CANADA WEST.

Jurisdiction of the Grand Lodge of England.

LIST OF GRAND CHAPTERS.

MEM.-These are arranged under months, having January, etc., as sub-heads, under which Grand Chapters are arranged.

JANUARY.-FLORIDA. Organized at Tallahassee, January 11th, 1847.

G. H. P.--1847, Thos. Douglass; 1848, John P. Duval; 1849, Isaac H. Brunson; 1850, Harry R. Taylor; 1851, Thomas Brown; 1852, R. A. Shino; 1853, Samuel Boardman; 1854-5, J. Wayles Baker; 1856, Thos. Hayward; 1857, Gad Humphreys; 1858, Thomas Hayward; 1859, D. P. Holland; 1860, Dr. Thos. G. Henrey, Quincey; 1861-1, Geo. F. Baltzell, Greenwood; 1865, David Jones, Columbia.

Grand Secretary.-J. B. Taylor, from organization until death; 1864-5, Hugh A. Corley, Tallahassee.

Subordinates.-No. 1. Tallahassee; 3. Apalachicola; 5. Monticello; 7. Quincy; 8. Madison; 9. Lako City; 15. Greenwood; 16. Micanopy; 17. Tampa.

MICHIGAN.-Organized 1819.

Grand High Priests.-E. Smith Lee; 1851, Czar Jones; 1852, Jeremiah Moore, Detroit, 1853-1, Michael Shoemaker, Jackson; 1855, Wm. L. Greenly, Adrian; 1859, Salathiel C. Coffinberry, Constantine; 1860, Wm. P. Innes, Grand Rapids; 1861-4, Benj. Porter, Jackson; 1865, Ebenezer Sprague, Battle Creek.

Grand Secretaries.-1851-2, Wm. J. Ives, Detroit-died in 1852, A. C. Smith, appointed; 1853-9, R. S. Cheney, Jackson (in which year R. S. C came under censure of the G. L.), J. Eastman Johnston, Centreville, appointed and continues in office 1865.

Subordinates.-No. 1. Detroit; 2. Niles; 3. Jackson; 4. Marshall; 5. Pontiac; 6. Ann Arbor; 7. Grand Rapids; 8. Jonesville; 9. Lansing; 10. Adrian; 11. Centreville; 12. St. Clair; 13. Kalamazoo; 14. Ionia; 15. Flint; 16. Detroit; 17. Romeo; 18. Hillsdale; 19. Battle Creek; 20. Rockland; 21. Coldwater; 22. Monroe; 23. Three Rivers; 24. Eaton Rapids; 25. Ypsilanti; 26. Sturgis; 27. Port Huron; 28. Hudson; 29. Fentonville; 30. Howell; 31. East Saginaw; 32. Albion; 33. Corunna; 34. Paw Paw; 35. Dowagian; 36. Newaygo.

MISSISSIPPI.-Organized at Vicksburg, May 18th, 1846. No. 3. Vicksburg; 4. Columbia; 5. Holly Springs; 6. Jackson.

Grand High Priests.-1846-7, Benj. S. Tappan; 1848, Walter Brooks, Lexington; 1849, W. II. Stevens; 1850, T. C. Tupper; 1851, Charles Scott; 1852, C. S. Spann; 1853, Abner V. Rowe, Lexington; 1851, Wm. S. Patton; 1855, Wm. R. Cannon, Columbus; 1856, Wm. Cothran; 1857, J. M. Houry; 1858, A. R. Johnson; 1859, M. S. Ward; 1860, Giles M. Hillyer, Natchez.

Grand Secretaries.-1846, Wm. Wing, Jackson; 1847, James H. Campbell; 1849-53, David N. Barrows, Jackson; 1854, Richmond McInnis; 1855-60, Robert W. T. Daniel, Jackson.

Subordinates.-No. 1. Natchez; 2. Port Gibson; 3. Vicksburg; 4. Columbus; 5. Holly Springs; 6. Jackson; 7. Brownsville; 8. Yazoo City; 9. Lexington; 10. Canton; 11. Macon; 12. Grenada; 13. Aberdeen; 14. Fayette; 15. Carrollton; 16. Woodville; 17. Gallatin; 18. Pontotoc; 20. Kosciusko; 21. Hernando; 22. Raymond; 23. Houston; 28. Como; 29. Cayuga; 30. Vaiden Station; 31. Decatur; 33. Oxford; 34. Philadelphia; 36. Louisville; 37. Richmond; 40. Mt. Pleasant; 42. Amite; 44. Charleston; 45. Enterprise; 46. Carthage; 48. Ripley; 49. New Albany; 50. Mt. Carmel; 51. Chulahoma; 52. Lauderdale Springs; 53. Palo Alto; 54. Handsboro'; 55. Palmer's Springs; 56. Flewellin's Cross Roads; 57. Carrollville; 58. Clinton; 59. Quitman; 60. Panola; 61. Richland; 62. Looxahoma; 63. Jeremiah Hall; 64. Dover; 65. Hohenlinden; 66. Jacinto; 67. Cockrum; 68. Byhalia; 69. Brandon; 70. Scooba; 71. Bavaria; 72. Satartia; 73. Senatobia.

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NEW YORK.-Organized at Albany, March 1798.

Subordinates.-No. 1. New York; 2. New York; 5. Albany; 6. Hudson; 8. N. York 13. N. Lebanon; 22. Waterville; 23. Ballston Spa; 21. Pottsdam; 25. Whitehall; 26. Cooperstown; 28. Malone; 30. Moravia; 34. Auburn; 35. Batavia; 36. Geneva; 39, Plattsburg; 42. Elmira, 47. Owego; 48. Troy; 50, Hamilton; 53. Canajoharie; 55. Glen's Falls; 57. Atica; 58. Ithica; 59. Watertowu; 62. Rochester; 63. Ogdensburg; 64. Aurora; 67. Jamestown; 68. Sackett's Harbor; 79. Syracuse; 71. Buffalo; 72. Manlius; 75. Kingston; 76. Fredonia; 77. Trumansburg; 78. Johnstown; 79. Palmyra; 80. Afton; 88. Lockport: 91. Dansville; 92. Ovid; 95. Bath; 96. Cape Vincent; 100. Penn Yan; 101 Hornelville; 103. Greenfield; 106. Greene; 107. Lima; 109. Brooklyn; 116. Northampton; 117. Newark; 131. Saratoga Springs; 132. Canton; 133. Lansingburg; 135. Mexico; 136. Gowanda; 137. Mt. Morris; 133. N. York; 139. Binghamton; 140 N. York; 141. N. York; 142. Williamsburg; 143. Wellsville; 144. Camden; 145. Booneville; 146. Addison; 147. New York; 148. Brooklyn; 149. Theresa; 150. Olean; 151. Norwich; 152. Belfast; 153. Rome; 155. Nunda; 156. Pt. Byron; 157. Schenectady. 158. New York; 159. New York; 160. New York; 161. Little Falls; 163. Buffalo; 164. Canandaigua: 165. Oswego; 166. Little Valley; 167. Fulton; 168. Watervliet; 169. Waterford; 170. New York; 171. Ft. Edward; 172. Poughkeepsie; 173. Seneca Falls; 174. Sing Sing; 175. Albion.

Grand High Priests.-1823-4, Ezra Ames; 1852-3-4. John L. Lewis, jun., Penn Yan; 1855. John S. Perry, Troy; 1856, Chas. L. Church; 1858, Peter P. Murphy, Royalton; 1859, James M. Austin; 1861, Geo. H. Thatcher, Albany; 1864, D. A. Ogden; 1865, Horace S. Taylor. N. York.

Grand Secretary-John O. Cole, Albany.

FEBRUARY.-SOUTH CAROLINA.--Organized Charleston, 13th and 22d March and 29th May, 1812, by Chapter No. 15, Charleston; 3. Beaufort; 5. Charleston.

Grand High Priests.-1812-14, Wm. Young, Charleston; 1815, Edward Hughes; 1816-20, Wm. Young; 1821-4, Joel R. Poinsett; 1826, John L. Wilson; Albert G. Mackey, Charleston. (List incomplete.)

Grand Secretaries.-1812, John Hanmer, Beaufort; 1813-14, John Izard Wright; 1815, C. S. Tucker; 1816, James Drummond; 1817, Wm. Waller; 1818, John Roche; 1819-22, Richard Maynard; 1823, H. G. Street; 1826, James. England.

LOUISIANA.-Files incomplete.

Grand High Priests.-1824 to 1835, John Henry Holland, New Orleans (died March 29th, 1864); 1848, Thos. II. Lewis; 1849, Wm. II. Howard-went to California; 1850-1, Thos. H. Lewis; 1852, James R. Hartsock; 1853-4, Thos. II. Lewis; 1855-6, Amos Adams; 1857-8, Dr. Robert F. McGuire (died at Monroe, La., 1862); 1859, John Q. A. Fellows; 1860, Abel J. Norwood, Clinton; 1861, A. S. Washburn, Bastrop; 1862-5, Henry R. Swasey, New Orleans.

Grand Secretaries.-1860-1, Samuel G. Risk, New Orleans (died at Memphis, Tenn.); 1862-5, Samuel M. Todd, N. Orleans.

Subordinates.-No. 1. New Orleans; 2. New Orleans; 3. New Orleans; 4. Clinton; 6. Baton Rouge; 8. Lake Providence; 9. Farmersville; 10. Shreveport; 11. St. Francisville; 12. Franklin; 11. Mansfield; 15. New Orleans; 16. Bastrop; 17. Minden; 18. Monroe; 21. New Orleans; 24. Homer; 25. Union Cross Roads.

WISCONSIN.-Organized February 13th, 1850.

No. 1. Milwaukee; 2. Plattsville; 3. Southport.

Grand High Priests.-1850-52, Dwight F. Lawton; 1853, Geo. Whitman Cobb, Mineral Point; 1854, Luther M. Tracy, Milwaukee; 1855, Henry S. Baird, Green Bay; 1856, Rufus Dela Pulford, Mineral Point; 1857, Daniel Howell, Jefferson; 1858-9, Henry L. Palmer; 1860, Erastus Lewis, Janesville; 1861, John H. Rountrell, Plattsville; 1862, Montgomery M. Cothren, Mineral Point; 1863, Alvin B. Alden, Portage City; 1864, Melvin L. Youngs, Milwaukee.

Grand Secretaries.-1850-7, Wm. Rudolph Smith, Mineral Point; 1858-9, John W. Hunt, Madison (died in 1859); 1860-5, Wm. T. Palmer, Milwaukee.

Subordinates.-No. 1. Milwaukee; 2. Platteville; 3. Kenosha; 4. Madison; 5. Janesville; 6. Mineral Point; 7. Milwaukee; 8. Green Bay; 9. Beloit; 10. Sheboygan Falls; 11. Watertown; 12. Racine; 13. La Crosse; 14. Portage City; 15. Osh, Kosh; 17. Elkhorn; 18. Berlin; 19. Sparta; 20. Fond du Lac; 21. Monroe; 22. Waterloo.

RHODE ISLAND.-Organized March 12th, 1798, under Gr. Chapter Northern States of America, formed at Hartford January preceding.

D. Grand High Priest.-Highest office-1798, Seth Wheaton; 1799, Moses Dix, G. II. P., Newport; 1804 to 1814, Thos. Smith Webb (died Cleveland, O., July 6th, 1819); 1819, John Carlisle; 1820, Wm. Wilkinson; 1822-3, Caleb Earle; 1824-5; Samuel Jackson; 1826, Peter Grinnell; 1827, Asa Bosworth; 1828-9, Caleb Drown; 1831, Joseph Tomkins; 1832, Barney Merry; 1833-7, Moses Richardson; 1838-9, James Salsbury; 1840-1, Wm. C. Barker; 184.-3, Cyrus Fisher; 1844-5, Wm. Field; 1846, Alvin Jencks; 1847, Roger W. Potter; 1848-51, Thomas Whitaker; 1852-3, James

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Hutchinson; 1854-5, Cyrus B. Manchester; 1856, Samuel Lewis; 1857, John Eldred; 1858, John Eldred; 1859, Joseph Belcher, Prov.; 1860, Oliver Johnson, Prov.; 1861, Ariel Ballou, Woonsocket; 1862, Lyman Klapp, Providence; 1863, Nathan H. Gould, Newport.

Grand Secretaries.-1798 to 1800, B. Wheeler; 1801, Wm. F. Magee; 1802-3, Amos T. Jenckes; 1804, M. Richardson; 1805-10, Otis Ammidon; 1811-15, Moses Richardson; 1816, John Snow; 1817, M. Richardson; 1818 to 1832, Sylvanus Tingley; 1833-9, Roger W. Potter; 1840-1, C. M. Nestell; 1842-6, C. B Manchester; 1847-8, James Hutchinson; 1849 to 1859, Wm. C. Barker; 1860-5, Samuel B. Swan, Providence. Subordinates.-No. 1. Providence, organized 1793, 303 members; 2. Newport, organized 1811, 34 members; 3. Warren, 1819, 38 members; 4. Pawtucket, 1820, 111 members; 5. Woonsocket. 1858, 43 members. Total members in State in 1863, 530.

APRIL. GEORGIA.-Organized Feb. 23d, 1821, Louisville and Augusta represented; subsequently approval and vote of officers forwarded by Chapters at Lexington, Eastonton and Milledgeville-files in my possession imperfect.

Grand High Priests.-1822, Gov. William Schley, Louisville (died Nov. 20th, 1858); 1848, Wm. T. Gould, Augusta; 1854-9. Philip T. Schley, Savannah.

Grand Secretaries.-1823, Daniel Hook, Louisville; 1848, W. H. Kitchen, Augusta; 1854 to 1860, Benjamin B. Russell, Augusta.

Subordinates.-No. 1. Athens; 2. Augusta; 3. Savannah; 4. Macon; 5. Forsyth; 6. Milledgeville; 7. Columbus; 8. Talbolton; 9. Washington; 10. Griffin; 11. La Grange; 12. Ft. Gaines; 13. Marietta; 14. Newborn; 15. Albany; 16. Atalanta; 17. Lumpkin; 18. Fort Valley; 20. Eatonton; 21. Warrenton; 22. Carrollton; 23. Ellaville; 24. Dalton; 25. Elberton; 26. Rome; 27. Greensboro'; 28. McDonough; 30. Hamilton; 31. Cuthbert; 32. Lithonia; 33. Sandersville; 34. Newnan; 35. Zebulon; Cartersville; 37. Fayetteville; 38. Franklin; 39. Lawrenceville; 40. Monroe; 41. Cedar Town; 42. Americus; 43. Covington; 44. Thomasville; 45. Blakely.

MAY.-CONNECTICUT.-Organized at Hartford, 17th of May, 1798.

Subordinates in 1865.-No. 1 was Newtown; 2. N. Haven, 265 members; 3. Derby; 4. Norwich, 164 members; 5 was Colchester; 6. Middletown; 7. N. London, 154 members; 8 was Reading; 9 was Windham, now at Willimantic; 10. Woodbury; 11. Stamford; 12 was Woodstock, now at Killingly; 13. Bridgeport; 14 was Kent; 15 was Canaan; 16. Litchfield; 17. Hartford, 314 members; 18 was Tolland, now at Rockviile; 19. Ridgefield; 20. Granby; 21. Stonington; 22 was at Oxford, now at Waterbury, 102 members; 23. Danbury; 24. Norwalk; 25. New Britain; 26. Fair Haven; 27. West Meriden; 28. Pawtucket. List of officers not at hand.

Grand High Priests.-1847, Benonia Shepherd; 1848, Wm. E. Sanford; 1852, George Giddings; 1853-4, Cyrus Goodell; 1855-6, Isaac H. Coe, Killingly; 1858, David Clark, Hartford; 1860, Fred'k J. Calhoun, N. Haven; 1861-2, Nathan Dikeman, jun., Waterbury; 1863-4, Asa Smith, Norwalk; 1865, Luke A. Lockwood, Greenwich.

Grand Secretaries.-Eliphalet G. Storer served until 1864; 1865, William E. Sanford, New Haven.

MAINE.-Organized 1821.

Grand High Priests.-1823-5, Robert P. Dunlap; 1826-9, Nathaniel Coffin, Wiscassett (died at Watauga, Ill., April 7th, 1864); 1846, James C. Churchhill; 1847, Freeman Bradford; 1853, Abner B. Thompson, Brunswick; 1854, Timothy Chase, Belfast; 1855-6, Abner B. Thompson; 1857-8, Jos. C. Stevens, Bangor; 1860, Moses Dodge, Portland; 1861, Edward P. Burnham, Saco; 1862-3, John J. Bell, Carmel; 1864-5, Andrew J. Fuller, Bath.

Grand Secretaries.-1853, Allen Haines; Ira Berry, Portland, since 1854. [Arthur Shirley, Grand Secretary 1830-48, died at Portland, January 20th, 1864, aged 80 years. He was a faithful servant and reliable strength when anti-masonic persecution was hottest.]

Subordinates.-No. 1. Portland; 2. Bath; 3. Wiscassett; 4. Hallowell; 5. Saco; 6. Bangor; 7. Belfast; 8. Rockland; 9. Lewiston; 10. Eastport; 11. Saccarappa; 12. China; 13. Portland; 14. Brunswick; 15. Skowhegan.

JUNE. NEW HAMPSHIRE.-Organized 1819.

Grand High Priests.-1819-20, John Harris; 1821, Thomas S. Bowles; 1822, Jonathan Nye; 1823, Thomas W. Colby; 1824-6, Samuel Cushman; 1827-9, Frederick A. Sumner; 1830-1, Andrew Pierce; 1832, Jonathan Nye; 1833, Robert Smith; 1834–6, B. L. Greenough; 1837-8, Robert Smith; 1830-40, Weare Tappan; 1841-3, Daniel Chase; 1841-5, David Parker; 1816-7, Philemon Tolles; 1848-9, John Knowlton; 1850, John J. Prentis; 1851-2, Daniel Balch; 1853-4, Albert R. Hatch; 1855-6, John Christie; 1857-9, Theodore T. Abbott, 1860, Moses Paul; 1861, Jonas Livingston; 1862, Samuel L. Wilcox; 1864, John R. Holbrook, Portsmouth.

Grand Secretaries.-1819-22, Thomas W. Colby; 1823-5, Timothy Kenrick; 1826 to 1843, Albe Cady; 1844-8, Hosea Fessenden; 1849 to 1865, Horace Chase, Hopkinton.

Subordinates.-No. 1 was Lebanon; 2. Concord; 3. Portsmouth; 4. Keene; 5. Lisbon; 6 Claremont; 7 was Sandbolton; 8. Dover; 9. Nashua (was at Dunstable); 11. Manchester.

TEXAS.-Grand High Priests.-1850, Samuel M. Williams; 1851, E. B. Nichols; 1852, G. M. Patrick; 1853, W. M. Taylor; 1854, H. R. Cartmell, Washington; 1855, Josephi C. Harrison, Linwood; 1859, Andrew Neill; 1860, W. T. Austin, Galveston.

Grand Secretaries.-1850-1, A. S. Ruthven; 1852-5, James M. Hall, Crockett; 1859-60, A. S. Ruthven, Galveston.

Subordinates.-No. 1. Galveston; 2. Houston; 3. Anderson; 4. Crockett; 5. Brenham; 6. Austin; 7. Huntsville; 8. Washington; 9. San Augustine; 10. Palestine; 11. Rusk; 12. Henderson; 14. Wheelock; 15. Clarksville; 18. La Grange; 19. Marshall; 21. Burleson; 22. Larissa; 24. Tyler; 25. Shelbyville; 27. Lockhart; 29. Mt. Enterprise; 30. Leona; 32. Jefferson; 33. Montgomery; 34. Columbia; 36. Matagorda; 37. Elysian Fields; 38. Cold Springs; 39. Moscow; 41. Corsicana; 42. Fairfield; 43. Hallettsville; 44. Richmond; 46. Columbus; 47. Dallas; 48. Paris; 49. Gilmer; 51. Gonzales; 52. Bonham; 53. McKinney; 54.Goliad ; 55. Athens; 56. Seguin; 57.Gabriel Mills; 58. Fort Worth; 59. Jasper; 60. Douglasville; 61. Wharton; 62. Sherman; 63. Tarrant; 65. Lexington; 66. Cameron; 67. Hempstead; 68. Decatur; 69. Kaufman; 70. Sabine Pass; 71. Port Sullivan; 72. Texana; 78. Waxahachie; 74. Woodville; 75. Belton; 76. Veal's Station.

IOWA.-Organized at Mt. Pleasant, June 8th, 1854.

Grand High Priests-1854, Theo. S. Parvin; 1855-6, J. R. Hartsock, Iowa City; 1857-9, E. W. Eastman, Oskaloosa; 1860, Kimball Porter; 1861, C. Stewart Ells, Davenport; 1862, Caleb Lamb, Newton; 1863, W. E. Woodward, Burlington.

Grand Secretaries.-1854, J. H. Wallace, Muscatine; 1855-6, Theo. L. Parvin; 1857, D. S. Warren; 1858-65, W. B. Langridge, Muscatine.

Subordinates.-No. 1. Burlington; 2. Iowa City; 3. Dubuque; 4. Muscatine; 5. Fairfield; 6. Oskaloosa; 7. Keokuk; 8.,Mt. Pleasant; 11. Winterset; 12. Newton; 13. Washington; 14. Des Moines; 15. Vinton; 18. Knoxville; 20. Cedar Falls; 23. Keosanqua; 25. Bloomfield; 26. Sioux City; 27. McGregor; 27. Fort Madison.

MISSOURI.-Imperfect reports.

Grand High Priests.-1852, John F. Ryland; 1853, Thornton Grimsley; 1854, P. H. McBride; 1855, Thos. S. Miller, Hannibal; 1862, James Carr; 1865, Thomas E. Garrett, St. Louis.

Grand Secretaries.-1854, John D. Taylor; 1865, Anthony O'Sullivan, St. Louis.

NORTH CAROLINA.-Organized in 1822 by representatives of Mount Ararat, No. 4, Murfreesboro'; Roanoke, No. 14; Halifax, No. 16, Raleigh; Cyrus, No. 17, Milton; Concord, No. 18, Tarboro'. Files imperfect.

Grand High Priests.-1852-4, Robert G. Rankin, Wilmington; 1855-6, Peter Custis, Newbern.

Grand Secretaries.-1824, Robt. Strange; 1825, Simmons J. Baker, Tarboro'; John Cruso; George Anderson, Halifax; 1852-3, Henry P. Russell, Wilmington; 1855-6, Thos. B. Carr, Wilmington.

Subordinates.-No. 1. Wilmington; 2. Fayetteville; 3. Murfreesboro'; 4. Halifax; 5. Tarboro'; 7. Newbern; 8. Oxford; 9. Warrenton; 10. Raleigh; 11. Hillsboro'; 13. Greensboro'; 14. Hartford; 17. Duplin; 18. Roxboro'; 19. Plymouth; 20. Salisbury; 22. Lincolnton; 23. Montgomery; 24. Stokes; 25. Buncombe; 26. Edgcombe; 27. Wilson; 28. Graham.

AUGUST.-VERMONT.-Organized Dec. 20th, 1804.

Grand High Priests.-1804, Jonathan Wells; 1805-8, Cephas Smith; 1809, Isaac Tichenor; 1810-12, Ozias Fuller; 1813-15, John Chipman; 1816-17, Charles K. William; 1818-21, John H. Cotton; 1822-4, Samuel Whitney; 1825-26, John H. Cotton, Windsor; 1827-9, Joel Clapp, Shelburne; 1830, Silas Bowen; 1831-9, Nathan B. Haswell (no officers elected until reorganization, July 18th, 1849); 1849-51, N. B. Haswell; 1852-7, Philip C. Tucker, Vergennes; 1858, John S. Webster, Winooski; 1859, Thos. H. Campbell, St. Albans; 1860-2, Barzillai Davenport, Brandon; 1863-4, Gamaliel Washburn; 1865, Leverett B. Englesby, Burlington.

Grand Secretaries.-1804, Cephas Smith; 1805, Nicholas Goddard; 1806, R. Washburn; 1807-11, Nicholas Goddard; 1812-13, William Page; 1814-1816, Levi Lawton; 1817, Lemuel Whitney; 1818-34, Joel Green (no activity until reorganization in 1849); 1849-51, Philip C. Tucker, Jr.; 1852-4, Leverett B. Englesby; 1855–65, John B. Hollenbeck, Burlington.

Subordinates.-No. 1. St. Albans; 2. Vergennes; 3. Burlington; 4. East Berkshire; 5. Royalton; 6. Windsor; 7. Montpelier; 8. Bennington; 9. Rutland; 10. Poultney; 11. St. Johnsbury; 12. Brattleboro'; 13. Bradford.

SEPTEMBER. MASSACHUSETTS.-Organized by two Chapters: St. Andrews, Boston, and King Cyrus, Newburyport, March 13th, 1798. Highest officer, a Deputy Grand High Priest, the presiding officer of the Grand Royal Arch Chapter of the Northern