292 History of Hingham. 



Jan. 7, 1820, Bro. Jared Lincoln, of Boston, was made a Proxy 

 to the Grand Lodge, and continued for several years. Jan. 

 12, 1821, Wor. Bro. Jotham Lincoln installed Bro. Caleb Bates- 

 W. Master, — Rev. Bro. Joseph Richardson acting as chaplain. 

 Bro. Jerom Loring delivered an appropriate address, there be- 

 ing a large number of visiting brethren present. Feb. 10, 1821, 

 Bros. Jerom Loring, Jotham Lincoln, and Jedediah Lincoln were 

 chosen a committee to arrange for a Masonic Library in the 

 Lodge. Dec. 27, 1822, Bro. David Harding was chosen See'//, and 

 continued to hold the office until the charter was returned, Dec. 

 31, 1832. Nov. 12, 1824, Rev. Bro. Joseph Richardson, as D. D. G. 

 Master, made an official visit to the Lodge and delivered an ad- 

 dress. Dec. 30, 1824, the Lodge, with visiting brethren, proceeded 

 to the Old Meeting-house at half-past five o'clock for the public 

 installation of the officers. After singing by the choir and prayer 

 by Rev. Bro. Joseph Richardson, Wor. P. M. Marshall Lincoln in- 

 stalled Bro. Fearing Loring W. Master, and he installed the sub- 

 ordinate officers ; after which a sermon adapted to the occasion 

 was delivered by Rev. Bro. Calvin Wolcott of Hanover. May 27, 

 1825, by invitation of the Grand Lodge it was voted to attend the 

 laying of the corner stone of the contemplated monument on 

 Bunker Hill. Bros. Jotham Lincoln, David Harding, and Samuel 

 Hobart, with the stewards, were chosen a committee to make all 

 necessarv arrangements. 



Dec. 27, 1811, "Voted, That the Lodge be holden for the year 

 ensuing at Bro. Jotham Lincoln's hall, the price being ten dollars 

 for the year." The Lodge continued to occupy this hall, after- 

 wards owned by Bro. Royal Whiton, until it surrendered the 

 charter Dec. 31, 1832, and also after the return of the charter 

 until April 11, 1855. After that date meetings were held in 

 Chilton Hall over C. & L. Hunt's store until January 13, 1860, 

 when the rooms in Lincoln's Building were consecrated and dedi- 

 cated to Masonic purposes, which have been in constant use by 

 the Lodge until the present time (1892). 



Oct. 21, 1851, nearly twenty years after the return of the 

 charter to the Grand Lodge, a meeting of some of the members 

 of the fraternitv was convened at the Union House to take into 

 consideration the reopening of the Lodge. There were present 

 Bros. Marshall Lincoln, Royal Whiton, Alvah Raymond, John 

 P. Lovell, Lovell Bicknell, Bela Whiton, and P. Adams Ames. 

 Dec. 17, 1851, the committee, Bros. Marshall Lincoln, P. Adams 

 Ames, Royal Whiton, and John Basset, Jr., reported that they 

 had secured the return of the original charter and other pa- 

 pers to the Lodge, and the following named brothers were elected 

 to office: Marshall Lincoln, W. Master ; Bela Whiton, # Warden; 

 Dean Randall, J. Warden; John P. Lovell, »S'. Beacon; Warren 

 A. Hersey, J. Deacon; Royal Whiton, Treas.; John Bassett, Jr., 

 Sec'y ; Lovell Bicknell, S. Steward; Alvah Raymond, J. Steward ; 

 Joseph Richardson and Stephen Puffer, Chaplains. Feb. 23, 1852, 



