MA 007. Blue Lodge certificates

A Master Mason certificate issued by Union Lodge, No. 31, (New London, CT) to Henry Stoll. Dated October 14, 1862. Imprint at the bottom of the certificate reads, "Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1854, by Robert Macoy, in the Clerk's office of the District Court of New-York."

A Master Mason certificate issued by the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts to Aaron Wilbur of Hudson Lodge (Springfield, Mass.). Dated May 16, 1849. Imprint at bottom of certificate reads, “H. Billings, N.Y.”

Worshipful Master certificate issued by Hiram Lodge (Arlington, Mass.) to Chester Thorpe, dated October 6, 1927. Imprint at bottom of certificate: "Engraved by Hawksworth."

An unissued or blank Masonic register created for a Master Mason. The register is hand-drawn and colored in gouache. The register is adorned by Masonic symbols including the all-seeing eye of God; two lambs representing innocence; a mother angel and her children, representing the Masonic virtue of Charity, and the capital letter “G,” which represents God or Geometry.

Kirby traveling from Tokyo Lodge, No. 125. Tokyo was originally under the jurisdiction of the Grand Lodge of Connecticut before applying for dispensation under the Grand Lodge of the Philippine Islands.