Raymond, Edward Asa, 1791-1864

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Certificate from A.A.S.R., N.M.J. expelling Edward A. Raymond and Simon W. Robinson for gross unmasonic conduct signed by Killian H. Van Rensselaer

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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 letter from Grand Master Edward A. Raymond of the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts summons Columbian Lodge, as well as all other Blue Lodges in the state of Massachusetts, to elect a delegate to convene with the Permanent Members of the Grand Lodge on February 7, 1849. The purpose of this convention was the creation and adoption of a uniform system of “Work and Lectures” for all Massachusetts state Blue Lodges.

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Negative photostat of the certificate of union of Edmund B. Hays and Edward A. Raymond, on 7 May 1863, signed by Edmund B. Hays and Daniel Sickels. Certificate joins the Supreme Council in Boston, led by Edward A. Raymond, with the Supreme Council in New York, led by Edmund B. Hays and merged with the Cerneau Northern Masonic Jurisdiction.

Scope and Contents Typescript (copy) deposition of Josiah H. Drummond in answer to interrogatories of J. J. Gorman, Esq. of New York (William A. Hershiser, et. als vs. S. Stacker Williams et. als.). This includes the history of Drummond's receiving Scottish Rite degrees in 1859, discussion of the expulsion of Edward A. Raymond from Northern Jurisdiction, expulsion of Van Rensellaer from Northern Jurisdiction in 1862, and history of A.A.S.R. Northern Jurisdiction before and after 1867 union. This comes with an...