Knights Templar (Masonic order)

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Includes postcards, brochures, regalia catalogs, certificates, member directories, programs, and summons for Masonic and fraternal organizations, as well as postcards and first day covers for the Eastern States Exposition (also known as The Big E).

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Postcard identifies this as John Durham Cleveland, Grand Commander of the Knights Templar during the 31st Triennial Conclave in Chicago.

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Certificate issued by The Presiding Officers of DeWitt Clinton Commandery of the Knights Templar to Robert Herne. Herne was appointed a Knight of the Red Cross, a Knight Templar, and a Knight of Malta. The certificate, issued on June 27, 1884 in New Hampshire, is written in black ink with a background of Templarian images around the sides.

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A Knight Templar certificate issued by Boston Commandery, No. 2, to Frederick Peter Wahlgren and dated December 16, 1903. Imprint at bottom of certificate reads, "Stillings Press, Boston. Copyright, 1900, by B. W. Rowell, Masonic Temple, Boston, for Grand Commandery, K. T. of Mass. & R.I."

Scope and Contents A Knight Templar certificate issued by the Grand Commandery for Massachusetts to Richard S. Spofford and dated 1856. Imprint at bottom of certificate reads, "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1841, by Chas. W. Moore, John B. Hammatt, & John J. Loring (Committee) in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of Massachusetts. Published under the sanction of the Grand Encampment of Mass. & R. Island." At the top of the certificate is a Christian cross. On the left and...

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Manuscript certificate issued to R. Lowry from Lodge No. 114, Killyleagh, Country of Down, Ireland. Lowry was made a Master Mason, then Royal Arch Mason, then Knight Templar at the same lodge. Certificate has a red wax seal with blue, black, and red ribbon hanging down. There is a large all-seeing eye which is drawn in ink at the top of the certificate.