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Haxton, Benjamin F.

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Draft of resolutions for mourning James A. Garfield, 1881 September 20

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Identifier: A1992-099-033
Scope and Contents

A draft of a set of resolutions composed by the Supreme Council for the Northern Masonic Jurisdiction and dated September 20, [1881]. In this document, the Supreme Council expresses their "regret, sympathy, and mourning" for the sudden death of President Garfield. President James Garfield had been a 14° Scottish Rite Mason in the Southern Jurisdiction.

Note clipped to document reads: "Benj F. Haxton 32° Detroit."

Dates: 1881 September 20