Freemasons. Rising States Lodge (Boston, Mass.)
Organization
Dates
- Existence: 1784-09-04 - 1809-12-10
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Blank Master Mason certificate, 1805
Item — Box 202
Identifier: GL2004-2424
Scope and Contents
Though certificate is blank, bottom portion is filled in. It is from Rising States Lodge, Boston, Massachusetts
Dates:
1805
Copy of original minutes of Rising States Lodge, circa 1990
Item — Box 1, Folder: 1
Identifier: A1994-077-001
Scope and Contents
Typed copy of original minutes of St Andrew's Rising States Lodge (now Lodge of St. Andrew), Boston, from March 1784- February 1785 inclusive
Dates:
circa 1990
Found in:
Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library
Master Mason certificate for Seth Smith, Jr. from Rising States Lodge, Boston, Massachusetts, 1803
Item — Box 202
Identifier: GL2004-1017
Scope and Contents
Hope, Faith and Charity surround a sphere with the text of the certificate
Dates:
1803
Summons for Rising States Lodge to Charles More, 1795 February 28
Item — Box 465
Identifier: GL2004-10586
Scope and Contents
The work of a young engraver, Joseph Henley Seymour (ca. 1769-1824), it features a spare design, the text surrounded by three columns and figures representing the virtues of hope, faith, and charity. With this particular summons, the secretary of Rising States Lodge, Benjamin Russell (1761-1845), reminded lodge member Charles More (also Moore, d. 1798), to come to the meeting at “the House of B. J. Vila.” The gathering was likely held at the Boston venue, advertised as a concert hall, that...
Dates:
1795 February 28