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

Scope and Contents A circular letter from the Supreme Council expelling Sovereign Grand Commander Edward A. Raymond and Grand Secretary General Simon W. Robinson, dated May 22, 1862. On August 24, 1860, Sovereign Grand Commander Raymond abruptly closed the Supreme Council sine die, leading to the Schism of 1860 and the formation of two competing Supreme Councils in the Northern Masonic Jurisdiction, one led by Raymond and the other by Killian Van Rensselaer. It is signed in type by newly elected Sovereign...

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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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Dispensation issued by the Supreme Council to form a Rose Croix chapter in Boston, dated June 25, 1845. This dispensation (a document usually given as a precursor to a charter) authorizes Edward A. Raymond, Abram A. Dame, and others to form a Rose Croix chapter in the city of Boston, Massachusetts. It is signed by Sovereign Grand Commander John James Joseph Gourgas, Edward A. Raymond, Charles W. Moore, Giles F. Yates, and Killian Van Rensselaer.

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General convocation certificate issued by John James Joseph Gourgas to Edward A. Raymond and Charles W. Moore, dated February 26, 1848. In this document, Sovereign Grand Commander Gourgas summons Raymond and Moore of Boston, Massachusetts, to attend six stated constitutional sittings in 1848.