Raymond, Edward Asa, 1791-1864

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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.

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Handwritten summons from Sovereign Grand Commander John James Joseph Gourgas to Edward A. Raymond, dated November 22, 1847. In this handwritten summons addressed to Edward A. Raymond, Sovereign Grand Commander Gourgas directs Raymond, Charles W. Moore, and Reuel Baker to attend the Constitutional Meeting of the Grand and Supreme Council held on December 7, 1847.

Scope and Contents A letter from Charles S. Westcott to Charles W. Moore, dated November 21, 1855. In this letter, Westcott requests the Supreme Council, Northern Masonic Jurisdiction, accept the petition of a group of New York City Freemasons to unify with the Northern Masonic Jurisdiction. These Freemasons had previously worked under the jurisdiction of New Orleans but had recently surrendered their consistory's charter to the Supreme Council at Charleston. Westcott fears that they will join with the Cerneau...