Letter from Armistead B. Dawson to Amand P. Pfister, 1840 October 26
Scope and Contents
Letter from Deputy Grand High Priest Armistead B. Dawson empowering Grand Secretary Armand P. Pfister to form a Royal Arch chapter in Mississippi. Dated October 26, 1840.
Cover:
A B Dawson
Mr. Armand P. Pfister, G.S. [Grand Secretary]
Tuskaloosa, Ala[bama]
________________________________________
Letter Content:
Wetumpka, 26th Oct. 1840
Know ye, that I Armistead B. Dawson [Dept?]
Grand High Priest of the Grand Royal Arch Chapter of
the State of Alabama, Do hear witness and
delegate in my name, our worthy companion
and Brother Armand Pfister, the Grand Secty [Secretary]
to visit the city of [?] in the state of
Mississippi and organize the chapter
in that city under [?] virtue of [authory?]
given then under charter under my hand
[S?]eal [O.. E. ? P.?] of the State of Alabama
A.s B. Dawson, D.G.H.P.
[S.?] Alabama
Your two letters were [duly?] recd [received]
Transcription by John Coelho, Archivist 3/11/2015
Dates
- Creation: 1840 October 26
Creator
- From the Collection: Pfister, Amand P., 1802-1857 (Person)
- From the Collection: Sayer, Daniel (Person)
- From the Collection: Fishel, Morris (Person)
- From the Collection: Brown, W. R. (Person)
- From the Collection: Parvin, T. S. (Theodore Sutton), 1817-1901 (Person)
- From the Collection: Swigert, Philip, 1798-1871 (Person)
- From the Collection: Grant, H. B. (Person)
- From the Collection: Henley, John W. (Person)
- From the Collection: Norman, Felix Grundy, 1808-1885 (Person)
- From the Collection: Kerr, William (Person)
- From the Collection: Dalton, Robert H. (Person)
- From the Collection: Dawson, Armistead B. (Person)
- From the Collection: Forbes Lithograph Manufacturing Company (Printer, Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research.
Extent
1 item/s ; 26 x 21 cm.
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Repository Details
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