FR 007. Fraternal certificates

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Charter granted from the Grand Lodge, No. 2, of Pennsylvania establishing James Hamilton Degree Lodge, No. 11, in Philadelphia, PA. It includes the names of the charter members or officers. At the top of charter is an attached red paper seal of the Grand Lodge of I.O. of G.S. & D. of S. as well as an embossed seal at the bottom of charter. It is dated June 25, 1930 and is signed Gertrude V. Young, Grand Secretary, and J.H. Tiller, Grand Chief.

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Printed and manuscript charter for the Northboro Grange, No. 119, also known as The Patrons of Husbandry. This particular grange does not exist in Massachusetts any longer, though there are many other active granges in this state. Signed by both the Master and Secretary of the State Grange and National Grange

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Membership certificate of the Locomotive Firemen issued to Earl Shoemaker, Rainyday Lodge No. 553, Illinois; includes images of railroad car, railroad car falling off broken bridge, fraternal members offering death benefits to fireman's widow, fireman's funeral, and more; has principles of the teachings of fraternity's ceremony across lower edge: charity, industry, sobriety, and protection; in full color.

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Certificate issued to Samuel Newman, dated 1784, signed by George Washington and Knox.

Content Description Membership certificate issued by the New York Mason Society to Ezekiel Thorp. Dated June 3, 1805. Signed by the Society’s President, Michael Norris, and Secretary, Samuel Ludlum. Incorporated in 1807, the New York Masons’ Society was formed as an association and benevolent society for New York City’s stonemasons, bricklayers or plaisterers. Its mission was to provide relief for distressed members, widows, and orphans and to provide for the education of the children of deceased and indigent...