MA 007. Blue Lodge certificates

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Master Mason certificate designed and drawn by Penniman, engraved by Newcomb. Certificate issued to John McLaughlin of the Penobscot Lodge by Grand Lodge of Maine. McLaughlin signature on right hand side of certificate. Design includes symbols of Faith, Charity, and Hope surrounding a sphere, all-seeing eye, tessalated floor, square and compass, and plumb.

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Master Mason manuscript certificate with grisaille watercolor by unidentified artist. Certificate issued to Jacob Rich of the Independence Lodge, No. 76, Independence, Missouri by the Grand Lodge of Missouri. Watercolor includes an arrangement of Masonic symbols probably based on Jeremy Cross' work including all-seeing eye, sun, moon, star, clasped hands, three pillars, coffin, beehive and more.

Scope and Contents Masonic Register for a Master Mason hand drawn and colored in gouache. Register includes many Masonic symbols including all-seeing eye of God, two lambs representing innocence, mother angel and children representing the Masonic virtue of Charity, the capital G in the center representing God or Geometry, two columns representing pillars of King Solomon's Temple, and a broken column shown with Father Time and a weeping virgin standing over a book, representing mourning. Register includes...

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Facsimile transcription of African Lodge, No. 459, charter issued on September 29, 1784. The image of original charter is in the lower left corner.

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Certificate of Master Mason for Robert Herne issued in Winnicut, Lodge No. 92 in New Hampshire. The certificate is from July 11, 1878 and has blue text surrounded by blue masonic pictures.

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