MA 007. Blue Lodge certificates

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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."

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Third Degree of Masonry certificate issued to Daniel E. Pratt from Revere Lodge, Boston, Mass., dated December 11, 1856. Penniman & Mills; Annin & Smith (engravers)

Scope and Contents A Master Mason certificate issued by the Grand Lodge of New Hampshire and Blazing Lodge, No. 11, to Horace Chase. Dated November 14, 1815. The certificate is decorated with the Eye of Providence and is bordered by two columns. Atop each column is stationed a woman: The first woman, Hope, holds an anchor, and the second woman, Faith, holds a book and cross. At the bottom of the certificate, a third woman, Charity, is seen tending to three children. She is flanked on each side by two aproned...

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...

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Master Mason certificate issued to Cyrus Strong Merrill from Morning Sun Lodge, No. 5, Bridgeport, Vermont,with blue lithographed images surrounding the text including all-seeing eye, 2 Corinthian columns, altar with Bible, 3 candlesticks (Sun, Moon, and Worshipful Master), and Masonic working tools