SC 043. Foreign Masonic certificates

Framed Royal Arch Certificate to Charles Barton, R.A. Lodge No. 14, Liverpool, England, August 7, 1806. Ribbon woven through left side of certificate with a red wax seal lower left corner. Biographical information written on verso of frame: Charles Barton (orignally Sanders) was the great uncle of original donor, Richard S. Sanders, who donated the certificate to the Acton Historical Society in 1968.

Sovereign Grand Inspector General (33rd and last degree) certificate for E. M. Brown from Scottish Grand Council of Rites. There is bronze embossed paper seal affixed to document. Images include St. Andrew, the double-headed eagle of the Scottish Rite, and Masonic tools

Includes 3 copies of a photostat reproduction (2 positive and 1 negative) of a Fellow Craft certificate issued to Jean Hyacinte, Marquis de Bellissen, by the Orient of Strasbourg. Masonic symbols included on the certificate are columns and two goddesses, one holding a star and the other holding a compass.

Master Mason certificate for William Francis Cutter, born in Charlestown, MA, from the Lodge Francaise Saint Napoleon in Marseilles. The content is written inside the shape of a Mason's apron and includes many signatures. Other symbols include the figure of charity, the double-headed eagle, and Corinthian colums. It also includes a metal box with seal.

Knight Rose-Croix certificate for Jean Clustere Cunissy from the Orient of Paris, the Sovereign Chapter of Triple Harmony. A letter from Maurice Zavaro, Grand College des Rites, Supreme Council of France, accompanies the certificate. Masonic imagery includes two columns, a lamb, a lion, crossed swords, a coffin, and the symbol of the Rose-Croix.

Sovereign Prince Rose Croix certificate given to Pierre Francois amable de Riviere Dupuget by the Ecole de la Sagesse et du Triple accord reunis of the Orient of Metz. The certificate contains an engraving in orange and symbols include two columns, a lamb, and crossed swords