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

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Collection includes certificates and diplomas that are mounted on plaques, encased in leather and velvet folios, previously framed, and loose. Also includes announcement poster, personalized notecards for David A. Glattly, and a photograph of a group of people. The photograph is from 1990s, while the bulk of the collection is from 2017-2021, while Glattly was Sovereign Grand Commander.

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This dispensation from the Supreme Council, Northern Masonic Jurisdiction, empowered Masons living in the city of Lowell, Massachusetts to form a Consistory, dated July 10, 1860, and signed by Sovereign Grand Commander Edward Raymond.

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This dispensation from the Supreme Council, Northern Masonic Jurisdiction, empowered Masons living in the city of Lowell, Massachusetts, to form the Raymond Lodge of Perfection and the Raymond Council, Princes of Jerusalem. Dated July 1, 1857, and signed by Sovereign Grand Commander Edward Raymond and Grand Secretary General Charles W. Moore.

Scope and Contents This charter, sometimes called the "birth certificate" of the Supreme Council, Northern Masonic Jurisdiction (SC, NMJ) was created by De La Motta. It made the NMJ a legitimate Supreme Council (separate from the Southern District at Charleston, South Carolina) and gave authority to: Daniel D. Tompkins, Most Puissant Sovereign Grand Commander, Sampson Simson, Ill. Inspector Lieutenant Grand Commander, John Gabriel Tardy, Ill. Grand Treasurer, General of the Holy Empire, John James Joseph...

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Handwritten statement on the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln dated May 17, 1865. This handwritten preamble and resolution by Benjamin Dean of the Supreme Council, Northern Masonic Jurisdiction, expresses the Supreme Council’s sympathy over the death of the recently assassinated President.

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Honorary 33rd degree certificate issued by the Supreme Council, 33rd Degree, Northern Masonic Jurisdiction, to James C. Bullen and dated August 20, 1875. Imprint at bottom of certificate reads, "American Bank Note Co. New York & Boston." The bottom of the certificate has three circles. The middle circle which is larger than the two which are on either side of it has a golden colored seal affixed in it.