Raymond, Edward Asa, 1791-1864

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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.

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Petition to form a Rose Croix chapter and consistory in Boston, dated June 25, 1845. This petition from a group of Boston Freemasons, but written by Sovereign Grand Commander John James Joseph Gourgas, asks for the Supreme Council's authority to form a Rose Croix Chapter and a Consistory in the City of Boston, Massachusetts. It is signed by Edward, A. Raymond, Abraham A. Dame, Enoch Hobart, F E White, Elias Haskell, Charles W. Moore, and Reuel Baker.

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Certificate signed by Edward A. Raymond

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Scottish Rite certificate for J.J.J. Gourgas. signed by G. F. Yates and Edward A. Raymond. It is a certificate of appreciation.

Scope and Contents An expulsion certificate issued by the Supreme Council, Northern Masonic Jurisdiction, for 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...

Scope and Contents A list of Supreme Council, Northern Masonic Jurisdiction, officers, members, and subordinate bodies, dated February 5, 1862. In this document, the Supreme Council provides the Masonic world with a list of its current officers, members and subordinate bodies in order to "prevent fraud." 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...

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Traveling certificate issued to Edward A. Raymond from the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts

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...