Smith, George Girdler, 1795-1878

Scope and Contents A Knight Templar certificate issued by the Grand Commandery for Massachusetts to Richard S. Spofford and dated 1856. Imprint at bottom of certificate reads, "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1841, by Chas. W. Moore, John B. Hammatt, & John J. Loring (Committee) in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of Massachusetts. Published under the sanction of the Grand Encampment of Mass. & R. Island." At the top of the certificate is a Christian cross. On the left and...

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J. A. Marshall was member of the Fitchburg Encampment, in Massachusetts. Engraving was registered in 1841

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Certificate issued to Samuel Crocker Lawrence from Grand Encampment of Massachusetts with gold painted wooden frame

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Letter from George Smith to John Telfair on the dissolution of Hicks-St. Laurent Supreme Council

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Master Mason certificate issued to Henry Hills of Massachusetts. Masonic symbols cover the print including the all seeing eye, Hope, Charity and Faith all standing on columns: Ionic, Doric, and Corinthian

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A traveling Master Mason certificate issued by Mount Hope Lodge of Fall River, Massachusetts, to William Penn. Dated October 3, 1854. Imprint at the bottom of the certificate reads, "H. Billings Del. G. G. Smith, Sc."