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Found in 761 Collections and/or Records:

Master Mason certificate issued to Robert Palmer by Independent Royal Arch Lodge, No. 2, 1795 February 10

 Item — Box 1, Folder: 1
Identifier: A1979-018-001
Content Description A Master Mason certificate issued by Independent Royal Arch Lodge, No. 2, to Robert Palmer. Dated February 10, 1795. The imprint at the bottom of the certificate reads, "Bror. Rollinson Scupt." The reverse of the document contains an inscription written in French by J. Armand, the Secretary of the Loge Vérité, a Haitian Masonic lodge in the city of Saint-Domingue. The inscription states that Armand received Palmer’s certificate on January 4, 1801. The date is translated from the French...
Dates: 1795 February 10

Master Mason certificate issued to Samuel Derby, 1796

 Item — Folder 1
Identifier:  A1984-021-001
Scope and Contents

Master Mason certificate issued by Essex Lodge (Salem, Massachusetts) to Samuel Derby and dated 1796. The Dutch inscription on the back of certificate is notation/affidavit of Samuel Derby’s visit to the La Vertueuse lodge in Batavia, Dutch East Indies or nowadays Jakarta, Indonesia, on April 15, 1801. The imprint on bottom of certificate reads "J. Hiller jun'r, del. S. Hill sc."

Dates: 1796

Master Mason certificate issued to Seth Fairchild by Prince of Wales Regiment Lodge, No. 535, 1783 August 29

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Identifier: A2005-008-001
Content Description

A Master Mason certificate issued by Lodge No. 535 of Ancient Masons "held in the Prince of Wales American Regiment and on the Register of Ireland" to Seth Fairchild and dated August 29, 1783. The Prince of Wales American Volunteers were a Loyalist regiment who fought during the Revolutionary War. These volunteers left New York in September of 1783 and set out for Nova Scotia (modern-day New Brunswick).

Dates: 1783 August 29

Master Mason certificate issued to Sidney Hayden by Rural Amity Lodge, No. 70, 1832 January 15

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Identifier: A1978-018-001
Scope and Contents

A Master Mason certificate issued by Rural Amity Lodge, No. 7 (Athens, Pa.) to Sidney Hayden. Dated January 15, 1832. The artwork includes depictions of the Eye of Providence, two aproned Masons (one standing on a winged hourglass while the other stands on an ark), the symbol of Charity (a female), and scales (the symbol of justice). The certificate design was created by Charles Cushing Wright in Homer, New York, circa 1816.

Dates: 1832 January 15

Master Mason certificate issued to Silvanus Smith by Morton Lodge, No. 63, 1802 December 27

 Item — Box 1, Folder: 1
Identifier: A1987-022-001
Scope and Contents

A Master Mason certificate issued by Morton Lodge, No. 63 (Hempstead, N.Y.) to Silvanus Smith. Dated December 27, 1802. Imprint at bottom of certificate reads, "Bror. Rollinson Sculpt."

Dates: 1802 December 27

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