MA 007. Blue Lodge certificates

Scope and Contents Master Mason certificate issued to Dearborn Lougee from the Grand Lodge of New Hampshire, Strafford Lodge, No. 29, Dover, 1826. It is decorated with Masonic symbols including an all seeing eye at top center, two columns as borders, each with a woman on top, one with an anchor representing Hope, the other with a book and cross representing Faith. The bottom center has a third woman with children representing Charity. Two colonial men wearing aprons on each side of "Charity." Two ribbons...

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Master Mason certificate issued to William Penn (d. 1855) of Mt. Hope Lodge, in Fall River, Bristol County, Massachusetts

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Master Mason certificate issued by Essex Lodge (Salem, Massachusetts) to Samuel Derby and dated 1796. The Dutch inscription on the back of certificate is notation/affidavit of Samuel Derby’s visit to the La Vertueuse lodge in Batavia, Dutch East Indies or nowadays Jakarta, Indonesia, on April 15, 1801. The imprint on bottom of certificate reads "J. Hiller jun'r, del. S. Hill sc."

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Master Mason certificate issued by Winslow Lewis Lodge (Boston, Mass) to George D. Shattuck, dated April 10, 1874. Imprint at bottom of certificate: "American Bank Note Co. Boston."

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Master Mason certificate issued by Good Samaritan Lodge (Reading, Massachusetts) to William D. Deadman and dated July 26, 1871. Imprint at bottom of certificate reads "American Bank Note Co. Boston."

Scope and Contents A Worshipful Master certificate issued by Baalbec Lodge (East Boston, Massachusetts) to Edward G. Graves and dated 1896 October 6. The engraving for the certificate was created by John Hawksworth. At the top of the certificate rests the Eye of Providence, which illuminates three figures, a heavily bearded man, who wears a lion skin while he clutches a key in his right hand, and two women. The first woman (standing) hands a document with the words, "Words is the principle thing &c," to...

Scope and Contents A Master Mason carpet and traveling diploma issued by Union Lodge, No. 71, to William F. Wylie. Includes images from "Master's Carpet" above text of certificate, includes Masonic symbols such as 3 pillars, Charity, Hope, winding stairs, working tools, broken column with Time (mourning), sword piercing a heart, beehive, Solomon's temple, and many more. The certificate was published in pocket map form by John Sherer (about 1803-1876) of Cincinnati, Ohio, and is written in English, German, and...