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MA 007. Blue Lodge certificates

 Record Group
Identifier: MA 007

Found in 125 Collections and/or Records:

Don Rickles Masonic certificate collection, 1998-2008

 Collection
Identifier: A2022-007
Dates: 1998-2008

Henry Jacobs certificates collection, 1914-1966

 Collection
Identifier: A2019-017
Dates: 1914-1966

Blank Master Mason certificate created by Amos Doolittle, 1797-1825

 Item
Identifier: A2018-130-001
Content Description

An unissued or blank Master Mason certificate drawn and engraved by Amos Doolittle and created between 1797 and 1825. Imprint at the bottom of the certificate reads, "Drawn and engraved by Brother Amos Doolittle. Copy right secured. The above may be had of Brothrs. Saml. Maverick, N. York, Diploma of the 3rd DEG."

Dates: 1797-1825

Reading of the original charter 459, 1958

 Item — Folder 1
Identifier: A2001-089-005
Content Description

A 1958 printed transcription and facsimile of the 1784 charter issued by the Grand Lodge of England to African Lodge, No. 459, the first African American or Prince Hall Masonic lodge in America. The document is hand-signed by Grand Master James R. Leseuer, M.D., the forty-sixth Grand Master of the Prince Hall Grand Lodge of the State of Massachusetts.

Dates: 1958