MA 007. Blue Lodge certificates

Content Description A Master Mason certificate issued by Independent Royal Arch Lodge, No. 2, to Robert Palmer. Dated February 10, 1795. The imprint at the bottom of the certificate reads, "Bror. Rollinson Scupt." The reverse of the document contains an inscription written in French by J. Armand, the Secretary of the Loge Vérité, a Haitian Masonic lodge in the city of Saint-Domingue. The inscription states that Armand received Palmer’s certificate on January 4, 1801. The date is translated from the French...

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Newspaper article about Charles Simeon Hasty and a slide of Hasty wearing a Shrine fez.

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Master Mason certificate issued to Francis S. Budd from Twin Lodge, No. 184, New York under the authority of the Grand Lodge of N.Y. Engraving has Masonic symbols including a boulder in the middle of the sea with an altar on it, which holds the Masonic working tools, and Noah's ark in the background.

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Master Mason certificate issued by Baalbec Lodge (East Boston, Massachusetts) to Edward G. Graves, dated October 3, 1884. Imprint at bottom of certificate: "American Bank Note Co. Boston." Image of engraving includes Masonic symbols for Faith, Hope, and Charity under arches.

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Includes postcards, brochures, regalia catalogs, certificates, member directories, programs, and summons for Masonic and fraternal organizations, as well as postcards and first day covers for the Eastern States Exposition (also known as The Big E).

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Pocket certificate stating that Harvey B. Leggee has been appointed the Master Mason of Blue Hill Lodge of Canton Massachusetts. The certificate was issued on Decebmer 12, 1922 and is written in black ink against a background of masonic symbols.

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Includes certificates, photographs, programs, invitations, ephemera, and newspaper relating to Masonic activities of the Meade Family. The bulk of the collection relates to Jesse Meade.

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Certificate of the third degree of Masonry for Henry Peter Caddy dated June 20, 1919, in Newtonville, Massachusetts.

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Engraving contains many Masonic symbols such as square and compass, open Bible, anchor, woman holding cross and goblet, woman holding rope and flower, madonna with children, globe, sun, stars, moon, beehive, Corinthian columns, plumb and level, letter "G".