1833 Sale Of Property In Boston On Sea Street By Asa Hogan To A. Dame Masonic Member Rare Document

4 Pages (2 pages written), Bond between Asa B. Hogan of Charlestown, MA, and Abraham A. Dame 1833. Assignment of a Case in Supreme Judicial Court of Suffolk against a Boston Truckman, Joseph Arnold for the sum of $2,000 and rights to a property on Sea Street in Boston for the sum of $5.00 and offsetting all of Hogan’s prior debts. Dame takes possession of the suit and the resulting award, if any. Sea Street starts at the end of Sea Avenue and runs from Sea Avenue on Hough’s Neck, Quincy (Boston) to Sea Street ending at intersection 3A in Quincy (Boston). Where the property is located is not known along this route. Deed and property right ownerships have not been investigated but are available for research.

14.75 by 10.25 inches. Toned and with a tear and loss of small paper but not affecting the text. Stained on the folds with some minor edge losses at the fold but again, not affecting the text. Minor tear to split to the paper but not affecting text. Nice clean writing some toning but otherwise a nice period letter.
Asa B. Hogan is not found.

Joseph’s Arnold’s father is a founder in Stoneham, MA.

Abraham A. Dame was a Master member of the Massachusetts Masonic Lodge 1824, 1825, 1844, 1845. In 1842, Masons in Portsmouth, NH wanted to establish a Lodge of Perfection. Men from Albany, NY traveled to Portsmouth on several occasions to assist in setting up that Lodge. On one of these trips, they visited Boston and met with five interested brethren. They demonstrated the work of the Scottish Rite degrees and assisted in qualifying officers for work in the Council of Princes of Jerusalem and the Lodge of Perfection. Relying on the legitimate, but long dormant charter, the five brothers voted themselves into office. Once established, they conferred the degrees on seven other Masons. Of the seven, three were to become Grand Masters of Masons in Massachusetts, Edward A. Raymond, Simon W. Robinson, and Winslow Lewis, Jr. Of the rest, Abraham A. Dame, was a past Deputy Grand Master, and John J. Loring and William Eaton, were future Grand Wardens.

A charter dated January 21, 1842, designated Dame as the first Thrice Potent Grand Master, and the lodge was designated “Boston Grand Lodge of Perfection, No. 1” as well. No.1 was generally left out of the records, and the “Grand” went out of use by 1872, although it remained in the by-laws until 1906. The “Grand” remained in the officers’ titles until the merger with Lafayette Lodge of Perfection in 1895. The charter limited the number of members to 27. This was to cause problems later in its history.

Notes: See images, good condition with the usual edge tones at folds and browning at exposed title and fold. Hole from tearing the seal but not affecting text.

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14.75" x 0.001" x 10.25"

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