Massachusetts Council of Deliberatica,

ANCIENT ACCEPTED SCOTTISH RITT.

SAMUEL C. LAWRENCE, 33°, OF MEDFORD, MASS.,
Deputy for Massachusetts, Commander-in-Chief.

TPHANIAH H. THOMAS, 33, OF CAMBRIDGEPORT, MASS,
Grand Secretary.

BOSTON:

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OF

OF THE

Massachusetts Council of Neliberation, -

ANCIENT ACCEPTED SCOTTISH RITE,

SAMUEL C. LAWRENCE, 33°, OF MEDFORD, MASS.,
Deputy for Massachusetts, Commander-in-Chief.

ZEPHANIAH H. THOMAS, 33°, OF CAMBRIDGEPORT, MASS.,
Grand Secretary.

BOSTON:

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THE COUNCIL OF DELIBERATION for the State of Massachusetts held its eleventh session in Sutton Hall, Masonic Temple, Boston, on Friday, June 27, 1879, at three o'clock P.M., for the transaction of business concerning the welfare of the Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry.

The Grand Prior, the Rev. Brother John P. Bland, 32°, invoked the divine blessing upon the assembly; and the Council was opened in due form by Ill.. Samuel C. Lawrence, 33°, Deputy of the Supreme Council, and ex-officio M.. I.. Commander-in-Chief.

There were present six active and thirty-two honorary members of the Supreme Council residing in Massachusetts, and also representatives from all the bodies of the Rite in the State.

The Council was honored with the presence of Ill.. Bro.. Josiah H. Drummond, 33°, of Portland, Me., M... P.. Sov.'. Grand Commander of the Supreme Council, who was received with the honors due his exalted rank, and heartily welcomed.