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Found in 762 Collections and/or Records:

Letter from Grand Master Henry G. Fort, 1964 November 03

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Content Description From the Collection:

The collection of Peter B. C. Brown, Jr., spans the years 1963-1989, with the bulk of material dating from 1963 to 1968. The collection features approximately 105 items collected by Brown in his role at the Trinity Lodge, No. 18, and includes minutes of meetings, lodge records and correspondence, certificate, personal original writings and notes, personal finance papers, photographs, newspaper clippings, and Masonic pamphlets and ritual books.

Dates: 1964 November 03

Letter from Ichabod Jordan to Robert Dunlap, 1847 November 13

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Identifier: A2015-013
Scope and Contents

Senior Warden Ichabod Jordan of the newly reestablished Libanus Lodge, No. 49, describes the progress his lodge has made to Robert P. Dunlap, the General Grand High Priest of Grand Chapter of Royal Arch Masons of Maine. Written while at Great Falls, New Hampshire, and dated November 13, 1847.

Dates: 1847 November 13

Letter from Jehiel C. Stevensen, 1857

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Identifier: A2018-117-001
Scope and Contents

A letter written to a previous lodge, describing the writer's experience of Masonry in their new location and request for his information in order to be reinstated as a Mason, though the specific lodges are unidentified.

Dates: 1857

Letter from John Bailey to James Larned, 1834 November 22

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Identifier: A2021-073-001
Dates: 1834 November 22

Letter from John C. Humphreys to Thomas W. Smith, 1844 October 5

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Identifier: A2015-045
Content Description

This letter from the Master of United Lodge, No. 8, John C. Humphreys, invites the Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Maine, Thomas W. Smith, to preside over the rededication ceremony of the lodge at Brunswick, Maine. The letter written while at Brunswick, Maine, and dated October 5, 1844.

Dates: 1844 October 5

Letter from Justus Burdick to Norman Williams, 1830 October 3

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Identifier: A2017-018
Scope and Contents

This letter, written by Justus Burdick (1793-1849) of Burlington, Vermont, to Vermont Secretary of State Norman Williams (1791-1868) of Woodstock, Vermont, provides one Mason’s response to the growth and threat of Anti-Masonry as a political movement. It is a letter by a Freemason to the Past Master of his lodge and represents the opinion of a political insider and providing insight into American politics.

Dates: 1830 October 3

Letter from Mt. Carmel Lodge, No. 239, 1877 July 12

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Identifier: A2018-150-001
Dates: 1877 July 12

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