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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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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A Knight Templar traveling certificate issued by Boston Commandery (Boston, Massachusetts) to Frederick Peter Wahlgren and dated January 3, 1911. Imprint at bottom of certificate reads "Copyright, 1900, by B.W. Rowell, Masonic Temple, Boston, for Grand Commandery, K.T. of Mass. & R.I." Included is a statement from J. Gilman Waite, the Recorder of Boston Commandery, No. 2, confirming Wahlgren’s lifetime membership.

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This collection contains programs and other ephemera from several masonic and fraternal organizations. Also included are bank notes and a newspaper clipping regarding the suicide of his sister-in-law, Ida H. Randall Barnes.

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Postcard of Knights Templar official badges for Triennial Conclave, Chicago, 1910