Master. 
 Jeremiah Lyon, S. W. Samuel Knower, J. W. 
 
 1834, Dec. II. Election of Officers : 
 
 Samuel Jackson, Master. 
 Samuel Knower, S. W. John Webber, J. W. 
 
 1835, Dec. 10. Election of Officers : 
 
 Charles Daniels, Master. 
 Samuel Knower, S. W. John Webber, J. W. 
 
 1836, Dec. 8. Last year's officers reelected. 
 
 Rev. Bro. Daniel Harwood gave an address on the 
 social spirit of our order. 
 
 1837, March 16. " Voted: To remit the dues of 
 each member up to date." 
 
 1837, Dec. 7. Election of Officers : 
 
 Charles Wild, Master. 
 Chester Guild, S. W. John Webber, J. W. 
 
 1838, Nov. 27. Election of Officers : 
 Same as last year. 
 
 1839, April 25. " Voted : To collect dues from 
 April I, 1838." 
 
30 A BRIEF HISTORY OF 
 
 " Voted: To clothe the Lodge in mourning for 
 three successive meetings, in token of our esteem for 
 our late lamented Bro. Aaron Kingsbury." 
 
 Bro. Kingsbury had been secretary of the Lodge 
 thirty-one years. 
 
 1840, Nov. 5. " R. W. Thomas Tolman, D. D. G. M. 
 gave an excellent address, in which he dwelt with some 
 severity on the many opposers of our Order, who would 
 destroy any social or benevolent institution if thereby 
 they could elevate themselves to a political eminence 
 that would enrich their pockets or gratify their sordid 
 appetites for fame." 
 
 "Rev. Bro. Dean followed in some beautiful re- 
 marks on the social relations and pleasant duties of 
 our Order." 
 
 1840, Nov. 19. The following officers were unani- 
 mously elected : 
 
 Dr. Charles Wild, Master. 
 John Webber, S. W. Warren Marsh, J. W. 
 
 Chester Guild, Treasurer. Samuel Jackson, Secretary. 
 Edward S. Staniels, S. D. Thomas Alker, J. D. 
 William Onion, S. S. Samuel Knower, J. S. 
 
 " It appears that we have violated the letter of 
 our By-Laws, in electing our R. W. Master for a 
 third term ; but it was the unanimous opinion that 
 the state of the Lodge at this particular time war- 
 
WASHINGTON LODGE.' 31 
 
 ranted such a deviation. ... It will be seen that our 
 ranks are very much thinned by the death of many 
 of our members and the removal of others ; therefore, 
 it was very much desired to retain the present incum- 
 bent for his talents, promptness, and his devotion to 
 Masonry." 
 
 1841, June 24. The real estate was sold to Dr. 
 Charles Wild for ^1,300. 
 
 1841, July 22. "At a meeting of Washington 
 Lodge held at Mr. Ames's Hotel, it was thought 
 from the reduced number of our members that it was 
 inexpedient to remain together longer as a Lodge." 
 
 "Bro. Chester Guild then made a motion that we 
 surrender to the Grand Lodge our Charter and such 
 other property in our possession as the laws of the 
 Grand Lodge require, which was with great reluctance 
 voted unanimously." 
 
 " Voted : That this meeting be dissolved." 
 
 The above vote was not carried out fully. The 
 Charter was surrendered ; but the other property of 
 the Lodge was stored. 
 
 From the little town of Batavia, N. Y., the anti- 
 Masonic excitement, which swept over this country 
 from 1826 to 1834, was sent forth by three notorious 
 renegades, — Wm. Morgan, David C. Miller, and David 
 
32 A BRIEF HISTORY OF 
 
 Johns, who banded themselves together to circulate the 
 writings of Miller and Morgan. 
 
 While this epidemic was frightening timid people 
 throughout the State of New York, Michigan, and the 
 western part of Pennsylvania, a gentleman of mercurial 
 temperament, a resident of Milton, Mass., visited that 
 region, took the infection, and brought it to Massachu- 
 setts. The infection spread over the State, broke up 
 many Lodges, caused dissension in the churches, in the 
 homes, and in business circles. Men known to be 
 Masons were jeered at in the streets. 
 
 Moral courage was soon found to be an unfailing 
 antidote for this disease. Twenty-five or thirty faith- 
 ful, staunch, and intelligent Brethren met one Friday 
 night at the house of the venerable and beloved 
 Brother, Robert Lash, and agreed to come out, over 
 their own names, and give the lie to the scandals with 
 which Masonry was assailed. A committee was ap- 
 pointed, R. W. Charles W. Moore, chairman, to pre- 
 pare a paper. They drafted what is known as the 
 Declaration, which was accepted, and measures taken 
 to have it signed by the Masons.^ 
 
 The Declaration is doubtless new to many Masons 
 of to-day, and deeming it worthy of being kept to the 
 front, it is here given. 
 
 1 This sketch of Anti-Masonry is compiled from a speech given at 
 the Feast of Saint John the Evangelist, 1S71, by R. W. Charles W. 
 Moore. 
 
WASHINGTON LODGE. 
 
 33 
 
 DECLARATION OF THE FREEMASONS OF BOSTON 
 
 AND VICINITY. 
 
 Presented to the Public December 31, A. D., 1831. 
 
 While the public mind remained in the high state 
 of excitement, to which it had been carried by the 
 partial and inflammatory representations of certain 
 offences, committed by a few misguided members of 
 the Masonic Institution, in a sister State ; it seemed 
 to the undersigned (residents of Boston and vicinity) to 
 be expedient to refrain from a public declaration of 
 their principles or engagements, as Masons. But, 
 believing the time now to be fully come when their 
 fellow-citizens will receive, with candor, if not with 
 satisfaction, a solemn and unequivocal denial of 
 THE allegations, which, during the last five years, 
 in consequence of their connection with the Masonic 
 Fraternity, have been reiterated against them, they 
 respectfully ask permission to invite attention to the 
 subjoined declaration. 
 
 Whereas, it has been frequently asserted and pub- 
 lished to the world, that in the several degrees of 
 Freemasonry, as they are conferred in the United 
 States, the candidate on his initiation and subsequent 
 advancement binds himself, by oath, to sustain his 
 masonic brethren in acts which are at variance with 
 the fundamental principles of morality, and incompat- 
 ible with his duty as a good and faithful citizen; in 
 justice, therefore, to themselves, and with a view to 
 establish truth and expose imposition, the under- 
 signed, many of us the recipients of every degree of 
 Freemasonry known and acknowledged in this coun- 
 try, do most SOLEMNLY DENY the existcncc of any 
 
34 A BRIEF HISTORY OF 
 
 such obligations in the Masonic Institution, so far 
 as our knowledge respectively extends. And we as 
 SOLEMNLY AVER that no pcrson is admitted to the 
 Institution, without first being made acquainted with 
 the nature of the obligations which he will be required 
 to incur and assume. 
 
 Freemasonry secures its members in the freedom 
 of thought and of speech, and permits each and every 
 one to act according to the dictates of his own con- 
 science in matters of religion, and of his personal pref- 
 erences in matters of politics. It neither knows, nor 
 does it assume to inflict, upon its erring members, 
 however wide may be their aberrations from duty, any 
 penalties or punishments, other than those of admoni- 
 tion, SUSPENSION, and expulsion. 
 
 The obligations of the Institution require of its 
 members a strict obedience to the laws of God and of 
 man. So far from being bound by any engagements 
 inconsistent with the happiness and prosperity of the 
 Nation, every citizen who becomes a Mason is doubly 
 bound to be true to his God, to his Country, and to 
 his Fellow-men. In the language of the "Ancient 
 Constitutions " of the Order, which are printed and 
 open for public inspection, and which are used as text- 
 books in all the Lodges, he is " required to keep and 
 obey the Moral Law ; to be a quiet and peaceable 
 citizen ; true to his government and just to his 
 country." 
 
 Masonry disdains the making of proselytes. She 
 opens the portals of her asylum to those only who seek 
 admission, with the recommendation of a character tm- 
 spotted by immorality and vice. She simply requires 
 of the candidate his assent to one great fundamental, 
 
WASHINGTON LODGE. 35 
 
 religious truth — the existence and providence of 
 God — and a practical acknowledgment of those in- 
 fallible doctrines for the government of life which are 
 written by the finger of God on the heart of man. 
 
 Entertaining such sentiments as Masons, as Citi- 
 zens, as Christians, and as Moral Men, and deeply 
 impressed with the conviction that the Masonic Insti- 
 tution has been, and may continue to be, productive 
 of great good to their fellow-men ; and having " re- 
 ceived the laws of the society and its accumulated 
 funds, in sacred trust for charitable uses," the under- 
 signed can neither renounce nor abandon it. We most 
 cordially unite with our brethren of Salem and vicinity, 
 in the declaration, and that, " should the people of this 
 country become so infatuated as to deprive Masons of 
 their civil rights, in violation of their written constitu- 
 tions and the wholesome spirit of just laws and free 
 governments, a vast majority of the Fraternity will 
 still remain firm, confiding in God and the rectitude of 
 their intentions for consolation, under the trials to 
 which they may be exposed." 
 
 Signed by more than six thousand Masons in New 
 England. The signers belonging to Roxbury are : 
 
 Charles Daniel. Abijah Draper. 
 
 Adam Smith. Cornelius Cowing. 
 
 Mayo Cook. Luther M. Harris. 
 
 Thomas Alker. Samuel Knower. 
 
 Alpheus M. Withington. Chester Guild. 
 
 Charles Senior. John Webber. 
 
 Willard Onion. Lewis Withington. 
 
 Aaron Kingsbury. Samuel Jackson. 
 
36 A BRIEF HISTORY OF 
 
 This Declaration gave tlie death blow to anti- 
 Masonry. It continued on decreasing in violence 
 until 1834, when the public regained its normal mind. 
 
 Washington Lodge, during all this violent opposi- 
 tion, continued to meet regularly. Some members 
 withdrew, and a few renounced Masonry ; but the 
 majority had moral courage to withstand the stupen- 
 dous influence brought to bear against them. As 
 might have been expected, but few applied for the 
 degrees. From 1827 to 1841, only eleven entered the 
 Lodge. 
 
 At a meeting of the Grand Lodge, held 1846, Sept. 
 9, a petition was presented from a number of brethren 
 formerly belonging to Washington Lodge, praying for 
 the restoration of its Charter ; upon which a com- 
 mittee was appointed, and, on the report of the com- 
 mittee, the following order was passed : 
 
 " Ordered, That the prayer of the petitioners be 
 granted, and that the Charter of said Lodge, with all 
 its original powers and privileges, be restored to the 
 following brethren : Charles Wild, John Webber, Wm. 
 Bacon, Samuel Jackson, Charles Daniel, Warren 
 Marsh, Win slow Lewis, Sen., Wm. Coburn, C. C. 
 Blackman, Benj. F. Cook, and Nathan W. Towne." 
 
 1846, Dec. 24. The past members of Washington 
 Lodge met at Webber's Hall, — afterward Webster's, 
 now Orienta Hall, — for the purpose of reorganizing 
 
WASHINGTON LODGE. 37 
 
 the Lodge. Dr. Charles Wild in the chair, and eleven 
 brethren present. By direction of the Grand Lodge 
 they proceeded to receive applications for membership. 
 Twenty-one were proposed ; among them is the hon- 
 ored name of Winslow Lewis, Sen., father of Dr. 
 Winslow Lewis. 
 
 1846, Dec. 31. Election of Officers : 
 
 Dr. Charles Wild, Master. 
 John Webber, S. W. Luther Hamilton, J. W. 
 
 1847, Jan. 7. Leased the hall under Webber's Hall 
 for ten years, at ^240 per annum. 1^350 was raised by 
 subscription to furnish the hall. 
 
 1847, Jan. 26. The Grand Lodge dedicated the 
 new hall. The dedication was public, and a large 
 number was present. 
 
 1847, Feb. II. Past Grand Master Peabody was 
 elected an honorary member. 
 
 1847, April 8. "A communication was received 
 from Morning Star Lodge, Worcester, inviting the 
 Brethren of this Lodge, with their ladies, to attend 
 a celebration to be held on the Anniversary of St. 
 John." 
 
 Several attended. 
 
38 A BRIEF HISTORY OF 
 
 1847, Nov. I. Election of Officers : 
 
 Luther Hamilton, Master. 
 Lemuel Lyons, S. W. Amos Stevens, J. W. 
 
 Fifteen members present besides the officers. 
 The Lodge harmonious and prosperous. 
 
 1848, Nov. 9. Election of Officers : 
 
 Charles Wild, Master. 
 Geo. Moulton, S. W. William C. Perkins, J. W. 
 
 1848, Dec. 28. "A remonstrance from ten of the 
 members of Washington Lodge was received ; said 
 petitioners remonstrating against the legality of the 
 election of Master at the meeting of the 9th of No- 
 vember." 
 
 Voted: That a dispensation be obtained for another 
 election. 
 
 1849, Jan. II. Election of Officers : 
 
 Samuel Jackson, Master. 
 George Moulton, S. W. John A. Robertson, J. W. 
 
 By request, R. W. Charles Wild installed the 
 officers. 
 
 1849, Nov. 8. Officers reelected. 
 
 1850, Jan. 24. Rev. William R. Alger was duly 
 initiated. 
 
WASHINGTON LODGE. 39 
 
 Twenty-seven members and twelve visitors were 
 present. This occasion called a full meeting. The 
 first degree makes a man a mason, and, at this period, 
 it was considered the principal degree, the other 
 degrees receiving no special attention. 
 
 1850, Sept. 19. "Bro. Crawshaw arose and stated 
 to the Lodge, that during the past season he had 
 caused to be painted a representation of a ' Flight of 
 Winding Stairs,' and that he now wished to present 
 the same to Washington Lodge." 
 
 Formal thanks were tendered to Bro. Crawshaw. 
 This valuable painting still adorns the walls of the 
 lodge room : a silent testimony of the Brotherly affec- 
 tion of its donor. 
 
 1850, Nov. 14. Election of Officers : 
 
 George Moulton, Master. 
 John W. Lord, S. W. Joseph G. Torrey, J. W. 
 
 185 1, March 27. The last meeting in Bro. 
 Webber's Hall. 
 
 " Voted : To take a lease of Caleb Parker's hall 
 for seven years, at ^125.00 per annum." 
 
 1851, June 12. The Lodge met in the hall over 
 the store of Caleb Parker, on Washington Street, 
 nearly opposite the head of Warren Street. 
 
40 A BRIEF HISTORY OF 
 
 185 1, Nov. 13. Officers reelected. 
 
 1 85 1, Nov. 20. The Treasurer's report shows 
 ^73-73 above liabilities. No mention of refreshments 
 has been made for several years. 
 
 1852, April 29. "Received a communication from 
 the Grand Lodge of California, asking for aid to 
 enable them to pay a debt of ^7,000, contracted by 
 them in aiding sick and destitute Masons, and their 
 families in California, in addition to $27,000, paid by 
 them for that truly noble and praiseworthy purpose." 
 
 " Voted: That the Lodge contribute ten dollars." 
 
 1852, Sept. 23. "A communication was received 
 from the Grand Lodge, inviting the Lodge to join them 
 in celebrating the Centennial Anniversary of the initia- 
 tion of Gen. George Washington into Freemasonry, on 
 the 4th of November next." 
 
 " Voted: To accept the invitation." 
 
 1852, Dec. 2. Election of Officers : 
 
 John W. Lord, Master. 
 Sanford M. Hunt, S. W. Willard Bullard, Jr., J. W. 
 
 1853, Nov. 10. Officers reelected. 
 
 1854, Sept. 28. Bro. William G. Train presented 
 the Lodge thirty-six lambskin aprons. 
 
WASHINGTON LODGE. 41 
 
 1854, Nov. I. Election of Officers : 
 Sanford M. Hunt, Master. 
 Willard Bullard, S. W. Ebenezer Roby, J. W. 
 
 1854, Nov. 16, The Lodge recognized by a vote 
 of thanks a "valuable and very acceptable gift of 
 Regalia for the use of the Lodge" from Bros. Wm. G. 
 Train and C. F. Sleeper. 
 
 It may be well to note here that at this time it 
 appears to have been customary to require a second 
 ballot for membership, on candidates who had previ- 
 ously been balloted for and received their degrees, the 
 same formality of application and appointment of 
 committees being necessary as in the application for 
 degrees. Also the rule prevailed of notifying adjacent 
 Lodges upon rejection of candidates, frequent notices 
 of this nature from other Lodges appearing upon the 
 records. 
 
 W. Bro. Hunt occupied the Chair for three years 
 which were full of interest and work, the meetings 
 being frequent, sometimes as many as four being held 
 in a single month. A peculiarity of these meetings 
 was that they were all recorded as "regular" meet- 
 ings. 
 
 185s, March 29. A committee was appointed to 
 consider the advisability of printing the By-Laws, and 
 on April 26, a committee was chosen to make investi- 
 
42 A BRIEF HISTORY OF 
 
 gations regarding a " better hall " ; both showing that 
 increasing prosperity was causing the brethren to feel 
 the necessity of fulfilling the duties and responsibilities 
 which accompany it. Bros. John W. Lord and C. F. 
 Sleeper were chosen on the latter committee. The 
 next month we find " new fixtures," ballot box, and 
 collars for Marshal and Chaplain, being voted. 
 
 The Lodge seems to have been on friendly terms 
 with other Lodges at this time as it was invited by the 
 brethren of Milford, Mass., and Portsmouth, N. H., to 
 join with each in celebrating St. John's Day, June 24. 
 This double honor could not be accepted, so the Lodge 
 accepted the invitation first received, though voting 
 not to attend as a Lodge. It will be seen that the 
 Lodge was the frequent recipient of such invitations 
 as the above, which not only shows that Washington 
 Lodge enjoyed the esteem of sister Lodges in the 
 State, and even beyond, but also indicates the custom 
 of the time for Lodges in the State to celebrate this 
 day, June 24, and to invite neighboring Lodges to 
 participate in the festivities. 
 
 1855, May 17, William Gaston, afterward Gov- 
 ernor of the Commonwealth, was initiated ; on June 7 
 passed and raised, and on Aug. 30 elected a member. 
 
 1855, Aug. 30. The committee on "better hall" 
 reported and it was Voted: "That said committee be 
 
WASHINGTON LODGE. 43 
 
 authorized and instructed to make arrangements with 
 Samuel Guild, Esq., for the use of his Hall, provided 
 it be at a cost not exceeding ;^i50 per annum and on 
 a lease not exceeding ten years." In September, 
 however, the committee again reported that Mr. Guild 
 would " not lease his Hall short of ;^200 per year " nor 
 " make any alterations in the Hall at any rate " ; but 
 that the Messrs. Bacon would furnish their Hall " in 
 such manner as the Lodge may direct " and would 
 lease same at ^175 per annum. The Lodge voted to 
 accept the proposal of the Messrs. Bacon, One hun- 
 dred dollars was voted from the funds of the Lodge 
 with which, together with what might be raised by 
 subscription, to furnish the Hall. 
 
 1855, Nov. 22. Election of Officers : 
 Sanford M. Hunt, Master. 
 Charles F. Sleeper, S. W. John A. Emmons, J. W. 
 
 1855, Dec. 6. Bros. John W. Lord, C. F. Sleeper, 
 and William Gaston were appointed Trustees to take 
 a lease of the new hall from Messrs. W. & A. Bacon. 
 This was the upper story of "Bacon's Building" on 
 Washington Street, at the corner of Ruggles. The 
 Lodge voted to permit Washington Lodge, L O. O. F., 
 to meet in the hall at an annual rent of $50 "ex- 
 clusive of gas, fuel, etc." They met there till Jan. 
 I. 1857. 
 
44 A BRIEF HISTORY OF 
 
 1856, Feb. 14. A committee was appointed to 
 consider tlie matter of applications for degrees and on 
 March 20 following, they reported: "That, by the 
 rules of the Grand Lodge, no application can be con- 
 sidered until it is made in writing according to the 
 regular form by the person wishing to join the Order; 
 and that in many Lodges the money is required to be 
 sent with the application, thus simplifying business 
 and insuring against delays." The committee recom- 
 mended the adoption of a similar rule which was done. 
 The above shows the lack of uniformity of usage 
 existing at this time among Lodges, as well as a lack of 
 definite rules of the Grand Lodge governing subordi- 
 nate Lodges. 
 
 In June, 1856, the "Lodge at Springfield" ex- 
 tended an invitation to Washington Lodge to join 
 them in the celebration of the 24th, St. John's Day, 
 the Lodge voting to accept the invitation "but not as 
 a Lodge." 
 
 1856, Sept. II. The Lodge, by invitation of the 
 Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of Massachusetts, 
 joined with the Fraternity in inaugurating the statue 
 of Benjamin Franklin, in front of the present City Hall 
 of Boston. On this occasion they were hospitably 
 entertained by the brethren of Massachusetts Lodge, 
 as is recorded in a vote of thanks passed by the Lodge 
 Oct. 9th following. 
 
ALONZO W, FOLSO 
 Mnstor, I 861-1 S6" 
 
 bAMDFORD M HUNT 
 rVl.iitPr, I 8S5-I 856-1 85 
 
 ,E6jRGE RICHARDS 
 M.iiter, I 37 I - I 872 
 
 Dr. JOEL SEAVERNS 
 Ma-t<T, I 871-1 874 
 
 BENJAMIN F. AYERS 
 
 Maitci, I 879- I 881 
 
WASHINGTON LODGE. 45 
 
 1856, Nov. 6. Officers reelected. 
 
 The Lodge was invited to celebrate St. John's Day, 
 June 24, 1857, by the Grand Lodge of Rhode Island, 
 St. John's Lodge, No. 2, Providence, R. I., and Rising 
 Sun Lodge, Nashua, N. H., all of which invitations, 
 were declined with thanks for the courtesies extended. 
 
 1857, June 17. The Grand Lodge of Massa- 
 chusetts extended an invitation to Washington Lodge, 
 to attend and take part in the ceremonies of the 
 inauguration of the statue of Gen. Joseph Warren, 
 " first Grand Master of Massachusetts Grand Lodge." 
 
 1857, Dec. 3. Election of Officers : 
 
 Charles F. Sleeper, Master. 
 Geo. Woods Rice, S. W. Francis P. Babbit, J. W. 
 
 1858, Jan. 28. The Lodge made certain changes 
 in its By-Laws, among which, the title of the Master 
 was changed from " Right Worshipful " to " Worship- 
 ful " Master. 
 
 1858, Nov. 18. Election of Officers : 
 
 Charles F. Sleeper, Master. 
 Francis P. Babbit, S. W. Alonzo W. Folsom, J. W. 
 
 1859, J^-ii- 13' III accordanfce with a suggestion 
 of W. Master Sleeper, a change in By-Laws was 
 
46 A BRIEF HISTORY OF 
 
 recommended, providing for admission to membership, 
 without further ballot, of all persons receiving degrees 
 in Washington Lodge, provided they sign the By- 
 Laws within six months after receiving their third 
 degree; and on Feb. 17 the same was adopted. 
 
 It was voted that the list of those who had received 
 degrees in Washington Lodge, which had been pre- 
 pared with " such neatness and precision " by Wor. Bro. 
 Sleeper, be requested of him and placed on file for the 
 inspection of members, and kept in form for the future 
 by the Secretary. The list is now in the Archives. 
 
 At this meeting, also. Past Masters' Jewels were 
 voted for each of the Past Masters and on Feb. 17, 
 they were presented by Bro. Samuel Walker to Past 
 Masters Geo. W. Moulton, John W. Lord, and Sanford 
 M. Hunt. 
 
 1859, May 26. The Lodge accepted with thanks 
 an invitation from Middlesex Lodge, of Framingham, 
 to join them in celebrating St. John's Day, June 24. 
 The day of the celebration was very rainy, still about 
 fifteen hundred brother Masons were present from 
 different parts of the State. Washington Lodge was 
 represented by twenty-two members. The exercises 
 consisted of a procession through the principal streets 
 of the town, followed by services in the Unitarian 
 Church, including an address by Bro. E, M. P. Wells, 
 D. D. After this the procession was re-formed and the 
 
WASHINGTON LODGE. 47 
 
 brethren repaired to a tent on the town common where 
 dinner was served, thus closing the day. 
 
 1859, June 22. A banner for the Lodge, procured 
 by subscription of the members, was presented by 
 Bro. Samuel Walker. This is the banner now in 
 the possession and use of the Lodge, bearing the 
 portrait of Washington and the motto of the Lodge 
 " Conjuncti Fraterno Amore." 
 
 1859, Aug. 2. In response to an invitation issued 
 by the Pilgrim Society of Plymouth to the Masonic 
 bodies of Massachusetts to visit Plymouth and assist 
 in laying the corner-stone of the Pilgrim Monument, 
 Washington Lodge called together its members and 
 repaired to the place designated, leaving Boston at 
 7 o'clock A. M. The marquee of the Roxbury City 
 Guard was procured for the occasion and set up at 
 Plymouth as a place of refreshment, and here the 
 Lodge assembled for breakfast on arrival. The exer- 
 cises consisted of a procession through the town and 
 over. Plymouth Rock, followed by the ceremonies of 
 laying the corner-stone, which were in charge of the 
 M. W. Grand Lodge of Massachusetts. At the close 
 of the ceremonies Washington Lodge adjourned to the 
 marquee for dinner, having for guests about thirty 
 members of Massachusetts Lodge, thereby repaying 
 the hospitality of that Lodge some years previous at 
 
48 A BRIEF HISTORY OF 
 
 the inauguration of the Franklin Monument in Boston. 
 The occasion is recorded as being one of the pleasant- 
 est in the Masonic experience of the Lodge. 
 
 1859, Nov. 10. Election of Officers : 
 Francis P. Babbit, Master. 
 Alonzo W. Folsom, S. W. George Frost, J. W. 
 
 i860, Jan. 5. W. Bro. Charles F. Sleeper pre- 
 sented the Lodge with all the old papers and docu- 
 ments of Washington Lodge, from 1796 to i860, 
 neatly arranged in four large scrap-books, for which 
 he received the thanks of the Lodge ; these books are 
 now in the archives of the Lodge. 
 
 i860, Feb. 2. The Lodge voted to hire a 
 melodeon for a term of six months, the first instance 
 recorded of a musical instrument for use in the Lodge. 
 At this meeting also a committee was appointed to 
 consider fitting up the hall. 
 
 i860, Nov. 15. The Lodge received an official 
 visit from Rt. Wor. Bro. Sanford M. Hunt, D. D. G. M. 
 of the 1 2th Masonic District, and a Past Master of 
 Washington Lodge. 
 
 i860, Nov. 22. Election of Officers : 
 Alonzo W. Folsom, Master. 
 George Frost, S. W. Joel Seaverns, J. W. 
 
WASHINGTON LODGE. 49 
 
 i860, Dec. 14. The Lodge attended the funeral of 
 Hon. Samuel Walker, a chaplain of the Lodge and 
 ex-Mayor of Roxbury. 
 
 1 86 1, Jan. 24. Among the officers appointed by 
 the Worshipful Masters were Bros. Edward Wise, 
 Chaplain, and E. G. Scott, Tyler, who held office for 
 twenty-two and twenty-three years respectively, the 
 former till May 6, 1883, the time of his death, the 
 latter till Nov. 13, 1884. 
 
 1861, Nov. 14. The officers reelected. 
 
 1862, Nov. 6. Election of Officers : 
 
 George Frost, Master. 
 Joel Seaverns, S. W. Samuel Little, J. W. 
 
 1862, Dec. 13, occurred the funeral of Brother 
 Warren Marsh, for fifty-five years a member of the 
 Lodge, and, at the time of his death, the oldest of the 
 Fraternity in the City. He was buried with Masonic 
 honors in the old Burial Ground, corner of Washing- 
 ton and Eustis Streets. 
 
 1863, April 2. The dues of the Lodge were in- 
 creased to four dollars per annum. 
 
 1863, May 28. The Lodge bought a Mason & Ham- 
 lin melodeon costing one hundred and twenty dollars. 
 
50 A BRIEF HISTORY OF 
 
 1863, Nov. 19. Election of Officers : 
 
 George Frost, Master. 
 Samuel Little, S. W. George Hewins, J. W. 
 
 These years during the "war times" were unusu- 
 ally prosperous, the number of candidates per year 
 being larger than at any previous period of the Lodge's 
 history. At this time it appears customary for de- 
 grees to be conferred upon as many candidates at once 
 as might be entitled ; frequently ten being " raised " in 
 an evening. We also find frequent instances of the 
 three degrees being conferred in a single evening on 
 the same candidate, under dispensation from the Grand 
 Lodge. The latter cases appear to be those of army 
 officers or men about to depart for the front. 
 
 1864, Sept. 15. An interesting and touching 
 record recalls vividly the stirring times through which 
 the country was at this time passing. It is in the form 
 of a communication from Col. Isaac S. Burrell in com- 
 mand of the 42d Regiment, Massachusetts Volunteers, 
 who was taken prisoner at Galveston, Texas, together 
 with Bro. Ariel I. Cummings, Surgeon of the Regi- 
 ment, and former Secretary of Washington Lodge, and 
 carried to Hempstead, in that State, where they were 
 confined in a stockade. Here Bro. A. I. Cummings 
 contracted a fever and died Sept. 9, 1863. The death 
 of Gen. Burrell, which has recently occurred (Sept. 13, 
 1895), lends a peculiar interest to this account as it is 
 now re-written. 
 
WASHINGTON LODGE. 51 
 
 Col. Burrell was not a member of Washington 
 Lodge at this time, but became so later. 
 The following is the document : 
 
 Camp Groce, near Hempstead, Texas, 
 September 10, 1864. 
 
 To the Worshipful Master, Wardens and Brethren of Wash- 
 ington Lodge, Roxbury, Massachttsetts. 
 Greeting : 
 
 At an informal meeting of the Masonic brethren at 
 this place, Bro. A. J. H. Duganne, of Metropolitan 
 Lodge, New York, was chosen Chairman, and Henry 
 W. Washburn, Union Lodge, New London, Conn., 
 was chosen Secretary, and the following resolutions 
 were read and adopted : 
 
 Resolved, That we attend in a body, as Masons, 
 and give our Brother Ariel I. Cummings of Washing- 
 ton Lodge, Roxbury, Mass., a Masonic funeral, as 
 near as we are able, and that Bro. A. J. H. Duganne 
 perform the ceremonies. 
 
 Resolved, That a scroll containing the name, age, 
 etc., be buried with him, and that a copy of the same 
 be forwarded to Washington Lodge. 
 
 Resolved, That we, as Masons, deeply sympathize 
 with Washington Lodge, and believe they have lost a 
 most worthy and well-beloved brother and one who had 
 the welfare of the Order at heart, and, to the best of 
 our knowledge, always carried out the principles of 
 Christian Masonry. 
 
 Resolved, That we hail the Masonic sympathy 
 which characterized this occasion of our deceased 
 brother's funeral, at which Lodges from the North, 
 South, East, and West were most harmoniously con- 
 
52 A BRIEF HISTORY OF 
 
 nected, as another illustration of the fraternal spirit 
 which is continually adding strength to the foundation, 
 and beauty to the arch of our well-beloved Order. 
 
 Resolved, That we condole with the widow of our 
 deceased Brother in the loss she has sustained, and 
 with Faith, Hope that the Grand Master of all will, 
 with Charity, uphold and protect her until they meet 
 in realms above. 
 
 [Signed] Henry W. Washburn, Secretary. 
 A. J. H. DuGANNE, Chairman. 
 
 A. J. H. DuGANNE, 
 New York. 
 
 H. W. Washburn, 
 Connecticut. 
 
 J. P. Lloyd, 
 
 Brasos Lodge, Texas. 
 
 Chas. H. Hamilton, 
 
 Harmony Lodge, Philadelphia, Pa. 
 
 Cyrus Savage, 
 
 Union Lodge, Dorcliester, Mass. 
 
 J. E. Roberts, 
 
 Lodge No. 155, Mississippi. 
 
 John Dillingham, 
 
 St. John's Lodge, Greenock, Scotland. 
 
 Geo. H. Rice, 
 
 Chelsea, Mass. 
 
 W. J. Hall, 
 
 Milam Lodge, No. 11, Texas. 
 
 Chas. H. Stone, 
 
 Zion Lodge, No. i, Detroit, Mich. 
 
 John W. M. Harris, 
 
 Graham Lodge, No. 20, Texas. 
 
 J. M. Lawless, 
 
 Orphan's Lodge, No. 17, Texas. 
 
 True Copy. Attest : 
 
 H. W. WASHBURN, P. M., 
 
 Union Lodge, JV<r. 31, Connecticut. 
 
WASHINGTON LODGE. 53 
 
 The thanks of Washington Lodge were by vote 
 conveyed to Col. Isaac S. Burrell for the faithful 
 manner in which he forwarded this document to the 
 Lodge. 
 
 This incident illustrates the truth of those Ma- 
 sonic words, " Freemasonry unites men of every 
 country, sect and opinion, and conciliates true friend- 
 ship among those who might otherwise remain at a 
 perpetual distance." It is a beautiful example of that 
 love and fraternity to which Masonry lays claim, and 
 which upon occasion can surmount even the barriers 
 of war. 
 
 At this time is also recorded the deaths of Bros. 
 Louis E. Munroe, and William F. Spear, members of 
 the Lodge, killed in battle before Petersburg, Va., July 
 30 and Aug. 18, 1864, and suitable resolutions were 
 sent to the families of the deceased brothers. 
 
 1864, Oct. 14. The Lodge met at 8 o'clock a. m. 
 and to the number of ninety-two, headed by the Boston 
 Cornet Band, made a short parade of Roxbury, after 
 which they repaired to Boston Common, there joining 
 with the Fraternity in a Masonic Procession. At the 
 conclusion of the parade the Craft assisted, by invita- 
 tion of the Grand Lodge, in laying the corner-stone of 
 the new Masonic Temple of Boston, at the corner of 
 Tremont and Boylston Streets. The day is recorded 
 as being one of the proudest in the history of the 
 Lodge. 
 
54 A BRIEF HISTORY OF 
 
 1864, Nov. 8. Election of Officers : 
 Samuel Little, Master. 
 Alonzo W. Folsom, S. W. George Hewins, J. W. 
 
 Upon his installation Wor. Bro. Little presented 
 for consideration a plan of a new hall in Guild Build- 
 ing, larger than the present one, and a committee was 
 appointed with full powers to provide more suitable 
 accommodations. 
 
 At this meeting. Col. Isaac S. Burrell, of the 42d 
 Massachusetts Volunteers, was proposed for degrees, 
 which he took Dec. 8, 1864, Jan. 2, and Feb. 2, 1865. 
 
 1864, Nov. 25. Amendments to the By-Laws 
 were adopted, fixing the fees for the three degrees at 
 fifty dollars, and for membership ten dollars. A com- 
 munication had previously been received at the meet- 
 ing, Oct. 13, 1864, from a convention of Boston Lodges 
 relative to raising the degree fees to fifty dollars, 
 showing a general movement along this line by the 
 Lodges in this vicinity. 
 
 1864, Dec. 8. A committee was authorized to 
 sign a ten years' lease of rooms in the Peoples Bank 
 Building of the Guild Estate from Feb. i, 1865, and 
 to furnish same, and on Feb. 9, 1865, an organ was 
 voted for the new hall. This was in the building at 
 the corner of Washington and Dudley Streets and 
 was occupied for seventeen years. 
 
SAMUEL LITTLE 
 Master, I 865^ 1866- 1867 
 
WASHINGTON LODGE. 55 
 
 The hall in Bacon's Building being relinquished 
 and the Guild Building Hall not being yet ready for 
 occupancy, the Lodge on March 2 and g, 1865, met by 
 invitation at Odd Fellow's Hall, Exchange Building, 
 Roxbury. 
 
 1865, March g. Application was received from Mt. 
 Vernon Royal Arch Chapter to occupy the new hall 
 for their meetings. - 
 
 1865, March 17. On the sixty-ninth anniversary of 
 the institution of the Lodge, the new hall was pub- 
 licly dedicated by Most Worshipful William Parkman, 
 Grand Master of Masons in Massachusetts. 
 
 1865, April 6. We find a choir taking part in the 
 work of the degrees, and at this meeting four gentle- 
 men of marked musical taste were proposed for the 
 degrees, William H. Gerrish, who afterward became 
 organist of Washington Lodge, F. H. Hastings, Organ 
 Builder, Harley Newcomb, Teacher of Music, and 
 Robert H. Clouston, Jr., Teacher of Music. 
 
 1865, May 4. Amendments to the By-Laws, pro- 
 viding for a Board of Trustees, were proposed and on 
 June 22 adopted. This Board of Trustees is the 
 same as now exists, and shows that the continued and 
 increasing prosperity of the Lodge made such a Board 
 necessary to properly guard its interests. 
 
56 A BRIEF HISTORY OF 
 
 1865, June 8. A petition from twenty-four Master 
 Masons of Roxbury was granted to form a new Lodge 
 to be called Lafayette Lodge, to occupy the new hall. 
 
 1865, Nov. 2. Election of Officers : 
 
 Samuel Little, Master. 
 John F. Newton, S. W. Ebenezer Adams, J. W. 
 
 1866, May 10. A petition from Wor. George 
 Frost and thirty-two Master Masons of Jamaica Plain 
 for the formation of a Lodge in that place, to be 
 called Eliot Lodge, was presented and the granting of 
 the same was unanimously recommended by Washing- 
 ton Lodge. The use of the Lodge rooms was also 
 tendered to Eliot Lodge till such time as they should 
 secure a hall of their own. 
 
 Wor. George Frost acted for a year as Master 
 of Eliot Lodge, rendering them valuable assistance in 
 getting the new Lodge in running order. 
 
 1866, Oct. II. A communication was received 
 from Lafayette Lodge thanking the Lodge for "the 
 free use of their hall for six months, the use of their 
 jewels and regalia, and for many acts and expressions 
 of kindly interest"; and rejoicing "to believe that as 
 Washington and Lafayette lived in the closest friend- 
 ship" so might "Washington and Lafayette Lodges, 
 united by a sacred obligation in a common object, 
 work together in the utmost harmony." 
 
JOHN F. NEWTON 
 Master, 1868-1 869- I 870 
 
WASHINGTON LODGE. 57 
 
 1 866, Nov. I . Election of Officers : 
 
 Samuel Little, Master. 
 John F. Newton, S. W. George Richards, J. W. 
 
 1867, June 24. The Lodge assembled at 8 o'clock, 
 A. M., for the purpose of taking part in the procession 
 and exercises attending the dedication of the new 
 Masonic Temple in Boston. Washington Lodge, one 
 hundred and twenty-five strong, under charge of Bro. 
 Gen. Isaac S. Burrell, as Marshal, and escorted by 
 the Chickering Cornet Band, first marched to Eliot 
 Square, where a photograph of the Lodge in line was 
 taken ; after which the brethren proceeded to the 
 Boston line and thence by cars to Boston Common 
 where they joined with the Fraternity. Owing to 
 the length of the procession the Lodge obtained 
 permission to retire from line at Dover Street, and 
 returned to Roxbury where a banquet and addresses 
 were enjoyed at Institute Hall. 
 
 1867, Nov. 7. Election of Officers : 
 
 John F. Newton, Master. 
 George Richards, S. W. Joel Seaverns, J. W. 
 
 1868, March 7, occurred the death of Bro. Wm. 
 Bacon, the oldest member of the Lodge at that time, 
 he having joined on Oct. 30, 1816. 
 
 1868, Nov. 5. Officers reelected. 
 
58 A BRIEF HISTORY OF 
 
 Bro. Wm. H. Gerrish was appointed organist of 
 Washington Lodge, a position held by him to the 
 present time. 
 
 1869, Jan. 14. Request was received from Joseph 
 Warren Commandery Knights Templars, to occupy 
 the new Lodge rooms, they having been recently 
 instituted in Roxbury. 
 
 1869, Nov. 4. Officers reelected. 
 
 1870, Nov. 3. Election of Officers : 
 
 George Richards, Master. 
 Joel Seaverns, S. W. Robert G. Molineux, J. W. 
 
 1871, April 13. In commemoration of the seventy- 
 fifth anniversary of the institution of the Lodge, it was 
 voted that a block of granite, suitably inscribed, be 
 presented to the Washington National Monument. 
 
 1 87 1, Oct. 12. The Lodge voted two hundred and 
 fifty dollars for the relief of the sufferers by the 
 Chicago fire. 
 
 1 87 1, Oct. 24. A letter was sent to Washington, 
 D. C, announcing the shipment of a block of granite, 
 four feet long, two feet high, and sixteen inches thick, 
 and inscribed : " Presented by Washington Lodge, 
 
WASHINGTON LODGE. 59 
 
 F. & A. M. of Roxbury, Mass," to be placed in the 
 Washington Monument; and on Nov. 9, 1871, its 
 receipt and placing in position were reported by letter 
 to the Lodge from the Secretary of the National 
 Monument Association. 
 
 1 87 1, Nov. 2. Officers reelected. 
 
 1872, Nov. 7. Election of Officers : 
 
 Joel Seaverns, Master. 
 Robert G. Molineux, S. W. Solomon A. Bolster, J. W. 
 
 1872, Nov. 14. Owing to the delay in mail deliv- 
 ery resulting from the Boston fire, the notices of this 
 meeting were not generally received and the attend- 
 ance in consequence was very small. 
 
 1873, March 16, occurred the death, by the sink- 
 ing of a small steamer, off Duxbury, Mass., of Bro. 
 James Ritchie, formerly Mayor of Roxbury, and a 
 member of Gov; John A. Andrew's Council during 
 the Civil War. Suitable resolutions were adopted 
 by the Lodge on May 8, 1873. 
 
 1873, Nov. 6. Officers reelected. 
 
 1873, Nov. 9, occurred the funeral of Wor. Bro. 
 Samuel Jackson, who was Secretary of the Lodge 
 
6o A BRIEF HISTORY OF 
 
 when the Charter was surrendered in 1841, and was 
 Secretary of the meeting at the reorganization in 
 Dec, 1846. He is spoken of as "one of the true and 
 tried," who in the dark days of "Anti-Masonry" stood 
 firm, and who was one of the signers from the town of 
 Roxbury of that noted paper known as the " Declara- 
 tion of the Freemasons of Boston and vicinity," pre- 
 sented to the public Dec. 31, 1831. 
 
 1874, Nov. 5. Election of Officers : 
 
 Robert G. Molineux, Master. 
 Solomon A. Bolster, S. W. Benjamin F. Ayers, J. W. 
 
 187s, May 13. "The Joseph Warren Monument 
 Association" notified the Lodge, through Wor. Bro. 
 George Moulton, of its existence and object, viz., to 
 erect in Roxbury, a monument to the memory of 
 Gen. Joseph Warren. The City of Boston had 
 granted the use of the triangular piece of ground 
 opposite Warren's birthplace, at the corner of Regent 
 and Warren Streets, for a site, and Congress had 
 donated, by special act, several cannon containing 
 about twelve thousand pounds of bronze for material. 
 A committee of Washington Lodge was appointed to 
 confer and cooperate with this Association as occasion 
 might require. 
 
 187s, Nov. 4. Officers reelected. 
 
Rr-.' JOHN W DADMUN 
 
 JOSEPH S WATERMAN 
 
 ELBRIDGE G, SCOTT 
 
 Tylnr 28 yenr-i 
 
WASHINGTON LODGE. 6 1 
 
 1876, April 13. An invitation was received from 
 American Union Lodge, No. i, A. F. & A. M., of 
 Marietta, Ohio, to participate with them in the celebra- 
 tion of their one hundredth anniversary. 
 
 The death of Wor. Bro. George Frost, which 
 took place on the 23d of last month, was noted at 
 length. 
 
 1876, Sept. 12, occurred the death of Bro. Geo. B. 
 Winship, concerning whom there is the following 
 record : 
 
 " He was sometimes called the ' strong man,' 
 whose life work was the development of the science 
 called the ' Lift-Cure.' He could at one time raise 
 twenty-seven hundred pounds weight." 
 
 1876, Nov. 2. Election of Officers : 
 
 Solomon A. Bolster, Master. 
 Benjamin F. Ayers, S. W. John Carr, J. W. 
 
 Bro. John W. Call was elected Secretary of the 
 Lodge and has served in that capacity to the present 
 time — twenty years. 
 
 1876, Dec. 14. There was presented to the Lodge 
 a piece of the Washington Oak which stood in front 
 of Washington's House at Mt. Vernon — the tree was 
 two hundred years old and its trunk twelve feet in 
 circumference. 
 
62 A BRIEF HISTORY OF 
 
 1877, March 8. The Lodge was invited to partici- 
 pate with the Grand Lodge in celebrating the cen- 
 tenary of the Independence of the Grand Lodge of 
 Massachusetts. 
 
 1877, April 12. The thanks of the Lodge were 
 extended to Bro. Edward N. Pickering for the elegant 
 and artistic manner in which he engrossed the By- 
 Laws as revised. 
 
 1877, May 10. Rev. Bro. A. H. Quint was present 
 as Grand Chaplain of the Grand Lodge and acted as 
 Chaplain for the evening. 
 
 1877, June 14. A report was presented regarding 
 the action taken by Washington Lodge in response to 
 the invitation received from American Union Lodge, 
 No. I, of Marietta, Ohio, to attend its centenary. 
 This Lodge was constituted at Roxbury, Mass., Feb. 
 20, 1776, its charter being signed by Richard Gridley, 
 D. G. Master of the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts, 
 and is the oldest Lodge in the West. It was what 
 was called an "Army Lodge" and followed the 
 patriot army through the entire Revolutionary War, 
 working as occasion permitted, finally locating at 
 Marietta, Ohio. Its original Charter is lost, but it 
 was re-chartered in 181 5 by the Grand Lodge of Ohio. 
 Among its members are found the names of "many 
 
WASHINGTON LODGE. 63 
 
 distinguished men who struggled for liberty during 
 the darkest period of those perilous times." 
 
 Washington Lodge, finding it inexpedient to attend 
 the celebration, "decided to procure and present to 
 American Union Lodge a set of working tools, con- 
 sisting of a Master's Gavel, a set of Truncheons, and a 
 Marshal's Baton, all made from the wood of the old 
 Elm Tree, which, for many years spread its branches 
 over the birthplace of Gen. Joseph Warren, on 
 Warren Street at the corner of Moreland, in this 
 city.'' The forwarding of this gift and its receipt by 
 American Union Lodge are duly set forth in corre- 
 spondence, expressive of sentiments of deep regard 
 and fraternity. 
 
 1877, June 28. A Masonic charm and ring were 
 presented to Bro. George F. Davis in appreciation of 
 his services as Secretary of the Lodge for eleven 
 years. 
 
 1877, Nov. I. Officers reelected. 
 
 1877, Nov. 8. A committee of fifteen was ap- 
 pointed to raise contributions for a monument to the 
 memory of Rt. Wor. Bro. Charles J. Danforth, and on 
 March 14, 1878, the committee reported one hundred 
 and twenty-five dollars raised in the Lodge and paid 
 over for that purpose. 
 
64 A BRIEF HISTORY OF 
 
 1878, June 13. The Lodge was honored by a visit 
 from Most Wor. Charles A. Welch, Grand Master of 
 Masons in Massachusetts. At this meeting the Lodge 
 authorized an expenditure for Charity of a yearly 
 amount not exceeding one-half of the income of the 
 Trust Fund. 
 
 1878, Sept. 12. The Lodge voted one hundred 
 dollars for the relief of the yellow fever sufferers 
 among Southern Masons, to be distributed through 
 the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts. It was not 
 needed and was subsequently returned to the Lodge. 
 
 1878, Oct. 10. The committee on the C. J. Dan- 
 forth monument, reported that such a memorial had 
 been erected at Forest Hills Cemetery at a cost of 
 five hundred and fifty dollars, by Lafayette, Washing- 
 ton, St. Paul, Eliot, Gate of the Temple, and Rabboni 
 Lodges, constituting the Fourth Masonic District, of 
 which Rt. Wor. Bro. Danforth had been District 
 Deputy Grand Master. 
 
 1878, Nov. 7. Election of Officers : 
 
 Benjamin F. Ayers, Master. 
 John Carr, S. W. Lorenzo B. Dutton, J. W. 
 
 1878, Nov. 14, is recorded the death, Oct. 29, 1878, 
 of Rt. Wor. Bro. Rev. Chas. H. Titus, Rec. Gr. Secre- 
 
WASHINGTON LODGE. 65 
 
 tary of the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts, from June, 
 1871, and an Honorary Member of Washington Lodge. 
 
 1879, Nov. 6. Officers reelected. 
 
 1880, Jan. 8. The subject of the Grand Lodge 
 Tax, and the advisability of commuting it was referred 
 to a committee of twenty. 
 
 1880, Nov. 4. Election of Officers : 
 
 John Carr, Master. 
 Lorenzo B. Button, S. W. Daniel W. Jones, J. W. 
 
 1881, Feb. 10. In accordance with a regulation of 
 the Grand Lodge, providing that any Lodge, desiring 
 to do so, might procure a working Charter, in order to 
 preserve the original one free from injury, the Lodge 
 voted that a copy be procured. The original Charter, 
 signed by Paul Revere, was placed in safe keeping. 
 
 1 88 1, May 12. The Lodge received an official 
 visit from Most Worshipful Samuel C. Lawrence, 
 Grand Master, who addressed the Lodge on the sub- 
 ject of the commutation of the Grand Lodge Tax, and 
 urged its consideration upon the members. 
 
 1881, Oct. 13. The death of "Bro." James A. 
 Garfield, twentieth President of the United States, 
 
66 A BRIEF HISTORY OF 
 
 which occurred Sept. 19, 1881, was' announced in the 
 Lodge, and memorial pages to his honor were set 
 apart in the records. 
 
 1 88 1, Nov. 3. Officers reelected. 
 
 1882, April 13. A letter was received from Bro. 
 Edward Wise, Chaplain of the Lodge for twenty-three 
 years, saying that failing health caused his enforced 
 absence from the meetings of the Lodge, and alluding 
 in touching pathos to his ambition to fill out twenty- 
 five years as Chaplain ; but fearing that such would 
 not be his lot he bade the members God -speed. 
 He was present but twice after this, on June 8, 1882, 
 and April 12, 1883. On the latter occasion he was 
 installed for the last time by Grand Master Samuel C. 
 Lawrence. His condition was very feeble. He died 
 May 6, 1883, and was buried with Masonic honors. 
 The first engrossed memorial page in the records 
 was dedicated to him. 
 
 1882, Oct. 12. The Lodge, at the request of the 
 Grand Lodge, appropriated five dollars for the relief 
 of the yellow fever sufferers of Escambia Lodge, No. 
 15, of Pensacola, Fla. 
 
 1882, Nov. 2. Election of Officers : 
 Lorenzo B. Button, Master. 
 Daniel W. Jones, S. W. Chas. W. Allen, J. W. 
 
JOHN CARR 
 Master, 188.' -i 882 
 
WASHINGTON LODGE. 67 
 
 At this meeting Rev. Bro. John W. Dadmun 
 was- appointed Associate Chaplain with Bro. Edward 
 Wise. 
 
 1882, Nov. 9. The Lodge voted to "assume and 
 pay the capitation tax of June 11, 1879," assessed by 
 the Grand Lodge to liquidate the debt on Boston 
 Masonic Temple. The Treasurer was directed to 
 issue the notes of the Lodge to the Trustees for 
 sixteen hundred dollars, payable in eight annual 
 instalments of two hundred dollars each. The tax 
 thus commuted to be assessed on all the present un- 
 commuted and future members of the Lodge till 
 the year 1894 inclusive, at one dollar a member per 
 annum. 
 
 1882, Nov. 15. The Lodge received a cordial letter 
 from Most Wor. Samuel C. Lawrence, Grand Master, 
 thanking the members for their action in commuting 
 the tax, and stating that to date twenty thousand 
 Masons in the State had commuted, practically reduc- 
 ing the Temple debt to a mere fraction of its original 
 amount. 
 
 1883, Oct. II. The Lodge voted that an engrossed 
 memorial page be set apart upon the death of every 
 member that shall be in regular standing at the time 
 of his decease. 
 
68 A BRIEF HISTORY OF 
 
 1883, Oct. 19. A mass meeting of the various 
 Masonic bodies of Roxbury was held for the purpose 
 of providing new Masonic apartments, to negotiate a 
 loan, and form a Board of Directors. Oct. 24, Wash- 
 ington Lodge met and elected five Trustees with 
 power to act for the Lodge in signing a lease. This 
 plan, however, was not carried out, but June 12, 1884, 
 the Lodge voted to renovate the old hall at a cost of 
 twelve hundred dollars; and on Oct. 9, 1884, the com- 
 mittee on renovation reported the old hall thoroughly 
 refurnished at a cost of about three thousand dollars. 
 
 1883, Nov. I. Officers reelected. 
 
 1884, May 8. Wm. B. Van Amringe, Esq., of the 
 Smith Granite Co., presented to the Lodge a beautiful 
 piece of Westerly Granite in the form of a Rough 
 Ashler, for which the thanks of the members were 
 tendered him. 
 
 1884, June 24. St. John's Day was observed by 
 an excursion to the Atlantic House, Nantasket Beach, 
 one hundred and fifty-five members and their ladies 
 enjoying the outing. 
 
 1884, Oct. 9. Official Visitation of Rt. Wor. John 
 Carr, D. D. G. Master of the Fourth Masonic District, 
 a Past Master of Washington Lodge. 
 
WASHINGTON LODGE. 69 
 
 1884, Nov. 6. Election of Officers : 
 Daniel W. Jones, Master. 
 John K. Berry, S. W. Francis A. Perry, J. W. 
 
 1884, Nov. 13. Public Installation of Officers. 
 This was the first public meeting in the newly fur- 
 nished hall. The Installing Officer was Most Wor. 
 Abraham H. Rowland, Grand Master, accompanied by 
 the officers of the Grand Lodge. The occasion was 
 one long to be remembered, and very happily and 
 auspiciously opened the renovated apartments for a 
 successful decade of work and pleasure. 
 
 1885, Jan. 8. The Lodge, by a vote of thanks, 
 acknowledged a gift from Bro. John F. Newton, Jr., of 
 a photograph of the Washington Monument with a 
 piece of the capstone, suitably framed, which was 
 placed in the Reception Room. 
 
 In June, 1885, the Lodge again made a trip to the 
 Atlantic House, Nantasket. 
 
 1885, Nov. 5. Officers reelected. 
 
 1886, Jan. 14. Wor. Bro. Wm. H. Thomes was 
 present and related some of his experiences during 
 his travels. While in Los Angeles, Cal., he saw a 
 Master Mason's diploma issued by Washington Lodge 
 
^0 A BRIEF HISTORY OF 
 
 in 1820 to Bro. Abel Stearns. This brother went to 
 California in 1829, by the way of the City of Mexico. 
 He married a Spanish lady, Dona Arcadia Bandini, 
 and during his residence in that part of the country 
 was known as Don Abel Stearns. 
 
 1886, March 15. The Lodge celebrated its nine- 
 tieth anniversary, the occasion being graced by the 
 presence of the ladies. Lieut.-Gov. Oliver Ames of 
 Massachusetts also honored the Lodge by his presence. 
 A brief history of the Lodge was given by Won Bro. 
 Daniel W. Jones, an address on Paul Revere by Rev. 
 Bro. John W. Dadmun, and an address on Joseph 
 Warren by Hon. Bro. Albert Palmer, Ex-Mayor of 
 Boston. Two hundred were present and the evening 
 was most enjoyable. The addrasses of the evening 
 were spread upon the records, and form valuable- his- 
 toric material. 
 
 1886, April 8. Bro. Frank Rumrill presented the 
 Lodge a diploma issued by Washington Lodge to 
 Bro. John A. Fellows, in Nov., 1797, which is now 
 preserved in the Archives. 
 
 1886, April 29. The Lodge exemplified the work 
 of the second degree before the Grand Lecturer and 
 Deputy Grand Master of the Fourth Masonic District, 
 in a highly satisfactory manner. 
 
WASHINGTON LODGE. 7 1 
 
 1886, Nov. 4. Election of Officers : 
 John K. Berry, Master. 
 Walter S. Frost, S. W. William Donaldson, J. W. 
 
 Bro. Robert W. Molineux declined a reelection as 
 Treasurer, on account of advancing years, he having 
 held this position for twenty-eight yeai's ; resolutions 
 of thanks and esteem were unanimously tendered him. 
 
 1886, Nov. 9. PubUc Installation of Officers, Rt. 
 Wor. Harvey N. Shepard acting as Installing Officer. 
 At this meeting a gold-headed cane was presented to 
 Bro. R. W. Molineux, Ex-Treasurer, in appreciation of 
 his many years of faithful service to the Lodge. 
 
 1887, March 10. The Lodge voted that the Past 
 Masters' Jewels be beautified by substituting a gold 
 chain for the blue ribbon, and that the Master and 
 Wardens be provided with substitute jewels for use_ in 
 the Grand Lodge. 
 
 1887, May 21, occurred the death of Hon. Albert 
 Palmer, Ex-Mayor of Boston and a member of the 
 Lodge since 1868. 
 
 1887, June 9. The Lodge was honored by the 
 presence of Most Wor. Henry Endicott, Grand Master, 
 and other members of the Grand Lodge. 
 
 1887, Nov. 3. Officers reelected. 
 
72 A BRIEF HISTORY OF 
 
 1888, Jan. 12. Wor. John F. Newton, in behalf 
 of Miss Sophia Shepherd, presented the Lodge a 
 portrait of her uncle, Wor. John Howe, a Master of 
 the Lodge in 1820-1821. A portrait of Lafayette 
 was also presented at this meeting, by Bro. Joseph 
 H. Waterman, in behalf of members of the Lodge. 
 
 1888, March 14. The Lodge celebrated its ninety- 
 second anniversary by a banquet at the " Thorndike " 
 on Boylston Street, at which the members and their 
 ladies passed a most enjoyable evening. 
 
 1888, May 23, occurred, at Chicago, the death of 
 Wor. Bro. Sanford M. Hunt, Master of the Lodge 
 during 1855-56-57. 
 
 1888, June 14. A portrait of Hon. Samuel Walker, 
 Chaplain of the Lodge from 1855 to i860, was pre- 
 sented to the Lodge by Wor. Bro. Samuel Little, in 
 behalf of the family of Brother Walker. 
 
 3, Nov. I. Election of Officers : 
 Walter S. Frost, Master. 
 Wm. Donaldson, S. W. Albert E. Carr, J. W. 
 
 1888, Nov. 20. Public Installation of Officers by 
 Rt. Wor. John Carr, Grand Treasurer of the Grand 
 Lodge and a Past Master of Washington Lodge. 
 
WASHINGTON LODGE. 73 
 
 At this meeting Wor. Bro. A. N. Blodgett, of Lafay- 
 ette Lodge, presented a history of Washington Lodge, 
 No. 59, of Philadelphia, Warranted June 3, 1793. 
 
 1889, March 15, occurred the death of Bro. Donald 
 Kennedy, a public-spirited and widely-known citizen of 
 Roxbury, and a member of the Lodge since 1874. 
 
 1889, April 30. An informal celebration of the 
 centennial of the inauguration of George Washington 
 as President of the United States was held by Wash- 
 ington Lodge and lady friends. The exercises con- 
 sisted of music, readings, addresses and collation. An 
 historical address was delivered by Wor. Bro. Daniel 
 W. Jones, and is spread upon the records in full. 
 
 1889, May 9. The Lodge authorized a five years' 
 lease of the apartments in the Peoples Bank Building 
 of the Guild Estate, which was destined to be the last 
 lease of these apartments. 
 
 1889, June 13. Edward H. Fox presented the 
 Lodge a gavel, made from a piece of the marble cap- 
 stone of the Washington Monument, and the handle 
 designed from a piece of the wood of the frigate 
 "Lawrence," famous in the War of 1812. 
 
 1889, Nov. 7. Officers reelected. 
 
74 A BRIEF HISTORY OF 
 
 1889, Dec. 12. Bro. George C. Poole presented 
 the Lodge a "low twelve" clock, which is still in use. 
 
 At this communication the Lodge voted to procure 
 a suitable case for books, papers and articles of 
 Masonic interest, the same to be placed in the Lodge 
 rooms and to be in charge of Wor. Bro. John F. 
 Newton under the title of " Master of Archives." 
 
 1890, Feb. 13. A petition from Wor. Bro. Henry 
 W. Bowen, to establish a Lodge at Roslindale, to be 
 known as " Prospect Lodge," was presented, and the 
 granting of the same was unanimously recommended 
 by Washington Lodge. 
 
 At this meeting also Bro. J. H. Herman presented 
 the Lodge "The History of Freemasonry," by Robert 
 Freke Gould, Past Senior Grand Deacon of England. 
 
 1890, March 13. The Lodge had the honor of a 
 visit from Most Wor. Samuel Wells, Grand Master, 
 and suite. 
 
 1890, Aug. 6, occurred the death of Rev. Bro. 
 John W. Dadmun, an honorary member of Washington 
 Lodge, a distinguished Mason, and an honored mem- 
 ber of society. 
 
 1890, Sept. II. The Lodge voted ten dollars 
 towards the erection of the Washington Memorial 
 Building at Fredericksburg, Va. 
 
SOLOMON A. BOLSTER 
 Master, 1877-1878 
 
WASHINGTON LODGE. 75 
 
 1890, Oct. 9. Annual Visitation of the District 
 Deputy Grand Master of the Fourth Masonic District, 
 Rt. Wor. Solomon A. Bolster, Past Master of Wash- 
 ington Lodge. 
 
 1890, Nov. I, occurred the death of Bro. Robert 
 W. Molineux, aged eighty-four years. He had served 
 the Lodge as Treasurer twenty-eight years, to Nov. 4, 
 1886. 
 
 1890, Nov. 6. Election of Officers : 
 
 William Donaldson, Master. 
 Albert E. Carr, S. W. William E. Guerrier, J. W. 
 
 1891, April 20, occurred the death of Bro. William 
 E. Guerrier, Junior Warden of the Lodge at the time 
 of his decease. 
 
 1 89 1, Sept. 10. Plans for new apartments were 
 submitted to the Lodge by Bro. Herbert F. Morse, 
 and a committee was appointed to confer with a 
 similar committee from the Other Masonic bodies of 
 Roxbury upon the subject. On Sept. 30 the joint 
 committee reported in favor of fitting up new apart- 
 ments in the building, corner of Washington and 
 Vernon Streets, according to specifications stated in 
 the report, and voted to take a lease of ten years of 
 the same. 
 
^6 A BRIEF HISTORY OF 
 
 1 89 1, Oct. 8. An assessment of five dollars per 
 member was voted towards defraying the expense of 
 fitting up the new apartments. 
 
 1 891, Nov. 5. Election of Officers : 
 
 William Donaldson, Master. 
 Albert E. Carr, S. W. Herbert F. Morse, J. W. 
 
 1892, Jan. 14. The Lodge adopted Rules and 
 Regulations providing for and governing the Board of 
 Trustees of Masonic Apartments in Roxbury. 
 
 1892, Jan. 23, occurred the death of Bro. Charles 
 W. Estabrook, Treasurer of the Lodge. He received 
 Masonic burial, Jan. 27, 1892. 
 
 1892, May II. On this date occurred the last 
 meeting of Washington Lodge in Guild Building, 
 corner of Washington and Dudley Streets, and, to 
 quote the language of the records, " the days of 
 Washington Lodge in the old Lodge rooms were 
 ended, and labor ceased." 
 
 1892, May 12, was held the first meeting of the 
 Lodge in the New Masonic Apartments in Roxbury, 
 located at 2307 Washington Street, in the upper story 
 of Robinson Block, south corner of Washington and 
 Vernon Streets. 
 
WASHINGTON LODGE. JJ 
 
 1892, Nov. 3. Election of Officers : 
 Albert E. Carr, Master. 
 Herbert F. Morse, S. W. Silas W. Brackett, J. W. 
 
 1892, Nov. 10. Public Installation of Officers by 
 Rt. Wor. John Carr, Grand Treasurer, assisted by 
 Rt. Wor. Solomon A. Bolster, Deputy Grand Master 
 of the Fourth Masonic District. 
 
 1892, Dec. 8. Bro. Francis J. Ward presented 
 the gavel now in use in the Lodge. This gavel is 
 made from olive wood and was purchased at the Jaffa 
 Gate at Jerusalem by Bro. Ward, and brought from 
 there by him. On the gavel is inscribed, "Brought 
 from Jerusalem and presented to Washington Lodge 
 of F. & A. M. by Francis J. Ward, 1892." The 
 Hebrew marks on the Gavel are "Jerusalem," and on 
 the handle "Jehovah." The gavel is beautifully over- 
 laid with gold. 
 
 At this meeting Bro. J. H. Herman presented 
 "The History of Freemasonry and Concordant Or- 
 ders," published in 1891. 
 
 1893, Jan. 12. Bro. John F. Davis presented the 
 Lodge with a "History of Freemasonry in Massa- 
 chusetts," published under the auspices of the Grand 
 Lodge in the year 1792, and dedicated to George 
 Washington. 
 
78 A BRIEF HISTORY OF 
 
 1893, Feb. I, occurred the death of Bro. Joseph 
 Samson Waterman, for many years a well-known citi- 
 zen of Roxbury and a beloved member of Washington 
 Lodge. 
 
 1893, April 5. Dedication of Masonic Apartments 
 in Roxbury. This service was under the direction of 
 Washington and Lafayette Lodges, and the exercises 
 of dedication were conducted by the Grand Lodge. 
 Most Won Richard Briggs, Grand Master, and twenty- 
 seven officers of the Grand Lodge were present, and 
 were received with the usual honors by Washington 
 Lodge. Won Bro. Edgar E. Gray and eight officers, 
 escorted by the members of Lafayette Lodge, were 
 also received with honors by Washington Lodge. The 
 Past Masters of Washington Lodge to the number of 
 ten were present, also eleven officers and about two 
 hundred and thirty of the members and friends of the 
 Lodge. 
 
 After the Dedication, which was in Ample Form, 
 the brethren present adjourned to a bountiful ban- 
 quet presided over by the Master of Washington 
 Lodge, supported on the right by Most Won Richard 
 Briggs, Grand Master, and Rt. Won Harvey N. 
 Shepard, Deputy Grand Master, and on the left by 
 Rt. Won Samuel Wells, Past Grand Master and Rt. 
 Won Sereno D. Nickerson, Recording Grand Secre- 
 tary. 
 
13E0RGE FROST 
 iVIast>v, I S63- I 864 
 
 ROBERT G, MOLINEUX 
 Miotni, I S75-I 876 
 
 LORENZO B DUTTON 
 iVI.nstpr, I 883- I 384 
 
 WILLIAM H, GERRISH 
 Or^Tinist L^incr Nmv, 3, I 868 
 
WASHINGTON LODGE. 79 
 
 The post-prandial exercises included addresses by 
 Most Wor. Richard Briggs, Rt. Wor. Harvey N. 
 Shepard, Rt. Wor. Samuel Wells, Rt. Wor. Sereno D. 
 Nickerson, and Rt. Wor. Henry G. Fay, of the Grand 
 Lodge, and an address, descriptive of the new hall and 
 the history of its construction, by Wor. Bro. John F. 
 Newton of Washington Lodge. 
 
 The cost of the new apartments was seven thou- 
 sand five hundred dollars, which was raised by the 
 five bodies occupying them, by assessment and volun- 
 tary contribution, so that they were dedicated free of 
 debt. 
 
 The services of the evening were enthusiastically 
 entered into by all present, and congratulations were 
 freely exchanged upon the auspicious event, mingled 
 with confident expressions of hope that Washington 
 Lodge and the Masonic fraternity of Roxbury were 
 about entering upon a new era of prosperity. 
 
 1893, Sept. 14, occurred a largely attended meet- 
 ing of the Lodge. During the summer recess a beau- 
 tiful organ had been placed in the hall, the fame of 
 which had spread abroad. This organ was the gift 
 of that honored brother so well and favorably known 
 in Masonic circles, John Hoffman Collamore. The 
 organ was presented to Joseph Warren Commandery, 
 and its free use extended by the donor to all the 
 Masonic bodies meeting in the hall. The organ is 
 
8o A BRIEF HISTORY OF 
 
 said, by those competent to judge, to be the finest 
 in this country for Masonic purposes. 
 
 The regrets of Bro. Collamore were received by 
 the Lodge in response to an invitation to be present. 
 
 At this meeting is recorded the death, July 29, 
 1893, of Most Worshipful Richard Briggs, Grand 
 Master of Masons in Massachusetts. The death of 
 Grand Master Briggs, so recently present with Wash- 
 ington Lodge at the Dedication of Apartments, came 
 with peculiar force and suddenness to the knowledge 
 of the brethren of the Lodge. This was the first 
 death of a Grand Master in office since 1787. The 
 altar of Washington Lodge was draped in mourning 
 for three months in honor of his memory. 
 
 1893, Nov. 2. Officers reelected. 
 
 1893, Nov. 9. The Lodge, with a few friends not 
 included in its membership, presented to Bro. Wm. 
 H. Gerrish, who had been Organist of Washington 
 Lodge for twenty-five years, an Organist's Jewel of 
 ornate design, in accepting which Bro. Gerrish gave 
 the following statement regarding ritualistic music as 
 it exists to-day in the work of the degrees : 
 
 " Inasmuch as the ' Evening Hymn ' and ' Morning 
 Song' have become identified with the work of the 
 third degree, and as few of the fraternity know when 
 or where the idea originated, I have been requested 
 
WASHINGTON LODGE. 8l 
 
 by some of the brethren to make a statement con- 
 cerning the matter which may be entered on the 
 Records of Washington Lodge for preservation and 
 future reference. 
 
 "The idea originated with Wor. Bro. Daniel W. 
 Jones and the experiment was first tried in Washing- 
 ton Lodge, June ii, 1885. 
 
 "Through the desire of Wor. Bro. Jones to 
 embellish and beautify the work, he suggested the 
 possibility of these singings to the Organist of the 
 Lodge, who promptly criticised their introduction as 
 something of an innovation that was not likely to be 
 tolerated, but was induced to make the experiment. 
 
 " Accordingly the hymn, ' The Shadows of the 
 Evening Hours,' was set to new music for male 
 voices, and was used for the 'Evening Hymn,' and 
 ' Hail, Smiling Morn,' by Spofforth, was selected for 
 the ' Morning Song ' ; both were sung upon the 
 evening above mentioned — June 11, 1885 — by the 
 Temple Quartette, then consisting of Bros. William 
 R. Bateman, Henry A. Cook, Edwin F. Webber, and 
 Albert C. Ryder. 
 
 " The dramatic value of these singings was at once 
 recognized, and they were immediately adopted in all 
 the Lodges for whom the organist of Washington 
 Lodge officiated. 
 
 "Some little opposition was made in some other 
 Lodges, but the improvement had evidently come to 
 
82 A BRIEF HISTORY OF 
 
 stay, and has become an essential feature in most 
 of the Lodges of this jurisdiction whenever vocal 
 music is employed ; it has been adopted to some 
 extent in other jurisdictions. 
 
 " It is worthy of record that in the Cryptic 
 Degrees and Templar Orders the introduction of 
 ritual music, as distinguished from merely entertain- 
 ing singing, might almost be traced to Wor. Bro. 
 Jones as the originator, but the evening and morning 
 song in the third degree are directly due to him and 
 were first used in Washington Lodge as above stated." 
 
 1894, Jan. 15. Death of Bro. William Gaston, 
 Ex-Governor of the Commonwealth, and a member 
 of the Lodge since June 7, 1855. 
 
 1894, Jan. 25. Death of Wor. Bro. George Moul- 
 ton. Past Master of the Lodge. 
 
 1894, March i. Death of Wor. Bro. Joel Seaverns, 
 Past Master of the Lodge. 
 
 1894, March 8. A committee of fifteen was 
 appointed to consider plans for the celebration of the 
 Centenary of the Lodge, March 17, 1896. 
 
 1894, April I. Death of Wor. Bro. Alonzo W. 
 Folsom, Past Master of the Lodge. 
 
WASHINGTON LODGE. 83 
 
 1894, Sept. 13. Bro. Augustus Parker presented 
 the Lodge a portrait of his grandfather, Hon. Eben- 
 ezer Seaver, the first Master of Washington Lodge 
 and it now hangs in the Lodge rooms. 
 
 Bro. WilHam S. Penny presented a book published 
 in 1802 on the subject, "Freemasonry as it existed 
 in the Northern United States " at that time. 
 
 1894, Sept. 29.. In response to an invitation 
 received from the First Universalist Society in Rox- 
 bury, the Lodge met at one o'clock, p. m., to assist 
 in laying the corner-stone of the new church edifice 
 of the Society on Buena Vista Street, Roxbury. 
 
 This occasion was of special historic interest to 
 the Lodge, as the corner-stone of the old church, 
 formerly located corner of Dudley Street and Guild 
 Row, and burned January 13, 1894, was also laid by 
 the Lodge, July 28, 1820. 
 
 The Lodge, numbering nine officers, seven Past 
 Masters, sixty-six members, and eleven visitors, to 
 the music of the Germania Band, escorted the Grand 
 Lodge Officers, numbering twenty-three, to the site 
 of the church. 
 
 The exercises of laying the corner-stone were in 
 charge of the Grand Lodge, Rt. Wor. Samuel Wells, 
 Past Grand Master, officiating in the absence of Most 
 Wor. Otis E. Weld, Grand Master, who was detained 
 by sickness. 
 
84 A BRIEF HISTORY OF 
 
 The services opened at two o'clock p. m. with a 
 program embracing exercises by the church, followed 
 by the Grand Lodge service. 
 
 The box deposited in the stone contains numerous 
 articles of Masonic interest, among them being a 
 photograph of the Lodge, taken in their hall Sept. 13, 
 1894, also copies of notices of this meeting and of that 
 of July 28, 1820, the latter taken from the Columbian 
 Centinel, a paper of that time. 
 
 Rev. E. L. Rexford, the minister of the church, 
 delivered an able address, and closed the exercises 
 with a benediction. 
 
 The Fraternity formed in procession as they had 
 come, and returned to the hall, the line of march 
 including Warren, Dudley, and Washington Streets. 
 The weather was clear and mild, and all that could 
 be desired for an out -door parade and service of 
 this kind. 
 
 1894, Oct. II. The Lodge elected to Honorary 
 Membership Bro. John Hoffman Collamore, the donor 
 of the beautiful organ adorning the Hall in Roxbury, 
 whose many acts of beneficence to the Fraternity in 
 Boston and vicinity are so well known. 
 
 1894, Nov. I. Election of Officers : 
 Herbert F. Morse, Master. 
 Silas W. Brackett, S. W. George A. Brackett, J. W. 
 
DANIEL VV. JONES 
 Master, I 885- 1 88h 
 
WASHINGTON LODGE. 85 
 
 1895, Feb. 14. Bro. Edwin Upton Curtis, Mayor 
 of Boston, was elected to membership. 
 
 Bro. J. H. Collamore presented the Lodge a very 
 handsome copy of the Holy Bible, together with 
 square and compasses of solid silver. 
 
 Walter Gilman Page, Esq., Artist, of Boston, pre- 
 sented the Lodge a print of Washington, being a 
 copy of the famous Gilbert Stuart portrait of Wash- 
 ington now in the Boston Museum of Fine Arts. 
 
 Won Bro. John F. Newton presented a photograph 
 of the Lodge in line of parade in Eliot Square, Rox- 
 bury, taken on the occasion of the dedication of the 
 Masonic Temple of Boston, on June 24, 1867. 
 
 1895, March 14. The Lodge was presented a 
 copy of the " Centennial History of Old Colony Lodge, 
 Hingham, Mass.," by Wor. Bro. George Gushing of 
 that Lodge. 
 
 The Lodge was also presented a collection of 
 Masonic addresses delivered by John Howe, Master 
 of Washington Lodge in 1819-1821, and of peculiar 
 interest because in Wor. Bro. Howe's own handwrit- 
 ing. One address was delivered on the occasion of 
 the installation of officers Dec. 6, 18 19, The gift was 
 from Miss Frances Maria Gibbens, who forwarded it 
 to the Lodge through her nephew, Bro. Henry 
 Sherwin of the Massachusetts Civil Service Com- 
 mission. 
 
86 A BRIEF HISTORY OF 
 
 John Howe was the brother of Bro. Sherwin's step- 
 grandmother, who was the wife of Col. Daniel Lewis 
 Gibbens, at one time Master of Massachusetts Lodge, 
 Boston. Mr. Howe left this collection of addresses to 
 Col. Gibbens and at his death they became the prop- 
 erty of Joseph McKean Gibbens, who at his death 
 left them to his sister, Miss F. M. Gibbens, who 
 desired that they be presented to the Lodge over 
 which Mr. Howe presided. 
 
 Bro. Edward Lang presented a copy of the Grand 
 Constitutions compiled by Rev. Bro. Thaddeus Mason, 
 Chaplain of the Grand Lodge in 1798. 
 
 1 89s, June 13. Bro. C. M. Faunce presented the 
 Lodge a photograph of the Ancestral Home of the 
 Washingtons, in Sulgrave, Northampton, England, 
 also a photograph of the Brass Plate on the tomb of 
 the Washingtons in the church at the same place. 
 
 Bro. John A. Kohl presented the Lodge a copy of 
 the "New England Galaxy and Masonic Magazine" 
 in a bound volume covering the year from Oct. 16, 
 1818, to Oct. I, 1819. 
 
 1895, Sept. 13, occurred the death of Gen. Bro. 
 Isaac S. Burrell, a member of the Lodge since Feb. 2, 
 1865. His funeral occurred on Sunday, Sept. 15, at 
 the Universalist Church, Buena Vista Street, Rox- 
 bury, and was the first service held in the new church. 
 
WASHINGTON LODGE. 87 
 
 whose corner-stone was laid by Washington Lodge. 
 The funeral was attended by members of Washington 
 Lodge, and was in charge of G. A. R. Post 26 of 
 Roxbury. 
 
 189s, Nov. 7. Officers reelected. 
 
 1895, Dec. 12. The Lodge voted to have the 
 original charter photographed and framed for use in 
 the Lodge room, instead of the copy then in use. 
 This was done and a perfect fac-simile was secured 
 and approved by the Grand Lodge. 
 
 Bro. Irving Bond Vose presented the Lodge with 
 a seven-and-one-third octave, cabinet grand, mahogany, 
 upright pianoforte, made by Vose & Sons, to be the 
 property of the Lodge, but to be used on all proper 
 occasions by the other bodies meeting in the hall. 
 
 The presentation was made in behalf of Bro. 
 Vose by Bro. Edward H. Wise with this sentiment : 
 " May this gift, like the excellent work and brotherly 
 love that have always prevailed in Washington Lodge, 
 be an incentive to still greater harmony in the future." 
 
 1896, Jan. 9. Bro. Joseph Ellsworth Waitt pre- 
 sented the Lodge a beautiful marble clock, which now 
 adorns the hall over the entrance — -a most acceptable 
 acquisition. Bro. Wm. H. Gerrish acted for Bro. 
 Waitt in the presentation. 
 
88 A BRIEF HISTORY OF 
 
 The thanks of the Lodge, engrossed and framed, 
 were presented to Bros. Vose and Waitt in apprecia- 
 tion of their valuable gifts. 
 
 1896, March 12. A careful analysis of the busi- 
 ness of this meeting, to which attention is called by 
 our Secretary in the following brief summary, reveals 
 the fact that it forms a fit closing of this centenary 
 sketch. 
 
 1. The attendance of every officer, eight Past 
 Masters, one hundred and fourteen members, and 
 thirty -eight visitors, shows a lively interest in the 
 institution. 
 
 2. The rejection of a candidate at this communica- 
 tion records that the Lodge does not admit all who 
 knock at her doors, but exercises care in receiving 
 material which composes the edifice. 
 
 3. An amendment to the By-Laws, providing for 
 duplicate records for the next century, gives evidence 
 of a due appreciation of the value of our proceedings. 
 
 4. A brother, residing in California, who had 
 received assistance from the Lodge, at this meeting 
 returned a large part of the money given him ; thus 
 exhibiting that fine sense of honor of which Masonry 
 is an exponent. 
 
 5. An engrossed set of resolutions of thanks was 
 presented to a brother for a valuable gift to the 
 Lodge; thus calling attention to that fraternal spirit 
 
JOHN K, BERRY 
 Mnstsr, I 387-1 883 
 
 WALTER S. FROST 
 Master, I 889- I 890 
 
 WILLIAM DONALDSON 
 Master, I 89 I - I 892 
 
WASHINGTON LODGE. 89 
 
 which manifests itself in all the deliberations of Wash- 
 ington Lodge. 
 
 6. The long and continued illness of a brother 
 prompted the brethren present to send a substantial 
 recognition of their love and sympathy for him in his 
 affliction. 
 
 These incidents form a delightful illustration of 
 those time-honored principles which our beloved 
 institution teaches. 
 
 CONCLUSION. 
 
 Washington Lodge has been intimately connected 
 with the growth and prosperity of its birthplace. The 
 prominent men of the town and of the city of Roxbury 
 have been the pillars of the Lodge. All along the 
 century, as low down in the unseen depths of Nature's 
 bosom the ever-active spirit of order secretly weaves 
 the beautiful network of foliage, fruits, and flowers, 
 so the secret Brotherhood have labored to throw over 
 the waste and barren places of human life the beauti- 
 ful flowers of Friendship, Morality, and Brotherly 
 Love. 
 
 A Masonic Lodge is an asylum of peace and love ; 
 political or religious disputes never enter there, and 
 
go A BRIEF HISTORY OF 
 
 within its peace-inspiring walls, men of antagonistical 
 faiths meet as brothers, and bind themselves by 
 solemn vows to fulfil the Christian law of love, and to 
 do good to all men as they have opportunity or ability. 
 There the lone wanderer, weary and discouraged in 
 his search for friendship, finds repose in sympathising 
 and loving hearts. 
 
 The clergy, from Rev. Dr. Porter, who welcomed 
 the Lodge to the First Meeting House, March 17, 
 1796, through the century to Rev. James De 
 Normandie, who welcomed us to the First Meeting 
 House, March 17, 1896, including the Rev. Bros. 
 Gumbart, Lyon, and Quint, who assisted in our cen- 
 tenary commemoration, all realizing that Masonry 
 seeks to exorcise the foul spirit of selfishness, to 
 make men love one another as brethren, to bear 
 one another's burdens, to restore unity and broth- 
 erly love, and to lend a helping hand as we journey 
 through life to the unseen world, have been Chris- 
 tian patrons of Washington Lodge, and have been 
 pleased to cherish an institution that teaches Faith 
 in God, Hope in Immortality, and Charity to all 
 Mankind. 
 
 Be faithful, then, brethren, in the future as in the 
 past, to the idea of our Order. See that we live the 
 principles that we teach. See that we labor to extend 
 the mystic tie of sympathy, till, as a chain of light, it 
 shall encircle humanity. 
 
WASHINGTON LODGE. 91 
 
 ' Speed on, ye faithful brothers ! speed ! 
 
 And blessings with you go ; 
 Still aid the widow in her need, 
 
 And soothe the orphan's woe ! 
 Still by the heart-sick stranger's side, 
 
 With words of kindness stay, 
 And bid the deep and troubled tide 
 
 Of sorrow pass away! 
 Ye generous band ! long may you stand, 
 
 The graybeard and the youth. 
 Shoulder to shoulder, hand to hand, 
 
 In Honor, Virtue, Truth!" 
 
92 
 
 CHRONOLOGICAL LIST. 
 
 NAMES 
 
 OF THOSE WHO ENTERED WASHINGTON LODGE 
 DURING ITS FIRST CENTURY. 
 
 
 ARRANGED CHRONOLOGICALLY. 
 
 
 
 PETITIONERS. 
 
 I 
 
 Simeon Pratt. 
 
 2 
 
 John Ward. 
 
 3 
 
 Moses Harriman. 
 
 4 
 
 Ebenezer Seaver. 
 
 S 
 
 Timothy Heeley. 
 
 6 
 
 Joseph Ruggles. 
 
 7 
 
 Stephen Davis. 
 
 8 
 
 James Howe. 
 
 
 
 1796 [March 17] 
 
 
 Hon. 
 
 Ebenezer Seaver, Master. 
 
 9 
 
 William Brewer. 
 
 10 
 
 James Bowers. 
 
 II 
 
 William Blaney. 
 
 12 
 
 Belcher Hancock. 
 
 13 
 
 Nathaniel Tileston. 
 
 14 
 
 Eliphalet Spurr. 
 
 15 
 
 Nathaniel Ruggles. 
 
 16 
 
 Joel Richards. 
 
 17 
 
 M. P. P. Lancaster. 
 
 18 
 
 John Newland. 
 
 19 
 
 Nathaniel Williams. 
 
 20 
 
 William Davis. 
 
 21 
 
 Schuyler Fisher. 
 
 22 
 
 George Bruce. 
 
 23 
 
 Jesse Pike. 
 
 24 
 
 George Nolen. 
 
 25 
 
 Stephen Brewer. 
 
 26 
 
 Samuel Gore, Jr. 
 
 27 
 
 William Baldwin. 
 
 28 
 
 Oliver Jewett. 
 
 29 
 
 Oliver White. 
 
 30 
 
 William Patten. 
 
 31 
 
 Jonah Holden. 
 
 32 
 
 Phinehas Withington, 
 
 33 
 
 Joel White. 
 
 1797 
 
 
 34 
 
 John W. Fellows. 
 
 35 
 
 Nathaniel Weld. 
 
 36 
 
 John Bowen. 
 
 37 
 
 Abner Hayden. 
 
WASHINGTON LODGE. 
 
 93 
 
 38 
 40 
 42 
 
 44 
 
 Samuel Bird. 
 Jonathan Jewett. 
 Edward Turner. 
 William Grover. 
 
 45 Nathan Gill. 
 
 39 
 41 
 
 43 
 
 Rufus Foster. 
 Gamblin Gates. 
 Nathan Burditt. 
 
 Simeon Pratt, Master. 
 
 46 Elisha Holbrook. 
 
 1798 
 
 47 
 
 Henry Winchester. 
 
 48 
 
 William Cummins. 
 
 49 
 
 David William,s. 
 
 50 
 
 Ebenezer Leland. 
 
 SI 
 
 Shiler HiUyer. 
 
 52 
 
 Seth Pratt. 
 
 53 
 
 Lieut. William Capen. 
 
 S4 
 
 Lieut. Amos Upham, 
 
 SS 
 
 Abraham Felton. 
 
 S6 
 
 Francis Child. 
 
 1799 
 
 57 
 
 Samuel Barry. 
 
 58 
 
 Enos Withington. 
 
 59 
 
 James Leeds. 
 
 60 
 
 Charles Durant. 
 
 61 
 
 Jesse Stetson. 
 
 62 
 
 David Dana. 
 
 63 
 
 Ebenezer Rice. 
 
 64 
 
 Jedediah Boutell. 
 
 65 
 
 Capt. John Tateman. 
 
 66 
 
 Ebenezer Davis. 
 
 67 
 
 Alexander Leeds. 
 
 68 
 
 Thomas Heard. 
 
 
 Nathaniel Ruggles, Master. 
 
 69 
 
 Willard Howe. 
 
 1800 
 
 
 70 
 
 Elijah Corey. 
 
 71 
 
 Thomas Williams, Jr. 
 
 72 
 
 Noah Harris. 
 
 73 
 
 George Y. McCready. 
 
 74 
 
 Stephen Child. 
 
 75 
 
 Capt. Timothy Corey. 
 
 76 
 
 Daniel Knower. 
 
 77 
 
 Jonathan Winchester, 
 
 78 
 
 Benjamin Marshall. 
 
 79 
 
 Leonard Sproat. 
 
 John Ward, Master. 
 
 80 
 82 
 
 Isaac Whiting. 
 William Fuller. 
 
 1801 
 
 81 
 83 
 
 Enoch Harris. 
 Jason Babcock. 
 
 Phinehas Withington, Master. 
 84 John Baker. 85 David Province. 
 
94 
 
 CHRONOLOGICAL LIST. 
 
 86 John Child. 
 
 88 Lot Allen. 
 
 go Ebenezer Freeman. 
 
 1802 
 
 87 
 
 Wilks Allen. 
 Dan Gibbs. 
 
 91 Aaron Kingsbury. 
 93 Roswell Pomroy. 
 
 1803 
 
 92 Dr. Nathaniel S. Prentiss. 
 
 Samuel Barry, Master. 
 
 94 Seth Silsby. 
 96 John Pray. 
 98 Samuel Silsby. 
 
 1804 
 
 95 William Barry. 
 97 Abel Hubbard. 
 
 1805 
 
 99 William Spring. 100 Elijah Brown. 
 
 Dr. Nathaniel S. Prentiss, Master. 
 
 1806 
 
 lOI 
 
 Jonas Randall. 
 
 102 
 
 John Edson. 
 
 103 
 
 Norman Holmes. 
 
 104 
 
 James Cawte. 
 
 105 
 
 Daniel Leverett. 
 
 106 
 
 Samuel Newell. 
 
 107 
 
 Lewis Gale. 
 
 108 
 
 Samuel Griggs, Jr. 
 
 109 
 
 Robert S. Davis. 
 
 no 
 
 Henry Dalrimple. 
 
 III 
 
 Simeon Wood. 
 
 112 
 
 Levi Currier. 
 
 "3 
 
 Elias Dunbar. 
 
 1807 
 
 
 114 
 
 Joshua C. Clark. 
 
 "S 
 
 Seth Howard. 
 
 116 
 
 Warren Marsh. 
 
 117 
 
 Isaac Farrington. 
 
 iiS 
 
 Aaron Heeley. 
 
 "9 
 
 Isaac Chadwick. 
 
 120 
 
 Nathaniel Scott. 
 
 121 
 
 Joshua Holden. 
 
 122 
 
 David B. Griggs. 
 
 
 
 Enos WiTHlNGTON, Master. 
 
WASHINGTON LODGE. 
 
 95 
 
 1808 
 
 123 Timothy Corey, Jr. 
 125 Jacob Carter. 
 127 Isaac Howe. 
 
 124 Joseph Griggs. 
 126 John Stephens. 
 128 Alvin Fuller. 
 
 Samuel Barry, Master. 
 
 1809 
 
 129 
 
 John English. 
 
 130 David Beman. 
 
 131 
 
 William Rooke. 
 
 132 William Wording. 
 
 133 
 
 William Graves. 
 
 134 Oliver Rouse. 
 
 
 Enos 
 
 WiTHiNGTON, Master. 
 
 135 
 
 Michael Grace. 
 
 136 Edward Berring. 
 
 137 
 
 Patrick McGey. 
 
 138 Ebenezer J. Freeman. 
 
 139 Ezra Stone. 
 
 141 John Blanchard. 
 
 143 Matthew Barton. 
 
 145 William W. Messer. 
 
 1810 
 
 140 Levi Brigham. 
 142 Nicholas Quinn. 
 144 Ebenezer S. Pierce. 
 
 146 James Barker. 
 
 1811 
 
 147 Luther Newell. 
 
 148 John Anderson. 
 
 1812 
 
 Joshua C. Clark, Master. 
 
 1813 
 
 149 Timothy C. Smith. 150 William Hamilton. 
 
 151 Jonathan Huntingdon. 152 Moses Hunt. 
 
 1814 
 
 153 Dudley Andrews. 154 Samuel J. Gardner. 
 
 Joshua Holden, Master. 
 
96 
 
 CHRONOLOGICAL LIST. 
 
 155 Dennis Andrews. 
 
 1815 
 
 156 Jeremiah P. Smith. 
 
 1816 
 
 157 
 
 John Ward, Jr. 
 
 158 
 
 Asa Bugbee. 
 
 159 
 
 Thomas Sturtevant. 
 
 160 
 
 Benjamin Vining. 
 
 161 
 
 Charles Maxwell. 
 
 162 
 
 John Howe. 
 
 ■63 
 
 Chester Guild. 
 
 164 
 
 William Bacon. 
 
 165 
 
 Samuel Curtiss. 
 
 166 
 
 Thomas W. Wyman. 
 
 167 
 
 Nicholas E. Coffin. 
 
 168 
 
 George Sampson. 
 
 169 
 
 William Makepeace. 
 
 170 
 
 Charles May. 
 
 171 
 
 4 Charles Biclcnell. 
 
 
 
 
 Samuel J. 
 
 Gardner, Master. 
 
 1817 
 
 172 
 
 John Lemist. 
 
 173 
 
 William McCarthy. 
 
 174 
 
 William Colburn. 
 
 17s 
 
 James Jones. 
 
 176 
 
 Benjamin B. Davis. 
 
 177 
 
 Gurdon A. Leadbetter. 
 
 178 
 
 Stephen A. Dix. 
 
 179 
 
 Calvin Baker. 
 
 180 
 
 John Webber. 
 
 181 
 
 Newell Fuller. 
 
 182 
 
 David Lincoln. 
 
 183 
 
 Robert G. Babcock. 
 
 184 
 
 Simon Willard, Jr. 
 
 
 
 
 Samuel 
 
 Barrv, 
 1818 
 
 Master. 
 
 .85 
 
 John Erskine. 
 
 186 
 
 Ephraim Ward Stone. 
 
 187 
 
 Francis Colburn. 
 
 
 
 
 Asa Bugbee, i 
 
 Master. 
 
 1819 
 
 1 88 Francis Dix. 
 
 190 Samuel Eaton. 
 
 192 Jeremiah Lyons. 
 
 194 Samuel Dowse. 
 
 195 Samuel Sweetser. 
 
 iSg Capt. William Wyman. 
 191 Lewis Withington. 
 193 Daniel' Merry. 
 
 John Howe, Master. 
 
 196 Isaac J. Bicknell. 
 
WASHINGTON LODGE. 
 
 97 
 
 1820 
 
 197 
 
 William H. Brown. 
 
 198 
 
 199 
 
 Ebenezer Brewer. 
 
 200 
 
 201 
 
 Thomas Killlck. 
 
 202 
 
 203 
 
 Elijah Henderson. 
 
 204 
 
 205 
 
 Joseph E. Rhoades. 
 
 206 
 
 207 
 
 Asa Whittier. 
 
 208 
 1821 
 
 209 
 
 Charles Daniel. 
 
 210 
 
 211 
 
 William Lewis. 
 
 212 
 
 213 
 
 Adam Morse. 
 
 214 
 
 
 Chester 
 
 Guild, 
 
 215 
 
 Richard L. Monroe. 
 
 
 Joseph Stratton. 
 James G. Loring. 
 Jonas Davis. 
 Abel Stearns. 
 Samuel Knower. 
 James Wharf. 
 
 Lewis A. Lauriat. 
 Rev. Hosea Ballou, 2d. 
 Charles Wild, M.D. 
 Master. 
 
 216 William Holmes. 
 218 Reuben Hunting. 
 220 William Redding. 
 
 1822 
 
 217 Thomas Alker. 
 219 Elijah Johnson. 
 221 Lemuel B. White. 
 
 James Jones, Master. 
 
 222 
 224 
 
 Willard Onion. 
 David Trufant. 
 
 1823 
 
 223 
 225 
 
 Daniel M. Edwards. 
 David Mead. 
 
 226 
 228 
 230 
 232 
 
 234 
 
 Nehemiah Bartlett. 
 Samuel Jackson. 
 Pierre D. B. Constant. 
 Francis G. Coffin. 
 
 1824 
 
 227 
 229 
 231 
 233 
 
 John F. Furley. 
 John H. Gould. 
 John H. Pierce. 
 Francis Stone. 
 
 Lewis Withington, Master. 
 Norman G. Rose. 235 Ameriah Hamden. 
 
 1825 
 
 236 
 
 Abiatha Field. 
 
 237 
 
 Manassa Bixby. 
 
 238 
 
 John Holbrook. 
 
 239 
 
 Otis Withington. 
 
 240 
 
 John Robinson, Jr. 
 
 241 
 
 William Jackson. 
 
 242 
 
 Edward L. Staniels. 
 
 243 
 
 Hyacinthe Gallien, 
 
 244 
 
 Richard Austin. 
 
 
 
98 CHRONOLOGICAL LIST. 
 
 1826 
 
 245 George Watson. 246 John Stanyan. 
 
 247 Archibald Ludlow. 248 Daniel McAllister. 
 
 249 William S. Ward. 250 William Holden. 
 
 251 Timothy Gately. 252 Thomas S. Watts. 
 
 253 Rev. William Leverett. 
 
 Ephraim W. Stone, Master. 
 
 1827 
 
 Charles Wild, Master. 
 
 1828 
 
 254 Samuel B. Alker. 
 
 1829 
 
 255 John H. Richardson. 256 Benjamin Whittier. 
 
 257 Benjamin W. Dodge. 
 
 Asa Bugbee, Master. 
 
 258 Charles Senior. 
 
 1830 
 
 259 James Sinclair. 260 Jeremiah L. Walker. 
 
 1831 
 
 261 Edward Lang. 
 
 William H. Brown, Master. 
 
 1832 
 
 [No Work.] 
 
 1833 
 
 262 James Bradford. 
 
 Samuel Jackson, Master. 
 
 1834 
 
 [No Work.l 
 
 1835 
 
 Charles Daniel, Master. 
 
WASHINGTON LODGE. 
 
 99 
 
 1836 
 
 [No Work.] 
 
 1837 
 
 Charles Wild, Master. 
 
 [Regular meetings were held until July, 1841, but no Work. Resumed Dec. 24, 1846.] 
 
 1846 
 
 Charles Wild, Master. 
 
 263 Winslow Lewis, Sen. 
 
 265 Ebenezer C. Blackmar. 
 
 267 Luther Hamilton. 
 
 269 Amos Stevens. 
 
 271 Lemuel Lyon. 
 
 273 Jonas Barnard. 
 
 275 Samuel Payson. 
 
 264 Benjamin F. Cooke. 
 
 266 Nathan W. Towne. 
 
 268 Alpheus M. Withington. 
 
 270 Josiah S. Upham. 
 
 272 Joseph Crawshaw. 
 
 274 Charles S. Newton. 
 
 276 Peter Brigham. 
 
 278 Horace D. Train. 
 
 280 John Barker. 
 
 282 George W. Humphreys. 
 
 284 Benjamin Monroe. 
 
 286 John W. Lord. 
 
 288 D. W. Nutting. 
 
 290 John A. Robertson. 
 
 292 Nathaniel Jenkins. 
 
 Luther 
 
 293 Abraham S. Parker. 
 
 1847 
 
 277 Augustus Peabody. 
 
 279 Esdras Lord. 
 
 281 Ira Allen. 
 
 283 Robert Clouston. 
 
 285 William C. Perkins. 
 
 287 Willard BuUard, Jr. 
 
 289 William Seaver. 
 
 291 George Moulton. 
 
 Hamilton, Master. 
 
 294 Ansel W. Putnam. 
 
 296 Elisha Thayer. 
 
 298 Moses H. Webber. 
 
 300 Isaac Sweetser. 
 
 302 Thomas M. Lewis. 
 
 304 Thomas Willis. 
 
 306 Elijah K. Spoor. 
 
 1848 
 
 295 
 297 
 299 
 301 
 303 
 30s 
 
 Albert Cole. 
 Charles Capen. 
 Isaac Howe. 
 Sylvester Bowman. 
 J. W. Arnold. 
 I. Whitney Lyon. 
 
lOO 
 
 CHRONOLOGICAL LIST. 
 
 307 
 3°9 
 3" 
 313 
 
 314 
 316 
 318 
 320 
 
 1849 
 
 Samuel Jackson, Master. 
 Sanford M. Hunt. 308 Robert Seaver. 
 
 Joshua Eckroyd. 310 Thomas Reed. 
 
 William H. Robertson. 312 Isaac H. Meserve. 
 
 George N. Kent. 
 
 Rev. William R. Alger. 
 Nathaniel F. Hard. 
 Hosea B. Stiles. 
 John FreudenvoU. 
 
 1850 
 
 315 
 317 
 319 
 321 
 
 Henry Crook. 
 Josiah H. Talbot. 
 Charles FreudenvoU. 
 Joseph G. Torrey. 
 
 George Moulton, Master. 
 
 322 Dr. Ariel I. Cummings. 
 324 Samuel Walker. 
 326 John Umbehend. 
 
 327 
 329 
 
 1851 
 
 323 
 
 325 
 
 1852 
 
 John Powell. 
 Owen H. Deming. 
 
 Edward Lang, Jr. 328 Albert Ham. 
 
 Henry C. Rosemeyer. 330 M. J. Ramsey. 
 
 John W. Lord, Master. 
 331 Albert Hennrikus. 332 John I. Hastings. 
 
 1853 
 
 333 
 335 
 337 
 
 David S. Devine. 
 Ferdinand Decoene. 
 William H. Mackintosh. 
 
 334 
 336 
 338 
 
 1854 
 
 John A. Emmons. 
 Rev. Benjamin Kent. 
 John Balch. 
 
 339 
 341 
 343 
 345 
 347 
 
 Ebenezer Roby. 
 William G. Train. 
 Rev. Daniel Leach. 
 Horatio G. Morse. 
 E. Winslow Cobb. 
 
 340 
 342 
 344 
 346 
 348 
 
 John Seaver. 
 John C. King. 
 William D. Rice. 
 Robert W. Molineux. 
 Charles F. Sleeper. 
 
 349 
 
 John Rogers. 
 
 Sanford 
 
 M. Hunt, Master. 
 
 350 
 
 Beiijamin Perkins, Jr. 
 
 35' 
 
 Robert Simonson. 
 
WASHINGTON LODGE. 
 
 lOI 
 
 1855 
 
 3S2 
 
 Samuel F. Train. 
 
 353 
 
 Elbridge G. Scott. 
 
 3S4 
 
 Henry R. Chandler. 
 
 355 
 
 George Woods Rice. 
 
 356 
 
 Francis P. Babbit. 
 
 357 
 
 James W. Cushing. 
 
 3S8 
 
 William F.Jackson. 
 
 359 
 
 Ashley Parmelee. 
 
 360 
 
 James R. Holt. 
 
 361 
 
 Chandler R. Ransom. 
 
 362 
 
 William Gaston. 
 
 363 
 
 George L. Dodd. 
 
 364 
 
 James A. Dupee. 
 
 365 
 
 George Frost. 
 
 366 
 
 Joseph Crawshaw, Jr. 
 
 367 
 
 Henry G. Crowell. 
 
 368 
 
 Samuel S. Chase. 
 
 369 
 
 George B. Cordwell. 
 
 370 
 
 Joel Seaverns. 
 
 371 
 
 Sanford M. Hunt, Jr. 
 
 372 
 
 Ezra Young. 
 
 373 
 
 Alonzo W. Folsom. 
 
 374 
 
 Edward Holden. 
 
 375 
 
 Phineas B. Smith. 
 
 376 
 
 James F. Drumraond. 
 
 1856 
 
 
 yn 
 
 William R. Huston. 
 
 378 
 
 Thomas Wallace Walker. 
 
 379 
 
 Henry A. Martin. 
 
 380 
 
 John M. Marston. 
 
 381 
 
 W. Elliott Woodward. 
 
 382 
 
 John F. Davis. 
 
 383 
 
 Thomas L. D. Perkins. 
 
 384 
 
 Samuel Felton. 
 
 38s 
 
 Morris C. Reisner. 
 
 386 
 1857 
 
 James Edwin Marsh. 
 
 387 
 
 James H. Church. 
 
 388 
 
 John Howard Sleeper. 
 
 389 
 
 John F. Newton. 
 
 390 
 
 William G. Lavers. 
 
 391 
 
 James Augustus Tower. 
 
 
 
 
 Charles 
 
 F. Sleeper, Master. 
 
 392 
 
 Frederick W. Hentz. 
 
 1858 
 
 
 393 
 
 Julius M. Swain. 
 
 394 
 
 James A. Dix. 
 
 395 
 
 Charles L. Thayer. 
 
 396 
 
 William B. May. 
 
 397 
 
 Alonzo H. Quint. 
 
 398 
 
 Ebenezer Williams. 
 
 399 
 
 George B. Faunce. 
 
 400 
 
 John T. Ellis. 
 
 401 
 
 Aaron D. Williams, Jr. 
 
 402 
 
 Giovanni B. Fontani. 
 
 403 
 
 Thomas P. Proctor. 
 
 404 
 
 William Everett. 
 
 405 
 
 Joseph H. Chadwick. 
 
 406 
 
 James Boyle. 
 
 407 
 
 Joseph B. Young. 
 
 408 
 
 James P. Sullivan. 
 
 409 
 
 James O. Wilson. 
 
 410 
 
 George Percival K. Walker. 
 
 411 
 
 Benjamin F. Campbell. 
 
 41Z 
 
 Hiram Huston. 
 
 413 
 
 Edward A. Morse. 
 
 414 
 
 Edward Hamilton. 
 
 415 
 
 Alfred E. Giles. 
 
 416 
 
 George Hewins. 
 
 417 
 
 Hamilton P. Stewart. 
 
 
 
I02 
 
 CHRONOLOGICAL LIST. 
 
 1859 
 
 418 
 
 Enoch W. Boston. 
 
 419 
 
 George Wallace Hill. 
 
 420 
 
 George W. Appleton. 
 
 421 
 
 L. Augustus Cutler. 
 
 422 
 
 Thaddeus C. Craft. 
 
 423 
 
 Edward Wise. 
 
 424 
 
 Charles A. Hewins. 
 
 425 
 
 Samuel Little. 
 
 426 
 
 T. J. Pishon. 
 
 427 
 
 Francis J. Ward. 
 
 428 
 
 Fred. M. Briggs. 
 
 429 
 
 James T. Bickford. 
 
 43° 
 
 Augustus H. Heath. 
 
 431 
 
 Edward T. Gray. 
 
 
 Francis 
 
 P. Babbit, Master. 
 
 432 
 
 Hugo John Wieozorek. 
 
 433 
 
 Charles H. Estabrook. 
 
 434 
 
 William P. Anderson. 
 
 435 
 
 Aaron E. Fisher. 
 
 436 
 
 William Barton. 
 
 1860 
 
 
 437 
 
 Edgar A. Fisk. 
 
 438 
 
 Moses B. Bell. 
 
 439 
 
 Joseph N. Brewer. 
 
 440 
 
 Francis H. Caffin. 
 
 441 
 
 W. Toussaint. 
 
 442 
 
 Charles A. Jones. 
 
 443 
 
 Andrew J. Lloyd. 
 
 444 
 
 Isaac W. Newton. 
 
 445 
 
 Joseph Gavett. 
 
 446 
 
 George Lewis. 
 
 447 
 
 A. M. Jewell. 
 
 448 
 
 E. H. Curtis. 
 
 449 
 
 Francis Colburn. 
 
 45° 
 
 Frank W. Carruth. 
 
 451 
 
 William Hewitt. 
 
 452 
 
 Thomas W. Seaverns, Jr, 
 
 
 Alonzo W. 
 
 FOLSOM, 
 
 Master. 
 
 453 
 
 George S. Daniels. 
 
 1861 
 
 
 454 
 
 Thomas H. Robinson. 
 
 455 
 
 Dr. Joseph P. Paine. 
 
 456 
 
 Robert W. Hale. 
 
 457 
 
 William A. Crafts. 
 
 458 
 
 Joseph White, Jr. 
 
 459 
 
 Abiel G. Chamberlin. 
 
 460 
 
 George H. Griggs. 
 
 461 
 
 Lewis F. Whiting. 
 
 462 
 
 Frederick O. White. 
 
 1862 
 
 
 463 
 
 William Hobbs, Jr. 
 
 464 
 
 William T. Spear. 
 
 465 
 
 Phineas B. Smith, Jr. 
 
 466 
 
 George William Gregers 
 
 467 
 
 Joseph Hubbard, 2d. 
 
 468 
 
 Henry S. Lawrence. 
 
 469 
 
 John D. F. Wilcox. 
 
 470 
 
 George Richards. 
 
 471 
 
 Francis A. Hentz. 
 
 472 
 
 George F. Davis. 
 
 
 George Frost, 
 
 Master. 
 
 473 
 
 George L. Smith. 
 
 474 
 
 Lewis E. Munroe. 
 
 475 
 
 Nathan G. Smith. 
 
 476 
 
 Addison C. Masury. 
 
WASHINGTON LODGE. 
 
 103 
 
 477 Jeremiah A. Dennett. 
 
 479 George W. Lang. 
 
 481 Lewellyn D. Davenport. 
 
 483 Thacher F. Sweat. 
 
 485 True West. 
 
 487 Adolph Vogl. 
 
 489 Charles F. Copeland. 
 
 491 James Ritchie. 
 
 493 Daniel W. Jones. 
 
 495 Enoch P. Davis. 
 
 497 Alonzo Wiggin. 
 
 499 George R. Slader. 
 
 501 Ebenezer Adams. 
 
 .503 Christopher Tilden, Jr. 
 
 505 William H. Morrell. 
 
 507 John H. Kelly. 
 
 509 R. Montgomery Field. 
 
 511 Charles A. B. Munroe. 
 
 513 John M. Cowen. 
 
 514 Solomon A. Bolster. 
 
 516 Charles T. Wilson. 
 
 518 George H. Monroe. 
 
 520 Thomas Decatur. 
 
 522 Samuel Walker. 
 
 524 William F. Hunt. 
 
 526 William F. Goulding. 
 
 528 Charles Frost. 
 
 530 Albert H. Sweetser. 
 
 532 Cornelius T. Buchanan. 
 
 534 Theodore A. Comstock. 
 
 536 Thomas D. Cook. 
 
 538 Nathaniel Stackpole. 
 
 540 Benjamin Garland. 
 
 542 John Dorety. 
 
 544 W. Nelson Bangs. 
 
 546 John W. Bell. 
 
 548 Alvin G. Bartlett. 
 
 550 Lewis Whitaker. 
 
 1863 
 
 478 Charles C. Harvey. 
 
 480 W. Roscoe Williams. 
 
 482 Anthony B. Shaw. 
 
 484 Daniel Wheeler. 
 
 486 Henry R. Eaton. 
 
 488 Alexander H. Whitaker. 
 
 490 William Sawyer. 
 
 492 Henry M. Harmon. 
 
 494 Charles E. Barnes. 
 
 496 James E. Adams. 
 
 498 Henry C. Allen. 
 
 500 John S. Flint. 
 
 502 Cornelius E. Masten. 
 
 504 Charles E. Savell. 
 
 506 John A. Brigham. 
 
 508 Daniel Augustus Glidden. 
 
 510 John Arbecam. 
 
 512 F. W. Evans. 
 
 1864 
 
 515 Peter McNaught. 
 
 517 Jeremiah Coleman, Jr. 
 
 519 Jonathan Sherman. 
 
 521 Charles A. Davis. 
 
 523 John W. Chase. 
 
 525 John Watson. 
 
 527 Edward H. Wise. 
 
 529 William A. Garbett. 
 
 531 William W. Tuttle. 
 
 533 Edward L. Rand. 
 
 535 Stephen C. Perrin. 
 
 537 James C. Hunneman. 
 
 539 James A. Hersey. 
 
 541 Elizur D. Ingraham. 
 
 543 Ebenezer Stone. 
 
 545 George H. Gould. 
 
 547 C. Edwin Miles. 
 
 549 Asa Wyman, Jr. 
 
 551 George H. Richardson. 
 
I04 
 
 CHRONOLOGICAL LIST. 
 
 SS2 T. Cordis Clarke. 553 Ira F. Tibbets. 
 
 Samuel Little, Master. 
 
 554 William E. Moore. 555 William E. Elliott. 
 
 556 Selam Boyce. 557 Richmond James. 
 
 558 Edward Barnes. 559 John W. Allen. 
 
 560 Benjamin H. Mann. 561 John Kneeland. 
 
 562 Z. Boylston Adams. 563 Isaac S. Burrell. 
 
 564 Albert Griggs. 565 George J. Arnold. 
 
 1865 
 
 566 W. H. Tredick. 567 
 
 568 Henry A. Rice. 569 
 
 570 Charles I. Eaton. 571 
 
 572 Edwin Adams. 573 
 
 574 Henry F. Wheeler. 575 
 
 576 Charles W. Eaton. 577 
 
 578 Henry W. Kinsell. 579 
 
 580 Chauncey C. Dean. 581 
 
 582 Frank H. Hastings. 583 
 
 584 Robert H. Clouston, Jr. 585 
 
 586 Charles M. Clapp. 587 
 
 588 Edward N. Harris. 589 
 
 590 Jarvis W. Dean. 591 
 
 592 Bernard E. Murray. 593 
 
 William Wall. 
 Hammond W. Vinal. 
 J. Alba Davis. 
 Joseph W. Lee. 
 William Rogers. 
 Ebenezer Seaver. 
 Augustus Parker. 
 William H. Gerrish. 
 Harley Newcomb. 
 William Wallace. 
 Barnard Ford. 
 John S. Brickett. 
 Frederic Johnson. 
 Charles L. Farnsworth. 
 
 1866 
 
 594 Alfred Field. 595 
 
 596 Edward A. Kilham. 597 
 
 598 Benjamin F. Ayers, Jr. 599 
 
 600 Anthony Downie. 601 
 
 602 Marshall Russell. 603 
 
 604 John Hall. 605 
 
 606 Rufus H. Houghton. 607 
 
 608 Charles E. Fenner. 609 
 
 610 Andrew J. Houghton. 611 
 
 612 Augustus Hardy. 613 
 
 614 Abram P. Hodgdon. 615 
 
 616 Osgood B. Davis. 617 
 
 618 Charles C. Chickering. 619 
 
 620 A. B. Robinson. 621 
 
 Robert G. Molineux. 
 George F. Joyce. 
 John A. Kohl. 
 Martin Kingman. 
 Charles W. Estabrook. 
 Frank H. King. 
 Charles E. Fuller. 
 John Neale. 
 William C. Fiske. 
 George A. Marble. 
 Cyrus M. Marshall. 
 George F. Brown. 
 William Aspinwall. 
 Sidney G. Davis. 
 
WASHINGTON LODGE. 
 
 lOS 
 
 1867 
 
 622 
 
 Daniel G. Clark. 
 
 623 
 
 Ambrose J. Tibbetts. 
 
 624 
 
 Thomas W. Lane. 
 
 62s 
 
 Charles H. Frothingham. 
 
 626 
 
 Joseph Houghton. 
 
 627 
 
 Willis L. Brink. 
 
 628 
 
 A. M. Small. 
 
 629 
 
 George H. Newell. 
 
 630 
 
 Silas H. Munson. 
 
 631 
 
 James M. Cutler. 
 
 632 
 
 Charles E. Calder. 
 
 633 
 
 Thomas W. Currier. 
 
 
 John F. 
 
 Newton, Master. 
 
 634 
 
 George G. Carver. 
 
 63s 
 
 Lorenzo B. Dutton. 
 
 636 
 
 Richard P. Goddard. 
 
 637 
 
 Charles E. Cartwright. 
 
 638 
 
 Square G. Brooks. 
 
 
 
 1868 
 
 639 
 
 James H. Prince. 
 
 640 
 
 Andrew J. Fuller. 
 
 641 
 
 Erastus Gott. 
 
 642 
 
 Cyrus A. Smith. 
 
 643 
 
 Hiram A. Wright. 
 
 644 
 
 Florentine A. Jones. 
 
 645 
 
 Henry E. Boyd. 
 
 646 
 
 Albert E. Hentz. 
 
 647 
 
 James W. Roston. 
 
 648 
 
 George B. Windship. 
 
 649 
 
 George S. Howe. 
 
 650 
 
 William J. Bride. 
 
 65. 
 
 Charles A. Graham. 
 
 652 
 
 John Carr. 
 
 653 
 
 George D. Cox. 
 
 654 
 
 Stephen P. Kinsley. 
 
 65s 
 
 Charles Curtis. 
 
 656 
 
 P. O'Meara Edson. 
 
 657 
 
 William D. Cook. 
 
 658 
 
 Albert Palmer. 
 
 659 
 
 Lemuel Cole. 
 
 660 
 
 Warren A. Pollard. 
 
 66i 
 
 Benjamin W. Felton. 
 
 662 
 
 Hobart Moore. 
 
 1869 
 
 663 Joseph P. Emond. 664 
 
 665 W. H. H. Young. 666 
 
 667 John Denton. 668 
 
 669 John H. Rowe. 670 
 
 671 Joseph S. Waterman. 672 
 
 673 Chandler Wright. 674 
 
 675 John M. Powers. 676 
 
 677 Sanford L. Treadwell. 678 
 
 679 Robert Bampton, Jr. 680 
 
 681 Robert McQuiston. 682 
 
 683 Mark Knowlton. 684 
 
 685 James W. Edgerly. 
 
 Jediah P. Jordan. 
 Henry W. Bowen. 
 Chase C. Worthen. 
 Herbert H. W. Edmands. 
 Albert W. Hanson. 
 George F. Worcester. 
 Henry B. Chamberlin. 
 Henry A. Thomas. 
 Richard S. Jenness. 
 George C. Monroe. 
 James Williams. 
 
io6 
 
 CHRONOLOGICAL LIST. 
 
 686 E. Ames Alden. 
 
 688 Joseph Jackson. 
 
 690 Henry J. Haigh. 
 
 692 Julian E. Dumas. 
 
 694 James G. Haynes. 
 
 696 Edward Lyon Claxton. 
 
 698 Edward G. Morse. 
 
 700 Charles Brown. 
 
 702 Lyman J. Clark. 
 
 George 
 
 703 Robert B. Fairbairn. 
 705 Edwin S. Davis. 
 707 David McClure. 
 
 1870 
 
 687 Ahiah S. Richardson. 
 
 689 Mellen T. Doten. 
 
 691 William Merrill. 
 
 693 Andrew Franklin Jacobs. 
 
 695 Albert R. Wentworth. 
 
 697 Reuben A. Upton. 
 
 699 Alfred M. Smith. 
 
 701 Rev. Samuel F. Upham. 
 
 Richards, Master. 
 
 704 Augustine S. Haines. 
 
 706 John W. Call. 
 
 708 James M. Carter. 
 
 709 
 711 
 713 
 71S 
 717 
 719 
 721 
 723 
 
 724 
 726 
 728 
 730 
 732 
 
 734 
 
 Jacob Arthur Turner. 
 Daniel Winchenbach. 
 Edward P. Pressey. 
 Hamilton Craig. 
 Greenleaf C. George. 
 John C. Hewes. 
 Charles G. Bird, Jr. 
 Clarence M. Reed. 
 
 1871 
 
 710 
 712 
 
 7'4 
 716 
 718 
 720 
 722 
 
 1872 
 
 Augustus L. Litchfield. 
 Charles H. Bolster. 
 Charles H. Wentworth. 
 Charles H. Williams. 
 Augustus P. Calder. 
 William Frye. 
 Stillman E. Chubbuck, Jr. 
 
 Elisha P. Cutter, Jr, 725 
 
 Edward L. Goodrich. 727 
 
 Pierre J. Moizan. 729 
 
 Albert Thayer. 731 
 
 Sewall W. Fairbanks. 733 
 
 Joel Seaverns, Master. 
 Zachariah L. Barton. 
 
 Charles W. Rand. 
 Charles G. Richards. 
 Henry F. Thayer. 
 Rev. Charles H. Titus. 
 Charles W. Cheever. 
 
 735 Benjamin W. Parker. 
 
 737 James F. Pond. 
 
 739 Chauncy K. Bullock. 
 
 741 John Frederick Stein. 
 
 743 Edgar M. Bixby. 
 
 1873 
 
 736 
 738 
 740 
 742 
 744 
 
 Benjamin E. Whiting. 
 Charles E. Draper. 
 William L. Hicks. 
 John Donovan, Jr. 
 George W. Chase. 
 
WASHINGTON LODGE. 
 
 107 
 
 745 Edmund H. Hewins. 
 
 747 Frank S. Chase. 
 
 749 Edward N. Pickering. 
 
 751 John W. Farrar. 
 
 753 Thomas Parker. 
 
 746 Joseph Norris. 
 
 748 Henry W. Steele. 
 
 750 George H. Drew. 
 
 752 Charles R. Cutter, Jr. 
 
 754 Charles G. Davis. 
 
 755 Arthur F. Anderson. 
 
 7S7 William H. Davis. 
 
 759 Joseph Kyle. 
 
 761 Daniel W. Andrews. 
 
 763 Otis S. Pierce. 
 
 765 Andrew Haley. 
 
 767 Hawley Folsom. 
 
 769 George F. H. Markoe. 
 
 771 Alexander M. Davis. 
 
 Robert G. 
 
 773 Leverett J. Harris. 
 
 775 William A. Blossom. 
 
 1874 
 
 756 
 758 
 760 
 762 
 764 
 766 
 768 
 770 
 772 
 MOLINEUX, Master. 
 
 774 George F. Macdonald. 
 776 Isaac H. Ayres. 
 
 Donald Kennedy. 
 Herbert F. Morse. 
 Joseph E. Taylor. 
 Joseph F. Perry. 
 Leander A. Couilliard. 
 Isaac Y. Chubbuck. 
 J. H. Herman. 
 William L. Southard. 
 Chauncey R. Hill. 
 
 777 
 779 
 781 
 
 783 
 
 784 
 786 
 788 
 790 
 
 791 
 793 
 795 
 
 Llewellyn H. Clary. 
 Henry Lindsey. 
 Martin S. Starkweather. 
 Irving W. Van Zandt. 
 
 1875 
 
 778 
 780 
 782 
 
 1876 
 
 Orlando J. Lincoln. 
 William H. Jones. 
 David B. Sears. 
 
 Sewall Allen Faunce. 
 Henry Williams Dunham. 
 Rev. Henry A. Cleveland. 
 
 William Henry Emery. 785 
 
 Charles Woodbery York. 787 
 
 Francis Asbury Perry. 789 
 Samuel Appleton. 
 
 Solomon A. Bolster, Master. 
 
 George Anthony Morse. . 792 Sewall Flye Wentworth. 
 
 James Edward Morton. 794 Waldron Holmes Rand. 
 John James Treadwell. 
 
 1877 
 
 796 Robert Stevenson Hamilton. 797 Moses Warren Kidder. 
 
 798 Josiah Sturgis Pishon. 799 Horatio Bingley Arnold. 
 
 800 Leonard Wilson. 801 George Melville Scates. 
 
io8 
 
 CHRONOLOGICAL LIST. 
 
 802 Joseph Morrill Martin. 803 
 
 804 Samuel A. D. Sheppard. 805 
 
 806 Lament Giddings Burnham. 807 
 
 Charles Watson Allen. 
 Calvin Francis Allen. 
 Benjamin Gushing. 
 
 1878 
 
 808 George Albert Hutchinson. 
 810 Randall Garland Morse. 
 812 Robert Black. 
 
 Benjamin F. 
 814 William Leavitt Jackson. 
 
 809 John Calvin Dow. 
 811 John Augustus Sargent. 
 813 Henry Enos Branyan. 
 Ayers, Master. 
 
 1879 
 
 815 Edwin Romanzo Jenness. 
 
 817 John Franklin Newton, Jr. 
 
 819 Arthur Webster Tufts. 
 
 821 William Fettyplace Story. 
 
 816 Eugene Lucian Buffington. 
 818 Frank Rumrill. 
 820 James A. Kelley. 
 
 1880 
 
 822 David Hamilton. 
 
 824 George Huse Waterman. 
 
 John Carr, Master. 
 
 823 John King Berry. 
 
 825 Walter Henry Knight. 
 
 827 Henry Ware Mansur. 
 
 829 Luther Clough Bailey. 
 
 831 Edmund George Stevens. 
 
 1881 
 
 826 
 828 
 
 832 
 1882 
 
 Henry Kelley. 
 Henry Colburn Knight. 
 John S. Welch. 
 Clarence W. Lunt. 
 
 833 Harry Franklin Adams. 834 Walter Sprague Frost. 
 
 835 James W. Lunt. 836 Rev. John W. Dadmun. 
 
 Lorenzo B. Duiton, Master. 
 837 Andrew Jackson Hall. 838 George P. Guerrier. 
 
 839 Elmore Estes Locke. 
 
 841 Bennett Seavey Ferguson. 
 
 843 James W. Colgan. 
 
 84s William Donaldson. 
 
 847 Charles Harvey Holman. 
 
 1883 
 
 840 
 842 
 844 
 846 
 
 William Bowman Cutter. 
 Mellen Newton Bray. 
 Adolph Grandjean. 
 Rev. George Landor Perin. 
 
WASHINGTON LODGE. 
 
 109 
 
 1884 
 
 848 Silas Curtis Ryerson. 849 
 
 850 William E. Guerrier. 851 
 
 852 John Perrins. 853 
 
 854 Albert Eaton Carr. 855 
 
 Daniel W. Jones, Master. 
 856 Stephen C. Hadley. 
 
 Frank S. Waterman. 
 Joseph Uttley. 
 Edward Bertram Newton. 
 John Perrins, Jr. 
 
 857 Edward Holbrook Fox. 
 859 Dudley Moore Holman. 
 861 George Warren Downs. 
 
 1885 
 
 858 
 860 
 862 
 
 George Albion Brackett. 
 Silas Wellington Brackett. 
 Dr. Seranus Bowen. 
 
 863 William Bartlett Wood. 864 Josiah Lunt. 
 
 865 William Seward Penny. 
 
 867 George Merritt. 
 
 869 George B. Chamberlain. 
 
 871 Jacob Bernhard. 
 
 John K. 
 
 872 Silas Allen Potter. 
 
 1886 
 
 866 Almond Woodward Davis. 
 868 Robert Sherwell Engle. 
 870 James Edwin Sawyer. 
 
 Berry, Master. 
 
 873 George Walter Curtis. 
 
 1887 
 
 874 
 
 John Charles Ryder. 
 
 87s 
 
 876 
 
 Edwin Ellsworth Chesley. 
 
 877 
 
 878 
 
 Hartley Seaver. 
 
 879 
 
 880 
 
 Charles Mayhew Faunce. 
 
 881 
 
 882 
 
 Joseph Philbrick. 
 
 883 
 
 S84 
 
 Frederick Henry Field. 
 
 88s 
 
 886 
 
 Charles Everett Warren. 
 
 887 
 
 888 
 
 William Chase Greenlaw. 
 
 889 
 
 890 
 
 Varnum Waugh. 
 
 891 
 
 892 
 
 Frederick J. B. Cordeiro. 
 
 893 
 
 894 
 
 Francis Jenkins Macfarlane 
 
 ■ 895 
 1888 
 
 896 
 
 Walter S. Starkweather. 
 
 897 
 
 898 
 
 William Howes Bain. 
 
 899 
 
 900 
 
 Samuel Gibson Adams. 
 
 901 
 
 902 
 
 James Henry Wainwright. 
 
 903 
 
 Frank H. Cunningham. 
 Albert P. Richardson. 
 Julius Erastus Rugg. 
 Joseph Goddard. 
 Minot Wilford Smith. 
 Charles Henry Newell. 
 John William Reed. 
 Charles Payson Blinn. 
 Rev. John Fletcher Clymer. 
 Thomas Edwin Spear. 
 Philip Benjamin Heintz. 
 
 Frank King Dexter. 
 George Edward Glover. 
 George Esick Williams. 
 Charles Sinclair Stone. 
 
no 
 
 CHRONOLOGICAL LIST. 
 
 904 
 906 
 908 
 910 
 
 912 
 
 914 
 916 
 918 
 920 
 922 
 624 
 626 
 928 
 930 
 932 
 934 
 
 935 
 937 
 939 
 941 
 
 943 
 945 
 
 946 
 948 
 
 950 
 952 
 954 
 956 
 958 
 960 
 962 
 964 
 
 Willey Franklin Spooner. 
 John Gillespie. 
 Walter Holbrook Draper. 
 George Cook Hanes. 
 
 Walter S. 
 Edward Fuller Blanding. 
 
 905 Albert Leonard Peterson. 
 907 Albert W. Carleton. 
 909 George Wright Parker. 
 911 George Clarke Poole. 
 Frost, Master. 
 913 Abraham Theodore Weinz. 
 
 Henry Benjamin Temby. 
 James Osgood Libby. 
 Theodore A. H. Weinz. 
 George Byron Prescott. 
 Herbert Decker. 
 Eben Francis Whitman. 
 Joseph H. Frothingham. 
 Willis Herbert Graves. 
 Charles Eliston Stevenson. 
 Abram Hoffecker. 
 Alfred Davis Wise. 
 
 1889 
 
 915 
 917 
 919 
 921 
 
 923 
 925 
 927 
 929 
 931 
 933 
 
 1890 
 
 Donald Bain Macdonald. 
 John Howard Thurlow. 
 Martin Luther Gate. 
 William Newman Swain. 
 John McGreggor Cochrane. 
 Arthur Lester Engelberg. 
 Malcolm Campbell. 
 Arthur Howard Frost. 
 Samuel Everett Tinkham. 
 John Atwood. 
 
 Frederick Slader. 936 
 
 Irving Parker Gammon. 938 
 
 John Thomas. 940 
 
 Henry Augustus Root. 942 
 
 Henry Samuel Worrall. 944 
 Rev. Adolph S. Gumbart. 
 
 William Donaldson, Master. 
 
 Alfred A. Burnham, Jr. 947 Thomas Henry Grinnell. 
 
 William Herbert Thomas. 949 Joel Herbert Seaverns. 
 
 Albert Warren Rounds. 
 William Freeland Bell. 
 Charles Kendall Nichols. 
 Thomas Arthur Crimmins. 
 Thomas Penrose. 
 
 1891 
 
 John Wilder Diiismore. 951 
 
 George Eugene Aldrich. 953 
 
 George Edwin Gray. 955 
 
 Carl Gustave Lindstrom. 957 
 
 Cuvier Grover Greene. 959 
 
 Wesley Duncan Carmichael. 961 
 
 Hugh Hopkins. 963 
 
 Charles Andrew Blair. 965 
 
 John George Barker. 967 
 
 Henry Bamber. 969 
 
 Charles Henry Bryant. 
 Bror Philip Sundell. 
 Thomas Jackson. 
 Hugh McEwen, Jr. 
 Charles Albert Littlefield. 
 Linus Dana Drury. 
 Robert Anderson Greene. 
 Irving Bond Vose. 
 Frank Herbert Glover. 
 Jacob Helt. 
 
WASHINGTON LODGE. 
 
 Ill 
 
 1892 
 
 970 
 972 
 
 974 
 976 
 978 
 980 
 982 
 984 
 986 
 
 989 
 991 
 993 
 995 
 
 John Jeffrey Bell. 
 Henry Stewart Fisher. 
 James Harvey Lombard. 
 Charles Edgar Lord. 
 George James Sinnett. 
 Edward Charles Beck. 
 Herman Bartlett Cook. 
 Frederick George Hoffman. 
 William Austin Root. 
 William Walker Griffin. 
 
 Albert E. 
 Joseph Ellsworth Waitt. 
 Gustavus Francis Alden. 
 Joel Lyman Bacon. 
 Henry Cobb Sturgis. 
 
 971 
 973 
 975 
 977 
 979 
 981 
 
 983 
 985 
 987 
 
 Frank Porter Chaplin. 
 Frank Dunning. 
 George Carleton Merritt. 
 Jabez William Frederick. 
 Olonzo Alberto Dinsmore. 
 David Gibson Bennie. 
 Edward Washington King. 
 Cassander Ide Knight. 
 Irving Gill Marston. 
 
 Carr, Master. 
 
 990 George Souther Tarbell. 
 992 George Warren Hathaway. 
 994 Arthur Eaton Howes. 
 996 George Winthrop Brown. 
 
 1893 
 
 997 Lewis Kennedy Morse. 998 
 
 999 Fred Luther Winch. 1000 
 
 looi Alfred Spear. 1002 
 
 1003 Adolph C. Max Shunk. 1004 
 
 1005 William Hudson Ames. ioo5 
 
 1007 Charles Henry Goodwin. 1008 
 
 1009 George Edward Rodman. loio 
 
 ion Charles W. Marston. 1012 
 
 1013 William Frederick Bache. 1014 
 
 1015 Winford Lyle Keay. 1016 
 
 1017 Fred Jonas Parker. 1018 
 
 1019 Charles Saunders Breed. 1020 
 
 1021 Charles Richardson. 1022 
 
 1023 Frederic C. Estabrook. 1024 
 
 1025 William Wallace Jordan. 1026 
 
 1027 William Henry Partridge. 1028 
 
 1029 William Howard Magrath. 1030 
 
 1031 William Logan Russell. 1032 
 
 1033 William Hunt Moore. 1034 
 
 103s Henry Hall Hersey. 1036 
 
 Nathan Wells Tupper. 
 Charles Gaston Smith. 
 Henry James Wright. 
 Andrew Jackson Robinson. 
 Frank Evans Brown. 
 Hilmon Plummer Masters. 
 William Christian Weinz. 
 Andrew Jackson Ward. 
 William Roswell Sawyer. 
 Ernest Ommon Bartels. 
 James Brown. 
 Walter Clifford Blodgett. 
 John Bradford Harlow. 
 Henry Granville Hall. 
 Herbert Benton. 
 Alfred Newmarch. 
 William L. Waterman. 
 Matthew Irving Gilder. 
 George G. S. Perkins. 
 Frank Elsworth Bertram. 
 
 1894 
 
 1037 John Wentworth Hall. 1038 Henry Burrell Northrop. 
 
 1039 Charles Ellsworth Burbank. 1040 George William Brooks. 
 
112 
 
 CHRONOLOGICAL LIST. 
 
 1 041 Frederic Augustus Fales. 
 
 1043 Albert Frank Gordon. 
 
 1045 George Henry Morrill. 
 
 1047 John Ballantyne, Jr. 
 
 1049 John Berlin. 
 
 1051 Herbert Jasper Hill. 
 
 1053 Henry Walker Rowe. 
 
 1055 William Alden Somerby. 
 
 Herbert F. 
 
 1057 Simeon ICnowles Stubbs. 
 
 1059 Herbert Lockhart Vroom. 
 
 io6i Walter Ballantyne. 
 
 1042 Waldo Mara Oakman. 
 
 1044 Louis Pfingst. 
 
 1046 George Osborne Rush. 
 
 1048 Henry Crosby Pickering. 
 
 1050 Nahum Danforth Goddard. 
 
 1052 Albert Edward Taylor. 
 
 1054 James Marion Moulton. 
 
 1056 John Hoffman CoUamore. 
 Morse, Master. 
 
 1058 Charles A. Babb. 
 
 1060 William Lawrence Elliott. 
 
 1895 
 
 1062 
 
 William Stanton Rumrill. 
 
 1063 
 
 1064 
 
 Rev. William Henry Lyon. 
 
 1065 
 
 1066 
 
 Edwin Upton Curtis. 
 
 1067 
 
 1068 
 
 Fietro Paolo Caproni. 
 
 1069 
 
 1070 
 
 Albert Edward Caiger. 
 
 107 1 
 
 1072 
 
 Augustus Bacon, Jr. 
 
 1073 
 
 1074 
 
 William Christian Remy. 
 
 107s 
 
 1076 
 
 John Wood Forbes. 
 
 1077 
 
 1078 
 
 Nathan Prince Ryder. 
 
 1079 
 
 1080 
 
 James Goodwin Ferguson. 
 
 1081 
 
 1082 
 
 Irving Howard Wilde. 
 
 1083 
 
 1084 
 
 Isaac Crocket Judkins. 
 
 1085 
 
 1086 
 
 Charles Henry Streeter. 
 
 1087 
 
 1088 
 
 William Jackson Holloway. 
 
 1089 
 
 1090 
 
 Samuel Jackson. 
 
 1091 
 
 1092 
 
 Charles Frederick Pidgeon. 
 
 1093 
 
 1094 
 
 Leonard Jordian Rollins. 
 
 1095 
 
 1096 
 
 Arthur Horace Davenport. 
 
 1097 
 
 1098 
 
 John James Fecitt. 
 
 1099 
 
 1 100 
 
 Walter Henry Binns. 
 
 IIOI 
 
 1 102 
 
 Jacob George Elz. 
 
 1103 
 
 1 104 
 
 Charles Thomas Grant. 
 
 1105 
 
 1 106 
 
 Arthur C. Wiggin. 
 
 1 107 
 
 1 108 
 
 Charles Henry Kelly. 
 
 1109 
 
 mo 
 
 Louis Albion Sommers. 
 
 iiii 
 
 1112 
 
 Sylvanus Rowell Chandler. 
 
 1113 
 
 1114 
 
 Harry Benjamin Tileston. 
 
 ins 
 
 George Alanson Root. 
 Christian F. W. Hanson. 
 James Mouncey. 
 Albert Lawrence Ireland. 
 Albert Watson Damon. 
 Alfred V. de Lorimier. 
 George Herbert Salie. 
 Jerome Franklin Cadwell. 
 John Gledhill. 
 Warner Breed Call. 
 William Homer Emond. 
 Alfred May Ziegler. 
 William Stuart Best. 
 Horace David Arnold. 
 Joseph Park Silsby, Jr. 
 Henry Francis Knight. 
 Herbert Warren White. 
 Charles Engel. 
 Oswald Anderson. 
 Daniel Bernhard. 
 James Hedley Brehaut. 
 Charles Alonzo Straw. 
 Alfred Algar. 
 William Frederick Gay. 
 William Armstrong. 
 Otis Mansfield Howard. 
 Joshua Atwood, 3d. 
 
WASHINGTON LODGE. 
 
 "3 
 
 1896 
 
 1116 Evan Edward Davies. iit; 
 
 1 1 18 Henry Melville Pierce. 11 19 
 
 1120 Albert William Robinson. H2i 
 
 1122 Thomas Benjamin Booth. 1123 
 
 1 1 24 William Francis Varnum. 1 1 25 
 
 1126 Hazen Curtis. 1127 
 
 1 128 Maurice Hart. 1129 
 
 1 1 30 George Augustus Pratt. 1131 
 
 1 132 Cyrus Bennett Fogler. 
 
 Frank Dwight Marden. 
 Freeman Clark Hersey. 
 Percy Marcellus Robinson. 
 John James Walters. 
 Charles Henry Lindsay. 
 George Albert Curtis. 
 John Jasper Sewall. 
 Arthur Rudolph Crosby. 
 
114 
 
 ALPHABETICAL LIST, 
 
 NAMES 
 
 OF THOSE WHO ENTERED WASHINGTON LODGE 
 DURING ITS FIRST CENTURY. 
 
 ARRANGED ALPHABETICALLY. 
 
 Note. — Previous to i854_the date of entry is when the candidate was admitted, 
 either on some degree or as a member ; since 1854, the date of entering is when the can- 
 didate signed the By-Laws. 
 
 The records in the first half of the century do not show, except in a few instances, 
 when the brethren left, nor when they died. Where these facts are unknown it is indi- 
 cated by a ; * date of death. 
 
 NAME. 
 
 DATE OF ENTERING. DATE 
 
 OF LEAVING. 
 
 Adams, Ebenezer. 
 
 Nov. 
 
 12, 
 
 1863 
 
 
 
 
 Adams, James E. 
 
 June 
 
 II. 
 
 1863 
 
 May 
 
 8, 
 
 187 1.* 
 
 Adams, Z. Boylston. 
 
 Dec. 
 
 21, 
 
 1864 
 
 Mar. 
 
 12, 
 
 1868. 
 
 Adams, Edwin. 
 
 Feb. 
 
 16, 
 
 1865 
 
 April 
 
 19. 
 
 1882. 
 
 Adams, Harry F. 
 
 Jan. 
 
 12, 
 
 1882 
 
 
 
 
 Adams, Samuel G. 
 
 April 
 
 12, 
 
 1888 
 
 
 
 
 Allen, Lot. 
 
 Sept. 
 
 i4> 
 
 1802 
 
 
 
 - 
 
 Allen, Wilks. 
 
 Feb. 
 
 17. 
 
 1802 
 
 
 
 - 
 
 Allen, Ira. 
 
 Feb. 
 
 II, 
 
 1847 
 
 Aug. 
 
 29. 
 
 1875.* 
 
 Allen, Henry C. 
 
 June'' 
 
 3. 
 
 1863 
 
 May 
 
 13. 
 
 t8So. 
 
 Allen, John W. 
 
 Dec. 
 
 28, 
 
 1864 
 
 Mar. 
 
 II. 
 
 1869. 
 
 Allen, Charles W. 
 
 May 
 
 10, 
 
 1877 
 
 
 
 
 Allen, Calvin F. 
 
 May 
 
 II, 
 
 1877 
 
 Sept. 
 
 10, 
 
 1885. 
 
 Alker, Thomas. 
 
 Jan. 
 
 30. 
 
 1822 
 
 
 
 - 
 
 Alker, Samuel B. 
 
 Jan. 
 
 31. 
 
 1828 
 
 
 
 - 
 
 Alden, E. Ames. 
 
 Mar. 
 
 24, 
 
 1870 
 
 Nov. 
 
 26, 
 
 1887.* 
 
 Alden, Gustavus S. 
 
 Dec. 
 
 8, 
 
 1892 
 
 
 
 
 Alger, Rev. Wm. R. 
 
 Jan. 
 
 24. 
 
 1850 
 
 
 
 - 
 
 Algar, Alfred. 
 
 Dec. 
 
 30. 
 
 1895 
 
 
 
 
 Aldrich, George E. 
 
 Mar. 
 
 12, 
 
 1891 
 
 
 
 
WASHINGTON LODGE. 1 15 
 
 NAME. DATE OF ENTERING. DATE OF LEAVING. 
 
 Ames, Wm. H. Mar. 9, 1893. 
 
 Anderson, John. April 22, 1812. 
 
 Anderson, Wm. P. Dec. 8, 1859. Feb. 21, 1861. 
 
 Anderson, Arthur F. Feb. 12, 1874. June 10, 1880. 
 
 Anderson, Oswald. Nov. 29, 1895. 
 
 Andrews, Dudley. Jan. 5, 1814. 
 
 Andrews, Dennis. Nov. 22, 1815. 
 
 Andrews, Daniel W. Mar. 12, 1878. Mar. 11, 1886. 
 
 Appleton, Geo. W. Mar. 17, 1859. Nov. 11, 1880. 
 
 Appleton, Samuel. Nov. 9, 1876. Dec. 12, 1889. 
 
 Arnold, J. W. May 11, 1848. Dec. 27, 1859. 
 
 Arnold, George J. Dec. 15, 1864. June 14, 1866. 
 
 Arnold, Horatio B. June 14, 1877. Nov. 12, 1895. 
 
 Arnold, Horace D. Nov. 14, 1895. 
 
 Arbecam, John. Dec. 3, 1863. Dec. 28, 1893.* 
 
 Armstrong, Wm. Jan. 9, 1896. 
 
 Aspinwall, Wm. Feb. 14, 1867. Sept. 14, 1871. 
 
 Atwood, John. Jan. 9, 1890. 
 
 Atwood, 3d, Joshua. Dec. 12, 1895. 
 
 Austin, Richard. Nov. 25, 1825. Dec. 27, 1S27. 
 
 Ayers, Jr., Benjamin F. May 10, r866. 
 
 Ayers, Isaac H. Jan. 14, 1875. J""^ 1°' '^^o. 
 
 Babcock, Jason. Nov. l8, 1801. 
 
 Babcock, Robert G. Oct. 22, 1817. Jan. 17, 1821. 
 
 Babbit, Francis P. Mar. i, 1855. Nov. 17, 1877.* 
 
 Babb, Charles A. Dec. 13, 1894. 
 
 Bacon, Jr., Augustus. April 11, 1895. 
 
 Bacon, William. Sept. 4, 1816. Mar. 7, i868.* 
 
 Bacon, Joel L. Nov. 10, 1892. 
 
 Bache, William F. June 8, 1893. 
 
 Baker, John. Dec. 16, 1801. 
 
 Baker, Calvin. Feb. 26, 1817. May 24, 1820. 
 
 Baldwin, William. Aug. i, 1796. 
 
 Balch, John. Dec. 15, 1853. 1861.* 
 
 Ballantyne, Jr., John. April 12, 1894. 
 
 Ballantyne, Walter. Jan. 10, 1895. 
 
 Ballou, 2d, Rev. Hosea. Sept. 5, 1821. 
 
 Bamber, Henry. June 14, 1892. 
 
 Bangs, W. Nelson. Sept. 15, 1864. Sept. 9, 1869. 
 
 Bampton, Jr., Robert. Oct. 14, 1869. 
 
 Bartels, Ernest O. May 11, 1893. 
 
ii6 
 
 ALPHABETICAL LIST. 
 
 NAME. 
 
 Barry, Samuel. 
 Barry, William. 
 Barnard, Jonas. 
 Barker, James. 
 Barker, John G. 
 Barker, John. 
 Barton, William. 
 Barton, Zachariah L. 
 Barton, Matthew. 
 Bartlett, Nehemiah. 
 Bartlett, Alvin G. 
 Barnes, Charles E. 
 Barnes, Edward. 
 Bailey, Luther C. 
 Bain, William H. 
 Beck, Edward C. 
 Bell, Moses B. 
 Bell, John W. 
 Bell, William F. 
 Bell, John J. 
 Bennie, David G. 
 Benton, Herbert. 
 Beman, David. 
 Berlin, John. 
 Berry, John K. 
 Berring, Edward. 
 Bertram, Frank E. 
 Best, William S. 
 Bernhard, Daniel. 
 Bernhard, Jacob. 
 Bird, Samuel. 
 Bird, Charles G. 
 Bicknell, Charles. 
 Bicknell, Isaac J. 
 Bickford, James T. 
 Binns, Walter H. 
 Bixby, Edgar M. 
 Bixby, Manassa. 
 Blackmar, Ebenezer C. 
 Blodgett, Walter C. 
 Blossom, William A. 
 
 DATE OF ENTERING. 
 
 Feb. 20, 1799. 
 
 Mar. 5, 1804. 
 
 Dec. 31, 1846. 
 
 Mar. 6, 181 1. 
 
 Sept. 30, 1891. 
 
 June 28, 1847. 
 
 Mar. 29, i860. 
 
 Dec. 12, 1872. 
 
 June 13, 1810. 
 
 Feb. 12, 1824. 
 
 Nov. 25, 1864. 
 April 13, 1862. 
 
 Dec. 28, 1864. 
 April 14, 1881. 
 
 Feb. 9, 1888. 
 
 April 14, :8g2. 
 
 July 12, i860. 
 
 Sept. 14, 1865. 
 
 Mar. 13, 1890. 
 
 Jan. 14, 1892. 
 
 May 2, 1892. 
 
 Oct. 12, 1893. 
 
 Feb. 21, 1809. 
 
 June 14, 1894. 
 
 May 13, 1880. 
 
 Dec. 20, 1809. 
 
 Jan. II, 1894. 
 
 Nov. 7, 1895. 
 
 Nov. 29, 1895. 
 
 Nov. II, 1886. 
 
 Aug. 7, 1797. 
 
 Dec. 14, 1871. 
 
 Nov. 26, 1816. 
 
 Dec. 29, 1819. 
 
 Oct. 6, 1859. 
 
 Dec. 30, 1895. 
 
 Oct. 9, 1873. 
 
 Mar. 3, 1825. 
 
 Dec. 31, 1846. 
 
 June 21, 1893. 
 
 Dec. 10, 1874. 
 
 DATE OF LEAVING. 
 
 May 29, 1855. 
 
 Jan. 8, 1880. 
 Feb. 8, 1877.* 
 
 June 14, 1877. 
 June 12, 1879. 
 
 May 12, 1892. 
 
 Dimitted. 
 
 May 10, 18 
 
 Feb. II, 1886. 
 Nov. 4, 1824. 
 
 Mar. II, 1869. 
 
 April 7, 1892.* 
 
 Dimitted. 
 
IV A SHING TON L ODGE. \ 1 7 
 
 NAMB. 
 
 DATE OF ENTERING. 
 
 DATE 
 
 OF LEAVING. 
 
 Black, Robert. 
 
 April 
 
 II, 1878. 
 
 
 
 Blinn, Charles P. 
 
 Nov. 
 
 10, 1887. 
 
 
 
 Blanding, Edward F. 
 
 Feb. 
 
 14, 1889. 
 
 
 
 Blair, Charles A. 
 
 June 
 
 II, 1891. 
 
 
 
 Blaney, William. 
 
 April 
 
 4, 1796- 
 
 Nov. 
 
 21, 1796. 
 
 Blanchard, John. 
 
 Mar. 
 
 14, 1810. 
 
 
 
 Boston, Enoch W. 
 
 Feb. 
 
 17, 1859. 
 
 
 
 Bowman, Sylvester. 
 
 Mar. 
 
 23, 1848. 
 
 April 
 
 2, 1863. 
 
 Boyle, James. 
 
 Sept. 
 
 IS, 1858. 
 
 
 
 Bolster, Solomon A. 
 
 Jan. 
 
 21, 1864. 
 
 
 
 Bolster, Charles H. 
 
 Feb. 
 
 2, 1871. 
 
 Sept. 
 
 13, 1877. 
 
 Booth, Thomas B. 
 
 Feb. 
 
 27, 1896. 
 
 
 
 Boyce, Selam. 
 
 Dec. 
 
 21, 1864. 
 
 April 
 
 8, 1869. 
 
 Boyd, Henry E. 
 
 Mar. 
 
 12, 1868. 
 
 Oct. 
 
 10, 1872. 
 
 Bowen, Dr. Seranus. 
 
 June 
 
 11, 1885. 
 
 
 
 Bowen, John. 
 
 May 
 
 I. 1797- 
 
 
 
 Bowen, Henry W. 
 
 Feb. 
 
 II, 1869. 
 
 Nov. 
 
 13, 1890. 
 
 Bowers, James. 
 
 April 
 
 7. 1796. 
 
 
 
 Boutell, Jedediah. 
 
 Sept. 
 
 II, 1799. 
 
 
 
 Brackett, George A. 
 
 Mar. 
 
 12, 1885. 
 
 
 
 Brackett, Silas W. 
 
 April 
 
 9, 1885. 
 
 
 
 Bradford, James. 
 
 Nov. 
 
 8, 1832. 
 
 Dec. 
 
 27, 1838. 
 
 Branyan, Henry E. 
 
 Sept. 
 
 22, 1878. 
 
 Mar. 
 
 10, 1892. 
 
 Bray, Mellen N. 
 
 May 
 
 10, 1883. 
 
 
 
 Brewer, Joseph N. 
 
 Mar. 
 
 29, i860. 
 
 Sept. 
 
 14, 1870. 
 
 Brewer, William. 
 
 April 
 
 4, 1796. 
 
 
 
 Brewer, Stephen. 
 
 July 
 
 25, 1796. 
 
 
 
 Brewer, Ebenezer. 
 
 Feb. 
 
 23, 1820. 
 
 June 
 
 30, 1825. 
 
 Brehaut, James H. 
 
 Feb. 
 
 26, 1895. 
 
 
 
 Breed, Charles S. 
 
 June 
 
 21, 1893. 
 
 
 
 Bride, William J. 
 
 June 
 
 17, 1868. 
 
 
 
 Brigham, Peter. 
 
 Jan. 
 
 7, 1847. 
 
 
 
 Brigham, John A. 
 
 Nov. 
 
 12, 1863. 
 
 
 
 Brigham, Levi. 
 
 Mar. 
 
 14, 18 10. 
 
 
 
 Brickett, John S. 
 
 May 
 
 4, 1865. 
 
 
 
 Brink, Willis L. 
 
 May 
 
 9, 1867. 
 
 
 
 Briggs, Fred. M. 
 
 Dec. 
 
 8, 1859. 
 
 June 
 
 14, 1866. 
 
 Brooks, Square G. 
 
 Dec. 
 
 12, 1867. 
 
 
 
 Brooks, George W. 
 
 Mar. 
 
 8, 1894. 
 
 
 
 Brown, James. 
 
 June 
 
 21, 1893. 
 
 
 
 Brown, George W. 
 
 Jan. 
 
 12, 1893. 
 
 
 
ii8 
 
 ALPHABETICAL LIST. 
 
 NAME. 
 
 DATE OF ENTERING. 
 
 DATE 
 
 OF LEAVING. 
 
 Brown, Frank E. 
 
 Feb. 
 
 9. 
 
 1893. 
 
 
 
 - 
 
 Brown, George F. 
 
 April 
 
 II, 
 
 1867. 
 
 June 
 
 14, 
 
 1877. 
 
 Brown, William H. 
 
 Jan. 
 
 26, 
 
 1820. 
 
 Mar. 
 
 16, 
 
 1837- 
 
 Brown, Elijah. 
 
 Mar. 
 
 13. 
 
 1805. 
 
 
 
 
 Brown, Charles. 
 
 June 
 
 9. 
 
 1870. 
 
 May 
 
 13, 
 
 1875. 
 
 Bruce, George. 
 
 July 
 
 4. 
 
 1796. 
 
 
 
 
 Bryant, Charles H. 
 
 Mar. 
 
 12, 
 
 1891. 
 
 
 
 
 Buchanan, Cornelius T. 
 
 April 
 
 2I1 
 
 1864. 
 
 June 
 
 14, 
 
 1877. 
 
 Bugbee, Asa. 
 
 Jan. 
 
 10, 
 
 i8i6. 
 
 Dec. 
 
 17, 
 
 1831.* 
 
 Burditt, Nathan. 
 
 Oct. 
 
 ^, 
 
 1797. 
 
 Sept. 
 
 9, 
 
 1800.* 
 
 Burbank, Charles E. 
 
 Mar. 
 
 8, 
 
 1894. 
 
 
 
 
 BuUard, Jr., WiUard. 
 
 Oct. 
 
 21, 
 
 1847. 
 
 Mar. 
 
 22, 
 
 1875.* 
 
 Bullock, Chauncy K. 
 
 May 
 
 8, 
 
 1873- 
 
 Dec. 
 
 9, 
 
 1880. 
 
 Burnham, Lamont G. 
 
 Dec. 
 
 13. 
 
 1877. 
 
 
 
 
 Burnham, Jr., Alfred A. 
 
 Nov. 
 
 i3> 
 
 1890. 
 
 
 
 
 Buffinton, Eugene L. 
 
 April 
 
 ID, 
 
 1879. 
 
 
 
 
 Burrell, Gen. Isaac S. 
 
 Dec. 
 
 15, 
 
 1864. 
 
 Sept. 
 
 13. 
 
 1895.* 
 
 Cadwell, Jerome F. 
 
 Oct. 
 
 10, 
 
 1895. 
 
 
 
 
 Caffin, Francis H. 
 
 Mar. 
 
 I, 
 
 i860. 
 
 
 
 
 Call, Warren B. 
 
 Dec. 
 
 12, 
 
 1895. 
 
 
 
 
 Call, John W. 
 
 Feb. 
 
 2, 
 
 187 1. 
 
 
 
 
 Calder, Augustus P. 
 
 Oct. 
 
 12, 
 
 187 1. 
 
 
 
 
 Calder, Charles E. 
 
 Oct. 
 
 10, 
 
 1867. 
 
 
 
 
 Campbell, Malcolm. 
 
 Jan. 
 
 15. 
 
 1890. 
 
 
 
 
 Campbell, Benjamin F. 
 
 Dec. 
 
 16, 
 
 1858. 
 
 Nov. 
 
 14, 
 
 1867. 
 
 Caproni, Pietro P. 
 
 Mar. 
 
 14. 
 
 1895. 
 
 
 
 
 Capen, Lieut. William. 
 
 July 
 
 2, 
 
 1798. 
 
 
 
 
 Capen, Charles. 
 
 Feb. 
 
 10, 
 
 1848. 
 
 
 
 
 Carmichael, Wesley D. 
 
 April 
 
 9, 
 
 1891. 
 
 
 
 
 Carr, John. 
 
 Nov. 
 
 12, 
 
 1868. 
 
 
 
 
 Carr, Albert E. 
 
 Dec. 
 
 II, 
 
 1884. 
 
 
 
 
 Carter, James M. 
 
 Feb. 
 
 2, 
 
 187 1. 
 
 
 
 
 Carter, Jacob. 
 
 Feb. 
 
 10, 
 
 1808. 
 
 
 
 
 Carleton, Albert W. 
 
 Oct. 
 
 II, 
 
 1888. 
 
 June 
 
 13, 
 
 1895. 
 
 Carruth, Frank W. 
 
 Jan. 
 
 24, 
 
 1 861. 
 
 Mar. 
 
 6, 
 
 1872.* 
 
 Carver, George G. 
 
 June 
 
 II, 
 
 1868. 
 
 
 
 
 Cartwright, Charles E. 
 
 Feb. 
 
 13, 
 
 1868. 
 
 Mar. 
 
 19, 
 
 1877.* 
 
 Caiger, Albert E. 
 
 June 
 
 13, 
 
 1895. 
 
 Aug. 
 
 3°, 
 
 1895.* 
 
 Cate, Martin L. 
 
 Oct. 
 
 II, 
 
 1888. 
 
 
 
 
 Cawte, James. 
 
 July 
 
 23, 
 
 1806. 
 
 
 
 
 Chaplin, Frank P. 
 
 Mar. 
 
 10, 
 
 1892. 
 
 
 
 
WASHINGTON LODGE. 
 
 119 
 
 NAME. 
 
 Chad wick, Isaac. 
 Chadwick, Joseph H. 
 Chamberlin, Henry B. 
 Chamberlin, Abiel G. 
 Chamberlain, George B. 
 Chandler, Sylvanus R. 
 Chandler, Henry R. 
 Chase, Frank S. 
 Chase, George W. 
 Chase, John W. 
 Chase, Samuel S. 
 Cheever, Charles W. 
 Chesley, Edwin E. 
 Chickering, Charles C. 
 Child, Francis. 
 Child, Stephen. 
 Child, John. 
 
 Chubbuck, Jr., Stillman E. 
 Chubbuck, Isaac Y. 
 Church, James H. 
 Clapp, Charles M. 
 Clark, Lyman J. 
 Clark, Daniel G. 
 Clark, Joshua C. 
 Clarke, Cordis T. 
 Claxton, Edward L. 
 Clary, Llewellyn H. 
 Cleveland, Rev. Henry A. 
 Clouston, Robert H. 
 Clouston, Jr , Robert H. 
 Clymer, Rev. John F. 
 Cobb, E. Winslow. 
 Coffin, Nicholas E. 
 Coffin, Francis G. 
 Cole, Lemuel. 
 Cole, Albert. 
 Collamore, John H. 
 Cochrane, John M. 
 Colburn, William. 
 Colburn, Francis. 
 Colburn, Francis. 
 
 DATE OF ENTERING. 
 
 Aug. 12, 1807. 
 
 Mar. 13, i860. 
 
 June 24, 1869. 
 
 May 8, 1861. 
 
 Jan. 13, 1887. 
 
 Mar. 12, 1896. 
 
 June 7, 1855. 
 
 Dec. 17, 1873. 
 
 Dec. 17, 1873. 
 
 Jan. 28, 1864. 
 
 Feb. 25, 1858. 
 
 Feb. 13, 1873. 
 April 28, 1887. 
 
 Feb. 28, 1867. 
 
 Dec. 9, 1798. 
 
 July 9, 1800. 
 
 Jan. 20, 1862. 
 
 Feb. 29, 1872. 
 
 June 2, 1874. 
 
 1857- 
 
 April 12, 1866. 
 
 Nov. 3, 1870. 
 
 April 24, 1867. 
 
 Dec. 24, i8o6. 
 
 Nov. 25, 1864. 
 
 June 23, 1870. 
 
 April 8, 1875. 
 
 Nov. 9, 1876. 
 
 Feb. 25, 1847. 
 
 June 29, 1865. 
 
 Jan. 12, 1888. 
 
 Sept. 14, 1854. 
 
 Oct. 9, 1816. 
 
 July 8, 1824. 
 
 Dec. 10, 1868. 
 
 Jan. 13, 1848. 
 
 Oct. II, 1894. 
 
 June 13, 1889. 
 
 Jan. I, 1817. 
 
 Mar. i8, 181 2. 
 
 Nov. 14, 1861. 
 
 DATE OF LEAVING. 
 
 June 13, 1883. 
 Mar. 10, 1888. 
 Mar. II, 1869. 
 
 Dec. 16, 1886.* 
 
 Dec. 14, 1894. 
 
 July 26, 1880.* 
 
 Nov. 13, 1879. 
 
 Feb. 9, 1870. 
 
 Dec. 9, 1875. 
 
 Sept. 8, 1881. 
 
 Dec. 18, 1889. 
 
 April 7, 1819. 
 
 Sept. 13, 1866. 
 Dimitted. 
 
 Jan. 12, 1879. 
 
 Jan. I, 1851. 
 
 Sept. 12, 1889. 
 
 Jan. 3, 1856. 
 
 Feb. 8, 1894. 
 Oct. 16, 1828. 
 
I20 
 
 ALPHABETICAL LIST. 
 
 NAME. 
 
 Colman, Jr., Jeremiah. 
 Colgan, James W. 
 Cook, Wm. D. 
 Cook, Benjamin F. 
 Cook, Thomas D. 
 Cook, Herman B. 
 Constant, P. De Boulogne. 
 Cornstock, Theodore A. 
 Copeland, Charles F. 
 Cordwell, George B. 
 Cordeiro, Frederick J. B. 
 Corey, Elijah. 
 Corey, Capt. Timothy. 
 Corey, Jr., Timothy. 
 Couilliard, Leander A. 
 Cowen, John M. 
 Cox, George D. 
 Crafts, William A. 
 Craft, Thaddeus C. 
 Craig, Hamilton. 
 Crawshaw, Joseph. 
 Crawshaw, Jr., Joseph. 
 Crimmins, Thomas A. 
 Crosby, Arthur R. 
 Crook, Henry. 
 Crowell, Henry G. 
 Cummins, William. 
 Cummings, Dr. Ariel I. 
 Cunningham, Frank H. 
 Currier, Levi. 
 Currier, Thomas W. 
 Cutler, James M. 
 Cutler, Augustus L. 
 Curtiss, Samuel. 
 Curtis, E. H. 
 Curtis, Edwin U. 
 Curtis, Hazen. 
 Curtis, George A. 
 Curtis, Charles. 
 Curtis, George W. 
 Cutter, Jr., Elisha P. 
 
 DATE OF ENTERING. 
 
 June 23, 1864. 
 
 June 20, 1883. 
 
 Feb. 25, 1869. 
 
 Dec. 31, 1846. 
 
 June 3, 1864. 
 
 Dec. 8, 1892. 
 
 July 8, 1824. 
 
 Mar. 31, 1864. 
 
 April 16, 1863. 
 
 Oct. 24, 1855. 
 
 Mar. 20, 1888. 
 
 Jan. 8, 1800. 
 
 Oct. I, 1800. 
 
 Feb. 10, 1808. 
 
 May 28, 1874. 
 
 Jan. 21, 1863. 
 
 Feb. 25, 1869. 
 
 June 20, 1861. 
 
 July 14, 1859. 
 
 Oct. 12, 1871. 
 
 Dec. 31, 1846. 
 
 Sept. 20, 1855. 
 
 June 12, 1890. 
 
 Mar. 12, 1896. 
 
 May 23, 1850. 
 
 Oct. II, 1855. 
 
 Feb. 5, 1798. 
 
 Sept. 4, 1851. 
 
 July 25, 1887. 
 
 Nov. 19, 1806. 
 
 Nov. 7, 1867. 
 
 Oct. 10, 1867. 
 April 16, 1863. 
 
 Sept. 4, 1816. 
 
 July 12, i860. 
 April II, 1895. 
 
 Feb. 13, 1896. 
 
 Feb. 13, 1896. 
 
 Feb. 25, 1869. 
 
 Jan. 13, 1887. 
 
 Jan. 13, 1872. 
 
 DATE OF LEAVING. 
 
 April 13, 1888. 
 Jan. I, 1852. 
 
 Feb. 28, 1867. 
 April II, 1867. 
 
 Sept. 13, 1888. 
 May 6, 1812. 
 May 6, 1812. 
 
 Nov. 28, 1887.* 
 
 Sept. 12, 1878. 
 
 Sept. 13, 1883. 
 
 Oct. 12, 1871. 
 
 June 14, 1877. 
 
 Oct. 31, 1872.* 
 
 Dec. 12, 189^. 
 Sept. 27, i860. 
 
 Sept. 9, 1863.* 
 
 Oct. 16, 1891.* 
 
 Feb. 7, 1878.* 
 
 June 4, 1879. 
 
 June 14, 1877. 
 
 Feb. 3, i8go.* 
 
 Mar. 
 
WASHINGTON LODGE. 
 
 121 
 
 NAME. 
 
 DATE OF ENTERING. DATE 
 
 OF LEAVING. 
 
 Cutter, William B. 
 
 June 
 
 20, 
 
 1883 
 
 
 
 
 Cutter, Jr., Charles R. 
 
 Feb. 
 
 26, 
 
 1874 
 
 
 
 
 Cushing, Benjamin. 
 
 Feb. 
 
 14. 
 
 1878 
 
 Jan. 
 
 5. 
 
 1888.* 
 
 Gushing, James W. 
 
 June 
 
 7. 
 
 I8SS 
 
 
 
 
 Dana, David. 
 
 May 
 
 22, 
 
 1799 
 
 
 
 
 Dadmun, Rev. John W. 
 
 Dec. 
 
 14. 
 
 1882 
 
 Aug. 
 
 6, 
 
 1890.* 
 
 Damon, Albert W. 
 
 June 
 
 13. 
 
 189s 
 
 
 
 
 Dalrimple, Henry. 
 
 Sept. 
 
 23. 
 
 1806 
 
 
 
 - 
 
 Daniel, Charles. 
 
 Mar. 
 
 14. 
 
 1821 
 
 
 
 - 
 
 Daniels, George S. 
 
 Jan. 
 
 24, 
 
 1867 
 
 Sept. 
 
 
 187 1. 
 
 Davenport, Arthur H. 
 
 Feb. 
 
 27. 
 
 1896 
 
 
 
 
 Davenport, Llewellyn D. 
 
 June 
 
 ". 
 
 1863 
 
 May 
 
 8, 
 
 1879. 
 
 Davies, Evan E. 
 
 Jan. 
 
 9. 
 
 1896 
 
 
 
 
 Davis, J. Alba. 
 
 Mar. 
 
 2, 
 
 1865 
 
 Jan. 
 
 10, 
 
 1867. 
 
 Davis, Sidney G. 
 
 Jan. 
 
 10, 
 
 1867 
 
 June 
 
 I, 
 
 1877. 
 
 Davis, Osgood B. 
 
 Feb. 
 
 28, 
 
 1867 
 
 Oct. 
 
 4. 
 
 1870.* 
 
 Davis, Edwin S. 
 
 Feb. 
 
 2, 
 
 187 1 
 
 
 
 
 Davis, William H. 
 
 April 
 
 23. 
 
 1874 
 
 Sept. 
 
 10, 
 
 1874. 
 
 Davis, Aleander M. 
 
 June 
 
 25. 
 
 1874 
 
 May 
 
 13- 
 
 1880.* 
 
 Davis, Almond W. 
 
 Oct. 
 
 14. 
 
 1886 
 
 
 
 
 Davis, Charles G. 
 
 Dec. 
 
 7. 
 
 1873 
 
 
 
 
 Davis, Stephen. 
 
 Mar. 
 
 14, 
 
 1796 
 
 Nov. 
 
 15. 
 
 1815. 
 
 Davis, William. 
 
 June 
 
 6, 
 
 1796 
 
 
 
 - 
 
 Davis, Ebenezer. 
 
 Oct. 
 
 16, 
 
 1799 
 
 
 
 - 
 
 Davis, Robert S. 
 
 Sept. 
 
 22, 
 
 1806 
 
 Feb. 
 
 23. 
 
 1820. 
 
 Davis, Benjamin B. 
 
 Jan. 
 
 i> 
 
 1817 
 
 
 
 - 
 
 Davis, Jonas. 
 
 April 
 
 26, 
 
 1820 
 
 Jan. 
 
 18, 
 
 1831.* 
 
 Davis, John F. 
 
 Jan. 
 
 8, 
 
 1857 
 
 
 
 
 Davis, George F. 
 
 Feb. 
 
 12, 
 
 1863 
 
 Mar. 
 
 10, 
 
 1888. 
 
 Davis, Enoch P. 
 
 June 
 
 II, 
 
 1863 
 
 Nov. 
 
 8, 
 
 1866. 
 
 Davis, Charles A. 
 
 June 
 
 23. 
 
 1864 
 
 June 
 
 10, 
 
 1880. 
 
 Dean, Chauncey C. 
 
 Mar. 
 
 2, 
 
 1865 
 
 Oct. 
 
 ii> 
 
 1883. 
 
 Dean, Jarvis W. 
 
 Jan. 
 
 I. 
 
 1866 
 
 June 
 
 14. 
 
 1877. 
 
 Decker, Herbert. 
 
 June 
 
 13. 
 
 1889 
 
 
 
 
 Dennett, Jeremiah A. 
 
 April 
 
 16, 
 
 1863 
 
 June 
 
 13. 
 
 1867. 
 
 Deming, Owen H. 
 
 Feb. 
 
 s. 
 
 1852 
 
 Sept. 
 
 27. 
 
 i860. 
 
 Decatur, Thomas. 
 
 June 
 
 30. 
 
 1864 
 
 April 
 
 8, 
 
 1869. 
 
 Decone, Ferdinand. 
 
 April 
 
 21, 
 
 1853 
 
 April 
 
 2, 
 
 1863. 
 
 Denton, John. 
 
 June 
 
 10, 
 
 1869 
 
 
 
 
 Devine, David S. 
 
 Feb. 
 
 17, 
 
 1853 
 
 
 
 - 
 
 Dexter, Frank K. 
 
 Mar. 
 
 30. 
 
 1888 
 
 Dec. 
 
 14, 
 
 1893. 
 
122 
 
 ALPHABETICAL LIST. 
 
 NAME. 
 
 Dinsmore, John W. 
 Dinsmore, Olonzo A. 
 Dix, Stephen A. 
 Dix, Francis. 
 Dix, James A. 
 Dodd, George L. 
 Dodge, Benjamin W. 
 Dorety, John. 
 Doten, Mellen T. 
 Donavan, Jr., John. 
 Donaldson, William. 
 Dow, John C. 
 Downie, Anthony. 
 Dowse, Samuel. 
 Downs, George W. 
 Draper, Charles E. 
 Draper, Walter H. 
 Drew, George H. 
 Drummond, James F. 
 Drury, Linus D. 
 Dunham, Henry W. 
 Dunbar, Ellas. 
 Dunning, Frank. 
 Dumas, Julian E. 
 Dupee, James A. 
 Dutton, Lorenzo B. 
 Durant, Charles. 
 Eaton, Samuel. 
 Eaton, Henry R. 
 Eaton, Charles S. 
 Eaton, Charles W. 
 Ecroyd, Joshua. 
 Edson, John. 
 Edson, Dr. P. O'Meara. 
 Edgerly, James W. 
 Edmands, Herbert H. W. 
 Edwards, Daniel M. 
 Elliott, William E. 
 Elliott, William L. 
 Ellis, John T. 
 Elz, Jacob G. 
 
 DATE OF ENTERING. 
 
 DATE 
 
 OF LEAVING. 
 
 Feb. 
 
 12, 
 
 189I. 
 
 
 
 June 
 
 9, 
 
 1892. 
 
 
 
 Feb. 
 
 26, 
 
 1817. 
 
 Jan. 
 
 15, 1824 
 
 Jan. 
 
 6, 
 
 1819. 
 
 Jan. 
 
 15, 1824. 
 
 Jan. 
 
 28, 
 
 1858. 
 
 
 
 May 
 
 3. 
 
 1855. 
 
 
 
 May 
 
 14. 
 
 1829. 
 
 
 
 June 
 
 3°. 
 
 1864. 
 
 Aug. 
 
 1884* 
 
 June 
 
 23. 
 
 1870. 
 
 Dec. 
 
 12, 1872. 
 
 Sept. 
 
 II, 
 
 1873- 
 
 June 
 
 8, 1880. 
 
 Feb. 
 
 14. 
 
 1884. 
 
 
 
 Feb. 
 
 14, 
 
 1878. 
 
 June 
 
 9, 1890. 
 
 June 
 
 7. 
 
 1866. 
 
 
 
 Dec. 
 
 1. 
 
 1819. 
 
 
 
 June 
 
 II, 
 
 1885. 
 
 Mar. 
 
 12, 1892.* 
 
 April 
 
 10, 
 
 1873- 
 
 
 
 Dec. 
 
 13. 
 
 1888. 
 
 
 
 June 
 
 25. 
 
 1874. 
 
 Mar. 
 
 8, 1888. 
 
 Dec. 
 
 20, 
 
 1855- 
 
 
 
 Oct. 
 
 8, 
 
 189I. 
 
 
 
 May 
 
 11. 
 
 1876. 
 
 Mar. 
 
 II, 1886. 
 
 Dec. 
 
 24. 
 
 i8o6. 
 
 
 
 June 
 
 9. 
 
 1892. 
 
 
 
 May 
 
 '2, 
 
 1870. 
 
 May 
 
 II, 1882. 
 
 Sept. 
 
 30. 
 
 1855. 
 
 
 
 Feb. 
 
 13. 
 
 1868. 
 
 
 
 April 
 
 17. 
 
 1799. 
 
 Nov. 
 
 15. 1815- 
 
 Mar. 
 
 II, 
 
 1819. 
 
 
 
 June 
 
 II. 
 
 1863. 
 
 Feb. 
 
 18, 1890.* 
 
 June 
 
 29. 
 
 1865. 
 
 Jan. 
 
 10, 1875. 
 
 Mar. 
 
 2, 
 
 1865. 
 
 
 
 Oct. 
 
 25. 
 
 1859. 
 
 Deceased. 
 
 April 
 
 3. 
 
 1806. 
 
 
 
 Jan. 
 
 28, 
 
 1869. 
 
 Dec. 
 
 8, 1887. 
 
 Mar. 
 
 24, 
 
 1870. 
 
 Sept. 
 
 14, 1871. 
 
 Mar. 
 
 II. 
 
 1869. 
 
 May 
 
 13. 1875- 
 
 Mar. 
 
 20, 
 
 1S23. 
 
 
 
 Feb. 
 
 23. 
 
 1865. 
 
 Mar. 
 
 II, 1869. 
 
 Mar. 
 
 14, 
 
 1895. 
 
 
 
 Mar. 
 
 17. 
 
 1859. 
 
 
 
 Jan. 
 
 29. 
 
 1896. 
 
 
 
WASHINGTON LODGE. 
 
 123 
 
 NAME. 
 
 Emmond, Joseph P. 
 Emmond, William H. 
 Emmons, John A. 
 Emery, William H. 
 Engle, Robert S. 
 Engel, Charles. 
 Engelberg, Arthur L. 
 English, John. 
 Erskine, John. 
 Estabrook, Charles H. 
 Estabrook, Charles W. 
 Estabrook, Frederic C. 
 Evans, F. W. 
 Everett, William. 
 Fairbairn, Robert B. 
 Fairbanks, Sewall W. 
 
 Fales, Frederic A. 
 
 Farrington, Isaac. 
 
 Farnsworth, Charles L. 
 
 Farrar, John W. 
 
 Faunce, George B. 
 
 Faunce, Charles M. 
 
 Faunce, Sewall A. 
 
 Fontana, Giovanni B. 
 
 Fellows, John W. 
 
 Felton, Abraham. 
 
 Felton, Samuel. 
 
 Felton, Benjamin W. 
 
 Fecit, John J. 
 
 Fenner, Charles E. 
 
 Ferguson, Bennett S. 
 
 Ferguson, James G. 
 
 Fisher, Henry S. 
 
 Fisher, Schuyler. 
 
 Fisher, Aaron E. 
 
 Field, R. Montgomery. 
 
 Field, Abiatha. 
 
 Field, Frederick H. 
 
 Field, Alfred. 
 
 Fisk, Edgar A. 
 
 Fiske, William C. 
 
 DATE OF 
 
 ENTERING. 
 
 April 
 
 8. 
 
 [869. 
 
 'Dec. 
 
 12, 
 
 1895. 
 
 Oct. 
 
 15. 
 
 1853- 
 
 April 
 
 13. 
 
 1876. 
 
 Sept. 
 
 9. 
 
 1886. 
 
 Feb. 
 
 27. 
 
 1896. 
 
 Oct. 
 
 10, 
 
 1889. 
 
 Feb. 
 
 21, 
 
 1809. 
 
 Feb. 
 
 i8, 
 
 1818. 
 
 J"iy 
 
 12, 
 
 i860. 
 
 June 
 
 7, 
 
 1866. 
 
 Dec. 
 
 14, 
 
 1893. 
 
 June 
 
 23. 
 
 1864. 
 
 Jan. 
 
 13, 
 
 1859. 
 
 Feb. 
 
 2, 
 
 187I. 
 
 Oct. 
 
 10) 
 
 1872. 
 
 May 
 
 10, 
 
 1894. 
 
 April 
 
 15. 
 
 1807. 
 
 April 
 
 12, 
 
 1866. 
 
 Feb. 
 
 26, 
 
 1874. 
 
 Feb. 
 
 17. 
 
 1859. 
 
 June 
 
 9. 
 
 1887. 
 
 April 
 
 i3> 
 
 1876. 
 
 April 
 
 i> 
 
 1858. 
 
 Mar. 
 
 6, 
 
 1797- 
 
 Oct. 
 
 II. 
 
 1798. 
 
 Feb. 
 
 25. 
 
 1858. 
 
 April 
 
 8, 
 
 1869. 
 
 Feb. 
 
 13. 
 
 1896. 
 
 Oct. 
 
 II, 
 
 1866. 
 
 June 
 
 20, 
 
 1883. 
 
 Sept. 
 
 12, 
 
 , 1895. 
 
 June 
 
 9. 
 
 1892. 
 
 June 
 
 6, 
 
 1 1796- 
 
 June 
 
 28, 
 
 , i860. 
 
 June 
 
 3°; 
 
 , 1864. 
 
 Feb. 
 
 3i 
 
 , 1825. 
 
 May 
 
 12; 
 
 , 1887. 
 
 April 
 
 I 12; 
 
 , 1866. 
 
 Mar. 
 
 29: 
 
 , i860. 
 
 Oct. 
 
 II 
 
 , 1866. 
 
 DATE OF LEAVING. 
 
 Jan. 9, 18 
 
 Jan. 23, 1892.* 
 
 April 26, 1867.* 
 
 Oct. 12, 1865. 
 
 Mar. 7, 1891.* 
 
 Dec. II, 1879. 
 
 Mar. 31, 1877.* 
 
 Mar. 21, i86i. 
 Dimitted. 
 
 April 15, 1891.* 
 April 13, 1871. 
 July 2, 1863.* 
 
124 
 
 ALPHABETICAL LIST. 
 
 Flint, Dr. John S. 
 Folsom, Alonzo W. 
 Folsom, Hawley. 
 Fogler, Cyrus B. 
 Forbes, John W. 
 Ford, Barnard. 
 Foster, Rufus. 
 Frost, George. 
 Frost, Walter S. 
 Frost, Arthur H. 
 Frost, Charles. 
 Frothingham, Charles H. 
 Frothingham, Joseph H. 
 Freudenvoll, John. 
 FreudenvoU, Charles. 
 Frederick, Jabez W. 
 Freeman, Ebenezer. 
 Freeman, Ebenezer J. 
 Frye, William. 
 Fuller, William. 
 Fuller, Alvin. 
 Fuller, Newell. 
 Fuller, Charles E. 
 Fuller, Andrew J. 
 Furley, John F. 
 Fox, Edward H. 
 Gale, Lewis. 
 Gammon, Irving P. 
 Gallien, Hyacinthe. 
 Gardner, Samuel J. 
 Garland, Benjamin. 
 Garbett, William A. 
 Gaston, William. 
 Gates, Gamblin. 
 Gately, Timothy. 
 Gavett, Joseph. 
 Gay, William F. 
 Gerrish, William H. 
 George, Greenleaf C. 
 Giles, Alfred E. 
 Gillespie, John. 
 
 DATE OF ENTERING, 
 
 Jan. 21, 1864- 
 
 Jan. 17, 1856. 
 
 June 25, 1874. 
 
 Mar. 12, 18 
 
 Oct. 10, 1895, 
 
 June 8, 1865 
 
 Aug. 7, 1797 
 
 Jan. 17, 1856. 
 
 Jan. II, 1883 
 
 Jan. 15, 1890 
 
 June 23, 1864, 
 
 Feb. 13, 1868, 
 
 Oct. 10, ig 
 
 Dec. 19, 1850, 
 
 Dec. 17, 1850, 
 
 June 9, 18 
 
 Nov. 10, 1802. 
 
 Jan. 15, 1810 
 
 Feb. 29, 1872 
 
 April 29, 1 801 
 June I, 1808, 
 
 May 26, 1817 
 
 Feb. 28, 1867 
 
 Feb. 13, 1868. 
 
 May 6, 1824, 
 
 June II, 18 
 
 Sept. 23, 1806. 
 
 June 12, 18 
 
 Oct. 28, 1825, 
 
 Feb. 2, 18 1 4. 
 
 April 21, 1864, 
 
 June 23, 1864. 
 
 Dec. 13, i860. 
 
 Sept. 4, 1797 
 
 July 13, 1826. 
 
 July 12, i860. 
 
 Mar. 12, 1896. 
 
 Sept. 22, 1865. 
 
 Feb. 29, 1872, 
 
 Oct. 6, 1859, 
 
 Dec. 13, i888. 
 
 DATE OF LEAVING. 
 
 Jan. 13, 1876. 
 April 1, 1894.* 
 Dec. II, 1884. 
 
 Mar. 23, 1876.* 
 
 Aug. 29, 1869.* 
 
 June 12, 1879. 
 
 Aug. 18, 1855. 
 
 Sept. 27, i860. 
 
 Sept. 4, 1895.* 
 
 Dec. II, 1873. 
 
 Dec. 22, 1825. 
 June II, 1891. 
 
 Nov. 17, 1831. 
 
 Nov. II, 1869. 
 
 Sept. II, 1879. 
 
 Jan. 15, 1894.* 
 
 Dimitted. 
 
 Oct. 1867.* 
 
 Jan. 5, 1865. 
 April 12, 1894. 
 
WASHINGTON LODGE. 
 
 125 
 
 NAME. 
 
 Gilder, Matthew I. 
 Gibbs, Dan. 
 Gill, Nathan. 
 Glover, George E. 
 Glover, Frank H. 
 Glidden, Daniel A. 
 Gledhill, John. 
 Goddard, Richard P. 
 Goddard, Joseph. 
 Goddard, Nahum D. 
 Goodrich, Edward L. 
 Goodwin, Charles H. 
 Gordon, Albert F. 
 Gore, Jr., Samuel. 
 Gould, John H. 
 Gould, George H. 
 Goulding, Wm. F. 
 Gott, Erastus. 
 Graham, Charles A. 
 Grant, Charles T. 
 Grandjean, Adolph. 
 Grace, Michael. 
 Graves, Willis H. 
 Graves, William. 
 Gray, George £. 
 Gray, Edward T. 
 Greene, Cuvier G. 
 Greene, Robert A. 
 Gregerson, George W. 
 Greenlaw, William C. 
 Griggs, Jr., Samuel. 
 Griggs, David B. 
 Griggs, Joseph. 
 Griggs, George H. 
 Griggs, Albert. 
 Griffin, William W. 
 Grinnell, Thomas H. 
 Grover, William. 
 Guerrier, George P. 
 Guerrier, William E. 
 Guild, Chester. 
 
 DATE OF ENTERING. 
 
 Feb. 8, 1894. 
 
 Sept. 8, 1802. 
 
 Dec. 4, 1797. 
 
 June 14, i888. 
 
 Feb. II, 1892. 
 
 Jan. 28, 1864. 
 
 Dec. 12, 1895. 
 
 Feb. 16, 1868. 
 
 June 9, 1887. 
 
 Oct. II, 1894. 
 
 Feb. 8, 1872. 
 
 June 8, 1893. 
 
 Mar. 8, 1894. 
 
 Aug. I, 1796. 
 
 June 10, 1824. 
 
 Feb. 23, 1865. 
 
 Feb. 18, 1864. 
 
 Mar. 26, 1868. 
 
 Nov. 12, 1868. 
 
 Dec. 30, 1895. 
 
 Feb. 14, 1884. 
 
 Dec. 20, 1809. 
 
 Jan. 15, 1890. 
 
 Oct. 18, 1809. 
 
 May 14, 1891. 
 
 Oct. 6, 1859. 
 
 Sept. 10, 1891. 
 
 May 14, 1891. 
 
 Mar. 5, 1863. 
 
 Jan. 12, 1888. 
 
 Sept. 23, 1806. 
 
 Dec. 9, 1807. 
 
 Feb. 10, i8o8. 
 
 April 2, 1863. 
 
 Mar. 2, 1865. 
 
 Feb. 9, 1893. 
 
 Feb. 12, 1891. 
 
 Nov. 5, 1797. 
 
 Jan. II, 1883. 
 
 June 12, 1884. 
 
 Sept. 14, 1816. 
 
 DATE OF LEAVING. 
 
 Mar. 14, 1875. 
 
 April 22, 1812. 
 
 Dimitted. 
 April 21, 1864. 
 Nov. 9, 1882. 
 Feb. 8, 1872. 
 
 Mar. 2, 1894.* 
 
 Mar. 25, 1895.* 
 
 May I, 1811. 
 May I, iSii. 
 Mar. 14, 1810. 
 Dimitted. 
 
 April 20, 1891.* 
 
126 
 
 ALPHABETICAL LIST. 
 
 NAME. 
 
 DATE OF ENTERING. 
 
 DATE 
 
 OF LEAVING. 
 
 Gumbart, Rev. Adolph S. 
 
 Oct. 9, 1890. 
 
 
 
 
 Haigh, Henry J. 
 
 May 12, 1870. 
 
 Nov. 
 
 20, 
 
 1877.* 
 
 Haley, Andrew. 
 
 June 25, 1874. 
 
 
 
 
 Hale, Robert W. 
 
 Nov. 16, 1 861. 
 
 Sept. 
 
 IS. 
 
 1864. 
 
 Hall, John. 
 
 May 10, 1866. 
 
 Sept. 
 
 II, 
 
 1866. 
 
 Hall, Andrew J. 
 
 April 12, 1883. 
 
 Mar. 
 
 2, 
 
 1887. 
 
 Hall, Henry G. 
 
 Nov. 2, 1893. 
 
 Sept. 
 
 13. 
 
 1894. 
 
 Hall, John W. 
 
 Mar. 8, 1894. 
 
 
 
 
 Ham, Albert. 
 
 Mar. 24, 1853. 
 
 
 
 - 
 
 Hamden, Ameriah. 
 
 Dec. 30, 1824. 
 
 May 
 
 18, 
 
 1826. 
 
 Hamilton, Luther. 
 
 Dec. 31, 1846. 
 
 
 
 
 Hamilton, William. 
 
 April 14, 1813. 
 
 
 
 
 Hamilton, David. 
 
 April 8, 1880. 
 
 
 
 
 Hamilton, Robert S. 
 
 Feb. 8, 1877. 
 
 Jan. 
 
 3. 
 
 1892.* 
 
 Hamilton, Edward. 
 
 Mar. 14, 1872. 
 
 June 
 
 12, 
 
 1879. 
 
 Hancock, Belcher. 
 
 April 4, 1796. 
 
 
 
 
 Hanson, Albert W. 
 
 June 10, 1867. 
 
 Sept. 
 
 14. 
 
 1871. 
 
 Hanson, Christian F. W. 
 
 June 13, 1895. 
 
 
 
 
 Hanes, George C. 
 
 Dec. 13, 1888. 
 
 
 
 
 Haines, Augustine. 
 
 April 13, 1871. 
 
 Dec. 
 
 II. 
 
 187 1.* 
 
 Hadley, Stephen C. 
 
 Dec. II, 1884. 
 
 Oct. 
 
 7. 
 
 1895.* 
 
 Harriman, Moses. 
 
 Mar. 14, 1796. 
 
 
 
 
 Harris, Noah. 
 
 May 7, 1800. 
 
 
 
 
 Harris, Enoch. 
 
 Jan. 28, 1801. 
 
 
 
 
 Harris, Edward N. 
 
 May 4, 1865. 
 
 April 
 
 19. 
 
 1882. 
 
 Harris, Leverett J. 
 
 Mar. II, 1875. 
 
 June 
 
 ii> 
 
 1885. 
 
 Hardy, Augustus. 
 
 April 24, 1867. 
 
 Jan. 
 
 12, 
 
 1879. 
 
 Hart, Maurice. 
 
 Mar. 12, 1896. 
 
 
 
 
 Harmon, Henry M. 
 
 June II, 1863. 
 
 Jan. 
 
 II. 
 
 1894. 
 
 Harlow, John B. 
 
 Dec. 14, 1893. 
 
 
 
 
 Harvey, Charles C. 
 
 Jan. I, 1863. 
 
 June 
 
 14. 
 
 1866. 
 
 Hastings, Frank H. 
 
 June 29, 1865. 
 
 Dec. 
 
 10, 
 
 1885. 
 
 Hastings, John I. 
 
 April 21, 1853. 
 
 
 
 
 - 
 
 Hathaway, George W. 
 
 Mar. 9, 1893. 
 
 
 
 
 Hayden, Abner. 
 
 July 3, 1797. 
 
 
 
 - 
 
 Haynes, James G. 
 
 June 23, 1870. 
 
 Dec. 
 
 29. 
 
 1894.* 
 
 Heard, Thomas. 
 
 Nov. 13, 1799. 
 
 
 
 - 
 
 Heath, Augustus H. 
 
 Sept. 29, 1859. 
 
 
 
 - 
 
 Heeley, Timothy. 
 
 Mar. 14, 1796. 
 
 July 
 
 24. 
 
 1800.* 
 
 Heeley, Aaron. 
 
 Aug. 12, 1807. 
 
 June 
 
 S. 
 
 1811 
 
 Heintz, Philip B. 
 
 Jan. 12, 1888. 
 
 
 
 
WASHINGTON LODGE. 
 
 127 
 
 Helt, Jacob. 
 Henderson, Elijah. 
 Hentz, Frederick W. 
 Hentz, Francis A. 
 Hentz, Albert E. 
 Hennrikus, Albert. 
 Herman, J. H. 
 Hersey, James A. 
 Hersey, Henry M. 
 Hersey, Dr. Freeman C. 
 Hewes, John C. 
 Hewins, Charles A. 
 Hewins, George. 
 Hewins, Edmond H. 
 Hewitt, William. 
 Hill, George W. 
 Hill, Chauncy R. 
 Hill, Herbert J. 
 Hillyer, Schiler. 
 Hicks, William L. 
 Hobbs, Jr., William. 
 Hodgdon, Abraham P. 
 Hoffecker, Abraham. 
 Hoffman, Frederick G. 
 Hoit, James R. 
 Holden, Jonah. 
 Holden, Joshua. 
 Holden, William. 
 Holden, Edward. 
 HoUbrook, John. 
 Hollbrook, Elisha. 
 HoUoway, William J. 
 Holman, Charles H. 
 Holman, Dudley M. 
 Holmes, Norman. 
 Holmes, William. 
 Houghton, Rufus H. 
 Houghton, Andrew J. 
 Houghton, Joseph. 
 Hopkins, Hugh. 
 Howard, Seth. 
 
 DATE OF ENTERING. 
 
 DATE 
 
 OF LEAVING. 
 
 Feb. II, 1892. 
 
 
 
 May 24, 1820. 
 
 
 
 Aug. 9, 1858. 
 
 
 i86i.* 
 
 April 16, 1863. 
 
 Dimitted. 
 
 April 17, 1868. 
 
 June 
 
 13, 1878. 
 
 May 19, 1853. 
 
 
 
 May II, 1874. 
 
 
 
 May II, 1864. 
 
 Mar. 
 
 II, 1880. 
 
 Mar. 8, 1894. 
 
 
 
 Mar. 12, 1896. 
 
 
 
 Feb. 29, 1872. 
 
 Nov. 
 
 8, 1883. 
 
 Oct. 6, 1859. 
 
 Sept. 
 
 15, 1864. 
 
 April 14, 1859. 
 
 Dec. 
 
 10, 1874. 
 
 Dec. 17, 1873. 
 
 
 
 Jan. 24, 1861. 
 
 
 
 May 26, 1859. 
 
 Mar. 
 
 I, i860. 
 
 Nov. 12, 1874. 
 
 Mar. 
 
 II, 1880. 
 
 Feb. 14, 1895. 
 
 Feb. 
 
 13, 1896. 
 
 Feb. s. 1798- 
 
 
 
 Sept. II, 1873. 
 
 
 
 April 10, 1862. 
 
 
 
 Jan. 3, 1867. 
 
 Dec. 
 
 8, 1870. 
 
 Jan. 15, 1890. 
 
 
 
 Oct. l8, 1892. 
 
 
 
 Mar. 29, 1855. 
 
 Mar. 
 
 25, 1858. 
 
 Oct. 3, 1796. 
 
 
 
 Nov. 14, 1807. 
 
 
 
 July 13, 1826. 
 
 
 
 Feb. 14, 1856. 
 
 Sept. 
 
 22, i860. 
 
 June 30, 1825. 
 
 
 
 Dec. 4- 1797- 
 
 
 
 Jan. 29, 1896. 
 
 
 
 Feb. 14, 1884. 
 
 
 
 June II, 1885. 
 
 Mar. 
 
 8, 1888. 
 
 April 30, 1806. 
 
 
 
 Jan. 3, 1822. 
 
 June 
 
 30, 1825. 
 
 Feb. 28, 1867. 
 
 Nov. 
 
 21, 1878.* 
 
 Jan. 3, 1867. 
 
 Sept. 
 
 24, 1892.* 
 
 Oct. 10, 1867. 
 
 
 
 May 14, 1891. 
 
 
 
 Mar. 18, 1807. 
 
 
 
128 
 
 ALPHABETICAL LIST. 
 
 Howard, Otis M. 
 Howe, James. 
 Howe, Willard. 
 Howe, Isaac. 
 Howe, John. 
 Howe, Isaac. 
 Howe, George S. 
 Howes, Arthur E. 
 Hubbard, Abel. 
 Hubbard, 2d, Joseph. 
 Humphreys, George W. 
 liunneman, James C. 
 Hunt, Moses. 
 Hunt, Sanford M. 
 Hunt, Jr., Sanford M. 
 Hunt, William F. 
 ■Huntingdon, Jonathan. 
 Hunting, Reuben. 
 Hurd, Nathan F. 
 Huston, Hiram. 
 Huston, William R. 
 Hutchinson, George A. 
 Ingraham, Elizur D. 
 Ireland, Albert L. 
 Jackson, Samuel. 
 Jackson, William. 
 Jackson, William F. 
 Jackson, Joseph. 
 Jackson, Dr. William L. 
 Jackson, Thomas. 
 Jackson, Samuel. 
 Jacobs, Andrew F. 
 James, Richmond. 
 Jenness, Richard S. 
 Jenness, Edwin R. 
 Jewell, A. M. 
 Jenkins, Nathaniel. 
 Jewett, Oliver. 
 Jewett, Jonathan. 
 Johnson, Elijah. 
 Johnson, Frederic. 
 
 DATE OF ENTERING. 
 
 Mar. 12, 1896. 
 
 Mar. 14, 1796. 
 
 Dec. II, 1799. 
 
 June I, 1808. 
 
 Sept. 4, 1816. 
 
 Mar. 9, 1848. 
 
 June 10, 1868. 
 
 Mar. 9, 1893. 
 
 May 25, 1804. 
 
 Feb. 12, 1863. 
 
 Feb. II, 1847. 
 
 May II, 1864. 
 
 Dec. I, 1813. 
 
 Mar. 8, 1849. 
 
 Oct. 4, 1855. 
 
 Jan. 28, 1864. 
 
 Dec. I, 1813. 
 
 June 27, 1822. 
 
 Feb. 21, 1850. 
 
 Dec. 16, 1858. 
 
 Aug. 9, 1858. 
 
 Feb. 14, 1878. 
 
 June 30, 1864. 
 
 June 13, 1895. 
 
 June 10, 1824. 
 
 Oct. 20, 1825. 
 
 Feb. 14, 1856. 
 
 May 12, 1870. 
 
 June 12, 1879. 
 
 May 14, 1891. 
 
 Dec. 30, 1895. 
 
 June 23, 1870. 
 
 Feb. 2, 1865. 
 
 Dec. 9, 1869. 
 
 Mar. 13, 1879. 
 
 May 23, 1861. 
 
 Nov. 14, 1847. 
 
 Aug. I, 1796. 
 
 Sept. 4, 1797. 
 
 Sept. 26, 1822. 
 
 Nov. 2, 1865. 
 
 DATE OF LEAVING. 
 
 Jan. 2, 1798.* 
 
 1854.* 
 
 Mar. 26, 1828.* 
 
 Dec. II, 1823. 
 Nov. 9, 1876. 
 
 Mar. II, 1880. 
 
 Sept. 15, 1864. 
 
 Sept. 10, 1868. 
 
 Mar. 16, 1837. 
 
 April 2, 1863. 
 Jan. 9, 1868. 
 June 14, 1894. 
 Nov. 1879. 
 
 Nov. 7, 1873.* 
 Aug. 30, 1827. 
 
 Sept. 28, 1S78.* 
 
 June 12, 1879. 
 
 June II, 1874. 
 
 Sept. 15, 1868. 
 
 Oct. II, iSoi.* 
 
 Oct. 12, 187 1. 
 
WASHINGTON LODGE. 
 
 129 
 
 Jones, James. 
 Jones, Charles A. 
 Jones, Daniel W. 
 Jones, Florentine A.. 
 Jones, W. H. 
 Jordan, William W. 
 Jordan, Jediah P. 
 Joyce, George F. 
 Judkins, Isaac C. 
 Keay, Winford L. 
 Kelley, John H. 
 Kelley, James A. 
 Kelley, Henry. 
 Kelley, Charles H. 
 Kennedy, Donald. 
 Kneeland, John. 
 Kent, George N. 
 Kent, Rev. Benjamin. 
 Kidder, Moses W. 
 Kilham, Edward A. 
 Killick, Thomas. 
 King, Frank H. 
 King, Edward W. 
 King, John C. 
 Kingman, Martin. 
 Kingsbury, Aaron. 
 Kingsley, Stephen P. 
 Kinsell, Henry H. 
 Knight, Walter H. 
 Knight, Henry C. 
 Knight, Cassander I. 
 Knight, Henry F. 
 Knower, Daniel. 
 Knower, Samuel. 
 Knowlton, Mark. 
 Kohl, John A. 
 Kyle, Joseph. 
 Lancaster, M. P. P. 
 Lane, Thomas W. 
 Lang, Edward. 
 Lang, Jr., Edward. 
 
 DATE OF ENTERING. 
 
 DATE 
 
 OF LEAVING. 
 
 Jan. 
 
 I. 
 
 1817. 
 
 Dec. 
 
 3. 
 
 1826.* 
 
 Nov. 
 
 s. 
 
 i860. 
 
 April 
 
 10, 
 
 1884.* 
 
 June 
 
 II, 
 
 1863. 
 
 
 
 
 June 
 
 17, 
 
 1868. 
 
 Jan. 
 
 12, 
 
 1888. 
 
 Dec. 
 
 9. 
 
 1875. 
 
 Dec. 
 
 8, 
 
 1881. 
 
 Dec. 
 
 14. 
 
 1893. 
 
 
 
 
 April 
 
 8, 
 
 1869. 
 
 Oct. 
 
 10, 
 
 1872. 
 
 June 
 
 7. 
 
 1866. 
 
 June 
 
 12, 
 
 1879. 
 
 Dec. 
 
 12, 
 
 1895. 
 
 
 
 
 June 
 
 21, 
 
 1893. 
 
 
 
 
 Jan. 
 
 21, 
 
 1864. 
 
 June 
 
 17. 
 
 1875.* 
 
 Jan. 
 
 8, 
 
 1880. 
 
 
 
 
 June 
 
 10, 
 
 1881. 
 
 
 
 
 Feb. 
 
 27. 
 
 1896. 
 
 
 
 
 April 
 
 23. 
 
 1874. 
 
 Mar. 
 
 15. 
 
 1889.* 
 
 Feb. 
 
 2> 
 
 1865. 
 
 June 
 
 14. 
 
 1866. 
 
 Jan. 
 
 24. 
 
 1850. 
 1853- 
 
 
 
 ~ 
 
 Jan. 
 
 II, 
 
 1877. 
 
 Sept. 
 
 II. 
 
 1879. 
 
 May 
 
 10, 
 
 1866. 
 
 Mar. 
 
 10, 
 
 1888. 
 
 Mar. 
 
 29, 
 
 1820. 
 
 
 
 - 
 
 Jan. 
 
 3. 
 
 1S67. 
 
 May 
 
 III 
 
 1882. 
 
 June 
 
 10, 
 
 1892. 
 
 
 
 
 Nov. 
 
 16, 
 
 1864. 
 
 
 
 - 
 
 Sept. 
 
 13. 
 
 i856. 
 
 Sept. 
 
 14. 
 
 1871. 
 
 Jan. 
 
 s. 
 
 1803. 
 
 April 
 
 I2i 
 
 1839.* 
 
 Feb. 
 
 25. 
 
 1869. 
 
 May 
 
 9. 
 
 1878. 
 
 June 
 
 29. 
 
 1865. 
 
 June 
 
 14. 
 
 1891.* 
 
 June 
 
 10, 
 
 1881. 
 
 
 
 
 June 
 
 10, 
 
 1881. 
 
 
 
 
 Dec. 
 
 8, 
 
 1892. 
 
 
 
 
 June 
 
 9. 
 
 1896. 
 
 
 
 
 Oct. 
 
 I, 
 
 1800. 
 
 
 
 - 
 
 Sept. 
 
 18, 
 
 1820. 
 
 Feb. 
 
 3. 
 
 1825. 
 
 Dec. 
 
 9. 
 
 1869. 
 
 May 
 
 9. 
 
 1878. 
 
 June 
 
 14, 
 
 1866. 
 
 
 
 
 May 
 
 28, 
 
 1874. 
 
 April 
 
 II, 
 
 1878. 
 
 May 
 
 2, 
 
 1796. 
 
 Dec. 
 
 3i> 
 
 1800.* 
 
 April 
 
 17. 
 
 1867. 
 
 Dec. 
 
 12, 
 
 1889. 
 
 May 
 
 26, 
 
 1831. 
 
 Oct. 
 
 9, 
 
 1870.* 
 
 April 
 
 I, 
 
 1852. 
 
 
 
 
I30 ALPHABETICAL LIST. 
 
 NAME. DATE OF ENTERING. DATE OF LEAVING. 
 
 Lang, George W. April i6, 1863. Nov. i, 1878. 
 
 Lauriat, Lewis A. April 11, 1821. 
 
 Layers, William G. Oct. 29, 1857. April 2, 1863. 
 
 Lawrence, Henry S. Nov. 20, 1862. 
 
 Leach, Rev. Daniel. Aug. 3, 1854. i860. 
 
 Leadbetter, Gurdon A. Jan. 29, 1817. Feb. 23, 1820. 
 
 Lee, Joseph W. Jan. 12, 1865. 
 
 Leeds, James. Mar. 20, 1799. 
 
 Leeds, Alexander. Jan. i, 1800. 
 
 Leland, Ebenezer. Feb. 5, 1798. 
 
 Lemist, John. Jan. i, 1817. Jan. 23, 1823. 
 
 Leverett, Daniel. Aug. 27, 1806. Mar. 29, 1809. 
 
 Leverett, Rev. William. Nov. 9, 1826. 
 
 Lewis, William. May 9, 1821. 
 
 Lewis, Sen., Winslow. Dec. 31, 1846. May 1850.* 
 
 Lewis, Thomas M. Mar. 23, 1848. Jan. 1856. 
 
 Lewis, George. June 20, 1861. Nov. 9, 1876. 
 
 Libby, James O. April 16, 1889. 
 
 Lincoln, David. Oct. 22, 1817. Nov. 28, 1822. 
 
 Lincoln, Orlando J. April 8, 1875. Dec. 10, 1885. 
 
 Lindsey, Henry. Sept. g, 1875. June 12, 1879. 
 
 Lindsay, Charles H. Feb. 13, 1896. 
 
 Lindstrom, Carl G. Sept. 10, 1891. Nov. 7, 1895. 
 
 Litchfield, Augustus L. April 13, 1871. Sept. 10, 1886.* 
 
 Little, Samuel. Oct. 6, 1859. 
 
 Littlefield, Charles A. Mar. 12, 1891. 
 
 Lloyd, Andrew J. July 12, i860. June 12, 1879. 
 
 Locke, Elmore E. April 12, 1883. Nov. 10, 1887. 
 
 Lombard, James H. June 10, 1892. 
 
 Lord, Esdras. Jan. 28, 1847. Oct. 12, 1876.* 
 
 Lord, John W. June 23, 1847. Feb. 3, 1883.* 
 
 Lord, Charles E. June 10, 1892. 
 
 Lorimier, Alfred V. de. Oct. lo, 1895. 
 
 Loring, James G. Feb. 23, 1820. 
 
 Ludlow, Archibald. Feb. 16, 1826. 
 
 Lunt, Clarence W. Mar. 9, 1882. Feb. 22, 1884.* 
 
 Lunt, James W. Jan. 11,1883. J^-"- 11,1894. 
 
 Lunt, Josiah. Jan. 14,1886. Feb. 15,1886.* 
 
 Lyon, Jeremiah. May 5, 1819. Mar. 16, 1837. 
 
 Lyon, Lemuel. Dec. 31, 1846. Jan. 3, 1856. 
 
 Lyon, I. Whitney. Sept. 14, 1848. Jan. 3, 1856. 
 
WASHINGTON LODGE. 
 
 131 
 
 NAME. 
 
 Lyon, Rev. William H. 
 Macdonald, George F. 
 Macdonald, Donald B. 
 Macfarlane, Francis J. 
 Mackintosh, William H. 
 Magrath, William H. 
 Makepeace, William. 
 Mann, Dr. Benjamin H. 
 Mansur, Henry W. 
 Marble, George A. 
 Marden, Frank D. 
 Markoe, George F. H. 
 Marsh, Warren. 
 Marsh, James E. 
 Marshall, Benjamin. 
 Marshall, Cyrus M. 
 Marston, John M. 
 Marston, Irving G. 
 Marston, Charles W. 
 Martin, Henry A. 
 Martin, Joseph M. 
 Masten, Cornelius E. 
 Masters, Hilmon P. 
 Masury, Addison C. 
 Maxwell, Charles. 
 May, Charles. 
 May, William B. 
 McAllister, Daniel. 
 McCarthy, William. 
 McClure, David. 
 McCready, George Y. 
 McEwen, Jr., Hugh. 
 McGey, Patrick. 
 McNaught, Peter. 
 McQuiston, Robert. 
 Mead, David. 
 Merrill, William. 
 Merritt, George. 
 Merritt, George C. 
 Merry, Daniel. 
 Messer, William W. 
 
 DATE OF ENTERING 
 
 Jan. 10, 1895, 
 
 Mar. II, 1S75, 
 
 June 13, 18 
 
 Jan. 12, 18 
 
 Nov. 10, 1853, 
 
 Feb. 8, iS 
 
 Oct. 9, 1816. 
 
 Sept. 23, 1865 
 
 June 10, 1881 
 
 Sept. 27, 1866, 
 
 Jan. 29, 1896 
 
 May 28, 1874, 
 
 Mar. 18, 1807 
 
 Nov. 18, 1858 
 
 Oct. 29, 1800. 
 
 Jan. 3, 1867 
 
 June 12, 1856. 
 
 Dec. 8, 1892 
 
 June 21, 1893 
 
 Nov. 21, 1859. 
 
 May 10, 1877, 
 
 Jan. 21, 1864. 
 
 June 8, 18 
 
 Nov. 20, 1862, 
 
 May 8, 1816. 
 
 Oct. 30, 1816, 
 
 Nov. 18, I i 
 
 June 15, 1826, 
 
 Jan. 1, 1817 
 April 13, 1 87 1 
 
 May 7, i8oo. 
 
 Sept. 10, \i 
 
 Dec. 20, \i 
 
 Jan. 24, 1864, 
 
 Mar. 24, 1870, 
 
 Dec. II, 1823, 
 
 May 12, 1870, 
 
 Feb. II, 1886. 
 
 June 10, li 
 
 Oct. 27, 1819. 
 
 Oct. 10, 1810 
 
 DATE OF LEAVING. 
 
 April 19, 1882. 
 
 June 14, 1877.* 
 Dec. II, 1886* 
 
 Dec. II, 1890. 
 
 Dec. 10, 1862.* 
 
 July 7, 1869.* 
 
 Nov. 10, 1870. 
 
 Sept. 14, 1S71. 
 
 June 10, 1880. 
 
 Dec. 14, 1865. 
 
 Dec. II, 1823. 
 
 June 12, 1870. 
 
132 
 
 ALPHABETICAL LIST. 
 
 NAME. 
 
 Meserve, Isaac H. 
 Miles, C. Edwin. 
 Moizan, Pierre J. 
 IVIolineux, Robert W. 
 Molineux, Robert G. 
 Monroe, Richard L. 
 Monroe, Benjamin. 
 Monroe, George C. 
 Moore, William E. 
 Moore, Hobart. 
 Moore, William H. 
 Morrell, William H. 
 Morrill, George H. 
 Morse, Adam. 
 Morse, Dr. Horatio G. 
 Morse, Edward A. 
 Morse, Dr. Edward G. 
 Morse, Herbert F. 
 Morse, George A. 
 Morse, Randall G. 
 Morse, Lewis K. 
 Morton, James E. 
 Moulton, George. 
 Moulton, James M. 
 Mouncey, James. 
 Munroe, Lewis E. 
 Munroe, Charles A. B. 
 Munroe, George H. 
 Munson, Silas H. 
 Murray, Bernard E. 
 Neale, John. 
 Newcomb, Harley. 
 Newell, Samuel. 
 Newell, Luther. 
 Newell, George H. 
 Newell, Charles H. 
 Newland, John. 
 Newmarch, Alfred. 
 Newton, Charles S. 
 Newton, John F. 
 Newton, Isaac W. 
 
 DATE OF ENTERING. 
 
 Feb. 21, 1850. 
 
 Jan. 26, 1865. 
 
 May 30, 1872. 
 
 Dec. 7, 1854. 
 
 April 12, 1866. 
 
 Dec. 15, 1821. 
 
 Feb. 25, 1847. 
 
 Dec. 9, 1869. 
 
 Sept. 23, 1865. 
 
 April 8, 1869. 
 
 Dec. 14, 1893. 
 
 Jan. 28, 1864. 
 
 June 14, 1894. 
 
 Oct. 10, 1821. 
 
 Nov. I, 1854. 
 
 Jan. 13, 1859. 
 
 June 23, 1870. 
 
 May 28, 1874. 
 
 Mar. 8, 1877. 
 
 June 13, 1878. 
 
 Mar. 9, 1893. 
 
 Mar. 8, 1877. 
 
 Nov. 4, 1847. 
 
 Feb. 14, 1895. 
 
 Jan. 29, 1896. 
 
 Nov. 20, 1862. 
 
 Dec. 3, 1863. 
 
 June 26, 1864. 
 
 April II, 1867. 
 
 Jan. II, i865. 
 
 Feb. 28, 1867. 
 
 June 29, 1865. 
 
 Aug. 27, 1806. 
 
 Dec. 25, 1811. 
 
 Mar. 14, 1867. 
 
 June 25, 1887. 
 
 May 16, 1796. 
 
 Feb. 8, 1894. 
 
 Dec. 31, 1846. 
 
 Oct. 29, 1857. 
 
 May 3, i860. 
 
 DATE OF LEAVING. 
 
 Mar. I, 1875. 
 
 Feb. 8, 1866. 
 
 June 12, 1879. 
 
 Nov. I, 1890.* 
 
 May 26, 1825. 
 
 Feb. 28, 1852,* 
 
 June 14, 1877. 
 
 April 3, 1870.* 
 
 April 25, 1894.* 
 
 May 8, 1879. 
 
 May 12, 1886.* 
 April i, 1863. 
 
 Aug. 31, 1893.* 
 April 13, 1891.* 
 
 Mar. 12, 1885. 
 Jan. 25, 1894.* 
 
 July 30, 1864.* 
 
 April 12, 1877 
 
 Feb. 10, 1881 
 
 Sept. 13, 18S3, 
 
 Nov. II, 1869. 
 
 June 14, 1877. 
 
 Feb. 3, 1825. 
 
 May 9, i£ 
 
WASHINGTON LODCTE. 
 
 133 
 
 NAME. 
 
 DATE OF ENTERING. 
 
 DATE 
 
 OF LEAVINT,. 
 
 Newton, Jr., John F. 
 
 June 12, 1879. 
 
 
 
 Newton, Edward B. 
 
 Dec. II, 1884. 
 
 
 
 Nichols, Charles K. 
 
 Mar. 13, 1890. 
 
 
 
 Nolen, George. 
 
 July 25, 1796. 
 
 
 
 Norris, Joseph. 
 
 Dec. 17, 1873. 
 
 May 
 
 12, 1894. 
 
 Northrop, Henry B. 
 
 May 10, 1894. 
 
 
 
 Nutting, D. W. 
 
 Oct. 21, 1847. 
 
 
 
 Oaliman, Waldo M. 
 
 Feb. 14, 1895. 
 
 
 
 Onion, WiUard. 
 
 Feb. 20, 1823. 
 
 
 
 Paine, Dr. Joseph P. 
 
 April 18, 1 861. 
 
 
 
 Palmer, Albert. 
 
 Feb. 25, 1869. 
 
 May 
 
 21, 1887.* 
 
 Parker, Abraham S. 
 
 Dec. 2, 1847. 
 
 
 IS7I.* 
 
 Parker, Augustus. 
 
 Mar. 23, 1865. 
 
 June 
 
 14, 1866. 
 
 Parker, Benjamin W. 
 
 June 12, 1873. 
 
 
 
 Parker, Thomas. 
 
 Feb. 26, 1874. 
 
 
 
 Parker, George W. 
 
 Mar. 19, 1889. 
 
 
 
 Parker, Fred. J. 
 
 Sept. 14, 1893. 
 
 
 
 Parmelee, Ashley. 
 
 Oct. II, 1855. 
 
 June 
 
 1869. 
 
 Partridge, William H. 
 
 Dec. 14, 1893. 
 
 
 
 Patten, William. 
 
 Sept. 5, 1796. 
 
 
 
 Payson, Samuel. 
 
 Dec. 31, 1846. 
 
 
 i860.* 
 
 Peabody, M.-. W.-. Augustus. 
 
 , Jan. 14, 1847. 
 
 Oct. 
 
 2, 1850.* 
 
 Penney, William S. 
 
 April 8, 1886. 
 
 
 
 Penrose, Thomas. 
 
 Oct. 9, 1890. 
 
 
 
 Perin, Rev. deo. L. 
 
 June 20, 1883. 
 
 May 
 
 9, 1889. 
 
 Perkins, William C. 
 
 Mar. II, 1847. 
 
 
 
 Perkins, Jr., Benjamin. 
 
 Sept. 15, 1858. 
 
 Mar. 
 
 II, 1869. 
 
 Perkins, Thomas L. D. 
 
 Feb. 5, 1857. 
 
 Dec. 
 
 21, 1864. 
 
 Perkins, George G. S. 
 
 Mar. 8, 1893. 
 
 
 
 Perrin, Stephen C. 
 
 April 21, 1S64. 
 
 
 
 Perrins, John. 
 
 June 18, 1884. 
 
 
 
 Perrins, Jr., John. 
 
 Dec. II, 1884. 
 
 
 
 Perry, Joseph F. 
 
 April 23, 1874. 
 
 
 
 Perry, Francis A. 
 
 Oct. 12, 1876. 
 
 
 
 Peterson, Albert L. 
 
 Oct. II, 1888. 
 
 
 
 Pfingst, Louis. 
 
 June 14, 1894. 
 
 
 
 Philbrick, Joseph. 
 
 June 9, 1887. 
 
 
 
 Pickering, Edward N. 
 
 Jan. 8, 1874. 
 
 April 
 
 1886. 
 
 Pickering, Henry C. 
 
 Oct. II, 1894. 
 
 
 
 Pidgeon, Charles F. 
 
 Dec. 30, 1895. 
 
 
 
 Pierce, Ebenezer. 
 
 Mar. 10, 1813. 
 
 Sept. 
 
 12, 1816. 
 
134 
 
 ALPHABETICAL LIST. 
 
 NAME. 
 
 RATE OF ENTERING. 
 
 DATE 
 
 OF LEAVING. 
 
 Pierce, John H. 
 
 June 
 
 7. 
 
 1824. 
 
 Mar. 
 
 16, 1837. 
 
 Pierce, Otis S. 
 
 May 
 
 28, 
 
 1874. 
 
 June 
 
 8, 1882. 
 
 Pierce, Henry M. 
 
 Jan. 
 
 9. 
 
 i«96. 
 
 
 
 Pilce, Jessie. 
 
 July 
 
 4, 
 
 1796. 
 
 
 
 Pishon, T. J. 
 
 Oct. 
 
 6, 
 
 1859. 
 
 Nov. 
 
 I I, 1880. 
 
 Pishon, Josiah S. 
 
 June 
 
 28, 
 
 1877. 
 
 June 
 
 14, 1883. 
 
 Pollard, Warren A. 
 
 April 
 
 8, 
 
 1869. 
 
 May 
 
 9, 1878. 
 
 Pomroy, Roswell. 
 
 April 
 
 6, 
 
 1803. 
 
 
 
 Pond, James F. 
 
 April 
 
 10, 
 
 1873- 
 
 Nov. 
 
 13, 1889.* 
 
 Poole, George C. 
 
 Dec. 
 
 13. 
 
 1888. 
 
 
 
 Potter, Silas A. 
 
 Jan. 
 
 13. 
 
 1887. 
 
 Mar. 
 
 10, 1892. 
 
 Powell, John. 
 
 June 
 
 12, 
 
 1851. 
 
 
 
 Powers, John M. 
 
 June 
 
 24, 
 
 1869. 
 
 Aug. 
 
 15, 1893.* 
 
 Pratt, Simeon. 
 
 Mar. 
 
 14, 
 
 1796. 
 
 
 
 Pratt, Seth. 
 
 Mar. 
 
 5. 
 
 1798. 
 
 
 
 Pratt, George A. 
 
 Mar. 
 
 12, 
 
 1896. 
 
 
 
 Pray, John. 
 
 Mar. 
 
 s. 
 
 1804. 
 
 
 
 Prentiss, Dr. Nathaniel S. 
 
 Mar. 
 
 9. 
 
 1803. 
 
 
 
 Prescott, George B. 
 
 June 
 
 13. 
 
 1889. 
 
 
 
 Pressey, Edward P. 
 
 Oct. 
 
 12, 
 
 187 1. 
 
 Nov. 
 
 29, 1892.* 
 
 Prince, James H. 
 
 Feb. 
 
 i3> 
 
 1868. 
 
 Feb. 
 
 8, 1872. 
 
 Proctor, Thomas P. 
 
 April 
 
 I, 
 
 1858. 
 
 
 
 Province, David. 
 
 Dec. 
 
 16, 
 
 i8or. 
 
 
 
 Putnam, Ansel W. 
 
 July 
 
 13. 
 
 1847. 
 
 
 
 Quinn, Nicholas. 
 
 April 
 
 18, 
 
 1810. 
 
 
 
 Quint, Rev. Alonzo H. 
 
 Nov. 
 
 18, 
 
 1858. 
 
 
 
 Ramsey, M. J. 
 
 Dec. 
 
 23. 
 
 1852. 
 
 
 * 
 
 Rand, Edward L. 
 
 June 
 
 3°. 
 
 1864. 
 
 Sept. 
 
 9, i86g. 
 
 Rand, Charles W. 
 
 June 
 
 13. 
 
 1872. 
 
 Mar. 
 
 9, 1882. 
 
 Rand, Waldron H. 
 
 Mar. 
 
 8, 
 
 1877. 
 
 April 
 
 12, 1877. 
 
 Randall, Jonas. 
 
 Jan. 
 
 I, 
 
 1806. 
 
 
 
 Ransom, Chandler R. 
 
 Mar. 
 
 29. 
 
 1855- 
 
 
 
 Redding, "William. 
 
 Sept. 
 
 26, 
 
 1822. 
 
 
 
 Reed, Thomas. 
 
 
 
 1849. 
 
 
 
 Reed, Clarence M. 
 
 June 
 
 13. 
 
 1872. 
 
 Mar. 
 
 14, 1878. 
 
 Reed, John W. 
 
 Oct. 
 
 13. 
 
 1887. 
 
 
 
 Reisner, Morris C. 
 
 Dec. 
 
 II, 
 
 1856. 
 
 
 
 Remy, William C. 
 
 Oct. 
 
 10, 
 
 1895. 
 
 
 
 Rhoades, Joseph E. 
 
 Oct. 
 
 18, 
 
 1820. 
 
 
 
 Rice, Ebenezer. 
 
 Aug. 
 
 14. 
 
 1799. 
 
 
 
 Rice, William D. 
 
 Nov. 
 
 16, 
 
 1854. 
 
 Mar. 
 
 25, 1858. 
 
WASHINGTON LODGE. 
 
 I3S 
 
 NAME. 
 
 Rice, George W. 
 Rice, Henry A. 
 Richards, Joel. 
 Richards, George. 
 Richards, Charles G. 
 Richardson, John H. 
 Richardson, George PI. 
 Richardson, Ahiah S. 
 Richardson, Albert P. 
 Richardson, Charles. 
 Ritchie, James. 
 Robertson, John A. 
 Robertson, William H. 
 Robinson, Jr., John. 
 Robinson, Thomas H. 
 Robinson, A. B. 
 Robinson, Andrew J. 
 Robinson, Albert W. 
 Robinson, Percy M. 
 Roby, Ebenezer. 
 Rodman, George E. 
 Rogers, John. 
 Rogers, William. 
 Rollins, Leonard J. 
 Rooke, William. 
 Root, Henry A. 
 Root, William A. 
 Root, George A. 
 Rose, Norman G. 
 Rosemeyer, Henry C. 
 Roston, James W. 
 Rounds, Albert W. 
 Rouse, Oliver. 
 Rowe, Henry W. 
 Rowe, John H. 
 Rugg, Julius E. 
 Ruggles, Joseph. 
 Ruggles, Nathaniel. 
 Rumrill, Frank. 
 Rumrill, William S. 
 Rush, George O. 
 
 3ATE OF ENTERING. 
 
 DATE 
 
 OF LEAVING. 
 
 May 31, 1855. 
 
 June 
 
 14, 1866. 
 
 Mar. 2, 1S65. 
 
 Oct. 
 
 10, 1867. 
 
 May 2, 1796. 
 
 Dec. 
 
 31, 1800.* 
 
 Feb. 12, 1863. 
 
 
 
 May 30, 1872. 
 
 
 
 Jan. 15, 1829. 
 
 May 
 
 19, 1829. 
 
 Jan. 26, 1865. 
 
 
 1870.* 
 
 May 12, 1870. 
 
 Feb. 
 
 12, 1880. 
 
 April 28, 1887. 
 
 
 
 Nov. 9, 1893. 
 
 
 
 June II, 1863. 
 
 Mar. 
 
 16, 1873.* 
 
 Nov. 4, 1847. 
 
 Jan. 
 
 20, 1853. 
 
 Oct. 4, 1849. 
 
 
 
 Aug. 23, 1825. 
 
 
 
 June 20, 1861. 
 
 
 
 Jan. 10, 1867. 
 
 
 
 Feb. 9, 1893. 
 
 
 
 Feb. 13, 1896. 
 
 
 
 Feb. 13, 1896. 
 
 
 
 June 8, 1854. 
 
 
 
 June 8, 1893. 
 
 Nov. 
 
 28, 1895.* 
 
 Oct. 19, 1854. 
 
 
 
 April 6, 1-865. 
 
 Mar. 
 
 II, 1869. 
 
 Jan. 9, 1896. 
 
 
 
 April 26, 1809. 
 
 
 
 Oct. 9, 1890. 
 
 
 
 April 13, 1893. 
 
 
 
 Mar. 14, 1895. 
 
 
 
 Oct. 7, 1824. 
 
 
 
 May 27, 1852. 
 
 Dec. 
 
 25, 1874. 
 
 June II, 1868. 
 
 
 
 Feb. 13, 1890. 
 
 
 
 Nov. 15, 1809. 
 
 
 
 Sept. 13, 1894. 
 
 
 
 May 6, 1869. 
 
 
 
 June 9, 1887. 
 
 
 
 Mar. 14, 1796. 
 
 May 
 
 I, i8ii.» 
 
 May 2, 1796. 
 
 
 
 Oct. 9, 1879. 
 
 
 
 Mar. 14, 1895. 
 
 
 
 June 14, 1894. 
 
 
 
136 
 
 ALPHABETICAL LIST. 
 
 NAME. 
 
 DATE OF ENTERING. 
 
 DATE 
 
 OF LEAVING. 
 
 Russell, Marshall. 
 
 Sept. 
 
 13. 
 
 1866. 
 
 Sept. 
 
 14. 
 
 1871. 
 
 Russell, William L. 
 
 Feb. 
 
 8, 
 
 1894. 
 
 
 
 
 Ryder, John C. 
 
 Feb. 
 
 10, 
 
 1887. 
 
 
 
 
 Ryder, Nathan P. 
 
 June 
 
 13. 
 
 1895. 
 
 
 
 
 Ryerson, Silas C. 
 
 June 
 
 12, 
 
 1884. 
 
 Oct. 
 
 25. 
 
 1887.* 
 
 Salie, George H. 
 
 Oct. 
 
 10, 
 
 1895. 
 
 
 
 
 Sampson, George. 
 
 Oct. 
 
 9. 
 
 1816. 
 
 
 
 
 Sargent, John A. 
 
 June 
 
 13, 
 
 1878. 
 
 April 
 
 14, 
 
 1892. 
 
 Sawyer, William. 
 
 June 
 
 II. 
 
 1863. 
 
 
 
 
 Sawyer, James E. 
 
 Sept. 
 
 9. 
 
 1886. 
 
 
 
 
 Sawyer, William R. 
 
 June 
 
 21, 
 
 1893. 
 
 
 
 
 Save]], Charles E. 
 
 Jan. 
 
 21, 
 
 1864. 
 
 
 
 
 Scates, George M. 
 
 April 
 
 12, 
 
 1877. 
 
 
 
 
 Scott, Nathaniel. 
 
 Nov. 
 
 14. 
 
 1807. 
 
 May 
 
 15, 
 
 t8i8. 
 
 Scott, Elbridge G. 
 
 April 
 
 26, 
 
 1855- 
 
 July 
 
 22, 
 
 1895.* 
 
 Sears, David B. 
 
 Dec. 
 
 9. 
 
 1875- 
 
 Nov. 
 
 9. 
 
 1882. 
 
 Seaver, Ebenezer. 
 
 Mar. 
 
 14. 
 
 1796. 
 
 
 
 - 
 
 Seaver, William. 
 
 Oct. 
 
 21, 
 
 1847. 
 
 April 
 
 26, 
 
 1874* 
 
 Seaver, Robert. 
 
 May 
 
 10, 
 
 1848. 
 
 June 
 
 13. 
 
 1867. 
 
 Seaver, John. 
 
 Mar. 
 
 9. 
 
 1854. 
 
 
 
 - 
 
 Seaver, Ebenezer. 
 
 April 
 
 6, 
 
 1865. 
 
 Jan. 
 
 12, 
 
 1879. 
 
 Seaver, Hartley. 
 
 April 
 
 28, 
 
 1887. 
 
 
 
 
 Seaverns, Joel. 
 
 ' Dec. 
 
 20, 
 
 1855. 
 
 Mar. 
 
 I, 
 
 1894.* 
 
 Seaverns, Jr., Thomas W. 
 
 April 
 
 18, 
 
 1861. 
 
 Dec. 
 
 13. 
 
 1861. 
 
 Seaverns, Joel H. 
 
 Jan. 
 
 8, 
 
 1891. 
 
 April 
 
 12, 
 
 1894. 
 
 Senior, Charles. 
 
 Jan. 
 
 7, 
 
 1830. 
 
 Dec. 
 
 27> 
 
 1838. 
 
 Sewall, John J. 
 
 Mar. 
 
 12, 
 
 1896. 
 
 
 
 
 Shaw, Anthony B. 
 
 June 
 
 II, 
 
 1863. 
 
 
 
 
 Sheppard, Samuel A. D. 
 
 Oct. 
 
 II, 
 
 1877. 
 
 Jan. 
 
 14. 
 
 1 886. 
 
 Sherman, Jonathan. 
 
 Jan. 
 
 21, 
 
 1864. 
 
 
 
 
 - 
 
 Shunk, Adolph C. M. 
 
 June 
 
 8, 
 
 1893- 
 
 
 
 
 Silsby, Seth. 
 
 Feb. 
 
 22, 
 
 1804. 
 
 
 
 
 - 
 
 Silsby, Samuel. 
 
 Nov. 
 
 14, 
 
 1804. 
 
 
 
 
 - 
 
 Silsby, Jr., Joseph P. 
 
 Dec. 
 
 30. 
 
 1895. 
 
 
 
 
 Simonson, Robert. 
 
 Dec. 
 
 7. 
 
 1854. 
 
 
 
 
 - 
 
 Sinclair, James. 
 
 Jan. 
 
 7. 
 
 1830. 
 
 Mar. 
 
 16, 
 
 1837- 
 
 Sinnett, George J. 
 
 June 
 
 10, 
 
 1892. 
 
 
 
 
 Slader, George R. 
 
 Oct. 
 
 22, 
 
 1863. 
 
 Feb. 
 
 13. 
 
 1873- 
 
 Slader, Frederick. 
 
 Mar, 
 
 13. 
 
 1890. 
 
 
 
 
 Sleeper, Charles F. 
 
 Oct. 
 
 5- 
 
 1854. 
 
 Dec. 
 
 4. 
 
 1862. 
 
 Sleeper, John H. 
 
 May 
 
 14. 
 
 1857. 
 
 
 — 
 
 - 
 
WASHINGTON LODGE. 
 
 137 
 
 NAME, 
 
 Small, A. M. 
 Smith, Timothy C. 
 Smith, Jeremiah F. 
 Smith, Phineas B. 
 Smith, Jr., Phineas B. 
 Smith, George L. 
 Smith, Nathan G. 
 Smith, Cyrus A. 
 Smith, Alfred M. 
 Smith, Minot W. 
 Smith, Charles G. 
 Somerby, William A. 
 Summers, Louis A. 
 Southard, William L. 
 Spear, William T. 
 Spear, Thomas E. 
 Spear, Alfred. 
 Spooner, W. Franklin. 
 Spoor, Elijah K. 
 Spring, William. 
 Sproat, Leonard. 
 Spurr, Eliphalet. 
 Stackpole, Nathaniel. 
 Staniels, Edward L. 
 Stanyan, John. 
 Starkweather, Martin S. 
 Starkweather, Walter S. 
 Stearns, Abel. 
 Steele, Henry W. 
 Stein, John F. 
 Stephens, John. 
 Stetson, Jesse. 
 Stevens, Amos. 
 Stevens, Edmund G. 
 Stevenson, Charles E. 
 Stewart, Hamilton I. 
 Stiles, Hosea B. 
 Stone, Ezra. 
 Stone, Ephraim W. 
 Stone, Francis. 
 Stone, Ebenezer. 
 Stone, Charles S. 
 
 DATE OF ENTERING, 
 
 Mar. 14, 1867, 
 
 Mar. 10, 1813, 
 
 Dec. 12, 1815, 
 
 Dec. 20, 1855. 
 
 Nov. 20, 1862 
 
 Feb. 12, 1863, 
 
 Nov. 20, 1862 
 
 April 9, 18 
 
 Oct. 13, 1870, 
 
 Oct. 13, 1887, 
 
 Mar. 15, 1893 
 
 Feb. 14, 1895 
 
 Mar. 12, 1896 
 
 Nov. 12, 1874, 
 
 June 12, 1862 
 
 Jan. 12, 1888 
 
 Mar. 15, 1893 
 
 Oct. II, 1888 
 
 Nov. 9, 1847 
 
 Mar. 13, 1805 
 
 Oct. 29, 1800, 
 
 April 7, 1796. 
 
 April 21, 18 
 
 Oct. 20, 1825, 
 
 Feb. 16, 1826, 
 
 Dec. 9, 1875 
 
 Mar. 30, 18 
 
 Sept. 20, 1820. 
 
 Feb. 26, 1874, 
 
 Sept. II, 1873 
 
 June I, \i 
 
 April 17, 1799. 
 
 Dec. 31, 1846, 
 
 Nov. 10, 1881 
 
 Mar. 13, 1890, 
 
 Dec. 16, iS 
 
 Sept. 19, 1850, 
 
 Jan. 15, 1810 
 
 Mar. 18, 1818 
 
 Sept. 2, 1824, 
 
 June 30, 1864. 
 
 June 14, iJ 
 
 DATE OF LEAVING. 
 
 Nov. 28, 1822. 
 Jan. 25, 1885.* 
 
 Sept. II, 1869. 
 Nov. 9, 1876.- 
 
 June 6, 1878.* 
 Aug. 18, 1864.* 
 
 Nov. 22, 1852. 
 April 22, i8i2. 
 
 June 12, 1873. 
 
 Nov. 9, 1882. 
 Mar. 8, 1894. 
 
 June 10, 1880. 
 
 . i860.* 
 
 Dec. 4, 1862. 
 May 1874.* 
 
 Mar. 16, 1837. 
 
 Mar. 16, 1837. 
 
 Jan. II, 1894. 
 
138 
 
 ALPHABETICAL LIST. 
 
 NAME, 
 
 DATK OF ENTERING. 
 
 DATE 
 
 OF LEAVING. 
 
 Story, William F. 
 
 Dec. 
 
 II, 
 
 1879- 
 
 April 
 
 19, 
 
 1882.* 
 
 Stratton, Joseph. 
 
 Jan. 
 
 26, 
 
 1820. 
 
 April 
 
 16, 
 
 1829. 
 
 Straw, Charles A. 
 
 Jan. 
 
 9. 
 
 1896. 
 
 
 
 
 Streeter, Charles II. 
 
 Dec. 
 
 30. 
 
 1895. 
 
 
 
 
 Stubbs, Simeon K. 
 
 Dec. 
 
 13. 
 
 1894. 
 
 
 
 
 Sturgis, Henry C. 
 
 Mar. 
 
 9. 
 
 1893- 
 
 
 
 
 Sturtevant, Thomas. 
 
 Feb. 
 
 7, 
 
 i8i6. 
 
 Feb. 
 
 3, 
 
 1825. 
 
 Sullivan, James P. 
 
 June 
 
 28, 
 
 i860. 
 
 
 
 _ 
 
 Sundell, Bror P. 
 
 May 
 
 14. 
 
 1891. 
 
 
 
 
 Swain, Julius M. 
 
 May 
 
 8, 
 
 1861. 
 
 Sept. 
 
 13, 
 
 1861. 
 
 Swain, William N. 
 
 April 
 
 16, 
 
 1S89. 
 
 
 
 
 Sweat, Thacher F. 
 
 June 
 
 II, 
 
 1863. 
 
 June 
 
 II, 
 
 1877. 
 
 Sweetser, Samuel. 
 
 Dec. 
 
 29, 
 
 1819. 
 
 June 
 
 27, 
 
 1822. 
 
 Sweetser, Isaac. 
 
 Mar. 
 
 9, 
 
 1848. 
 
 
 
 _ 
 
 Sweetser, Albert H. 
 
 Mar. 
 
 31, 
 
 1864. 
 
 Dec. 
 
 13, 
 
 1866. 
 
 Talbot, Josiah H. 
 
 Mar. 
 
 21, 
 
 1850. 
 
 
 
 - 
 
 Tarbell, George S. 
 
 Feb. 
 
 9, 
 
 1893. 
 
 
 
 
 Tateman, Capt. John. 
 
 Oct. 
 
 16, 
 
 1799. 
 
 
 
 
 - 
 
 Taylor, Albert E. 
 
 Oct. 
 
 II, 
 
 1894. 
 
 
 
 
 Taylor, Joseph E. 
 
 Feb. 
 
 26, 
 
 1874. 
 
 June 
 
 12, 
 
 1879. 
 
 Temby, Henry B. 
 
 Mar. 
 
 19. 
 
 1889. 
 
 
 
 
 Thayer, Elisha. 
 
 Feb. 
 
 10, 
 
 1848. 
 
 
 
 - 
 
 Thayer, Albert. 
 
 May 
 
 30. 
 
 1872. 
 
 
 
 
 Thayer, Henry F. 
 
 May 
 
 30, 
 
 1872. 
 
 Jan. 
 
 II, 
 
 1894. 
 
 Thayer, Charles L. 
 
 Jan. 
 
 28, 
 
 1858. 
 
 
 
 - 
 
 Thomas, Henry A. 
 
 Dec. 
 
 9. 
 
 1869. 
 
 Sept. 
 
 13, 
 
 1883. 
 
 Thomas, John. 
 
 Mar. 
 
 13, 
 
 1890. 
 
 Oct. 
 
 13, 
 
 1890.* 
 
 Thomas, William H. 
 
 Feb. 
 
 12, 
 
 1891. 
 
 
 
 
 Thurlow, Dr. John H. 
 
 Mar. 
 
 19, 
 
 1889. 
 
 
 
 
 Tibbets, Ira F. 
 
 Feb. 
 
 23, 
 
 1865. 
 
 
 
 
 Tibbetts, Ambrose J. 
 
 April 
 
 I, 
 
 1867. 
 
 
 
 
 Tilden,_ Jr., Christopher. 
 
 Jan. 
 
 21, 
 
 1864. 
 
 
 
 
 Tileston, Nathaniel. 
 
 April 
 
 4, 
 
 1796. 
 
 
 
 - 
 
 Tileston, Harry B. 
 
 Dec. 
 
 12, 
 
 1895. 
 
 
 
 
 Tinkham, Samuel E. 
 
 Oct. 
 
 10, 
 
 1889. 
 
 
 
 
 Titus, Rev. Charles H. 
 
 May 
 
 9, 
 
 1872. 
 
 Oct. 
 
 29, 
 
 1878.* 
 
 Torry, Joseph G. 
 
 May 
 
 9, 
 
 1850. 
 
 Aug. 
 
 23, 
 
 1883.* 
 
 Toussaint, Winand. 
 
 June 
 
 28, 
 
 i860. 
 
 
 
 
 Tower, James A. 
 
 Mar. 
 
 27, 
 
 1858. 
 
 April 
 
 2, 
 
 1863. 
 
 Towne, Nathan W. 
 
 Dec. 
 
 31. 
 
 1846. 
 
 Jan. 
 
 20, 
 
 1850. 
 
 Train, Horace D. 
 
 Jan. 
 
 28, 
 
 1847. 
 
 
 
 - 
 
 Train, William G. 
 
 July 
 
 6, 
 
 1854. 
 
 Sept. 
 
 14, 
 
 187 1. 
 
WASHINGTON LODGE. 
 
 139 
 
 NAME. 
 
 Train, Samuel F. 
 Treadwell, Sanford L. 
 Treadwell, John J. 
 Tredick, W. H. 
 Trufant, David. 
 Tufts, Arthur W. 
 Tupper, Nathan W. 
 Turner, Edward. 
 Turner, Jacob A. 
 Tuttle, William W. 
 Umbehend, John. 
 Upham, Lieut. Amos. 
 Upham, Josiah S. 
 Upham, Rev. Samuel F. 
 Upton, Reuben A. 
 Uttley, Joseph. 
 Van Zandt, Irving W. 
 Varnum, William F. 
 Vinal, Hammond W. 
 Vining, Benjamin. 
 Vogel, Adolph. 
 Vose, Irving B. 
 Vroom, Herbert L. 
 Wainwright, James H. 
 Waitt, Joseph E. 
 Walker, Jeremiah. 
 Walker, Samuel. 
 Walker, Thomas W. 
 Walker, George P. K. 
 Walker, Samuel. 
 Wall, William. 
 Wallace, William. 
 Walters, John J. 
 Ward, John. 
 Ward, Jr., John. 
 Ward, William S. 
 Ward, Francis J. 
 Ward, Andrew J. 
 Warren, Charles E. 
 Waterman, Joseph S. 
 Waterman, George H. 
 Waterman, Frank S. 
 
 DATE OF ENTERING. 
 
 DATE 
 
 OF LEAVING. 
 
 May 
 
 3. 1855- 
 
 Nov. 
 
 I, 
 
 1863.* 
 
 June 
 
 24, 1869. 
 
 June 
 
 8, 
 
 1893- 
 
 Mar. 
 
 8, 1877. 
 
 Jan. 
 
 II, 
 
 1894. 
 
 Jan. 
 
 2, 1865. 
 
 
 
 - 
 
 Dec. 
 
 II, 1823. 
 
 
 
 - 
 
 Sept. 
 
 II, 1879. 
 
 April 
 
 9. 
 
 1892.* 
 
 Mar. 
 
 IS, 1893. 
 
 
 
 
 Oct. 
 
 2, 1797- 
 
 Jan. 
 
 13. 
 
 1822. 
 
 April 
 
 13, 1871. 
 
 
 
 
 April 
 
 21, 1864. 
 
 June 
 
 21, 
 
 1879. 
 
 Feb. 
 
 5. 1852. 
 
 Mar. 
 
 II> 
 
 1869. 
 
 July 
 
 2, 1798. 
 
 
 
 - 
 
 Dec. 
 
 31. 1846. 
 
 
 
 - 
 
 Nov. 
 
 3. 1870. 
 
 
 
 
 Mar. 
 
 24, 1870. 
 
 
 
 
 June 
 
 12, 1884. 
 
 
 
 
 Dec. 
 
 9. 1875- 
 
 Dec. 
 
 8, 
 
 1881. 
 
 Feb. 
 
 13, 1896. 
 
 
 
 
 Jan. 
 
 2, 1865. 
 
 
 
 - 
 
 April 
 
 10, 1876. 
 
 
 
 - 
 
 April 
 
 30, 1863. 
 
 April 
 
 2, 
 
 1864. 
 
 Nov. 
 
 5. 1891. 
 
 
 
 
 Mar. 
 
 14, 1895. 
 
 
 
 
 June 
 
 14, 1888. 
 
 
 
 
 Feb. 
 
 9. 1893. 
 
 
 
 
 Nov. 
 
 25, 1831. 
 
 
 
 - 
 
 Oct. 
 
 9, 185 1. 
 
 Dec. 
 
 ", 
 
 i860.* 
 
 Dec. 
 
 16, 1858. 
 
 
 
 1863. 
 
 Feb. 
 
 17, 1859. 
 
 Dec. 
 
 14. 
 
 1865. 
 
 June 
 
 23, 1864. 
 
 Nov. 
 
 23> 
 
 1877.* 
 
 Mar. 
 
 23, 1865. 
 
 Mar. 
 
 II, 
 
 1869. 
 
 Jan. 
 
 II, 1866. 
 
 June 
 
 21, 
 
 1879. 
 
 Feb. 
 
 13, 1896. 
 
 
 
 
 Mar. 
 
 14, 1796. 
 
 Feb. 
 
 18, 
 
 1818. 
 
 Jan. 
 
 10, 1816. 
 
 
 
 - 
 
 June 
 
 22, 1826. 
 
 
 
 - 
 
 Oct. 
 
 6, 1859. 
 
 
 
 
 April 
 
 13. 1893. 
 
 
 
 
 Oct. 
 
 13, 1887. 
 
 Nov. 
 
 9. 
 
 1895. 
 
 June 
 
 10, 1869. 
 
 Feb. 
 
 2, 
 
 1893.* 
 
 Dec. 
 
 9, 1880. 
 
 
 
 
 June . 
 
 12, 1884. 
 
 
 
 
140 
 
 ALPHABETICAL LIST. 
 
 NAME. 
 
 DATE OF ENTERING. 
 
 DATE 
 
 OF LEAVING. 
 
 Waterman, William L. 
 
 Feb. 
 
 8, 
 
 1894. 
 
 
 
 
 Watson, George. 
 
 June 
 
 19. 
 
 1826. 
 
 
 
 - 
 
 Watson, John. 
 
 Feb. 
 
 18, 
 
 1864. 
 
 Oct. 
 
 12, 
 
 1871. 
 
 Watts, Thomas S. 
 
 Aug. 
 
 17. 
 
 1826. 
 
 
 
 - 
 
 Waugh, Varnum. 
 
 Dec. 
 
 8, 
 
 1887. 
 
 
 
 
 Webber, John. 
 
 April 
 
 30. 
 
 1817. 
 
 May 
 
 12, 
 
 1863.* 
 
 Webber, Moses H. 
 
 Feb. 
 
 10, 
 
 1848. 
 
 June 
 
 12, 
 
 1873- 
 
 Weinz, Theodore A. H. 
 
 April 
 
 16, 
 
 1889. 
 
 
 
 
 Weinz, William C. 
 
 June 
 
 8, 
 
 1893. 
 
 
 
 
 Weinz, Abraham T. 
 
 Mar. 
 
 19. 
 
 1889. 
 
 
 
 
 Welch, John S. 
 
 June 
 
 10, 
 
 1881. 
 
 Mar. 
 
 II. 
 
 1886. 
 
 Weld, Nathaniel. 
 
 May 
 
 I. 
 
 1797- 
 
 
 
 - 
 
 Wentworth, Albert R. 
 
 June 
 
 23. 
 
 1870. 
 
 Jan. 
 
 12, 
 
 1893. 
 
 Wentworth, Charles H. 
 
 June 
 
 8, 
 
 1871. 
 
 
 
 
 Wentworth, Sewall F. 
 
 Feb. 
 
 8, 
 
 1877. 
 
 June 
 
 10, 
 
 1880. 
 
 West, True. 
 
 Oct. 
 
 22, 
 
 1863. 
 
 
 
 
 Wharf, James. 
 
 Nov. 
 
 IS. 
 
 1820. 
 
 
 
 - 
 
 Wheeler, Daniel. 
 
 June 
 
 II, 
 
 1863. 
 
 June 
 
 14. 
 
 1866. 
 
 Wheeler, Henry F. 
 
 April 
 
 6, 
 
 1865. 
 
 June 
 
 4, 
 
 1877. 
 
 Whitaker, Alexander H. 
 
 April 
 
 '. 
 
 1863. 
 
 Aug. 
 
 
 1863.* 
 
 Whitaker, Lewis. 
 
 Jan. 
 
 26, 
 
 1865. 
 
 
 
 
 White, Oliver. 
 
 Aug. 
 
 IS. 
 
 1796. 
 
 
 
 - 
 
 White, Joel. 
 
 Dec. 
 
 s. 
 
 1796. 
 
 
 
 - 
 
 White, Lemuel B. 
 
 Oct. 
 
 24, 
 
 1822. 
 
 
 — 
 
 - 
 
 White, Frederick O. 
 
 Jan. 
 
 9. 
 
 1862. 
 
 
 
 
 White, Jr., Joseph. 
 
 Nov. 
 
 14. 
 
 1861. 
 
 
 
 - 
 
 White, Dr. Herbert W. 
 
 Jan. 
 
 9. 
 
 1896. 
 
 
 
 
 Whiting, Isaac. 
 
 Jan. 
 
 28, 
 
 1800. 
 
 
 
 - 
 
 Whiting, Lewis F. 
 
 Nov. 
 
 14. 
 
 1861. 
 
 Oct. 
 
 12, 
 
 1872.* 
 
 Whiting, Benjamin E. 
 
 June 
 
 12, 
 
 1871. 
 
 Nov. 
 
 12, 
 
 1891. 
 
 Whitman, Eben F. 
 
 Mar. 
 
 19. 
 
 1889. 
 
 
 
 
 Whittier, Asa. 
 
 Oct. 
 
 18, 
 
 1820. 
 
 
 
 
 - 
 
 Whittier, Benjamin. 
 
 Feb. 
 
 12. 
 
 1828. 
 
 
 
 
 - 
 
 Wieozorek, Hugo J. 
 
 Mar. 
 
 29. 
 
 i860. 
 
 Dec. 
 
 5. 
 
 1863.* 
 
 Wiggin, Alonzo. 
 
 Oct. 
 
 22, 
 
 1863. 
 
 June 
 
 14. 
 
 1877. 
 
 Wiggin, Arthur C. 
 
 Jan. 
 
 29, 
 
 1896. 
 
 
 
 
 Wilcox, John D. F. 
 
 Nov. 
 
 6, 
 
 1862. 
 
 Jan. 
 
 26, 
 
 1894.* 
 
 Wild, Dr. Charles. 
 
 Nov. 
 
 29, 
 
 1821. 
 
 
 
 1864.* 
 
 Wilde, Irving H. 
 
 Dec. 
 
 12, 
 
 1895. 
 
 
 
 
 Willard, Jr., Simon. 
 
 Oct. 
 
 22, 
 
 1817. 
 
 
 — 
 
 - 
 
 Williams, Nathaniel. 
 
 May 
 
 16, 
 
 1796. 
 
 
 — 
 
 - 
 
 Williams, David. 
 
 Feb. 
 
 5. 
 
 1798. 
 
 
 — 
 
 - 
 
WASHINGTON LODGE. 
 
 141 
 
 Williams, Jr., Thomas. 
 Williams, Jr., Aaron D. 
 Williams, Ebenezer. 
 Williams, W. Roscoe. 
 Williams, James. 
 Williams, Charles H. 
 Williams, George E. 
 Willis, Thomas. 
 Wilson, James O. 
 Wilson, Charles T. 
 Wilson, Leonard. 
 Winch, Fred L. 
 Winchenbach, Daniel. 
 Winchester, Henry. 
 Winchester, Jonathan. 
 Windship, George B. 
 Wise, Edward. 
 Wise, Edward H. 
 Wise, Alfred D. 
 Withington, Phinehas. 
 Withington, Enos. 
 Withington, Lewis. 
 Withington, Otis. 
 Withington, Alpheus M. 
 Wood, Simeon. 
 Wood, William B. 
 Woodward, W. Elliot. 
 Worcester, George F. 
 Wording, William. 
 Worrall, Henry S. 
 Worthen, Charles C. 
 Wright, Hiram A. 
 Wright, Chandler. 
 Wright, Henry J. 
 Wyman, Thomas W. 
 Wyman, Capt. William. 
 Wyman, Jr., Asa. 
 York, Charles W. 
 Young, Ezra. 
 Young, Joseph B. 
 Young, William H. H. 
 Zeigler, Alfred M. 
 
 DATE OF ENTERING. 
 
 Mar. 
 
 12, 
 
 1800. 
 
 Dec. 
 
 16, 
 
 1858. 
 
 Feb. 
 
 25. 
 
 1858. 
 
 April 
 
 16, 
 
 1863. 
 
 Mar. 
 
 24, 
 
 1870. 
 
 June 
 
 8, 
 
 1871. 
 
 June 
 
 14. 
 
 i888. 
 
 June 
 
 8, 
 
 1848. 
 
 May 
 
 12, 
 
 1859. 
 
 June 
 
 23. 
 
 1864. 
 
 May 
 
 10, 
 
 1877. 
 
 Mar. 
 
 15, 
 
 1893. 
 
 June 
 
 8, 
 
 1871. 
 
 Jan. 
 
 1, 
 
 1798. 
 
 Oct. 
 
 1. 
 
 1800. 
 
 June 
 
 ii> 
 
 1868. 
 
 July 
 
 14. 
 
 i8S9- 
 
 June 
 
 30. 
 
 1864. 
 
 Mar. 
 
 13. 
 
 1890. 
 
 Nov. 
 
 7. 
 
 1796. 
 
 Mar. 
 
 20, 
 
 1799. 
 
 May 
 
 S. 
 
 1819. 
 
 Aug. 
 
 23. 
 
 1825. 
 
 Dec. 
 
 31. 
 
 1846. 
 
 Nov. 
 
 19. 
 
 1806. 
 
 Jan. 
 
 I4> 
 
 1886. 
 
 June 
 
 12, 
 
 1856. 
 
 June 
 
 24, 
 
 1869. 
 
 April 
 
 26, 
 
 1809. 
 
 Oct. 
 
 9. 
 
 1890. 
 
 May 
 
 6, 
 
 1869. 
 
 June 
 
 II, 
 
 1868. 
 
 June 
 
 24. 
 
 1869. 
 
 Mar. 
 
 IS, 
 
 1893. 
 
 Oct. 
 
 3, 
 
 1S16. 
 
 Mar. 
 
 II, 
 
 1819. 
 
 Jan. 
 
 26, 
 
 1865. 
 
 April 
 
 13, 
 
 1876. 
 
 Feb. 
 
 14, 
 
 1856. 
 
 Sept. 
 
 IS, 
 
 1858. 
 
 May 
 
 6, 
 
 1869. 
 
 Feb. 
 
 13, 
 
 1896. 
 
 DATE OF LEAVING. 
 
 Feb. 12, 1880. 
 
 April 12, 1894. 
 June 10, 1880. 
 
 June 10, 1880. 
 Sept. 15, 1864. 
 
 April 13, 1876. 
 
 June 21, 1801.* 
 
 Sept. 12, 1876.* 
 
 May 6, 1883.* 
 
 Feb. 7, 1838. 
 Jan. 7, 1830. 
 
 April 2, 1863. 
 Aug. 26, 187 1.* 
 
 June II, 18 
 
 Jan. 5, 1824. 
 Sept. 10, 1886.* 
 April 14, 1887. 
 
 June II, 1874. 
 June 12, 1879. 
 
142 
 
 PRESENT MEMBERS. 
 
 PRESENT MEMBERS 
 
 OF WASHINGTON LODGE IN THE ORDER OF 
 THEIR SIGNING THE BY-LAWS. 
 
 1 Edward Lang, Jr. 
 
 2 John M. Marston. 
 4 John F. Davis. 
 
 6 Samuel S. Chase. 
 
 8 George B. Faunce. 
 10 Samuel Little. 
 
 12 Winand Toussaint. 
 
 14 William Hewitt. 
 
 16 Frederick O. White. 
 18 Henry S. Lawrence. 
 
 1852 
 
 1856 
 
 3 Ezra Young. 
 
 1857 
 
 5 John F. Newton. 
 
 1858 
 
 7 Alonzo H. Quint. 
 
 1859 
 
 9 John T. Ellis. 
 II Francis J. Ward. 
 
 1860 
 
 13 Charles H. Estabrook. 
 
 1861 
 
 15 Francis Colburn. 
 
 1862 
 
 17 Phineas B. Smith, Jr. 
 
WASHINGTON LODGE. 
 
 143 
 
 19 George L. Smith. 
 21 W. Roscoe Williams. 
 23 Anthony B. Shaw. 
 
 1863 
 
 20 George Richards. 
 22 Daniel W. Jones. 
 24 True West. 
 
 25 Solomon A. Bolster. 
 
 27 Cornelius E. Masten. 
 
 29 Charles E. Savell. 
 
 31 Daniel A. Glidden. 
 
 33 Charles T. Wilson. 
 
 35 Edward H. Wise. 
 
 36 Alvin G. Bartlett. 
 
 38 Ira F. Tibbets. 
 
 40 John S. Brickett. 
 
 42 William H. Gerrish. 
 
 43 Robert G. Molineux. 
 45 John A. Kohl. 
 
 46 Albert B. Robinson. 
 48 George H. Newell. 
 50 Joseph Houghton. 
 
 52 Andrew J. Fuller. 
 
 54 Lorenzo B. Dutton. 
 
 56 George S. Howe. 
 
 58 William J. Bride. 
 
 60 John Carr. 
 
 62 Charles Curtis. 
 
 64 Benjamin W. Felton. 
 
 66 Chandler Wright. 
 
 1864 
 
 26 
 28 
 30 
 32 
 34 
 
 1865 
 
 Ebenezer Adams. 
 John A. Brigham. 
 Christopher Tilden, Jr. 
 Jeremiah Colman, Jr. 
 Thomas D. Cook. 
 
 37 Lewis Whitaker. 
 
 39 Charles W. Eaton. 
 
 41 Robert H. Clouston, Jr. 
 
 1866 
 
 44 Benjamin F. Ayers, Jr. 
 
 1867 
 
 47 
 49 
 SI 
 
 1868 
 
 S3 
 SS 
 S7 
 S9 
 6i 
 
 1869 
 
 63 
 
 6S 
 67 
 
 Ambrose J. Tibbetts. 
 A. M. Small. 
 Charles E. Calder. 
 
 Square G. Brooks. 
 George G. Carver. 
 Hiram A. Wright. 
 James W. Roston. 
 Lemuel Cole. 
 
 Joseph P. Emond. 
 John H. Rowe. 
 Robert Bampton, Jr. 
 
144 
 
 PRESENT MEMBERS. 
 
 68 Reuben A. Upton. 
 70 Andrew F. Jacobs. 
 72 Alfred M. Smith. 
 
 1870 
 
 69 William Merrill. 
 
 71 Edward G. Morse. 
 
 73 Samuel F. Upham. 
 
 1871 
 
 74 
 
 Robert B. Fairbairn. 
 
 75 
 
 John W. Call. 
 
 76 
 
 Edwin S. Davis. 
 
 77 
 
 James M. Carter. 
 
 78 
 
 David McClure. 
 
 79 
 
 J. Arthur Turner. 
 
 80 Charles H. Wentworth. 
 
 81 Augustus P. Calder. 
 
 1872 
 
 82 Edward L. Goodrich. 
 
 84 Stillman E. Chubbuck, Jr. 
 
 86 Charles G. Richards. 
 
 83 Greenleaf C. George. 
 85 Albert Thayer. 
 
 87 
 
 91 
 
 1873 
 
 Charles E. Draper. 
 
 88 
 
 Benjamin W. Parker. 
 
 William L. Hicks. 
 
 90 
 
 John F. Stein. 
 
 Edmund H. Hewins. 
 
 92 
 
 Charles G. Davis. 
 
 93 Thomas Parker. 
 
 95 Charles R. Cutter, Jr. 
 
 97 J. Henry Herman. 
 
 99 Isaac Y. Chubbuck. 
 
 1874 
 
 94 John W. Farrar. 
 
 96 Joseph F. Perry. 
 
 98 Herbert F. Morse. 
 
 100 Andrew Haley. 
 
 1 01 William A. Blossom. 
 
 1875 
 
 102 Llewellyn H. Clary. 
 
 103 William H. Emery. 
 
 1876 
 
 104 Francis A. Perry. 
 
 105 George M. Scates. 
 107 J. M. Martin. 
 
 1877 
 
 106 Leonard Wilson. 
 io8 Charles W. Allen. 
 
WASHINGTON LODGE. 
 
 I4S 
 
 109 Lament G. Burnham. 
 
 1878 
 
 no Robert Black. 
 
 Ill Edwin R. Jenness. 
 113 Eugene L. Buffinton. 
 115 Frank Rumrill. 
 
 1879 
 
 112 William L. Jackson. 
 114 John F. Newton, Jr. 
 
 116 
 118 
 
 James A. Kelley. 
 John K. Berry. 
 
 1880 
 
 117 David Hamilton. 
 
 119 George H. Waterman. 
 
 120 Walter H. Knight. 
 122 Henry C. Knight. 
 124 Edmmid G. Stevens. 
 
 1881 
 
 121 Henry Kelley. 
 123 Luther C. Bailey. 
 
 125 Harry F. Adams. 
 
 126 Walter S. Frost. 
 
 128 WiUiam B. Cutter. 
 
 130 Bennett S. Ferguson. 
 
 132 John Denton. 
 
 1882 
 
 1883 
 
 127 George P. Guerrier. 
 129 Mellen N. Bray. 
 131 James W. Colgan. 
 
 133 William Donaldson. 
 
 135 Frank S. Waterman. 
 
 137 John Perrins. 
 
 139 E. Bertram Newton. 
 
 1884 
 
 134 Charles H. Holman. 
 
 136 Joseph Uttley. 
 
 138 Albert E. Carr. 
 
 140 John Perrins, Jr. 
 
 141 Seranus Bowen. 
 143 George A. Brackett. 
 
 1885 
 
 142 Silas W. Brackett. 
 
146 
 
 PRESENT MEMBERS. 
 
 144 William B. Wood. 
 146 William S. Penny. 
 148 James E. Sawyer. 
 
 1886 
 
 14s 
 147 
 149 
 
 George Merritt. 
 Robert S. Engle. 
 Almond W. Davis. 
 
 1887 
 
 ISO 
 
 George W. Curtis. 
 
 151 
 
 152 
 
 Jacob Bernhard. 
 
 I S3 
 
 154 
 
 Edwin E. Chesley. 
 
 15s 
 
 156 
 
 Hartley Seaver. 
 
 157 
 
 158 
 
 Julius E. Rugg. 
 
 159 
 
 1 60 
 
 Charles M. Faunce. 
 
 161 
 
 162 
 
 John W. Reed. 
 
 163 
 
 164 
 
 Minot W. Smith. 
 
 1888 
 
 165 
 
 William C. Greenlaw. 
 
 166 
 
 167 
 
 Thomas E. Spear. 
 
 168 
 
 169 
 
 Philip B. Heintz. 
 
 170 
 
 171 
 
 James H. Wainwright. 
 
 172 
 
 173 
 
 George E. Glover. 
 
 174 
 
 17s 
 
 Albert L. Peterson. 
 
 175 
 
 177 
 
 George C. Poole. 
 
 178 
 
 George B. Chamberlain. 
 John C. Ryder. 
 Albert P. Richardson. 
 Joseph Goddard. 
 Joseph Philbrick. 
 Charles H. Newell. 
 Varnum Waugh. 
 
 Charles P. Blinn. 
 Francis J. Macfarlane. 
 George E. Williams. 
 Charles S. Stone. 
 W. Franklin Spooner. 
 George C. Hanes. 
 Walter H. Draper. 
 
 179 Eben F. Whitman. 
 
 181 Henry B. Temby. 
 
 183 J. Howard Thurlow. 
 
 185 William N. Swain. 
 
 187 James O. Libby. 
 
 189 Theodore A. H. Weinz. 
 
 191 Donald B. Macdonald. 
 
 193 Samuel E. Tinkham. 
 
 195 Joseph H. Frothingham. 
 
 196 Malcolm Campbell. 
 198 Willis H. Graves. 
 200 Albert W. Rounds. 
 
 1889 
 
 180 
 182 
 184 
 186 
 188 
 190 
 192 
 194 
 
 1890 
 
 Samuel G. Adams. 
 George W. Parker. 
 A. Theodore Weinz. 
 Martin L. Cate. 
 Edward F. Blanding. 
 Herbert Decker. 
 George B. Prescott. 
 Arthur L. Engelberg. 
 
 197 Arthur H. Frost. 
 199 Abram Hoffecker. 
 201 Charles K. Nichols. 
 
WASHINGTON LODGE. 
 
 147 
 
 202 William F. Bell. 
 
 204 Alfred D. Wise. 
 
 206 Frederick Slader. 
 
 208 Henry A. Root. 
 
 210 Henry S. Worrall. 
 
 212 John W. Dinsmore. 
 
 214 Thomas H. Grinnell. 
 
 216 Charles A. Littlefield. 
 
 218 Hugh Hopkins. 
 
 220 George E. Aldrich. 
 
 222 Charles H. Bryant. 
 
 224 Cuvier G. Greene. 
 
 226 John G. Barker. 
 
 228 Charles A. Blair. 
 
 230 Henry Bamber. 
 
 232 Frank H. Glover. 
 
 234 Frank P. Chaplin. . 
 
 236 Jabez W. Frederick. 
 
 238 Frank Dunning. 
 
 240 George C. Merritt. 
 
 242 George J. Sinnett. 
 
 244 Charles E. Lord. 
 
 246 Cassander I. Knight. 
 
 248 Irving G. Marston. 
 
 203 John Atwood. 
 
 205 Charles E. Stevenson. 
 
 207 Irving P. Gammon. 
 
 209 Adolph S. Gumbart. 
 
 211 Thomas Penrose. 
 
 1891 
 
 213 Alfred A. Burnham, Jr. 
 
 215 William H. Thomas. 
 
 217 Wesley D. Carmichael. 
 
 219 George E. Gray. 
 
 221 Thomas Jackson. 
 
 223 B. Philip Sundell. 
 
 225 Hugh McEwen, Jr. 
 
 227 Linus D. Drury. 
 
 229 Irving B. Vose. 
 
 1892 
 
 231 Jacob Helt. 
 
 233 John J. Bell. 
 
 235 Henry S. Fisher. 
 
 237 Edward C. Beck. 
 
 239 Olonzo A. Dinsmore. 
 
 241 Edward W. King. 
 
 243 James H. Lombard. 
 
 245 Fred. G. Hoffman. 
 
 247 Herman B. Cook. 
 
 249 Joel L. Bacon. 
 
 1893 
 
 250 Andrew J. Robinson. 
 
 252 Gustavus F. Alden. 
 
 254 Joseph E. Waitt. 
 
 256 Lewis K. Morse. 
 
 258 Arthur E. Howes. 
 
 260 Henry C. Sturgis. 
 
 262 Charles G. Smith. 
 
 264 Fred L. Winch. 
 
 266 William A. Root. 
 
 268 William F. Bache. 
 
 270 Adolph C. M. Shunk. 
 
 251 William W. Griffin. 
 
 253 George S. Tarbell. 
 
 255 William H. Ames. 
 
 257 George W. Hathaway. 
 
 259 George W. Brown. 
 
 261 Henry J. Wright. 
 
 263 Alfred Spear. 
 
 265 Nathan W. Tupper. 
 
 267 Andrew J. Ward. 
 
 269 Hilmon P. Masters. 
 
 271 Charles H. Goodwin. 
 
148 
 
 PRESENT MEMBERS. 
 
 272 William C. Weinz. 
 
 274 Charles W. Marston. 
 
 276 Winford L. Keay. 
 
 278 Ernest O. Bartels. 
 
 280 Charles S. Breed. 
 
 282 William H. Moore. 
 
 284 Herbert Benton. 
 
 286 Frederic C. Estabrook. 
 
 288 Alfred Newmarch. 
 
 290 William L. Waterman. 
 
 292 Matthew I. Gilder. 
 
 294 Henry H. Hersey. 
 
 296 John W. Hall. 
 
 298 Henry B. Northrop. 
 
 300 Frederic A. Fales. 
 
 302 John Ballantyne, Jr. 
 
 304 George H. Morrill. 
 
 306 Henry W. Rowe. 
 
 308 Nahum D. Goddard. 
 
 310 Henry C. Pickering. 
 
 312 Charles A. Babb. 
 
 314 William H. Lyon. 
 
 316 Waldo M. Oakman. 
 
 318 Pietro P. Caproni. 
 
 320 William L. Elliott. 
 
 322 William S. Rumrill. 
 
 324 Edwin U. Curtis. 
 
 326 Albert W. Damon. 
 
 328 Albert L. Ireland. 
 
 330 James G. Ferguson. 
 
 332 Jerome F. Cadwell. 
 
 334 William C. Remy. 
 
 336 James H. Brehaut. 
 
 338 Isaac C. Judkins. 
 
 340 Warren B. Call. 
 
 342 Charles F. Pidgeon. 
 
 344 William S. Best. 
 
 346 Joseph P. Silsby, Jr. 
 
 273 James Brown. 
 
 275 William R. Sawyer. 
 
 277 Fred. J. Parker. 
 
 279 Walter C. Blodgett. 
 
 281 Charles Richardson. 
 
 283 William H. Partridge. 
 
 285 William W. Jordan. 
 
 287 John B. Harlow. 
 
 1894 
 
 289 William H. Magrath. 
 
 291 William L. Russell. 
 
 293 George G. S. Perkins. 
 
 295 Frank E. Bertram. 
 
 297 Albert F. Gordon. 
 
 299 Charles E. Burbank. 
 
 301 George W. Brooks. 
 
 303 George O. Rush. 
 
 305 Louis Pfingst. 
 
 307 Albert E. Taylor. 
 
 309 John Berlin. 
 
 311 Simeon K. Stubbs. 
 
 313 John H. CoUamore. 
 
 1895 
 
 315 J. Marion Moulton. 
 
 317 William A. Somerby. 
 
 319 Herbert L. Vroom. 
 
 321 Walter Ballantyne. 
 
 323 George A. Root. 
 
 325 Nathan P. Ryder. 
 
 327 Christian F. W. Hanson. 
 
 329 Augustus Bacon, Jr. 
 
 331 John W. Forbes. 
 
 333 George H. Salie. 
 
 335 Alfred V. de Lorimier. 
 
 337 Irving H. Wilde. 
 
 339 William H. Emond. 
 
 341 John Gledhill. 
 
 343 Charles H. Streeter. 
 
 345 Samuel Jackson. 
 
 347 Charles T. Grant. 
 
WASHINGTON LODGE. 
 
 149 
 
 348 Charles A. Straw. 
 
 350 H. Warren "White. 
 
 352 Henry F. Knight. 
 
 354 Arthur C. Wiggin. 
 
 356 Daniel Bernhard. 
 
 358 Alfred M. Zeigler. 
 
 360 Oswald Anderson. 
 
 362 Walter H. Binns. 
 
 364 Alfred Algar. 
 
 366 Freeman C. Hersey. 
 
 368 Louis A. Sommers. 
 
 370 Otis M. Howard. 
 
 372 John J. Sewall. 
 
 374 Evan E. Davies. 
 
 376 Henry M. Pierce. 
 
 378 Harry B. Tileston. 
 
 380 Percy M. Robinson. 
 
 382 John J. Walters. 
 
 384 Charles H. Lindsay. 
 
 386 George A. Curtis. 
 
 388 Arthur R. Crosby. 
 
 1896 
 
 349 Horace D. Arnold. 
 
 351 Leonard J. Rollins. 
 
 353 James Mouncey. 
 
 355 William J. Holloway. 
 
 357 Jacob G. Elz. 
 
 359 John J. Fecitt. 
 
 361 Charles Engel. 
 
 363 Charles H. Kelly. 
 
 365 Arthur H. Davenport. 
 
 367 William F. Gay. 
 
 369 William Armstrong. 
 
 371 Sylvanus R. Chandler. 
 
 373 Maurice Hart. 
 
 37 S Joshua Atwood, 3d. 
 
 377 Frank D. Harden. 
 
 379 Albert W. Robinson. 
 
 381 Thomas B. Booth. 
 
 383 William F. Varnum. 
 
 385 Hazen Curtis. 
 
 387 Cyrus B. Folger. 
 
 389 George A. Pratt. 
 
HERBERT F. MORSE 
 Master, I895-IS96 
 
One Hundredth Anniversary 
 
 Constitution of Washington Lodge, 
 
 A. F. and A. M., 
 
 Roxbury, Mass. 
 
ONE HUNDREDTH ANNIVERSARY 
 
 CONSTITUTION of WASHINGTON LODGE 
 
 COMMITTEE. 
 
 Wor. Bro. Herbert F. Morse, Chairman. 
 
 Wor. Bro. Samuel Little, Wor. Bro. John F. Newton, 
 
 Wor. Bro. George Richards, Wor. Bro. Solomon A. Bolster, 
 
 Wor. Bro. Daniel W. Jones, Wor. Bro. John K. Berry, 
 
 Wor. Bro. Albert E. Carr, Bro. John H. Gollamore, 
 
 Bro. Silas W. Brackett, Bro. George A. Brackett, 
 
 Bro. John C. Ryder, Bro. William H. Gerrish, 
 
 Bro. John W. Call, Bro. Edward H. Wise, 
 
 Bro. Frank S. Waterman, Bro. Joseph E. Waitt. 
 
 Sul3-Committees. 
 
 Committee on Finance. 
 
 Wor. Bro. Samuel Little, Wor. Bro. J. F. Newton, 
 
 Wor. Bro. S. A. Bolster, Wor. Bro. H, F. Morse, 
 
 Bro. G. A. Brackett. 
 
 Committee on Centennial Volume. 
 
 Wor. Bro. D. W. Jones, Wor. Bro. J. F. Newton, 
 
 Wor. Bro. A. E. Carr, Wor. Bro. H. F. Morse, 
 
 Bro. G. A. Brackett. 
 
1 54 CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION. 
 
 Committee on Centenary Medal. 
 
 Wor. Bro. H. F. Morse, Wor. Bro. S. A. Bolster, 
 
 Wor. Bro. D. W. Jones, Bro. W. H. Gerrish, 
 
 Bro. J. E. Waitt. 
 
 Committee on Music. 
 
 Bro. W. H. Gerrish, Wor. Bro. J. K. Berry, 
 
 Bro. J. C. Ryder, Bro. S. W. Brackett, 
 
 Bro. J. E. Waitt. 
 
 Committee on Address. 
 
 Wor. Bro. J. F. Newton, Wor. Bro. Samuel Lhtle, 
 
 Wor. Bro. George Richards, Wor. Bro. A. E. Carr, 
 
 Bro. E. H. Wise. 
 
 Committee on Collation. 
 
 Bro. S. W. Brackett, Wor. Bro. George Richards, 
 
 Wor. Bro. J. K. Berry, Bro. E. H. Wise, 
 
 Bro. F. S. Waterman. 
 
 Committee on Decorations. 
 
 Bro. G. A. Brackett, Bro. S. W. Brackett, 
 
 Bro. J. C. Ryder, Bro. E. H. Wise, 
 
 Bro. F. S. Waterman. 
 
 Co7nmittee on Invitations. 
 
 Wor. Bro. H. F. MoRSE, Wor. Bro. Samuel Little, 
 
 Wor. Bro. J. F. Newton, Wor. Bro. A. E. Carr, 
 
 Bro. F. S. Waterman. 
 
 Committee on Printing. 
 
 Wor. Bro. A. E. Carr, Wor. Bro. J. K. Berry, 
 
 Bro. J. C. Ryder, Bro. S. W. Brackett, 
 
 Bro. J. E. Waitt. 
 
Officers of Washington Lodge, 1896. 
 
 VVor. Herbert F. Morse . . . Worshipful Master. 
 Bro. Silas W. Brackett .... Senior Warden. 
 Bro. George A. Brackett .... Junior Warden. 
 
 Bro. Edwin E. Chesley Treasurer. 
 
 Bro. John W. Call Secretary. 
 
 Rev. Bro. Adolph S. Gumbart .... Chaplaitt. 
 
 Wor. Bro. John F. Newton . . . Associate Chaplain. 
 
 Bro. John C. Ryder Marshal. 
 
 Bro. Martin L. Gate Senior Deacon. 
 
 Bro. Edwin S. Davis Junior Deacon. 
 
 Bro. Arthur H. Frost Senior Steward. 
 
 Bro. Willis H. Graves .... Junior Steward. 
 
 Bro. \'arnum Waugh Inside Sentinel. 
 
 Bro. William H. Gerrish Organist. 
 
 Bro. Luther C. Bailey Tyler. 
 
 Wor. Samuel Little, 
 
 Wor. John F. Newton, 
 
 Rt. Wor. John Carr, 
 
 Bro. George H. Waterman, 
 
 r 
 
 Trustees. 
 
156 CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION. 
 
 COURTESY OF THE FIRST RELIGIOUS SOCIETY IN 
 ROXBURY. 
 
 RoxBURY, November 12, 1895. 
 
 Herbert F. Morse, Esq., Master of Washington Lodge, A. F. 
 and A. M., Roxbury, Mass. 
 
 Dear Sir : — Understanding that Washington Lodge of Free 
 and Accepted Masons of Roxbury proposes, next March, to recog- 
 nize the one hundredth year of its existence by fitting exercises 
 of a public character, it gives me pleasure to offer on behalf of 
 the Standing Committee of the First Religious Society in Rox- 
 bury, the use of its meeting-house for the holding of such services 
 as may seem suitable. 
 
 It would seem particularly appropriate that these services 
 should be held in our meeting-house, when it is remembered that 
 at the time the Lodge was consecrated, in 1 796, the public exer- 
 cises connected therewith were held in the meeting-house of the 
 First Religious Society, and upon the exact spot on which our 
 present building is located. 
 
 I am very truly yours. 
 
 Dependence S. Waterman. 
 Chairman of Standing Committee of First Religious Society 
 in Roxbury. 
 
 ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF THE COURTESY OF THE 
 FIRST RELIGIOUS SOCIETY IN ROXBURY. 
 
 Roxbury, December 27, 1895. 
 
 Dependence S. Waterman, Esq., Chairman of Standing Com- 
 mittee of the First Religious Society in Roxbury. 
 
 Dear Sir: — Your letter of November 12, 1895, tendering 
 the use of your meeting-house to Washington Lodge, of A. F. and 
 A. M., for the celebration of its Centennial, March 17, 1896, was 
 
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 received, and in behalf of the Lodge I accept your generous offer, 
 and assure you that the sense of fitness expressed in your letter 
 was strongly that of the Centennial Committee of Washington 
 Lodge at their first mieeting. 
 
 Though your Church and our Lodge, in looking back one 
 hundred years, see marked changes in our surroundings, yet the 
 sympathy between the two is growing, and must continue to grow 
 stronger and stronger, for our work is the same, — the improve- 
 ment of our brother man. 
 
 While it is oitr centennial that we observe, it will be in your 
 meeting-house ; and we extend, not only to the Standing Com- 
 mittee, but to all your people, a cordial invitation to join with us 
 on this occasion ; and may our secretary on that day write the 
 same words in his records as did our secretary just one hundred 
 years ago, when he said : " The ceremonies were attended by a 
 respectable, large, and well-pleased audience, many of whom were 
 not Masons." Fraternally yours, 
 
 Herbert F. Morse,' Master. 
 
IS8 CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION. 
 
 CIRCULAR OF INFORMATION. 
 
 To THE Members of Washington Lodge. 
 
 Your Committee appointed to arrange for the celebration of 
 the Centennial of Washington Lodge announce the following 
 programme : 
 
 On March 17th a special communication of the Lodge will 
 be called at 6 o'clock, p. m. At 6.30 o'clock the following Lodges, 
 which have been invited to join us in the celebration, will be 
 received : Union Lodge of Dorchester, Lafayette Lodge of Rox- 
 bury, Eliot Lodge of Jamaica Plain, and Prospect Lodge of Ros- 
 lindale. 
 
 At 6.45 o'clock M. W. Edwin B. Holmes, Grand Master, and 
 officers and members of the M. W. Grand Lodge of Massachu- 
 chusetts will be received. 
 
 At 7 o'clock sharp, the several Lodges, under the direction of 
 their marshals, will form a procession, left in front, and escort the 
 Most Worshipful Grand Master and suite to the meeting-house 
 of the first Religious Society in Roxbury, in whose church the 
 Lodge was consecrated. The order of exercises will consist in 
 part of an Address of Welcome by Rev. James De Normandie, an 
 Oration by Rev. Bro. A. S. Gumbart, Historical Address by 
 R. W. Sereno D. Nickerson, a Poem by Rev. Bro. William H. 
 Lyon, Prayer by Rev. Bro. A. H. Quint, and music by a choir of 
 twelve male voices. At the conclusion of the exercises at the 
 church, the procession will be re-formed and return to the Lodge 
 rooms, where a collation will be served. 
 
 The meeting-house will be open at 7 o'clock, and the public 
 are invited. 
 
 On March 24th, the celebration will conclude with a Grand 
 Reception, Banquet, and Ball, for which Odd Fellows and Berke- 
 ley Halls have been secured. Carter's Orchestra will furnish the 
 music for the evening. 
 
 The Reception will be held in Berkeley Hall from 6 until 7 
 o'clock; the Bancjuet, in Odd Fellows Hall at 7 o'clock: and, at 
 
WASHINGTON LODGE. 159 
 
 the conclusion of the post-prandial exercises, there will be dancing 
 in Berkeley Hall until 12 o'clock. 
 
 Invitations to be present have been extended to His Excellency 
 Bro. Frederick T. Greenhalge, Governor of Massachusetts, to His 
 Honor, Roger Wolcott, Lieutenant-Governor, Hon. Bro. William 
 M. Olin, the Secretary of the Commonwealth, His Honor Josiah 
 Quincy, the Mayor of Boston, and to M. W. Edwin B. Holmes, 
 Grand Master, and officers of the M. W. Grand Lodge of Massa- 
 chusetts, and many other distinguished Masons. 
 
 Admission to this celebration will be by ticket, and every 
 member of the Lodge is entitled to one ticket for himself free, 
 BUT NOT TRANSFERABLE ; and ONE lady's ticket, for which he 
 must pay $2.00. You are requested to fill out the inclosed postal 
 card and return it before March 7th, so that your member's ticket 
 may be sent to you with the notice of the Regular Communication 
 in March ; if the money is received by any member of the Com- 
 mittee before March 7th, the lady's ticket will be sent at the same 
 time ; if not, they will be delivered at the Lodge-room at the Reg- 
 ular Communication on March 1 2th. It is hoped that the mem- 
 bers will not order tickets unless they expect to use them, as the 
 tickets will be limited to the seating capacity of the hall, and the 
 caterer will be directed to furnish for the number of tickets 
 ordered. 
 
 Your committee are preparing a Centenary Medal or Jewel, 
 which can be worn by any member of the Lodge on all Masonic 
 occasions, which will cost about $3.00. The Committee is also 
 arranging to publish a Centenary Volume, which will give a com- 
 plete history of the Lodge, a list of all its past and present mem- 
 bers, a full account of our Centennial Celebration, and a large 
 number of illustrations of interest to the Lodge. It will contain 
 from 250 to 300 pages, and will probably cost about $3.00. 
 
 Any member wishing a Centenary Medal, and one or more of 
 the Centenary Volumes, will please mention it on the inclosed 
 postal card. 
 
 H. F. Morse, W. M. 
 
 RoxBURY, February 20, 1896. 
 
Washington Lodge , A. F. & A. M. 
 
 ROXBURY, MASS. 
 
 extends an invitation to you to be present at its 
 
 Centennial Celebration, 
 
 to be held in the Meeting House of the First Religious 
 Society in Roxbury, on 
 
 Tuesday Evening, March ly, i8g6, 
 
 at 7.J0 o'clock. 
 
 HERBERT F. MORSE, W. M. 
 
Centennial Celebration. 
 
 ROXBURY, March 17, 1896. 
 
 The one thousand two hundred and eightieth com- 
 munication of Washington Lodge was opened at 6 
 o'clock p. M., at Masonic Hall, corner of Washington 
 and Vernon Streets, Roxbury, Mass. 
 
 The Lodge was called to order by Wor. Herbert 
 F. Morse, Master, who announced the object of the 
 meeting to be the celebration of the one hundredth 
 anniversary of the granting of the Charter of Wash- 
 ington Lodge. 
 
 There were present 207 members of the Lodge, 
 including the following Past Masters : 
 
 Samuel Little.' John Carr. 
 
 John F. Newton. Lorenzo B. Button. 
 
 George Richards. Daniel W. Jones. 
 
 Robert G. Molineux. John K. Berry. 
 
 Solonrion A. Bolster. William Donaldson. 
 
 Benjamin F. Ayers. Albert E. Carr. 
 
 Every officer of the Lodge was present. 
 
 Most Worshipful Edwin B. Holmes, Grand Master 
 of Masons in Massachusetts, was announced as being 
 present with officers and members of the Grand 
 Lodge to assist in the celebration, and they were 
 received with the customary honors. 
 
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 The Grand Officers present were : 
 
 M. W. Edwin B. Holmes, Grand Master. 
 
 R. W. Frank T. Dwinell, as Deputy Grand Master. 
 
 R. W. William H. H. Soule, as Senior Grand Warden. 
 
 R. W. William T. R. Marvin, as Junior Grand Warden. 
 
 R. W. John Carr, Grand Treasurer. 
 
 R. W. Sereno D. Nickerson, Recording Grand Secretary. 
 
 R. W. Henry S. Rowe, District Deputy Grand Master, District 
 No. 2. 
 
 R. W. James T. Sherman, District Deputy Grand Master, Dis- 
 trict No. 4. 
 
 W. Rev. Charles A. Skinner, Grand Chaplain. 
 
 Wor. Henry K. Dunton, Grand Marshal. 
 
 Wor. E. Bentley Young, Senior Grand Deacon. 
 
 R. W. Henry G. Fay, as Junior Grand Deacon. 
 
 R. W. James M. Gleason, as Senior Grand Steward. 
 
 Wor. J. Alfred Messenger, Junior Grand Steward. 
 
 Wor. Albert E. Carr, Junior Grand Steward. 
 
 Wor. Walworth O. Barbour, Junior Grand Steward. 
 
 Bro. John H. Chester, Grand Tyler. 
 
 Bro. John H. Collamore, Honorary. 
 
 The following Lodges were then announced and 
 received by committees : 
 
 Union Lodge, Dorchester. 
 
 Wor. Caleb B. Dunham, Master, and 67 members. 
 
 Lafayette Lodge, Roxbury. 
 
 Wor. Gardner F. Packard, Master, and 71 members. 
 
 Eliot Lodge, Jamaica Plain. 
 
 Wor. John W. McKim, Master, and 61 members. 
 
 Prospect Lodge, Roslindale. 
 
 Wor. William H. Bowdlear, Master, and 25 members. 
 
 At 7 o'clock the line of march was formed in 
 Masonic order, left in front, and under the direction 
 
EDWIN B. HOLMES 
 Grand Master 
 
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 of Bro. John C. Ryder, Marshal of Washington 
 Lodge, the brethren, to the number of 455, pro- 
 ceeded to the meeting-house of the "First Religious 
 Society in Roxbury," at Eliot Square. 
 
 Here were assembled many of the residents of 
 Roxbury who, with the Masonic Fraternity who 
 occupied the body of the house, formed a congrega- 
 tion which filled the ancient edifice. 
 
 At the front of the pulpit stood the altar of 
 Washington Lodge bearing the Holy Bible, square 
 and compasses, while above the altar and suspended 
 from the pulpit was the banner of the Lodge. 
 
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 ORDER OF SERVICE AT THE CHURCH. 
 
 Give unto the Lord, O ye mighty, 
 Give unto the Lord glory and strength. 
 
 Psalms xxIx, 4. 
 
 ORGAN PRELUDE. 
 
 Entrance of Officers and Members of Washington Lodge, with 
 Grand Officers and Invited Guests. 
 
 ANTHEM. 
 " Tlie earth is the Lord's, and the fulness thereof." 
 
 PRAYER. 
 
 Bro. Alonzo H. Quint, D.D., Past Grand Chaplain of the 
 M. W. Grand Lodge. 
 
 Thou, the All-Wise, the All-Good, the Almighty, 
 we worship thee. We bow before thee in thy in- 
 finite majesty. Thou, who dwellest in the Holy of 
 Holies, the designer and maker of all things, visible 
 and invisible, we beseech thee to-night for thy bless- 
 ing. We bless thee for thy marvellous works, we 
 ask a continuance of thy goodness. When we con- 
 sider the work of thy hand, the moon, the stars 
 which thou hast ordained, we exclaim, "What is man 
 
WASHINGTON LODGE. 165 
 
 that thou art mindful of him, or the son of man that 
 thou visitest him. Thou hast made him a little lower 
 than the angels. Thou hast crowned him with glory 
 and honor. Thou hast put all things under his feet," 
 because he is made in thine image. 
 
 We thank thee for the mercies of to-day and the 
 mercies of the past. We praise thee that thou art 
 always the inspiring power. The touch of thy fingers 
 makes all things new. And we bless thee that in 
 olden time thou didst inspire noble Christian men to 
 consecrate this spot of earth whereon we stand to 
 Almighty God. We bless thee for this consecration, 
 and that here psalm and prayer have never ceased ; 
 we bless thee that a certain company of good men 
 met here, and in brotherly accord instituted that 
 which we now celebrate at the end of its first century. 
 Though they have passed away many years ago, and 
 generations have gone, generations have come ; and the 
 present generation, with those that are now coming, 
 must soon pass on. We come to thee now to ask 
 another blessing to carry on this work for which this 
 body is fitted. Help by the mighty principles which 
 thou hast ordained in the work of the heavens, in 
 the beautiful things of the earth, and in the teach- 
 ings of life which shall be wrought out more and 
 more. Help thy servants in touching each other's 
 hands to have brotherly affection. Help thy servants 
 in ministrations to the needy, the widow and the 
 
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 orphan. Help thy servants to believe in trial and 
 trouble that thou wilt be with them. Help thy ser- 
 vants to witness a good profession of that which is 
 upright and noble. 
 
 We thank thee, O Lord, to-day that the holy 
 evangel is open upon the altar, and its divine light 
 shines forth to be the guide of thy people that are 
 gathered here. In the name of him who trod the 
 floor of the earthly temple many, many centuries ago, 
 do we glorify thee for this life and the everlasting 
 life ; and as one by one the graves open, the acacia 
 shall remind us of immortality, the mighty power 
 which raised him from the dead, in whose name the 
 final temple, the temple invisible, shall be seen by 
 and by in its eternal glory. 
 
 Bless us, O Lord ; help us, O Lord ; guide us, O 
 Lord. Make us pure, upright, faithful and honora- 
 ble ; and in the memory of him, our brother, the 
 Father of his Country, whose name was taken by our 
 predecessors in his own lifetime, in that memory 
 help us to be true and faithful to every duty in civil 
 life, to every virtue in moral life, to all the highest 
 and holiest aspirations in religious life ; and when the 
 work goes into other hands still more freely, more 
 fervently, more zealously may it be performed until 
 we all are received in heaven, which we ask in 
 Christ's name, and to him be the honor and dominion 
 and majesty, now and forever. (Response by the 
 Lodge.) 
 
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 HYMN. 
 
 " Ring ever more, ye blessed bells of heaven." 
 
 Music by Bro. Wm. H. Gerrish. 
 
 ADDRESS OF WELCOME. 
 
 W. Bro. Herbert F. Morse, Master of Washington Lodge. 
 
 Most Worshipful Grand Master, 
 
 Brethren and Friends : — 
 
 One hundred years ago to-day, eight true and 
 loyal Masonic brethren in the town of Roxbury, re- 
 ceived from the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of 
 Massachusetts a Charter, constituting them a Lodge of 
 Ancient, Free, and Accepted Masons under the name 
 of Washington Lodge, the same to take precedence 
 from that date, it being the thirteenth Charter granted 
 by that Grand Lodge. 
 
 At their first communication, Bro. Ebenezer Seaver 
 was elected Worshipful Master ; Bro. Simeon Pratt, 
 Senior Deacon ; Bro. John Ward, Junior Deacon ; 
 Washington Lodge was then constitutionally organized 
 for the dispatch of business. 
 
 As these members took their position in the lines 
 with the several Lodges of this jurisdiction, no doubt 
 they looked forward with fond anticipations, but prob- 
 ably little realized, the abundant harvest that was to 
 be gathered as the result of their labors. 
 
 To-day Washington' Lodge has a membership of 
 
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 389, and as we are gathered around our sacred altar, 
 we extend to you all a cordial invitation to join with 
 us in giving thanks to the Supreme Grand Master, 
 for the many blessings that he has showered upon 
 us in the past, to pay a loving tribute to the memory 
 of those of our members who have joined the Grand 
 Lodge above, and to ask for that wisdom which will 
 enable us to guide and direct the affairs of the Lodge 
 in the future, fully believing that according to our 
 faith will these blessings be given unto us. 
 
 As we stand on the threshold of another century, 
 we look back, and see Time close our record-books, 
 and with his hand place his seal upon their pages 
 that they may become history ; then turning, we look 
 into the great future with its possibilities, and as we 
 enter, we see a new record-book in which we are to 
 commence the history of another one hundred years. 
 
 Most Worshipful Grand Master, Officers, and Mem- 
 bers of the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of Massa- 
 chusetts, as Master of Washington Lodge, I now 
 extend to you a Masonic welcome to this the com- 
 mencement of our centennial celebration. May the 
 sentiments proposed, the thoughts expressed, and the 
 attention given by our members, convince you that 
 Washington Lodge is truly loyal to your Grand Body. 
 
 To Union Lodge, our lister, I extend a hearty 
 greeting ; and though we are but a few months your 
 senior, yet it is one of the axioms of this world that 
 
WASHINGTON LODGE. 169 
 
 though the per cent, of the difference in our ages 
 may grow smaller and smaller, yet while life lasts it 
 can never be overcome; but as we journey on to- 
 gether, may we grow stronger and stronger in our 
 regard for each other, and in our endeavors to im- 
 prove our brother man. 
 
 To Lafayette and Eliot Lodges, our children, I 
 extend a maternal welcome ; as you follow us upon 
 the level of time, may you profit by our experience, 
 and may the only contention between us be that 
 noble contention, or rather emulation, as to who best 
 can work and best agree. 
 
 To Prospect Lodge, our grandchild, I extend that 
 welcome which a favored grandchild always receives ; 
 as you look forward you must . ever remember that 
 there is weight in numbers, but strength in character. 
 
 To the Clergy I extend a cordial welcome, and 
 with it the assurance, that though our works are not 
 public, yet both our objects are the same, namely, 
 the uplifting of our fellow-man; and as you teach 
 from the Bible, so we take that Book, which is always 
 open before us, to be the rule and- guide of our faith. 
 
 To the Ladies and our Friends, I extend the wel- 
 come which we always so cordially give you at our 
 public gatherings, and assure you that though it is 
 an unwritten law, as old as our ancient institution, 
 that no woman can be made a Mason, yet it is 
 equally true that on all these public occasions, as will 
 
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 be exemplified to you at the reception and banquet 
 which is to conclude our centennial celebration, your 
 comfort and pleasure is our first thought. 
 
 READING THE CHARTER. 
 Wor. Bro. Albert E. Carr. 
 
 INSPECTION OF THE CHARTER, 
 By M. W. Bro. Edwin B. Holmes, Grand Master. 
 
 MASTER OF THE LODGE. 
 Most Worshipful Grand Master : — 
 
 In addition to the welcome I have already ex- 
 tended to you, permit me further to extend to you 
 a cordial welcome to this our centennial celebration, 
 and to assure you we appreciate the honor of the 
 presence of the Grand Lodge. 
 
 I now present you this Charter, which was signed 
 by your illustrious predecessor, Paul Revere, one 
 hundred years ago. 
 
 REPLY OF THE MOST WORSHIPFUL GRAND 
 MASTER.. 
 
 Worshipful Master: — 
 
 I thank you for the cordial welcome extended to 
 
 the officers of the Grand Lodge, who with their 
 
 brethren have come to participate with you in the 
 
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 centennial exercises of Washington Lodge. We are 
 glad to visit this district, once an eminent town, memo- 
 rable in Masonic annals. The history of Roxbury, 
 prior to its annexation to Boston, is replete with in- 
 terest. Here dwelt brethren, first in the pursuits of 
 peace and among the first in the art of war. This 
 was the home of Bro. and Gen. Wm. Heath, of Bro. 
 and Gen. Greaton ; of the Crafts, Bowdoins, Gores, 
 Warrens, Eliots and others, whose names are insepa- 
 rably connected with the history of Roxbury and of 
 Massachusetts. Here the free school for more than 
 two hundred and fifty years has been fostered; here 
 art had no ordinary devotee in the person of Gilbert 
 Stuart ; here the Stamp Act found unrelenting foes, 
 and the Revolutionary Army and Liberty had unflinch- 
 ing friends. It is a pleasure to refer to the fame 
 and glory of this ancient town, and recall the im- 
 mortal names of its citizens. 
 
 We congratulate Washington Lodge upon the 
 arrival of its one-hundredth birthday. The name 
 " Washington " wins a Mason's interest and regard. 
 Washington, to whose memory stands on the Potomac 
 the highest obelisk in the world, holds in the hearts 
 of the Masonic Fraternity the chiefest place. He 
 shares with none our supremest Masonic admiration. 
 Washington Lodge, constituted when Washington was 
 a potent factor in national affairs, has borne through 
 the century that immortal name. And to-night, not 
 
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 crippled by an hundred years, nor enfeebled by the 
 weight of a century, but vigorous and youthful, it 
 starts with elastic step and joyous heart on the second 
 century of its existence. The Grand Lodge in an- 
 swer to your welcome bids you God-speed upon your 
 journey. 
 
 You have handed me the original Charter of Wash- 
 ington Lodge for my examination. It is a venerable 
 parchment. Its value is beyond estimate. It comes 
 to us through the long space of an hundred years. 
 But not its age alone gives it great value. This was 
 spread before Lieut.-Col. Paul Revere, Grand Master, 
 Warren's dauntless messenger, the patriotic friend of 
 the rising States. His eyes beheld these lines, his 
 hand wrote this autograph. With feelings of satis- 
 faction he laid aside his quill, having made possible, 
 legal and historic the name of "Washington Lodge" 
 in the town of Roxbury. 
 
 Brethren, the Grand Lodge reciprocates the senti- 
 ments of your cordial welcome and hopes that peace 
 and prosperity may ever attend you, and that the 
 memories of Bro. George Washington, whose name 
 you bear, and of Bro. Paul Revere whose autograph 
 you treasure, may be cherished by you and those 
 brethren who come after you. 
 
WASHINGTON LODGE. 173 
 
 HYMN. 
 
 Words and Music by Bro. Win. H. Gerrish. 
 
 [Copyright : By permission.] 
 
 Golden chains in circlets winding 
 
 Round the hearts of brethren true, 
 Each to each in friendship binding, 
 
 Strongest bonds of love renew. 
 While in hallowed cloister meeting, 
 
 Freed from life's o'er-burdening care, 
 Sounds of joyous, mystic greeting 
 
 Float upon the incensed air. 
 
 From our hearts, let praise up-welling 
 
 Greet the great I AM above, 
 For our lives are ever teUing 
 
 Of his guardian care and love. 
 Let our friendship here be plighted, 
 
 Hand to hand and heart to heart ; 
 For in Virtue, thus united, 
 
 Death has ne'er the power to part. 
 
 ADDRESS. 
 
 Rev. James De Normandie, Pastor of the First Religious 
 Society in Roxbury. 
 
 The lapse of a century is so large a part of our 
 country's history that any society may well be ex- 
 cused for desiring to commemorate its centennial by 
 a fitting observance. 
 
 There is at first, perhaps, a touch of sadness upon 
 any such occasion when we think that of those who 
 
174 CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION. 
 
 gathered here for the organization of this Lodge not 
 one is living ; when we think that of the houses 
 around all this neighborhood hardly one is standing, 
 swept away by the growing demands of a rapidly in- 
 creasing population. But a more helpful thought is 
 the continuity of life, of worship, of society, of asso- 
 ciations, which carries the civilization of one age to 
 a higher civilization in the next. 
 
 When my predecessor. Dr. Porter, welcomed you 
 at the consecration of your Lodge, this community 
 was just recovering from the shock and struggle and 
 ravages of the Revolutionary War. The church which 
 stood upon this spot bore the marks of the British 
 cannon-balls. In that same year Washington, for 
 whom your Lodge is named, sent out his farewell 
 address to his country. The population of the whole 
 town was under three thousand. This was the only 
 place of worship. 
 
 Among the things which are transient, how inter- 
 esting is the thought of the permanence of worship, 
 that here on this spot for two hundred and sixty-five 
 years there has not been a Sunday without its Chris- 
 tian worship ; that here all the relations of the home, 
 of society, of business, and of charity have gone on 
 with only increasing prosperity. 
 
 Among the things that are transient, how inter- 
 esting is the thought of the permanence of human 
 sympathy, of human fellowship, of human helpfulness, 
 of human brotherhood. 
 
WASHINGTON LODGE. l-Jt, 
 
 In that last word I touch, it seems to me, all that 
 is most secret, most valuable, most lasting and most 
 sacred in your organization. This is your excuse for 
 being. As this grows more and more real, your 
 organization grows more and more akin to a religious 
 one. 
 
 One day some years since I was encamped by the 
 Sea of Galilee, when the Pasha of Syria came to make 
 a friendly visit to our tent. Just before departing he 
 saw by one of the mystic signs of your order that 
 one of our company was a brother Mason. The friend- 
 ship of centuries of a vast brotherhood extending over 
 the whole world at once bound them together. We 
 received all the attention, all the welcome, all the aid 
 an Eastern hospitality could bestow. 
 
 We look forward to-night one hundred years, and 
 we can have but a faint picture of what this com- 
 munity will then be. But may we not take to heart 
 the lesson of the ages, and trust that worship will 
 endure, that society will grow more . sympathizing, that 
 its discords will be lost in a greater harmony, that 
 human brotherhood will be a greater reality. 
 
 So I welcome you to-night to this the most inter- 
 esting spot in the ecclesiastical history of New Eng- 
 land. I welcome you to the sacred memories of a 
 century, I welcome you to the re-consecration of all 
 those higher human aims for which you stand at your 
 best estate, and when one hundred years from to-night 
 
176 CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION. 
 
 another congregation fills these pews and another voice 
 welcomes you to this sanctuary, may it be to a faithful 
 record of a more entire consecration to the two-fold 
 essence of religion, the fatherhood of God and the 
 brotherhood of man. 
 
 HISTORICAL ADDRESS. 
 By R. W. Sereno D. Nickerson, Recording Grand Secretary. 
 
 Most Worshipful Grand Master, Worshipful Master, 
 Brethren and Friends : — 
 
 It is not proposed that I shall at this time attempt 
 to give you the details of the history of Washington 
 Lodge. That duty is reserved for more competent 
 brethren, and I doubt not within a few months they 
 will be able to present the Fraternity of this neigh- 
 borhood with a memorial volume which will prove 
 alike interesting and instructive to them and to the 
 Craft at large. The more modest duty has been as- 
 signed me by your committee of presenting a very 
 hasty and brief sketch of the history of Freemasonry, 
 as we know it to-day, or as it has been traced for 
 the past two centuries, and reminding you of some 
 of the incidents which led up to the institution of 
 your Lodge. 
 
 As you are well aware, the origin of Masonry is 
 lost in obscurity. Many surmises have been made in 
 regard to it more or less fanciful ; but, to tell the 
 
WASHINGTON LODGE. 177 
 
 truth, there are very few of them that are at all 
 reliable, or that can be looked upon as true and accu- 
 rate history. It is only within the last two centuries 
 that we are able to give anything that can properly 
 be called a history of our Fraternity. In the year 
 1717 there took place in the city of London what is 
 called the revival or the re-organization of Masonry. 
 From that time we are enabled to trace our history 
 with some degree of accuracy. But those who had 
 charge of that revival, and who, as one of the first 
 duties devolving upon them, attempted to prepare a 
 printed form of constitution, giving the rules and 
 regulations substantially as they had long been ob- 
 served by the Fraternity of England, found them- 
 selves obstructed by the feeling on the part of a 
 large proportion of the Fraternity that it was utterly 
 inconsistent with the principles of the Order to put 
 upon paper, and especially to print, anything that 
 related to Masonry. It was regarded as an unpardon- 
 able sin, and, as a consequence, when the committee 
 appointed to prepare the constitution sent to the 
 various Lodges in London and its neighborhood, 
 requesting the transmission to them of such docu- 
 ments as they might have relating to the subject 
 which they had in hand, they found themselves ob- 
 structed by the absolute destruction of many of those 
 documents, which the brethren feared might be im- 
 properly presented to the public. 
 
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 It is an amusing fact that the history which for 
 many years was considered veracious, published about 
 that time in regard to Masonry, represented most of the 
 prominent biblical personages, at least those of good 
 reputation, as having been Grand Masters of Masons, 
 Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, indeed, almost the whole 
 catalogue of worthies of the Old Testament were thus 
 dignified. 
 
 These notions have been thoroughly exploded 
 within the last twenty or thirty years, for it is only 
 within that period that any considerable degree of 
 knowledge has been acquired or disseminated among 
 the Fraternity, even in regard to the period of the 
 re-organization of 171 7. A very few brethren in Eng-- 
 land, and perhaps still fewer in our own country, have 
 felt sufficient interest in these subjects to give them 
 the proper attention ; and those brethren have found 
 themselves obstructed by obstacles greater than meet 
 the ordinary historian. 
 
 One of the first in our own country to pay par- 
 ticular attention to the history of the Fraternity, and 
 to present it in a reliable form, was Brother Josiah 
 H. Druramond, Past Grand Master of Maine, who is 
 still living ; and notably, our own distinguished Grand 
 Master, William S. Gardner, who is deceased. There 
 are two or three brethren in England who have ren- 
 dered very important and valuable services during these 
 later days. Robert F. Gould about ten years ago 
 
WASHINGTON LODGE. 179 
 
 published the best history of Free Masons that has 
 ever been printed. An American edition of that his- 
 tory devoted a considerable portion of the last volume 
 to the history of Masonry in this country, prepared 
 by Brother Drummond, and has had within the last 
 few years very extensive circulation. 
 
 In 1717, as I have stated, took place the re-organ- 
 ization or revival of Masonry. Previous to that time 
 there had undoubtedly existed many Masonic Lodges, 
 located generally in the principal cities of England ; 
 but they were composed almost entirely of brethren 
 who happened by chance to assemble in the taverns 
 where the Lodges were held, as in those days almost 
 all Lodges were. It was, of course, found that such 
 a disorganized, irregular state of things was not 
 adapted to the promotion of the success and pros- 
 perity of the Fraternity. Therefore, four of the old 
 Lodges located in London assembled in one of the 
 taverns and organized the first Grand Lodge and 
 chose the first Grand Master. The organization thus 
 established held the field in London, and generally in 
 England, during at least twenty-one years, for almost 
 all acquiesced in the government which they pro- 
 posed. About the year 1738 there came to London 
 certain Irish brethren, who introduced practices and 
 forms which had been unknown to the Fraternity of 
 that city, and this "heresy," as it was considered by 
 many of the older brethren, led to a great deal of ill- 
 
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 feeling. The consequence was that in 1751 these 
 foreign brethren and their associates, whom they had 
 gathered in the City of London, organized their own 
 Grand Lodge. The Grand Secretary of their organi- 
 zation was a man of great energy and shrewdness. 
 One of the first of his acts, and perhaps the one 
 which tended most to promote the success of his 
 particular branch of the Fraternity was to charge that 
 the old Grand Lodge had made changes, and that the 
 new Grand Lodge had adhered to the old work. He 
 therefore nicknamed the older as " Modern," and gave 
 to his own Grand Lodge the title of "Ancient." 
 These designations, actually reversing the true state 
 of things, were observed for more than a half a cen- 
 tury, and the upstart organization succeeded in estab- 
 lishing many Lodges in England and in other countries, 
 notably in the United States. 
 
 From one or the other of these Grand Lodges has 
 been, either directly or indirectly, derived every or- 
 ganization of our Fraternity working in what we call 
 the York Rite, as distinguished from the Scottish 
 Rite. The First Provincial Grand Lodge established 
 in this country was by authority of Viscount Monta- 
 gue of the Modern Grand Lodge, in 1733, by a com- 
 mission issued to Henry Price, an English Brother 
 born in 1697, and who probably came to this country 
 first in the year 1723. A few weeks ago I received 
 a letter from his grand-daughter, who is now eighty-two 
 
WASHINGTON LODGE. l8l 
 
 years of age, living in the State of Maine. She in- 
 forms me that the tradition in the family was that 
 Henry Price came out here in 1723, with his physician 
 and his black servant. Consequently, we naturally 
 conclude that he must have been a man of fortune, 
 for in those days such a journey could not have been 
 made, accompanied by such attendants, unless there 
 were abundant means to draw upon. 
 
 As nearly as we can reckon, he returned to London 
 and became a member of a Lodge there which was 
 organized in 1730. In 1733 he returned to Boston 
 with the commission from, Viscount Montague, ap- 
 pointing him Provincial Grand Master of New Eng- 
 land. On the 30th of July in that year he organized, 
 at the Bunch of Grapes Tavern, the first Provincial 
 Grand Lodge ever established in this country. On 
 the same day, at that meeting, he received a petition 
 for a warrant for a Lodge, from certain brethren who 
 had been made Masons in England, together with 
 brethren whom he had made at that very time. On 
 the 31st of August following he constituted what was 
 known for a great many years as the First Lodge in 
 Boston. In February, 1749, one of his successors, 
 Thomas Oxnard, a distinguished merchant in Boston, 
 granted a warrant to the Second Lodge in Boston. In 
 1783, by petition of these two Lodges, and under 
 authority from John Rowe, who was Grand Master 
 from 1768 until his death in 1787, the two Lodges 
 
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 were united and formed what has been known ever 
 since as St. John's Lodge. That Lodge is still in 
 existence, and is consequently the oldest Lodge in the 
 country. 
 
 The Provincial Grand Lodge established in 1733, 
 which you will bear in mind was only a year after the 
 birth of George Washington, — this Provincial Grand 
 Lodge had the field to itself until the year 1769. On 
 the 27th of December of that year Joseph Warren, 
 who had been made a Mason in the Lodge of St. 
 Andrew, chartered under the authority of the Grand 
 Lodge of Scotland, receiving his degrees in the year 
 1 76 1, established a Provincial Grand Lodge of "An- 
 cient " Masons, the St. John's Grand Lodge which I 
 have previously described being known as " Modern." 
 These two Grand Lodges were happily united in 1792, 
 embracing every Lodge in the Commonwealth except 
 St. Andrew's, which joined the union in 1809. 
 
 It is a singular circumstance that George Washing- 
 ton and Joseph Warren received their degrees a few 
 months before they had reached the age of twenty-one. 
 This is probably owing to the fact that both organiza- 
 tions which conferred those degrees derived their 
 authority from the Grand Lodge of Scotland, which in 
 those days, and I believe even at the present time, 
 allows of the admission of certain candidates provided 
 they have reached the age of eighteen years. Joseph 
 Warren was made a Mason on the nth of September, 
 
WASHINGTON LODGE. 183 
 
 1761. George Washington was initiated in 1752, in 
 Fredericksburg Lodge, which received its first warrant 
 probably from the Grand Lodge at Boston, but after- 
 wards had a Charter from the Grand Lodge of Scotland. 
 The Grand Lodge of Scotland sympathized with the 
 organization known as "Ancient" and consequently 
 had received that designation itself. 
 
 It is singular that Washington should have joined 
 the Fraternity at a time when he was so earnestly 
 engaged in the French and Indian War. A short time 
 after he received his third degree he was promoted to 
 an important position in the army on the frontier, and 
 rendered exceedingly valuable service. He was con- 
 nected with the portion of the army under the lead of 
 Braddock which was so disastrously defeated in the 
 year 1755. After that defeat there was intense jeal- 
 ousy among the officers of the Colonial troops and 
 those of the regular army. Washington found it 
 necessary, in order to quiet these dissensions, to make 
 a journey in the dead of winter to the town of Boston 
 for the purpose of consulting with Governor William 
 Shirley and obtaining positive orders for the suppres- 
 sion of such discord. He came here with two other 
 officers, riding on horseback, that being the only mode 
 of travel in those days. His noble figure and manly 
 bearing, as well as his fine horses, elegant horseman- 
 ship and black servants, created an immense sensa- 
 tion. He remained in Boston ten days, and partially 
 
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 succeeded in accomplishing the object for which he 
 came. 
 
 His second visit was made, you will remember, 
 when he took command of the army at Cambridge on 
 the 4th of July, 1775. The third was made in October, 
 1789, after he had been inaugurated as the first Presi- 
 dent of the United States. 
 
 We find in our records, and so do several other 
 Grand Lodges, especially the Grand Lodge of Pennsyl- 
 vania, frequent reports of correspondence with General 
 Washington for a series of years. We have a great 
 many items, not only in our records but in the corre- 
 spondence of Masons of the time, pointing to the in- 
 tense interest manifested by General Washington in 
 our Craft. Benjamin Russell, who founded the Colum- 
 bian Centinel in 1 784, and continued it until he died in 
 1845, 'who also became our Grand Master in 18 13, used 
 to tell with great animation the story of his first being 
 attracted to Masonry. He had been an apprentice in 
 the printing-office of Isaiah Thomas, of the Worcester 
 Spy, and he joined the Continental Army as a private 
 when about nineteen years old. One day, as he was 
 passing a tent in which a considerable number of his 
 comrades were assembled, the curtain happened to 
 blow open, and he observed that an ordinary sergeant 
 was sitting in the seat of honor, while General Wash- 
 ington, whom Russell almost reverenced, sat in an 
 ordinary seat on the floor. He inquired of some of the 
 
WASHINGTON LODGE. 185 
 
 bystanders what that meant, and was informed that 
 there was a Masonic Lodge in session, and that the 
 equality of the brotherhood was one of its leading 
 principles. He made up his mind that if that was a 
 characteristic of the Fraternity, he would be a Mason 
 at the first opportunity : and when he returned to 
 Boston after being discharged from the army, he 
 carried his resolution into effect. So devoted and 
 earnest was he in the practice of our tenets that he 
 became, as I have stated, our Grand Master in 1813, 
 and served in that capacity for three years. 
 
 It is a singular fact that from Isaiah Thomas's 
 printing-office came the Grand Masters of the Massa- 
 chusetts Fraternity from 1803 to 18 16 inclusive, with 
 the exception of the single year 18 10, when Josiah 
 Bartlett was Grand Master. 
 
 I think that very few of our brethren, and still 
 fewer of those not connected with the Fraternity, 
 appreciate the importance of the services rendered by 
 Masons in our Revolution. Almost every prominent 
 officer was a member of the Fraternity. We have 
 returns in our archives giving the lists of members of 
 several Lodges existing at that period, and almost 
 every name bears some military title. Almost every 
 member of what was called Washington, No. 10 — an 
 Army Lodge — was an officer in the army. A large 
 number of the signers of the Declaration of Indepen- 
 dence were also of our Fraternity. John Hancock was 
 
l86 CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION. 
 
 a member of St. Andrew's Lodge. Peyton Randolph, 
 the presiding officer of the First Continental Congress, 
 was the highest Masonic officer in their ranks. He 
 was probably selected for the very reason that he was 
 at that time Provincial Grand Master of Virginia. He 
 was succeeded by his nephew, Edmund Randolph, who 
 was also Grand Master, and by whom, in 1788, the 
 Charter of Alexandria Lodge was signed, in which 
 Washington's name was first and under which he 
 served for several months of that year as Master. 
 
 You will remember that 1788 was the interval 
 between the time of the adjournment of the convention 
 which framed the Constitution (when Washington was 
 the presiding officer and probably the most influential 
 member) and the adoption of that instrument. During 
 a portion of that interval Washington served as Master 
 of Alexandria Lodge. He was inaugurated on the 
 30th of April, 1789, as the first President of the United 
 States, receiving from Chancellor Livingston, who was 
 Grand Master of the State of New York, the oath of 
 office, administered upon a Bible which was the prop- 
 erty of St. John's Lodge, No. i, of New York City, 
 and which is still preserved with the utmost care by 
 that Lodge. 
 
 In 1763 Brother James Otis made his famous argu- 
 ment on the writs of assistance, that argument which 
 John Adams described as a " flame of fire." He said 
 that "then and there the child Independence was 
 
WASHINGTON LODGE. 187 
 
 born." James Otis argued that case for four hours 
 against a court decidedly opposed to him, but which, 
 under the circumstances, had not the courage to 
 declare against him. On that occasion he was opposed 
 by his legal instructor, the Attorney-General, Jeremy 
 Gridley, who was at the very time Grand Master of the 
 St. John's Provincial Grand Lodge. It has generally 
 been believed by members of our Fraternity who have 
 studied the matter that the tutor was especially courte- 
 ous and careful not to be severe upon his pupil, that he 
 admired the effort the young man made as much as did 
 any other auditor. 
 
 Paul Revere, the Grand Master who signed the 
 Charter of Washington Lodge, was in office during 
 1795, 1796 and 1797; and during those three years he 
 signed the charters of twenty-three Lodges, only two 
 of which are now extinct. He evidently infused into 
 them somewhat of his own stalwart character. He 
 was the devoted friend of Joseph Warren and Samuel 
 Adams. Samuel Adams, I am sorry to say, was not a 
 member of the Fraternity. Brother Charles W. Moore 
 has said that he was ; but I have never been able to 
 find any satisfactory evidence of it. 
 
 These distinguished patriots were bound together 
 by the strongest ties, and their Masonic connection 
 must have been a special bond of union, affording them 
 a great sense of security in the perils through which 
 they were passing. 
 
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 You will remember that Corinthian Hall in our 
 Masonic Temple was adorned by the portraits of the 
 four most distinguished men known in our country's 
 history: George Washington, Joseph Warren, Benja- 
 min Franklin and the Marquis de Lafayette. 
 
 Franklin was made a Mason in a Lodge which was 
 started in Philadelphia, in 1731, in the pre-1717 man- 
 ner, that is, without any warrant, and consequently it 
 was sometimes claimed that it was irregular ; but we 
 have long since ceased to question the regularity of 
 the organization. We are only too proud to recognize 
 the services which he rendered in the Fraternity. 
 When he went abroad as the agent of the Colony of 
 Pennsylvania, and especially when he went later under 
 the authority of Congress, he was received with open 
 arms by the Lodges then existing in Paris, which had 
 derived their authority from the Grand Lodge of Eng- 
 land, and he found his connection with the Fraternity 
 of great advantage. He was undoubtedly through that 
 influence assisted very greatly in the promotion of the 
 treaty which he was negotiating. 
 
 Lafayette came to this country when he was about 
 nineteen years old, and immediately entered the family 
 of General Washington. It is related, with a consider- 
 able degree of probabiUty, that he never received an 
 independent command, and never realized that he had 
 the entire coniidence of General Washington, until he 
 had been made a Mason in one of the Army Lodges. 
 
WASHINGTON LODGE. 189 
 
 After that the way was entirely clear. He and Gen- 
 eral Washington were for the rest of their lives the 
 most devoted friends. 
 
 Some of my hearers may possibly remember to 
 have heard in their younger days of the triumphal 
 march which Lafayette made from one end of the 
 country to the other in the year 1825. From every 
 part of the country, as he made that grand progress, 
 there was echoed and re-echoed the sentiment so 
 felicitously expressed in the lines which greeted the 
 eye of the hero as he crossed the boundary between 
 the town of Roxbury and the city of Boston : 
 
 " Welcome, Lafayette ! " 
 
 " The fathers in glory shall sleep, 
 
 That gathered with thee in the fight, 
 But the sons will eternally keep 
 The tablet of gratitude bright. 
 We bow not the neck, and we bend not the knee, 
 But our hearts, Lafayette, we surrender to thee." 
 
 The Masonic Fraternity was conspicuous in all of 
 the honors paid to Lafayette, and there were none that 
 he seemed to appreciate and to value more highly than 
 those that came from the Fraternity. 
 
 Doubtless many of you, in studying the history of 
 your country, have been impressed with the thought 
 that there was a Divinity which shaped our ends in 
 these times that tried men's souls. The character of 
 
I90 CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION. 
 
 the men who were prominent in the service of their 
 country was remarkable for intelligence, for courage, 
 and for true devotion to the principles which the 
 Masonic Fraternity professes and exemplifies. The 
 founders of the Roxbury Lodges acted wisely in canon- 
 izing the two most brilliant exemplars of those prin- 
 ciples, whom the whole human race will always delight 
 to honor. 
 
 HYMN. 
 Choir and Congregation. 
 
 CENTENNIAL POEM. 
 
 Rev. Bro. William H. Lyon, Pastor All Souls' Church, 
 Roxbury. 
 
 The century wheel flies swiftly round, 
 
 Its every spoke a year. 
 And from its rim fly shining drops. 
 
 And every drop a tear. 
 
 For years are very precious things 
 
 And go to come no more, 
 But break, like unreturning waves, 
 
 Upon the eternal shore. 
 
 And when they break upon those sands 
 They cast their burdens there, — 
 
 The wasted hours and empty days 
 Like perfumes lost in air. 
 
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 But, like the wind-borne spray that floats 
 
 Back toward the lonely deep, 
 Come memories sweet and happy now 
 
 Of those who've fallen asleep. 
 
 Come sing with me, my brothers here, 
 
 The paeai^ to the seas 
 O'er those tKj century's rolling waves 
 
 Have borne to heaven's degrees. 
 
 They are not dead who ever truly lived ; 
 
 They cannot die who ever loved the right ; 
 They must live on who once God's life received ; 
 
 They do work on who worked here in God's sight. 
 
 And first, from him, who gave our Lodge its name, 
 
 Himself a brother of the mystic vow, — 
 From him an added consecration came 
 
 And back to him our gratitude floats now. 
 
 And pressing after him, their noble head. 
 
 Bathed in deep organ tones and solemn song. 
 
 The long procession of the titled dead. 
 The wearers of the jewels, march along. 
 
 Then come the brothers of the sacred band 
 Who lived and died in faithfulness and love. 
 
 Who for sweet charity walked hand in hand 
 And for small tasks received the great above. 
 
 So sing we those who out of sight have filed. 
 With grateful memory and praises bright. 
 
 The tomb's dark door, howe'er securely tyled, 
 Between its hinges lets out heavenly light. 
 
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 But here is the present. Let us who live in it 
 
 Rejoice in the light of the sun overhead, 
 And fill every day, every hour, every minute, 
 
 With love's happy gifts and with duty's firm tread. 
 
 For here are the starving and naked that need us. 
 
 And here are the dying as well as the dead. 
 Here are the troubles, from which God has freed us. 
 
 But cry for our sympathy, charity, bread. 
 
 For what are we Masons if not to build truly 
 
 With justice and patience, with strength and with love, 
 
 Of good deeds and good thoughts and good words laid duly 
 God's kingdom on earth as already above ? 
 
 So out with the trowel and up with the level ! 
 
 Unreel the plumb-line and lay on the square. 
 Build the Lord's temple and wall out the Devil, — 
 
 A world for humanity's faith, love and prayer ! 
 
 It is true that we rejoice when we hear the cheerful voice 
 Of the Master call from labor to refreshment. 
 
 For we know that this fair world out into space was hurled 
 Not only for the spirit but for flesh meant. 
 
 We meet upon the level and we part upon the square, 
 
 And we also love the merry side of living. 
 We love the brothers' grip and their happy fellowship, 
 
 Cordial welcomes all receiving and all giving. 
 
 And we love the banquet-board with its smiling dainties stored 
 And the jest and laughter each to each replying. 
 
 For the heart grows warm with greeting when the palate's 
 cheered with eating 
 And when plenty's in, dull care soon thinks of dying. 
 
WASHINGTON LODGE. 193 
 
 But an end to our laughter and up for our labor, 
 The world's waiting for us and cries for our aid, 
 
 Strike up fife and drum, lay aside flute and tabor. 
 For life real and earnest, not jests, were we made ! 
 
 No poor man shall cry out in vain to our purses. 
 No sick man shall moan through his fever in vain, 
 
 No brother be crushed beneath fortune's reverses. 
 No sister be left to her crying and pain. 
 
 For how can we follow our Master and Brother 
 
 Unless we like him go about doing good ? 
 Let us make this world right, — God will care for the other,— 
 
 And make all mankind a great Lodge — Brotherhood. 
 
 So out with the trowel and up with the level ! 
 
 Unreel the plumb-line and lay on the square, 
 Build the Lord's temple and wall out the Devil, — 
 
 A world for humanity's faith, love and prayer ! 
 
 HYMN.. 
 Brother Wm. H. Gerrish. 
 
 ORATION. 
 
 Rev. Bro. A. S. Gumbart, Pastor Dudley Street Baptist Church, 
 Chaplain of Washington Lodge. 
 
 If there is ever a time when a speaker feels em- 
 barrassed, or ought to feel embarrassed and mean and 
 treacherous, it is when he stands face to face with a 
 Boston audience and the clock showing 9.30 p. m., half 
 
194 CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION. 
 
 an hour after your bedtime. But there are some very 
 encouraging features in connection with my position. 
 If I were at a Baptist or a religious convention, I 
 would not feel so strong and hopeful. But these dear 
 brethren, who now at this moment seem to be so 
 happy, cannot leave this place until yonder brother 
 puts on his silk hat and says, " Come." So I have got 
 this much of my audience. And then I see that the 
 minister of this grand old church has had doors with 
 combination locks put on the pews. So unless the 
 friends know the combination, they must stay. And 
 as there are policemen at the gallery doors, I think 
 the friends in the gallery will have to stay. It gener- 
 ally takes an hour and twenty minutes to deliver an 
 oration, but if you will be very good, I will drop off the 
 hour and stop in twenty minutes. 
 
 Ladies and Gentlemen, and Brethren of the Masonic 
 Fraternity : — 
 
 Masonry is not a religion in the technical sense of 
 that word, but it is religious. It has no creed in the 
 ecclesiastical sense, but it has an exalted moral code. 
 Its ethics are the ethics of Christianity. If they came 
 short of that standard, I would not be chaplain of 
 Washington Lodge, or of any other. Masonry has no 
 system of theology, yet it ever places on its altar the 
 Bible as the supreme book. The three great moral 
 duties of man as taught by Masonry are, first, our 
 
WASHINGTON LODGE. 195 
 
 duties to God, by which we are taught to recognize 
 God as being our Creator, our Benefactor, our Ruler, 
 our Judge, and that from him cometh every good and 
 every perfect gift ; secondly, our duties to each other, 
 wherein we are taught that the duties man owes to his 
 fellow-man must be discharged in such a way as to be 
 commendable in the sight of our heavenly Father ; and 
 third, our duties to ourselves, wherein we are con- 
 stantly taught by word, example and object lesson, in 
 many ways to seek for the highest ideals of a perfect 
 manhood. 
 
 Having this thought in mind, I invite your atten- 
 tion for a little while to the study of Jesus Christ, the 
 man. No study is more ennobling, elevating or purify- 
 ing than the study of the life and character of the 
 Lord Jesus Christ, the man of Galilee. The study of 
 nobihty makes us noble, always providing that we 
 surrender ourselves to those emotions and influences 
 which are set at work in the soul as the true student is 
 engaged in the study of the sublime. 
 
 When we talk of the humanity of Jesus, we must 
 regard his humanity as being a humanity no different 
 from that which characterizes ourselves ; for whatever 
 elements of divinity or deity we may find in the char- 
 acter of Jesus Christ, yet so far as his humanity was 
 concerned, it was a genuine humanity, like unto that 
 which I have and you have. He hungered, he suf- 
 fered, he rejoiced, he wept, he knew what it was to 
 
196 CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION. 
 
 have friends, he knew what it was to have enemies. 
 He knew what it was to feast, and he knew what it 
 was to go hungry and thirsty. He knew what it was 
 to be followed by the people and honored by popular 
 acclaim ; and he knew also what it was to be perse- 
 cuted by them and nailed to the cross as a malefactor. 
 
 The question comes home to every one of us, how 
 did Jesus Christ deport himself "i What was his rela- 
 tion to the world in which he lived.' 
 
 First of all I call attention to the fact that Jesus 
 Christ recognized himself to be a man among men. 
 He did not isolate himself; he did not hold himself 
 aloof, or retire to some cloister ; but in his works, his 
 character, and his teachings, he recognized the unity 
 of the race. He would have us mindful of the fact 
 that neither nationality nor condition nor character 
 should lead us for a moment to ignore the fact that the 
 other man, whatsoever may be the tongue he speaks, 
 or the color of his countenance, or his social condition, 
 is our brother. I venture to say that from a sociologi- 
 cal standpoint there is no greater curse in the world 
 to-day than the failure to recognize this fundamental 
 principle which the Christian Church, and which the 
 Masonic Fraternity, each in their own way, are striving 
 to promulgate. How many problems would be solved 
 that now vex and perplex us ; how many questions 
 would be answered ; how many failures would be over- 
 come ; how many prison doors would fling wide open 
 
WASHINGTON LODGE. 197 
 
 toward the light, if men only recognized the spirit of 
 brotherhood! I may be richer, and stronger, and 
 wiser, and better than the other man ; but the other 
 man is my brother. And I owe him brotherly love, I 
 owe him brotherly solicitude, I owe him brotherly care ! 
 If my brother is in need, I must help him ; if in trou- 
 ble, I must succor him ; if in darkness, I must bring 
 him light ; if in chains, I must deliver him ; if lost, I 
 must find him. And this I believe to be one of the 
 foundation principles of our beloved Order. We real- 
 ize that our only ideal, our only example, is the man of 
 Nazareth, the blessed Lord of Life. He has taught us 
 by his word, and by his character, and by his deeds, 
 how we may win the other man, and lift him up to that 
 high plane upon which we ourselves are privileged to 
 stand. And he teaches me that primarily I am to do 
 this by being just as much of a man as it is possible 
 for me to be, for thus only can I have that influence 
 and power by which my brother shall be enabled to be 
 the highest possible that lies within him. Even as the 
 sun shining upon the seed brings the possibilities 
 that lie within it into glorious and fruitful realities, so 
 my life and yours must constantly shine with those 
 noble qualities of humanity, by which we shall be 
 enabled, as we come in contact with our fellow-men, to 
 do for them what the sunlight does for the seed, that 
 by the very touch and influence of our humanity the 
 other man may receive an inspiration to be more and 
 more of a man himself. 
 
198 CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION. 
 
 And secondly, will you notice that Jesus Christ was 
 also a teacher among men. No man, nobody that has 
 ever been in this world, has so led men to think as 
 Jesus Christ. And one of the first lessons, symbolized 
 by a certain problem in Euclid, that is instilled into the 
 Mason as he stands before the altar, is that he must 
 ever cultivate a desire to know more and more of the 
 arts and sciences. He cannot be a true Mason, he 
 cannot be a true man, he cannot be a true Christian, 
 who ignores in the slightest degree the value and the 
 utility of the cultivation of the intellectual life. When 
 Jesus Christ came into the world he did not come 
 bringing radically new truths. Rather did he touch 
 old truths with his magic wand in such a way that they 
 were transformed and developed beyond anything that 
 had ever entered into the hearts of men. As an illus- 
 tration of this read the tables of the law, the Ten Com- 
 mandments, and interpret them through the Sermon on 
 the Mount, the Beatitudes of Jesus ; and behold, they 
 flash with a glory that we never suspected them to 
 contain before ! Jesus Christ touched a formalism 
 that was as dead as Lazarus himself, breathed into it 
 the breath of his divine life, until, like Lazarus, it came 
 blushing into usefulness and life once more ; and frorn 
 the dead altar-fires of ceremonialism he caused the 
 flames of living, burning truth to flash forth for the 
 enlightenment of the world's darkness, and for the 
 consuming of its dross. Jesus Christ never taught a 
 
WASHINGTON LODGE. 199 
 
 system of philosophy ; and yet the highest systems of 
 philosophy are based upon the ethics of Christ. Jesus 
 Christ never promulgated any code of laws ; and yet 
 we realize that no law of man ever approximates to the 
 highest ideal until it incorporates the teachings of the 
 Mountain Preacher. Aye, Jesus Christ was a teacher 
 among men. He never taught botany, but when he 
 spoke those simple words, " Consider the lilies of the 
 field," he led more men and women to study and 
 admire the flowers than all the systems of botany that 
 the world has ever known. 
 
 Aye, Jesus Christ was a teacher among men. 
 What makes that Book the world's book .' It is not 
 Abraham, nor Moses, nor Isaac, nor David, nor Solo- 
 mon. It is the Christ, who breathed into it the breath 
 of eternal life. If it were not for the Christ, that Book 
 would be the book of the Jews. It would not be your 
 book and mine. And we are ready to confess to-day, 
 if we know anything at all, that because of that Book 
 more than because of any other influence in the world, 
 men have been led to investigate along scientific and 
 historic lines. 
 
 Your business, my brother, and mine is ever, what- 
 soever may be our profession, whatsoever may be our 
 occupation in life, to remember that by our deeds, our 
 words, our characters we must teach men the noblest 
 lessons they can possibly receive. 
 
 And last of all, Jesus Christ held the relation of a 
 
200 CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION. 
 
 friend to the world. There is no more blessed chapter, 
 no more interesting story in the life of Jesus Christ, 
 than that which teaches of his remarkable friendship. 
 Wherever he went, somehow men instinctively knew 
 that he was their friend. You have read, possibly, 
 many of you, that sweet simple story of Titus ; and do 
 you remember how the little baby had fallen from the 
 roof of the house and lay dying ; and how that other 
 poor cripple, who had not seen outside of his own 
 courtyard for many a year, painfully dragged his own 
 crippled limbs, as he strove to find where Jesus, of 
 whom he had heard, might be. On hands and knees, 
 and full of pain, he dragged himself along the uneven 
 walk until the dogs came and barked at him, and he 
 was afraid. And suddenly there stood an ordinary 
 stranger at his side and said to him, as he stooped 
 down and strove to look into the face of the poor 
 cripple that wanted only the baby healed and cared 
 nothing for his own poor deformed limbs, " My son, 
 whom seekest thou ? " And as the cripple looked up, 
 oh, what a glorious sensation filled his soul ! He knew 
 him not, and yet somehow, as he looked into that 
 sweet and lovely face, he felt there was a friend at 
 hand. It was the Christ himself ! He listened to his 
 story and sent him back to the little baby, not on 
 crippled knees and bleeding hands, but bounding on 
 his own feet, for he had wrought a double cure ! Yes, 
 such was the magnetism of his love that men instinc- 
 
WASHINGTON LODGE. 20I 
 
 tively poured out their heart's desire into his ever- 
 willing ear. 
 
 My brother, is it not true that one of the principles 
 of Masonry is that you and I should so deport our- 
 selves that wherever we may find ourselves among the 
 sons of men, they shall have a right as they look into 
 my face and yours to feel that they are looking into 
 the face of a friend ? Oh, how hard it is sometimes to 
 find a friend ! And yet this is not only our duty, this 
 is our privilege. We have read the commandment, 
 " Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself." And we 
 have said, " Oh, God, it is not possible for any man to 
 do this." And we have lifted up our eyes, and have 
 gazed upon the passing Christ, and meditating upon 
 his wondrous love have said, " Oh, God, it is possible, 
 for he loved others more than he loved himself." 
 
 So, brethren, let me sum up the three lessons that 
 we are to carry with us from this anniversary occasion : 
 
 First, the dignity of our humanity as men among 
 men. I have heard it said again and again, " How 
 foolish those Masons look with their white aprons." 
 My brother, my sister, do you know why we wear this 
 apron, and others wear it } Because it is to us a con- 
 stant object-lesson that our lives should be kept as 
 pure and spotless as the white apron we receive at the 
 altar of Masonry. 
 
 Secondly, it is our business always to strive for 
 the cultivation of the intellectual life, and by the qual- 
 
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 ities of mind which it is our privilege to improve yet 
 more and more, to stimulate others that they may 
 enter into the secrets of the Divine Architect. 
 
 And last of all, we must be friends to mankind. 
 The apron means also, that as the Blessed Master girt 
 himself with a towel that he might serve his brethren, 
 so are we ever to be in the service of mankind. 
 
 ANTHEM. 
 Brother Wm. H. Gerrish. 
 
 All Thy works praise Thee, O Lord, and Thy saints give 
 thanks unto Thee. They show the glory of Thy Kingdom and 
 tell of Thy power. That Thy power, Thy glory, and mightiness 
 of Thy Kingdom might be known unto men. The eyes of all 
 wait upon Thee, O Lord, and Thou givest them their meat in due 
 season. Thou openest Thy hand and fillest all living things with 
 plenteousness. My mouth shall speak of the loving kindness of 
 the Lord, and let all flesh give thanks unto His holy Name for- 
 ever. Amen. 
 
 BENEDICTION. 
 Rev. James De Normandie. 
 
 At the close of the services the Fraternity returned 
 to the Lodge rooms and partook of a collation. A 
 social hour was spent together, during which many old 
 acquaintances were renewed, and many incidents re- 
 called of "the days of Auld Lang Syne." 
 
R.'« JAI1/1ES Dt NDRlVIAMDIE 
 
 Rev. ALONZO H, QUINT 
 
IMUSICAL SERVICE 
 
 UNDER THE DIRECTION OF 
 
 Bro. WILLIAM H. GERRISH, 
 Organist of Washington Lodge, 
 
 Choir. 
 
 FIRST TENORS. 
 
 Bro. Herbert A. Thayer, Bro. George R. C. Deane, 
 
 Bro. Thomas E. Johnson. 
 
 SECOND TENORS. 
 
 Bro. William H. Fessenden, Bro. William H. Jones, 
 
 Willard P. Gerrish. 
 
 FIRST BASSES. 
 
 Bro. Henry A. Cook, Bro. Fred C. Fairbanks, 
 
 Bro. Frank R. Sircom. 
 
 SECOND BASSES. 
 
 Bro. John K. Berry, Bro. D. Marks Babcock, 
 
 Bro. Thomas Daniel. 
 
Reception and Banquet, 
 
 AT ODD FELLOWS BUILDING, BOSTON, 
 March 24, 1896. 
 
 At 6 o'clock, the Master of the Lodge, the Grand 
 Master, and the Mayor of the City, assisted by Miss 
 Eva M. Morse and Mrs. Edwin B. Holmes, took posi- 
 tion in Berkeley Hall and formally received the guests 
 and members of the Lodge, with ladies, numbering 
 more than five hundred. 
 
 At 7.30 a procession was formed under direction of 
 the Marshal of the Lodge and proceeded to the Ban- 
 quet in Odd Fellows Hall which was beautifully deco- 
 rated with flags, bunting and suitable emblems. At 
 the head of the hall were three large paintings — 
 Washington in the centre, Lafayette on the right, and 
 Warren on the left. Above the pictures and extending 
 across the hall was a banner bearing the words, 
 "Washington Lodge, Instituted in 1796." At the 
 rear of the hall was a painting of Washington at Dor- 
 chester Heights, and opposite the entrance, one of 
 Washington crossing the Delaware. Extending around 
 the walls were paintings representing the months of 
 the year. 
 
 Wor. Herbert F. Morse sat at the head of the 
 table ; on his right were Most Wor. Edwin B. Holmes 
 and Mrs. Holmes, Rev. Bro. A. A. Berle and Mrs. 
 
WASHINGTON LODGE. 205 
 
 Berle, Rev. Bro. A. S. Gumbart and Mrs. Gumbart, 
 Rev. James De Normandie, and Rt. Won John Carr 
 and Mrs. Carr ; on his left were Bro. John C. Ryder, 
 his Honor Mayor Quincy, Hon. Bro. Wm. M. Olin, Rt. 
 Wor. James T. Sherman and Mrs. Sherman, Rt. Wor. 
 E. Bentley Young and Mrs. Young, Rt. Wor. E. Lor- 
 ing Richards and Mrs. Richards ; directly in front were 
 Rt. Wor. W. H. H. Soule and Mrs. Soule, Rt. Wor. 
 S. Lothrop Thorndike, Rt. Wor. James M. Gleason 
 and Miss Nichols, Rt. Wor. Henry D. Dupee and 
 Mrs. Dupee, Rt. Wor. Eugene C. Upton and Mrs. 
 Upton, Wor. Caleb D. Dunham and Mrs. Dunham, 
 Wor. Gardner F. Packard and Mrs. Packard, Wor. 
 Ira B. Goodrich and Mrs. Goodrich, Wor. John A. 
 McKim and Mrs. McKim, Wor. George A. Crawford 
 and Mrs. Crawford, Wor. Charles G. Bird and Mrs. 
 Bird, and the Past Masters and Officers of the Lodge, 
 with their ladies. 
 
 INVOCATION. 
 Rev. James De Normandie. 
 
]VIENU. 
 
 "Ye're welcome, my fair guests; that noble lady 
 Or gentleman that is not freely merry 
 Is not my friend : this to confirm my welcome ; 
 And to you all, good health." — Henry Vllly I, 4. 
 
 " Many a guest I'd see to-day, 
 Met to taste my dishes ! 
 Food in plenty is prepared, — 
 Birds, and game, and fishes." — Brother Cook, I, 100. 
 
 Blue Point Oysters on Half Shell. 
 
 " The mouth of passage shall we fling wide ope 
 And jjjive you entrance." — King Jokn^ II, i. 
 
 Londonderry Lithia Water. 
 
 "Come, I will drink with you." — 2 Henry IV, III, 2. 
 Consomme k la Washington. Lobster a la Newburg. 
 
 RADISHES. QUEEN OLIVES. 
 
 Chicken k la Maryland. 
 
 GREEN PEASE. 
 
 " Much more tender on the whole than fierce." — Byron. 
 Fillet of Beef, Larded, Mushroom Sauce. 
 
 FRESH STRING BEANS. SALTED ALMONDS, 
 
 Banana Fritters, Wine Sauce. 
 
 TOMATO MAYONNAISE. SARDINE SALAD. 
 
 "Straight mine eye hath caught new pleasures." 
 
 — MiLTON, V Allegro. 
 
 DESSERT. 
 Ice Cream and Sherbets. Crystallized Ginger. 
 
 "I'm quite ashamed — 'tis mighty rude 
 To eat so much: but all's so good." 
 
 — Pope, Imitations of Horace, 
 
 Neapolitan. Small Fancy Ices. Spun Sugar. 
 
 Assorted Plain, Light and Fancy Cake. 
 
 Frozen Pudding. 
 
 " Chief nourisher in life's feast." — Machethy II, i. 
 
 "My song and feast to end I'm fain; 
 So every one your glasses drain, — 
 Let not a drop remain." 
 
 — Goethe, Vanitas. 
 
 Neufchatel Cheese. Water Thin Crackers. 
 
 COFFEE. 
 
 "Balm of my cares, sweet solace of my toils. 
 Hail, juice benignant! " — Wharton. 
 
 FROM REFRESHMENT TO LABOR AGAIN, 
 
 MUSIC BY CARTER'S ORCHESTRA, 
 
POST-PRANDIAL. 
 
 " Then gladly glow to-night, 
 And let our hearts combine." 
 
 — Goethe. 
 
 Brother JOHN C. RYDER, Toast-Master. 
 
 '* May each honest effort be 
 Crowned with lasting constancy." 
 
 — Goethe. 
 
 The Grand Lodge. 
 
 "The Mason's trade 
 Resembles life, 
 With all its strife; 
 Is like the stir made 
 By man on earth's face." 
 
 — Goethe, Masonic Poems. 
 
 Most Worshipful Grand Master Edwin B. Holmes. 
 
 "Who in our circle lives 
 And is not happy there ? 
 True liberty it gives, 
 And brother's love so fair." 
 
 — Goethe, Song of Fellowship. 
 
 Washington Lodge. 
 
 " Age cannot wither her, nor custom stale 
 Her infinite variety." 
 
 — Antony and Cleopatra., II, 2. 
 
 Worshipful Master Herbert F. Morse. 
 
 " His hand and heart both open and both free 
 For what he has he gives ; what thinks, he shows." 
 
 — Troilus and Cressida, IV, 5. 
 
 " Most generous and free from all contriving." 
 
 — Hatnlet, IV, 7. 
 
 The Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 
 
 ' Bright wiih a glory ihat shall never fade ! 
 
 Mansion of truth ! without a veil or shade." 
 
 — Longfellow. From the Spanish. 
 'The king is dead! long live the king! " 
 
 — From, the French. 
 ' Our hearts lie buried in the dust 
 
 With him so true and tender; 
 
 Yet every murmuring voice is still. 
 
 As bowing to Thy sovereign will 
 
 Our best loved we surrender." 
 
2o8 CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION 
 
 The City of Boston. 
 
 "A station like the herald Mercury 
 
 New-lighted on a heaven-kissing hill." 
 
 — Ham-lei^ III, 4. 
 
 His Honor Mayor JosiAH QuiNCY. 
 
 ** Who serves the public is a sorry beast ; 
 He frets himself; no one thanks him the least." 
 
 — GoBTHE, Proverbs. 
 
 " In thy face I see 
 The map of honor, truth and loyalty." 
 
 — 2 Henry IV, III, i. 
 
 MUSIC, CARTER'S ORCHESTRA. 
 
 " I make good resolutions when I hear 
 The strains of music." — Rienzi. 
 
 Masonic Secrets. 
 
 "Virtue is bold, and goodness never fearful." 
 
 — Measure for Measure, III, *. 
 "Spirits are not finely touch' d 
 But to fine \%%^xt%y — Measure for Measure. I, i. 
 
 Hon. Bro. Wm. M. Olin, Secretary ^of the Commofiwealih. 
 
 "I once did hold it as our statists do, 
 A baseness to write fair, and labor'd much 
 How to forget that learning; but, sir, now 
 It did me yeoman's service." — Hamlet, V, 2. 
 
 To the Departed. 
 
 " Thou goest, I'm left ; 
 But e'en already 
 The last year's winged spokes 
 Whirl round the smoken axle." — Goethh. 
 
 " In the blest kingdoms, meek of joy and love. 
 There entertain him all the Saints above. 
 In solemn troop and sweet societies 
 That sing, and singing in their glory move, 
 And wipe all tears forever from his eyes." 
 
 — Milton, Lycidas. 
 
 The Religion of Masonry. 
 
 ' In silence eterne, 
 Here chaplets are twined, 
 That each noble mind 
 Its guerdon may earn : 
 Then hope ye forever! " 
 
 — Goethe, Masonic Poems. 
 
 ■Rev. Bro. A. A. Berle. 
 
 ' ' There may be many Caesars 
 "Before such another Julius." — Cymbeltne, III, i. 
 
 " On whose experienced words, with wisdom fraught 
 As on the language of an oracle, 
 E'en gods delighted hung." 
 
 — Goethe, ipkigenia in Tauris. 
 
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 The Ladies, our Helpers. 
 
 "Here's metal more attractive." —^aw/i?^, 111,2. 
 
 *' What you do 
 Still betters what is done.*' — Winter's Tale, IV, 3. 
 
 " Ah, who can e'er forget so fair a being ! " — Keats. 
 
 Hon. Bro. George P. Lawrence, President of the Senate. 
 
 *■' When you speak, sweet, 
 I'd have you do it ever." — Winter's Tale, IV, 3. 
 
 " I will not love myself. Do you not love me? 
 Nay, tell me, if you speak in jest, or no." 
 
 I Henry IV, II, z- 
 
 Masonry and the Home. 
 
 ' Oh, be he king or subject, he's most blest 
 Whose happiness is centred in his home," 
 
 — Go^TYis., Iphigenia in Tauris. 
 
 ' It is for homely features to keep home; 
 They had their name thence." — Milton, Convus. 
 
 Right Worshipful and Rev. Bro. Henry W^. Rugg. 
 
 ' Within the bond of marriage, tell me, Brutus, 
 Is it expected that I should know no secrets 
 That appertain to you?" —Julius Casar, II, r. 
 
 The Future of Washington Lodge. 
 
 "Trust no Future, howe'er pleasant! 
 Let the dead Past bury its dead! 
 Act, — act in the living Present — 
 Heart within, and God o'erhead! " 
 
 — Longfellow, A Psalm of Life. 
 
 Worshipful Brother Samuel Litixe. 
 
 "There is a tide in the affairs of men. 
 Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune." 
 
 —Jttlius Ccesar, IV, 3. 
 
 " My words fly up, my thoughts remain below." 
 
 — Hamlet, III, ^. 
 
 "We meet upon the level, 
 And we part upon the square." 
 
2IO CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION. 
 
 ADDRESSES. 
 
 WOR. MASTER HERBERT F. MORSE. 
 
 Most Wor. Grand Master, Ladies and Brethren : — 
 
 In my official capacity as Master of Washington 
 Lodge, I endeavored, in Berkeley Hall, to extend to 
 each a Masonic welcome to these, the closing exercises 
 in our centennial celebration. As I look about this 
 hall so beautifully decorated, and down these long rows 
 of tables, so tastily arranged, and loaded with that 
 which tempts the appetite and refreshes the inner man, 
 and then study the menu which has been so artistically 
 prepared as a souvenir of this occasion, I can but feel 
 that the centennial committee have joined with me in 
 extending this welcome, and that the social part of our 
 celebration will be one of the strongest cords to bind 
 us together, not only as Masons but as friends. That 
 you may enjoy the feast of reason which is to follow, 
 I now present to you Bro. John C. Ryder, Marshal 
 of Washington Lodge, who will act as Toastmaster. 
 
 BRO. JOHN C. RYDER, TOASTMASTER. 
 
 Worshipful Master, Ladies and Brethren : — 
 
 " Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and 
 some have greatness thrust upon them." The only 
 
WILLIAM GASTON 
 Governor, 187 1-1872 
 
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 reason that I hold this position to-night is because I 
 was elected to it by the centennial committee when I 
 was not present, and could not decline the honor. It 
 is a very trite saying to remark that time is long. An 
 hundred years as time goes is a brief period, but when 
 compared with the duration of a man's term of rational 
 activity, it becomes a long span. Washington Lodge is 
 young viewed from time's outlook, but old when 
 measured by man's days of labor. It is rich in what 
 time alone can give — traditions and experience, as 
 well as in what alone gives value to time — righteous 
 men. 
 
 A week ago to night we recounted these traditions 
 and estimated the value of this experience. We cele- 
 brated the past; our faces were turned backwards in 
 retrospect over the century just closed. That was 
 a celebration in the past century. To-night we have 
 turned about, and now we face towards the century 
 that is to come. This, brethren, is a celebration in 
 the present century ; we are at its very threshold ; 
 unless I mistake, the roseate hues of its early dawn are 
 reflected from your faces. We are here to-night plumb 
 full of the exhilaration of youth renewed. (The re- 
 porters will please write that, "well-filled.") We feel 
 good, and we have an earnest desire to do brave deeds. 
 You all know the story of Prometheus. He dared to 
 ascend into the realms of the gods and steal fire there- 
 from for the benefit of the race. For this deed, im- 
 
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 pious in the sight of the gods, but of enduring good to 
 man, he was chained to a rock, and vultures were sent 
 to feed eternally upon his vitals. Every one of our 
 speakers here to-night is a Prometheus, fired with zeal, 
 amounting almost to a frenzy, to soar into the heavens 
 and bring down something that shall be of lasting 
 benefit to Masonry and to man. I might continue my 
 comparison a little further ; when a large body is cast 
 upon the surface of still water, considerable agitation 
 or splashing is occasioned at first, but the waves raised 
 noiselessly enlarge their circles until they reach the 
 limit of their motion. All of our speakers here to- 
 night are loaded — with big ideas, ready to heave them 
 out. They expect that when they first strike they will 
 occasion much agitation, but they hope that the influ- 
 ence imparted by them will extend to the end of time. 
 Without proceeding any further in the way of a general 
 introduction of our speakers, for I may particularize 
 later, I will now propose a toast. 
 
 To the memory of our Most Illustrious Brother for 
 whom this Lodge was named — George Washington. 
 
 Washington Lodge is proud to be within the juris- 
 diction of the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts. We 
 hold within our keeping a sacred trust, the Charter of 
 Washington Lodge, and it is the earnest desire of 
 every member that nothing will ever require this 
 Charter to be returned to the body that issued it. 
 
 We are honored in having present with us this 
 
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 evening the official head of the Grand Lodge of Massa- 
 chusetts. 
 
 It is with pleasure that I now introduce to you 
 Most Worshipful Grand Master Edwin B. Holmes. 
 
 M. WOR. EDWIN B. HOLMES, GRAND MASTER. 
 
 Mr. Toastmaster, Ladies and Brethren : — 
 
 It is with feelings of pleasure that I rise to respond 
 in behalf of the oldest Grand Lodge in America and in 
 her name offer congratulations to Washington Lodge 
 on her looth birthday. 
 
 The introduction of duly authorized Freemasonry in 
 America and the establishment of this Grand Lodge 
 occurred about the same time as the birth of George 
 Washington, whose name you so proudly bear. Bro. 
 George Washington, a lock of whose hair was pre- 
 sented to the Grand Lodge after his death by his 
 widow, Martha Washington, and which is contained in 
 this golden urn I now hold in my hand, stands before 
 the Masonic Fraternity as the greatest exponent of 
 that Masonic virtue — Truth. 
 
 The career of George Washington as a patriot and 
 as a man is undoubtedly better known than that of any 
 other American, but his connection with the Masonic 
 Fraternity is probably not known to many outside of 
 the Masonic Order. The love and respect which our 
 Order has borne to him is manifested by the number of 
 
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 Lodges which bear his name, every State in the Union 
 having a Washington Lodge. 
 
 George Washington was made a Mason in Fred- 
 ericksburg Lodge in 1752. In the Charter of Alexan- 
 dria Washington Lodge he was named as the first 
 Worshipful Master, and he was at one time tendered 
 the position of Grand Master of Masons in Virginia, 
 which office he was obliged to decline on- account of 
 active duties in the field. On August 19, 1780, the 
 Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania addressed a letter to the 
 Grand Lodge of Massachusetts, advising the choosing 
 of a Grand Master General of the United States of 
 America and nominating His Excellency General 
 George Washington for the position. 
 
 As an indication of Washington's faith in Masonry, 
 the statement made by Lafayette is interesting. He 
 says that after coming to this country, he tried to get 
 the confidence of Washington, but did not succeed 
 until he became a Mason, when Washington confided in 
 him fully. Lafayette probably received the degrees in 
 an Army Lodge at Valley Forge in the winter of 1777, 
 and it is claimed he stated Washington acted as 
 Master. Washington also wrote as follows : " Being 
 persuaded that a just application of the principles on 
 which the Masonic Fraternity is founded, must be pro- 
 motive of virtue and public prosperity, I shall always 
 be happy to advance the interests of the Society, and 
 be considered by them a deserving brother." 
 
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 Brother George Washington died on the 14th of 
 December, 1799, and at his own request was buried 
 with Masonic honors by Alexandria Washington 
 Lodge, No. 22, of Virginia. Congress, by resolution, 
 recognized his connection with the Masonic Order by 
 requesting the Fraternity to attend the commemora- 
 tion services as mourners. 
 
 Washington Lodge, born during the early years of 
 the development of Masonry in this country, as well as 
 at the beginning of the growth of the United States, 
 has beheld a glorious and wonderful period in the his- 
 tory of this country and of the whole world. 
 
 The nineteenth century which it hailed in youth 
 will be known through all time to come as the age of 
 science and mechanics. Masonry during this time has 
 not stood still. It has kept pace throughout the world 
 with the developments which have taken place. The 
 number of Masons in the world at the time Washing- 
 ton Lodge was constituted I cannot estimate, but there 
 could not have been a large number. To-day there are 
 probably three or four millions in the world and in the 
 United States alone in 1894 there were 714,000 and at 
 the present time the number has undoubtedly increased 
 to 800,000. When Washington Lodge was chartered 
 there were but 19 Lodges in this State. To-day there 
 are 229. 
 
 But Masonry has advanced in other ways than in 
 numbers. Evolution has been the order of the cent- 
 
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 ury. Old methods and customs have from time to 
 time been set aside to keep pace with the advance of 
 the people. A great many phrases in the Masonic 
 vocabulary have become obsolete, but the ancient land- 
 marks have been religiously adhered to and the pure 
 and simple Masonry of to-day in Massachusetts may 
 justly be regarded as the perfection of time and 
 reason. 
 
 Freemasonry to-day is that universal morality that 
 attaches itself to inhabitants of all climes. It is that 
 helpful Fraternity known in every civilized land. The 
 principle is unchanging ; it is universal, more extended 
 than any sect, party, religion or nation can be. It is 
 found in all lands, men of different colors kneel at its 
 altar, different sects here unite in Fraternity if not 
 in dogmas ; kings and peasants, learned and unlearned, 
 high and low, rich and poor, out of every kindred, 
 nation, tongue and people possess the great blessing of 
 Fraternity and are strong in the happiness of the 
 Masonic spirit. Masonry sees all men as brothers ; it 
 decries error, but it neither hates nor persecutes. Its 
 end is human happiness and human redemption. 
 
 I am pleased to meet here this evening. His Honor 
 Josiah Quincy, the Mayor of the City. It is always a 
 pleasure to meet at our Masonic gatherings the officials 
 of the State or City. I am informed that His Honor 
 the Mayor is not a Mason, but you all know that there 
 are a great many good men who are not Masons. 
 
WASHINGTON LODGE. 217 
 
 However, in our Grand Lodge records we find that 
 Mr. Quincy's ancestors in former years took a great 
 interest in Masonic matters. Edmund Quincy was 
 elected the Grand Secretary of the Grand Lodge, 
 January 8, 1762. Josiah Quincy, who was at one 
 time President of Harvard College, was a Mason. 
 He received his degrees March 28, 1795, one hundred 
 and one years ago, and was made a Mason in St. 
 John's Lodge, the oldest Masonic Lodge on this con- 
 tinent. Samuel Quincy, who was a very noted divine 
 in Boston, was a member of the Masonic Fraternity, 
 and is first mentioned in our Grand Lodge records 
 as being present at a meeting of the Grand Lodge 
 in 1763. 
 
 I want to say to the guest of Washington Lodge, 
 His Honor the Mayor, that Masonry recognizes no 
 politics and is strictly non-partisan, but when a vital 
 question concerning the interests of this country 
 arises, the Masonic Fraternity is always to be found on 
 the side of liberty and equality and ready to defend 
 American institutions and American principles. 
 
 Worshipful Sir, I congratulate Washington Lodge 
 upon the successful termination of this centennial 
 celebration. I congratulate the Lodge upon its long 
 and honorable career. The Grand Lodge is proud of 
 such children and trusts that your next hundred years 
 of existence will be as useful and honorable as the 
 past. 
 
2l8 CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION. 
 
 TOASTMASTER. 
 
 Washington Lodge is noted in a great many ways ; 
 it fulfils many proverbs. It is not like a rolling stone, 
 because it has gathered a great deal of moss (Morse). 
 
 It is with the greatest pleasure and the keenest 
 delight that I introduce to you Worshipful Master 
 Herbert F. Morse, who really needs no introduction to 
 an audience of Masons. 
 
 WOR. HERBERT F. MORSE, MASTER. 
 
 Brother Toastinaster, Most Worshipful Grand Master 
 and Friends: — 
 
 I truly thank you for the reception you have given 
 me this evening, and for the many kind words and 
 Masonic honors, that you have bestowed upon me in 
 the past ; but I assure you I regret that not only the 
 honor, but the responsibility of responding to the toast, 
 Washington Lodge, on this her centennial anniversary, 
 had not been conferred upon one of its Past Masters, 
 so that not only the history of this grand old Lodge, 
 but the personal record of some of its distinguished 
 members, might have been alluded to with such words 
 as I feel they truly deserve ; for as we look over the 
 names of nearly twelve hundred members that have 
 signed our By-Laws, we find many men, who have not 
 
WASHINGTON LODGE. 219 
 
 only occupied positions of trust and responsibility in 
 our Masonic institutions, but have also filled the vari- 
 ous offices in the State and City government, with 
 honor to themselves and credit to the Lodge. 
 
 Washington Lodge may well feel proud of such 
 members as the Hon. Samuel Walker, the Hon. James 
 Ritchie and the Hon. George Lewis as Mayors of 
 Roxbury, the Hon. William Gaston, the Hon. Albert 
 Palmer and the Hon. Edwin U. Curtis, who have filled 
 the office of Mayor of Boston with so much credit, and 
 indeed, few men have won more laurels as Governor of 
 Massachusetts than the Hon. William Gaston. 
 
 But not only in politics, but in professions, and 
 business, have we furnished men who have stood first 
 among their equals, and I feel that I may be excused 
 if on this our centennial anniversary, I allude to these 
 facts which are of so much interest to us as a Lodge, 
 and if it were not for being personal, I could with 
 equal pride allude to the honorable positions held by 
 some of our present members. 
 
 While the past, to us, is so rich in its memories, so 
 is the present rich in its prosperity, and in its enjoy- 
 ments, and should remind us of our responsibilities, 
 that we guard well the entrance to our beloved and 
 honored institution, that none but good men and true 
 come within the veil, so that in the future, as in the 
 past, one may well feel proud to say that he is a mem- 
 ber of Washington Lodge. 
 
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 TOASTMASTER. 
 
 Ladies and Brethren : — 
 
 It was expected that this occasion would be 
 honored by the presence of His Excellency Governor 
 Frederick T. Greenhalge, but death's inexorable decree 
 has prevented. Lieutenant-Governor Wolcott, during 
 the illness of Governor Greenhalge, knowing that the 
 Governor would be unable to meet with us, accepted 
 the Committee's invitation to be present and respond 
 to the toast, "The Commonwealth"; but in conse- 
 quence of the untimely death of Governor Greenhalge, 
 he felt that his duty required him to send a letter of 
 declination. In this letter he suggested that it would 
 be eminently fitting for the next thirty days if this 
 toast be drunk in silence. 
 
 I propose that we drink to the memory of Frederick 
 T. Greenhalge, for when we toast him we toast the 
 Commonwealth, because they both were one. 
 
 To the memory of Frederick T. Greenhalge, a 
 noble citizen and a good Mason. 
 
 " Our hearts lie buried in the dust 
 
 With him so true and tender, 
 The patriot's stay, the people's trust, 
 
 The shield of the offender. 
 Yet every murmuring voice is still, 
 As bowing to Thy sovereign will, 
 
 Our best loved we surrender." 
 
Albert Palmer 
 
 Mayor of Boston, I 883 
 
 Edwin iJ. Curtis 
 
 Mayor of Boston, I 895 
 
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 What more can be said of the City of Boston than 
 that it is the home of Washington Lodge ? I know of 
 nothing further unless it be that its chief executive is 
 the distinguished son of illustrious ancestors. I am 
 honored in being able to present to you one who, I am 
 sure, needs no introduction to a Boston audience, His 
 Honor Mayor Josiah Quincy. 
 
 HON. JOSIAH QUINCY, MAYOR OF BOSTON. 
 
 Mr. Toastmaster, Ladies and Gentle^nen : — 
 
 There are not many organizations in the City of 
 Boston to-day that can boast of a life of one hundred 
 years, or celebrate a centennial anniversary. There- 
 fore when a body with a hundred years of active life 
 behind it meets to celebrate, as your Lodge does to- 
 night, the entrance upon a second century, it may well 
 be regarded as an event of interest to the City. 
 These organizations which have their roots so far back 
 in the past, which take us back into the last century 
 and serve as a connecting link between the past and 
 the present, have, I feel, a large value to the citizens of 
 our City, absorbed as most of them become in the 
 demands of our modern life and civilization, in the 
 duties and activities of the day. It is good that our 
 minds are drawn back occasionally by such anniversa- 
 ries as this to the past history of our City, of our State, 
 and of our Country. I feel, Mr. Toastmaster, a 
 
222 CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION. 
 
 peculiar interest in coming, representing the City of 
 Boston, to this anniversary of Washington Lodge, for 
 I have always felt that one of the greatest sources of 
 pride to every citizen of Boston should be the associa- 
 tion of our City with the career of the illustrious 
 general and statesman whose name your Lodge bears. 
 If there is anything in the history of our City which 
 will always remain emblazoned in letters of light, it is 
 the fact that General Washington here took command 
 of the Continental armies, and that his first military 
 service to the united colonies, struggling to be a 
 nation, was rendered within the present boundaries of 
 the City of Boston, in forcing its evacuation by the 
 British forces. You may well pride yourselves to- 
 night, standing at the threshold of the second century 
 of your existence, that you can claim as your Masonic 
 brother, as well as the Father of your Country, the 
 illustrious first President of the United States. 
 
 These organizations, Mr. Toastmaster, which bind 
 the present to the past, have in our modern life, as I 
 have said, a peculiar usefulness. I have no doubt that 
 it has brought to you many thoughts of interest and of 
 inspiration to go back, as you have recently done, over 
 the one hundred years of the history of your Lodge, 
 and to revive the memory of the good and great men 
 who have been associated with its life and its activities. 
 While I cannot myself claim the honor of being a mem- 
 ber of the Masonic Body, I gladly recognize the great 
 
WASHINGTON LODGE. 223 
 
 value to the community at large of your cultivation of 
 the spirit of Fraternity and Brotherhood. Boston 
 may, I think, justly claim some prominence among the 
 great cities of the country as a city of organizations — 
 a city which enjoys the advantages of having the 
 various activities of its citizens well organized together, 
 in many cases in organizations which have come down 
 from the past, and have a useful and glorious history 
 behind them. The idea of organization is a growing 
 one in modern life, and the advantages of union and of 
 fraternal intercourse in organizations and societies, 
 such as yours, is one that is constantly being more 
 strongly and universally recognized ; and, therefore, I 
 am very glad to come here to-night, representing the 
 City of Boston, and to recognize the part of your 
 organization, of your Lodge, in the social life and 
 activity of this great municipality; to recognize your 
 connection with its past history, and to wish for you, 
 standing upon the threshold of the second century of 
 your existence, many centuries of as great usefulness 
 for your Lodge as it has had during the century of its 
 life that has just drawn to a close. I trust, and be- 
 lieve, that however long the centuries of its life may 
 be, the name and the fame will not be forgotten of 
 your Masonic brother, of him whose name your Lodge 
 bears, of him who, however long the life of this nation 
 may endure, must always remain its first and greatest 
 citizen — George Washington. 
 
224 CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION. 
 
 TOASTMASTER. 
 
 In assigning the subjects to the speakers for this 
 evening's entertainment, special attention was given 
 to adapting the toasts to the peculiar fitness of the 
 brethren who are to respond to them. For a number 
 of years the State Department of Massachusetts has 
 been trying to discover a secret of momentous impor- 
 tance. No progress in this direction was made till the 
 Honorable Brother who is about to address us entered 
 upon the work. With all the vigor of his gigantic 
 intellect, with his logical acumen, and the assistance of 
 the keen-scented agents of his department who fol- 
 lowed every clue, some of which led them even to the 
 Archives of Venezuela, our Honorable Brother finally 
 discovered the troublesome secret, finally got an 
 answer to the enigma, " What is a perfect Indian 1 " 
 From his well-known ability in discovering hidden 
 things, and in revealing secrets the subject "Masonic 
 Secrets " has been assigned to him. 
 
 I wish that I dared to tell a little story which I read 
 a short time since. Two small boys were engaged in 
 boasting of the accomplishments of their respective 
 mothers. Said the first, " My mamma has a double 
 chin." The other, not to be outdone, replied, " My 
 papa says that my mamma is all chin." After this 
 introduction if any one doubts the ability of Brother 
 Olin to tell us all the " Masonic Secrets " that we 
 
WASHINGTON LODGE. 22$ 
 
 know and a great many others, we must leave to him 
 the task of demonstrating it. Brethren and Ladies, — 
 Honorable Brother William M. Olin. 
 
 HON. WILLIAM M. OLIN. 
 
 Worshipful Master, Mr. Toastmaster, 
 
 Ladies and Brethren : — 
 
 The anecdote which the Toastmaster has told you, 
 and the manner in which he has told it, and the pre- 
 dicament in which it places me, leads me to tell a 
 similar anecdote about a little girl who was kneeling at 
 her bedside and saying her evening prayers, when her 
 younger brother happened to come in and trod on her 
 toes, upon which she hurriedly said : — "Please excuse 
 me a minute, Jesus, while I get up and give my little 
 brother a slap for treading on my toes." I feel a good 
 deal like that now. If you would only excuse me while 
 I give Brother Ryder a few digs, it would greatly 
 relieve my mind. But I shall not do so because when 
 he first suggested the idea of my talking about 
 Masonic secrets, it seemed to me that there was noth- 
 ing in the subject which I, as a very new Mason 
 indeed, had any right to discuss in public ; but after a 
 few suggestions from him, I found that there was a 
 great deal more of the subject than I could conven- 
 iently handle. It reminded me of something I saw in 
 the paper the other day about a certain very delicate 
 
226 CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION 
 
 and slender opera singer who was unexpectedly called 
 upon to sing a part with a leading lady who weighed 
 about three hundred pounds. In one of the scenes it 
 became necessary for her to faint, and he was obliged 
 to take her off the stage. At the critical moment he 
 halted, and looked, and hesitated, when a voice from 
 the gallery piped, "Jes tak' what you can, and come 
 back for the rest." Now the trouble with this subject 
 is, that it is impossible at this late hour and in this 
 exceedingly high temperature to exhaust it by any 
 means. I want to say only a word or two about it. 
 The trouble is to find out what is the right word to 
 say, and leave the rest unsaid. You may have seen 
 something in the papers about a quarrel between a 
 man (who, of course, was not a Mason, for Masons 
 never quarrel) and his wife. The lady, piqued at some 
 lack of attention on the part of her husband, reminded 
 him that there was a time when he was not so indiffer- 
 ent. "Don't you remember," she said, "when you 
 knelt at my feet and begged me to say the one little 
 word that would make you happy for life.'" "Yes," 
 said he, " I remember it very well, and you went and 
 said the wrong word." 
 
 I confess that I have, tried to think up what I 
 should say about this subject. Something has been 
 said about my being "loaded," but that isn't true. I 
 didn't come here "loaded" and I haven't had a chance 
 to get " loaded " since I came. I tried to think up 
 
WASHINGTON LODGE. 22/ 
 
 something to say, and thought I had succeeded, but 
 sometimes when you have thought of something and 
 rely upon your memory after you get on your feet to 
 recall what you thought about, you are very apt to find 
 yourself, as I am now, somewhat in the condition of 
 the little girl's absent-minded grandfather, of whom she 
 said, " Grandpa goes around thinking about nothing, 
 and when he remembers it he then forgets that what 
 he thought of was something entirely different from 
 what he wanted to remember." And I will leave it to 
 my friend Mr. Berle if that isn't often the case with 
 gentlemen who try to prepare themselves and trust to 
 their memory. 
 
 Now there are certain Masonic secrets of which I 
 am going to tell you, and I shall be perfectly frank 
 about it. The first Masonic secret is, how any dther 
 Lodge of Masons could have the temerity to hold a 
 centennial anniversary under the same roof where only 
 last June my own Lodge, Columbian, held its cen- 
 tennial ; and I want to refer that to the Grand Lodge 
 and to the Most Worshipful Grand Master for investi- 
 gation. I must admit, however, that your temerity has 
 been fully justified by the event, on the present occa- 
 sion. There is another Masonic secret which I wish 
 might be considered maturely by the Grand Lodge, 
 and that is, why the Master of Columbian Lodge does 
 not give his officers a feed oftener than once a year. I 
 hoped to see the Worshipful Master of Columbian 
 
228 CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION. 
 
 Lodge here to-night, and to put the question to him in 
 this public manner. Then there is another Masonic 
 secret that lies very heavily upon my mind, and I speak 
 of it more freely because I am, unfortunately, without 
 a wife, and that is, how it happens so often that when 
 the Lodge is closed about nine o'clock so many of the 
 brethren don't report at home before twelve or one 
 o'clock in the morning. 
 
 I don't know that there are any other Lodge room 
 secrets that I can think of just now. We hear a great 
 many of them in confidence, and I think the Lodge 
 room is one of the best places in the world, unless 
 we except a sea voyage, to find out what is in a 
 man. 
 
 Now I don't want any mistake made about the 
 objects of this statement of mine as to Masonic secrets. 
 I don't want you to think that there is not somewhere 
 in these anecdotes some grand and beautiful lesson, 
 though I have not been able to detect it myself. I 
 could not help thinking of this when I heard the 
 remarks of the Toastmaster in regard to Prometheus. 
 They recalled a story about a man who took his son to 
 a picture gallery, and showed him a painting of 
 Prometheus Bound. '.' Look, my son," said he, " you 
 see there Prometheus chained to the rock, unable to 
 defend himself, and the eagle comes each day and 
 devours his liver, which at night is restored, but only 
 to furnish a new feast to the eagle on the following 
 
WASHINGTON LODGE. 229 
 
 day. Now what do you think of that, my son, what 
 great lesson do you see in the story?" "Well," said 
 the boy, deliberately, "I think that eagle must have 
 got awfully sick of liver." 
 
 But, ladies and brethren, there are other secrets of 
 which I wish to say a word. You may call them 
 Masonic or what you will. They are shared by all 
 humanity, but they may well be termed Masonic, be- 
 cause, as it seems to me, they are known and practised 
 by Masons more than by any other class of men. 
 They are the great secrets which teach us the true 
 philosophy of life — ■ how best to live and how best 
 to die ; that teach us the brotherhood of man and 
 the fatherhood of God, and inspire us with faith in 
 our fellow -men and with implicit trust in the all- 
 embracing love and care of our Divine Father. They 
 are open to men and women alike, for surely those 
 secrets, with all their treasures of peace and joy, 
 must have been obtained by the woman who wrote 
 these lines : 
 
 I need not care 
 
 If days to come be dark or fair, 
 
 If the sweet summer brings delight 
 Or bitter winter chills the air. 
 
 No thought of mine 
 
 Can penetrate the deep design 
 
 That forms afar, through buds and bloom, 
 The purple clusters of the vine. 
 
230 CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION. 
 
 I do not know 
 
 The subtle secret of the snow, 
 That hides away the violets 
 Till April teaches them to blow. 
 
 Enough for me 
 
 Their tender loveliness to see, 
 
 Assured that little things and large 
 Fulfil God's purpose equally. 
 
 How tills is planned. 
 
 Or that, I may not understand ; 
 
 I am content, my God, to know 
 That all my times are in Thy hand. 
 
 Whatever share 
 
 Of loss, or loneliness, or care 
 
 Falls to my lot, it cannot be 
 More than Thy will for me to bear. 
 
 And none the less 
 
 Whatever sweet thing comes to bless 
 
 And gladden me. Thou art its source - 
 The sender of my happiness. 
 
 Add this to me, 
 
 With other gracious gifts so free, — 
 
 That I may never turn my face 
 In any evil hour from Thee ; 
 
 Nor on the sand 
 
 Of shifting faith and feeling stand ; 
 
 But wake and sleep with equal trust 
 Knowing my times are in Thy hand. 
 
WASHINGTON LODGE. 23 1 
 
 TOASTMASTER. 
 
 The case of public speakers at a banquet is unlike 
 that of Prometheus in this respect, that the punish- 
 ment comes iirst, the deed of self-sacrifice afterwards. 
 It is a case of ante hoc rather than propter hoc. Our 
 distinguished brother who is to speak next will explain 
 these Latin phrases to you. There is no need of any 
 discussion of the religion of Masonry, for Masonry is 
 religion. It is not always fitting on an occasion like 
 this to have present only what may be called, 
 " young " ; it is well to have something that is con- 
 nected with the past, and we have with us to-night 
 something that reaches back much farther than Wash- 
 ington Lodge. I might say that we have something 
 here that is very " ancient," for we have the Chaplain 
 of the Ancients ; and when you see his burly (Berle) 
 form arise there is no question that you will be 
 impressed with this conviction, that we have selected . 
 the right man to tell the uninformed what the " Relig- 
 ion of Masonry " is, and how ancient. I present to 
 you Rev. Brother A. A. Berle. 
 
 REV. A. A. BERLE. 
 
 Worshipful Master, Mr. Toastmaster, 
 
 Ladies and Brethren : — 
 
 I must congratulate you, sir, and this distinguished 
 assembly over which you preside, on the remarkable 
 
232 CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION. 
 
 felicity, common everywhere in the Roxbury district, I 
 am told, but particularly in Washington Lodge, as I 
 am credibly informed, with which you always indulge 
 in the classical, and particularly mythological allusions. 
 In that very interesting introductory address, you took 
 occasion to refer to your distinguished guests, to call 
 each and every one, a kind of Prometheus, and in that 
 very interesting allusion you represented Prometheus 
 as "stealing." I hold it to be entirely proper that 
 there should be a discourse upon the religion of 
 Masonry, if every guest which you introduce at a 
 Centennial Anniversary of the Washington Lodge is to 
 be likened to a mythological character whom you recall 
 chiefly for the vice of stealing. In addition thereto, 
 you represented him as " stealing fire." I venture to 
 say that a large portion of the brethren of Washington 
 Lodge are absolutely familiar with the fact, that if 
 Prometheus or anybody else undertook to " steal fire," 
 with present conditions still prevailing, he would not 
 go to " heaven " for it but somewhere else. In addi- 
 tion thereto, in venturing on youi- allusion to Prome- 
 theus, and carrying out the simile, you placed us also 
 in the position of Prometheus having his own vitals 
 gnawed out by a vulture, when in a proper use of that 
 figure you would have had, not Prometheus chained 
 with a vulture at his vitals, but Prometheus unchained 
 and we gnawing at your victuals. But, of course, it 
 can hardly be expected that one who belongs so abso- 
 
WASHINGTON LODGE. 233 
 
 lutely and utterly to the past as I must from your 
 description, can at all assimilate or justify the classical 
 allusion which, as before said, I am informed is every- 
 where common in the Roxbury district, and which is 
 peculiarly the habit of the distinguished members of 
 the Washington Lodge. It is an appropriate theme, 
 sir, which you have given to me, and it is a pleasure 
 for me to allude to the religion of Masonry, for I 
 venture to say that it is still unhappily true that the 
 largest part of the civilized world is not impressed so 
 much with the fundamental facts of religion as it is 
 with the impressive and sonorous decrees of a theol- 
 ogy. Masonry has no theology, we are grateful to say. 
 It has a religion ; and separated from the peculiar dis- 
 tinctive castes which mark the religious development, 
 the particular form of religious thinking which in the 
 various organizations is called theology. Masonry, so 
 far as it is or may be called a religion, bases itself upon 
 those fundamental common virtues which are the bases 
 of all theology, and which, after all, are the warp and 
 woof of every real and effective theology. 
 
 Upon the seal of the Grand Lodge of Massachu- 
 setts you will see two words which every man, of our 
 generation, may well emblazon upon his heart, and 
 take as the motto of his intellectual development and 
 life. Those words are, " Follow Reason." An exalta- 
 tion of human intelligence ; the recognition of the 
 fact that in the new era here into which men are 
 
234 CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION. 
 
 coming, we are to be moved less by circumstances, less 
 by decrees which have been handed down to us from 
 antiquity, less even by our ancestors, less even by 
 glorious deeds or mighty predecessors, and more by 
 the clear intelligent outlook of modern advantage in a 
 freed intelligence taking proper cognizance of facts as 
 they are, adjusting itself to the duties of the hour, and 
 living not in the glory of some past age but in some 
 mighty duty of the present ; living faithfully and hope- 
 fully and earnestly in the mastering of the present 
 duty, honoring man not that has been, but man that is ; 
 and not the God of Abraham and Isaac and qf Jacob, 
 but the God of the home, and the man and the child of 
 to-day. 
 
 It is upon that fundamental foundation I take it 
 that Masonry's religious temple rests, and when the 
 Grand Lodge in that early day ventured to place upon 
 its seal that Masons under the jurisdiction of the 
 Grand Lodge of Massachusetts were to "follow rea- 
 son," it meant that they were to be men of broad in- 
 telligence, men capable of just self-examination, men 
 ready to be moved by every truth which was applicable 
 to their own lives and to their own times, and ready, 
 unhesitatingly, without fear, without cowardice, in the 
 love of God and the love of their fellow-men bravely to 
 follow whithersoever they might be led by the dictates 
 of human reason at its best. Following human reason 
 we recognize that no atheist can be a Mason. And 
 
WASHINGTON LODGE. 235 
 
 every time we glance at that marvellous, simple form of 
 faith it gives us a new faith as well in Masonry. It is 
 that marvellous science out of which we erect forms of 
 symmetry and power, both of which remind us of the 
 fact that every man is primarily, however it be felt, or 
 however it be recognized, the symbol of reason, be- 
 cause impressed upon him is the image of Almighty 
 God from whose hand he came. No atheist can be a 
 Freemason, no man true to his Masonic covenant can 
 ever take the name of God in vain; he can never 
 forget that he is a child of God; he can never 
 lose sight of the fact that he is bound in reason and 
 bound by covenant to be loyal to that great light in 
 Masonry, the Book of God, which he takes reverently 
 into his hand, and in the light of which he must rely, 
 not only upon the just use of human reason, but that 
 Light of every man that cometh into the world. 
 Again following reason, in accordance with that 
 ancient instruction of the Grand Lodge of Massachu- 
 setts, we remember that human relations are to be 
 adjusted here with a due regard to the rights of each 
 individual who is comprised in the social body. We 
 recognize as only one other organization can possibly 
 recognize to-day, that no man lives to himself, and that 
 no man dies to himself ; that after all, that which gives 
 us the largest usefulness, best happiness, kindliest feel- 
 ings, most congenial associations, and the most loving, 
 helpful memories, is that which binds us as common 
 
236 CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION. 
 
 brothers in the sympathies, and the common sufferings 
 of the human race everywhere ; and we learn what 
 human brotherhood means, because we learn to know 
 the mystery of that pathos which makes the pain of 
 one the pain of all ; that we are brethren in fellowship 
 in which we bear one another's burdens, and learn in 
 meekness and sincerity to act justly and to regard the 
 rights of all. And so, following reason, we remember, 
 Mr. Toastmaster, that we are not the subjects of 
 merely present motives, that we live not our life 
 merely in the light of things that are seen ; we remem- 
 ber that things that are seen are temporal, we know 
 that things that are not seen are eternal, and just as 
 we reverentially this evening turn our thoughts back- 
 ward and remember that impressive figure towering 
 over the American Commonwealth, so majestic in his 
 power, so loveable in his character and attainments, so 
 pure in his integrity, so lofty in his patriotism, and yet 
 so just in every natural relation of his life — looking 
 backward to him we find after all, that the best testi- 
 mony of a man is not that he shall be the possessor of 
 great riches, that he shall be the achiever of great 
 deeds, but that he shall leave behind him an immortal 
 name, which shall make his successors glad to recall 
 their fellowship with him, and leave to encourage a 
 generation to come an inspiration to noble and 
 courageous deeds by the faithfulness with which those 
 who have preceded us have discharged their own 
 duties. 
 
WASHINGTON LODGE. 237 
 
 Not long since, sir, it was my privilege to stand by 
 that shrine of every loving, loyal, patriotic American, 
 the place by Mount Vernon's hill, where lie the 
 remains of our beloved Washington. From that place 
 you can look up the river, and you can see there 
 glistening in the sunlight of the southern sun, that 
 wonderful monument, and you can contrast the beauty 
 and splendor of the monument with the beauty and 
 splendor of that immortal life; more majestic than his 
 monument, loftier than even that splendid shaft are 
 the character and labor of that pure man, who in the 
 light of reason, in obedience to the pledges of a 
 religious Masonry, in obedience to the Holy Book of 
 God, in recognition of the common rights of his fellow- 
 patriots in the early days of the Republic, in recogni- 
 tion that a great name is to be achieved not by 
 riches, but by securing for his fellow-patriots for all 
 generations to come the privilege of liberty and free- 
 dom and the right of pursuing their calling without let 
 or hindrance from any power, gave himself to the 
 struggle for the rights of man. And so, my friends, I 
 bring you in these brief words what I conceive to be 
 the fundamental religious temper of our Masonic 
 calling. We endeavor to be true to ourselves as men ; 
 we endeavor to be true to each other as brethren in a 
 common tie ; we endeavor to preserve the chastity of 
 women, the integrity of the home, and fidelity to every 
 obligation ; loyalty to our country, and earnestness in 
 
238 CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION. 
 
 every human virtue. We remember always that there 
 is a " power greater than prime ministers," and in fear 
 and love and obedience of God, our Father, to illus- 
 trate the blessings and the kindliness of mankind ful- 
 filled in a love of eternal companionship and obedience, 
 the glory of God, and the larger glory and happiness 
 of our daily life. 
 
 TOASTMASTER. 
 
 I am sorry to announce that Honorable Brother 
 George P. Lawrence, President of the Senate, to whom 
 was assigned the toast, "The Ladies, Our Helpers," is 
 not present. I received a letter from him a few days 
 since, saying that he was obliged to go to the western 
 part of the State but would return on Monday, and 
 that he hoped to be able to meet with us to-night. 
 Therefore, if the ladies will take the will for the deed, 
 and believe at this time, heartily believe, as we all 
 acknowledge, that we owe everything to them, we will 
 omit any response to this toast, and pass directly to the 
 next one. Right Worshipful and Reverend Brother 
 Henry W. Rugg, of Providence, Rhode Island, was to 
 respond to the toast, " Masonry and the Home," but 
 having attended three services on Sunday, he finds 
 himself unable to be present. Rev. Brother A. S. 
 Gumbart has consented to respond to the toast, 
 " Masonry and the Home," and him I now take pleas- 
 ure in introducing to you. 
 
WASHINGTON LODGE. 239 
 
 ADOLPH S. GUMBART, D.D. 
 
 Worshipful Master, and Brother Toastmaster, Ladies 
 and Brethren : — 
 
 It seems to me that the most common-sense, the 
 most Masonic, the most religious, and the most human 
 way in which I could respond to this toast, " Masonry 
 and the Home," would be to permit you to go to your 
 homes at this time, and to prove by my charity that we 
 do have a high regard for the home. However, I do 
 not wish in anywise to give offence to the Toast- 
 master. He is three or four heads taller than I and 
 it would hardly be good for my health if I attempted 
 to shirk the responsibility that devolves upon me as 
 a man and a Mason, as a father and a husband, this 
 evening. 
 
 I am to speak about " Masonry and the Home." I 
 want to say to you very frankly that the home consti- 
 tutes a powerful, a religious and an ethical test of 
 Masonry ; for if there is anything which does violence 
 to the prosperity, the purity, the happiness or the 
 peace of the home, we need go no further in our exam- 
 ination, or in striving to answer the question, whether 
 it be good or whether it be bad. I may say, on the 
 other hand, that if it can be proven in the slightest 
 that Masonry does, through its teachings or influence, 
 advance the prosperity, the happiness, and the purity 
 of the home, then we have an argument which cannot 
 
240 CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION. 
 
 be rejected even by our most vigorous, fanatical and 
 anti-Masonic friends or enemies. 
 
 When I say that Masonry inculcates certain lessons 
 which are conducive to that which is desirable in the 
 home, that, is by no means equivalent to saying that 
 every Mason is true to those principles. 
 
 There is no Masonic or religious way by which you 
 can force truth into a man's system in such a way that 
 the man himself becomes better on account of it, and I 
 will not for a single moment stand before these ladies, 
 who know more about what Masonry does for the 
 home than I can tell you, and argue that every Mason 
 is true to the principles of Masonic teaching. I am 
 afraid there are a great many Masons in their Masonry 
 like unto a certain negro in his religion. He was one 
 of these periodicals who come into the prayer meetings 
 during a revival season and are fearfully and wonder- 
 fully revived, and then drop out and return again to 
 their evil ways. After a long period of absence this 
 certain man came back with a very long and tearful 
 face, and in the meeting said: "Brethren, I've been 
 walking in very crooked ways, and I've busted the ten 
 commandments in ten thousand pieces, but praise de 
 Lord, I've kept my religion." There is one thing that 
 lays at the very foundation of our altar, and you will be 
 surprised when you stop to think the matter over, that 
 my remarks and the remarks of my esteemed Brother 
 Berle seem to run along in parallel lines, almost in the 
 
WASHINGTON LODGE. 241 
 
 same rut, but it only proves that our testimony is true, 
 for we have not seen each other in order to get our 
 heads and hearts together as to what we should say 
 this evening. Masonry teaches, at the very founda- 
 tion, faith in the Supreme Being ; but as my brother 
 has already said, in order to help men to a conception 
 of this profound truth, Masonry does not make use of 
 any system of theology, but leaves it for the individual 
 man himself to say how he is to approach the Father. 
 And for this reason it is possible for Masonry to be as 
 universal as it is, and to be embraced by men of vari- 
 ous creeds and different forms of worship. The Bible 
 is the Book which Masonry exalts above every other 
 book, and if you should receive any such circulars as I 
 have received during the last week, declaring that on 
 the altar of Masonry the Bible and Confucius are 
 placed on a level, you can denounce that as an 
 infamous, vulgar, and grievous slander, for Masonry 
 never puts by the side or on the top of the Bible any 
 other book. So you see, it must needs be that if 
 Masonry inculcates this principle, and that if Masons 
 should live according to this Masonic teaching, this 
 very thing would constitute an anchor of safety, not 
 only for the individual Mason himself, but for every 
 individual of the family, and for the family collectively. 
 Wherever this principle finds a lodging place, there 
 various forms of beauty shall crystalize. Just as the 
 elements of the earth will through invisible influences 
 
242 CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION. 
 
 grow up into various forms of beauty, usefulness, and 
 fragrance, so if man makes room in his heart for this 
 fundamental principle of Masonry, faith in God, and 
 will submit his life to this principle, will be obedient to 
 it, there will be, as a consequence, the development of 
 those various forms of ethical and religious beauty 
 which shall ennoble, enrich, and beautify the home. 
 There will be, wherever this truth is taken into the 
 life, the opening of many fountains of usefulness. 
 
 When I was a lad I was taught etching on copper, 
 and there was a singular thing which sometimes 
 happened in our experiments. When the plate had 
 been covered, and the picture had been scratched 
 through the coating, and the mixture of acids had been 
 poured upon the plate, there would frequently be no 
 action whatever. We might as well have used just so 
 much water. At such times it was the business of the 
 apprentice to take a little piece of zinc and just touch 
 the acid with it, and then the acid would begin to boil 
 and the work of etching would go on. Thus a man 
 may have much moral truth, he may be governed by a 
 high order of philosophy, but there will not be that 
 action which will fit him for the highest good, and 
 bring into his life the things most desirable, until he 
 shall take into his heart this great principle by which 
 all men should be governed — faith in God. I had a 
 mind to say that Masonry inculcates the lesson of 
 industry, because it teaches that man is not only to use 
 
WASHINGTON LODGE. 243 
 
 his time, and to invest his strength, but he is to use 
 his time and to invest his strength in the very best 
 possible way. He is to make himself stronger by 
 using the strength he has ; and he is to invest that 
 strength, not only for himself, but in carrying the bur- 
 dens and in solving the problems that come to other 
 lives than his own. I had also a mind to say that 
 Masonry inculcates the lesson of personal purity, that 
 is to say, not only that a man shall keep himself as 
 pure as he finds himself when he kneels at the altar of 
 Masonry, but by the wondrous grace of God, he is to 
 improve the purity that he finds in his own life. A 
 diamond is a diamond whether you find it in the earth 
 or pick it out of the sand, but it must be polished until 
 it will flash forth its radiant beauty. 
 
 But I must conclude by showing, in a sentence^ 
 that the teachings of Masonry along the line of the 
 family life, are first, wisdom ; second, strength ; and 
 third, beauty. Wisdom first, for it devises those 
 things by which the prosperity, the happiness, and the 
 welfare of the family shall be advanced ; and secondly, 
 strength, to carry into practice those virtues and 
 beauties which should adorn our words and deeds. 
 Masonry cannot possibly be to blame for the idiosyn- 
 crasies of a man who will not live up to the truth 
 which Masonry endeavors to teach him, any more than 
 the Church of Jesus Christ can be blamed for the 
 hypocrites and the inconsistent ones who slander the 
 
244 CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION. 
 
 name of the Master, and do violence to the principles 
 for which the church stands. Of course it may be 
 true, that a man may be a Mason and not be loyal to 
 his home ; but that man does violence to the principles 
 of Masonry, that man is not true to the lessons which 
 Masonry inculcates. I understand very well that there 
 are those who would have you believe that Masonry is 
 a blight upon the home, and a curse to the family. I 
 have been a Mason many years, and I do not think 
 that Masonry has ever had any other influence upon 
 me than to cause me to love my wife and children all 
 the more, and to provide for their welfare with greater 
 solicitude. I do not know that it would be out of 
 order for me to give expression to a bit of sentiment 
 here. As I have looked into the faces of the brethren 
 in the Lodge, my heart has gone out to you and your 
 families, unknown to me individually, it may be, but 
 moved by a love of brotherhood, I have shared in your 
 joys and woes, and when I have heard that sickness or 
 death have come into your family I have been truly 
 grieved ; and I want to say now that whether you be- 
 long to a Christian church or not. Masonic men, and 
 wives and children of Masonic men, you will always 
 find the Chaplain of Washington Lodge willing to 
 go into your homes, and to offer that consolation, 
 and to express that sympathy, and to render such 
 help, instruction, and counsel as the situation may 
 demand. 
 
WASHINGTON LODGE. 245 
 
 God bless Washington Lodge, its members, its 
 
 households, its fair daughters, its noble sons, its loyal 
 wives, God bless you all ! 
 
 TOASTMASTER. 
 
 This closes the exercises of the evening in this hall. 
 Worshipful Brother Samuel Little, who was to respond 
 to the last toast, " The future of Washington Lodge," 
 has been unavoidably detained elsewhere. His busi- 
 ness must have been of such a nature as to prevent his 
 attendance, because we know that his heart is in the 
 work of the Lodge, and it is his desire that its future 
 shall be of greater benefit to the City of Boston and to 
 all mankind than its past has been, if possible. 
 
RECEPTION COMMITTEE. 
 
 Wor. Bro. Samuel Little. 
 Wor. Bro. John F. Newton. 
 Wor. Bro. George Richards. 
 Wor. Bro. Robert G. Molineux. 
 Wor. Bro. Solomon A. Bolster. 
 Wor. Bro. Benjamin F. Ayers. 
 Wor. Bro. John Carr. 
 
 Wor. Bro. Lorenzo B. Button. 
 Wor. Bro. Daniel W. Jones. 
 Wor. Bro. John K. Berry. 
 Wor. Bro. Walter S. Frost. 
 Wor. Bro. William Donaldson. 
 Wor. Bro. Albert E. Carr. 
 Wor. Bro. Herbert F. Morse. 
 
 Bro. John H. Collamore. 
 
 USHERS. 
 
 Bro. John C. Ryder, Marshal. 
 
 Bro. Silas W. Brackett. 
 Bro. George A. Brackett. 
 Bro. Edwin E. Chesley. 
 Bro. John W. Call. 
 Bro. Martin L. Gate. 
 Bro. Edwin 8. Davis. 
 Bro. Arthur H. Frost. 
 Bro. Willis H. Graves. 
 
 Bro. Varnum Waugh. 
 Bro. Frank S. Waterman. 
 Bro. Joseph E. Waitt. 
 Bro. Irving B. Vose. 
 Bro. WiUiam S. Rumrill. 
 Bro. John Perrins, Jr. 
 Bro. Frank H. Glover. 
 Bro. Lewis K. Morse. 
 
BERKELEY HALL. 
 Dancing from io to 12 o'clock. 
 
 FLOOR DIRECTOR. 
 
 Bro. Silas W. Brackett. 
 
 AIDS. 
 
 
 Bro. George 
 
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 Morrill. 
 
 
 Bro. William J. Holloway. Bro. 
 
 Alfred Newmarch. 
 
 
 Bro. Jacob Helt. 
 
 Bro. 
 
 William S. 
 
 Penny. 
 
 
 Bro. Henry F. Knight. 
 
 Bro. 
 
 John Perrins, Jr. 
 
 
 Bro. Winfred L. Keay. 
 
 Bro. 
 
 William S. 
 
 Rumrill. 
 
 
 Bro. 
 
 Varnum Waugh. 
 
 
 
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