MA 007. Blue Lodge certificates
Found in 192 Collections and/or Records:
Charter issued by the Grand Lodge of New York to Aurora Lodge, 1827 June 7
A charter issued by the Grand Lodge of New York to Aurora Lodge (Windham, N.Y.) and dated June 7, 1827. Organized just prior to the height of the Anti-Masonic Movement, the lodge did not survive a year. It would be succeeded by Oasis Lodge, No. 119, which was organized in Prattsville, N.Y., on June 5 1849.
Master Mason certificate issued to Seth Allen, Jr. by Peru Lodge, No. 281, 1871 February 6
Master Mason certificate issued to John Charles Dibble by Chico Lodge, No. 111, 1870 November 5
Master Mason certificate issued to Robert James Braithwaite, 1870 September 13
Reading of the original charter 459, 1958
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.
Prince Hall certificate issued to Lowell T. Baker by Doric Lodge, No. 4, 1987 April 25
Master Mason certificate issued to George Emerson Torrey by Huntington Lodge in Mass., 1931 February 4
Master Mason certificate issued to John McLaughlin by the Penobscot Lodge, 1826 March 20
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.