Scottish Rite (Masonic order). Supreme Council for the Northern Masonic Jurisdiction

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Certificate issued to Nathaniel Shurtleff, Mayor of Boston, by the Supreme Council, Northern Masonic Jurisdiction, for "their high appreciation of the most cordial and fraternal welcome extended" to them by Shurtleff during the Supreme Council's Annual Meeting held in Boston, June 16-19, 1869. In 1869 Shurtleff was also an Active Member of the Supreme Council and its Grand Keeper of the Archives. Certificate dated June 19, 1869.

Scope and Contents Certificate of healing or regularizing of a group of Masons from the jurisdiction of Joseph Cerneau to that of John James Joseph Gourgas, Sovereign Grand Commander, Northern Masonic District and Jurisdiction, U.S.A. The group of Masons healed in this certificate include Nathan Gould, Jeremiah Bliss, George B. Knowles, Samuel V. Mayberry, John D. Dennis, Eisha S. Kenyon, Gilbert Chse, Benjamin James Tilley, Ara Hildreth, Joseph W. Hazard and James G. Topham. It is signed by Killian H. Van...

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Charter issued to the Boston Council, Princes of Jerusalem, dated March 11, 1863. Signed by Winslow Lewis (1799-1875), in his capacity of Secretary General for the Supreme Council, and Killian H. Van Rensselaer (1800–1881), in his capacity as Sovereign Grand Commander.

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A circular issued by the Supreme Council, Northern Masonic Jurisdiction, to all Freemasons living in New York and New Jersey. The circular details the granting of charters and dispensations from a New York City-based Supreme Council (i.e. the Hays Council, with Edmund Burke Hays as Sovereign Grand Commander) and a warning to Masons not to be "deluded into joining" any subordinate bodies chartered by this clandestine Supreme Council. Dated November 1, 1862.

Scope and Contents This circular from Supreme Council, Northern Masonic Jurisdiction, informs members and bodies subordinate to the Supreme Council, Northern Masonic Jurisdiction, about a new statute adopted by the Supreme Council, Southern Jurisdiction, and issued in May of 1872. The statute declares that no Scottish Rite Mason will be allowed to visit the subordinate bodies of the Southern Jurisdiction unless he presents the appropriate documentation.Dated March 12, 1873. Facsimile signature of...

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Collection of 44 engraved portraits and 1 black and white photograph of Scottish Rite 33° members.

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Connecticut Freemasons' oath of fealty to the Supreme Council. Dated July 28, 1864. In this document, a group of Freemasons from Connecticut swears allegiance to the Supreme Council, Northern Masonic Jurisdiction.