Christie, John, 1804-1890

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A 16° certificate issued by the Grand Council of Princes of Jerusalem at Albany, New York, to John Christie. Dated September 5, 1842. Signed by Grand Chancellor Giles F. Yates, Grand Warden Killian Van Rensselaer, and other Scottish Rite Freemasons.

Scope and Contents This certificate, dated June 17, 1845, announces the appointment of John Christie of Portsmouth, New Hampshire, as a Sovereign Grand Inspector General of the Thirty-Third degree. Christie was elevated to the grade of Sovereign Grand Inspector General and received into Active Membership in the Supreme Council on April 3, 1845.Certificate signed by officers of the Supreme Council, including J.J.J. Gourgas, Edward A. Raymond, Killian H. van Rensselaer, Giles Fonda Yates, and Charles...

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Certificate appointing John Christie as Deputy of the Supreme Council for the State of New Hampshire dated January 1, 1852. Signed by Edward Raymond in his capacity has Sovereign Grand Commander and attested by Charles W. Moore in his capacity as Grand Secretary General.

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Letter dated August 12, 1842 from John Christie to John W. Bay, M.D., inquiring as to whether the Mandates and Decrees of the Grand Council of Princes of Jerusalem of 1827 had been revised. Christie had previously written to Killian H. Van Rensselaer about this matter, but had not received a response. He expresses concern that the officers of his Lodge had not been installed after their election, and therefore, the Lodge would be unable to conduct business legally.

Scope and Contents Letter dated August 18, 1842 from John Christie to John W. Bay, M.D. of Albany, New York in which Christie thanks John W. Bay for his reply to letter of August 12, 1842. Christie reports that the officers of his Lodge had not been installed and requests advice on how to proceed according to the rules set forth in the Mandates and Decrees. Verso of letter is addressed to John W. Bay, M.D., Albany, N.Y. and is stamped "PAID" and postmarked August 19 from Portsmouth, N. H. Red sealing wax...

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Circular to Officers and Members of Middesex Lodge signed by John Christie and Alfred M. Beck of Portsmouth, New Hampshire. It includes an invitation to a festival of St. John the Baptist to be celebrated by the Masonic Fraternity.

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Proxy, dated January 18, 1844, appointing Giles F. Yates to represent John Christie at the next annual meeting of the Grand Council of the Princes of Jerusalem in Albany, New York. John Christie was the Grand Warden of the Grand Council of Princes of Jerusalem, Albany, New York, and Grand Master of Allen Grand Lodge of Perfection, Portsmouth, New Hampshire.