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FR 007. Fraternal certificates

 Record Group
Identifier: FR 007

Found in 53 Collections and/or Records:

Membership certificate issued by the Society of the Cincinnati to Samuel Newman, 1784 May 5

 Item — Folder 1
Identifier: A1997-025-001
Scope and Contents

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

Dates: 1784 May 5

Certificate to confer second degree, 1896 February 22

 Item
Identifier: A2023-091-001
Dates: 1896 February 22

Membership certificate issued to Ezekiel Thorp by the New York Masons’ Society, 1805 June 3

 Item — Folder 1
Identifier: A2019-010-001
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...
Dates: 1805 June 3

Membership certificate issued to William Wesley by Golden Gate Lodge, No. 2007, 1888 February 15

 Item — Folder 1
Identifier: A2018-002-001
Content Description A membership certificate issued by Golden Gate Lodge, No. 2007, of San Francisco, California, to William Wesley. Dated February 15, 1888. Imprint under the graphic reads, "Entered according to Act of Congress 1878 by Wm. M. T. Forrester in the Office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington. A Hoen & Co. Richmond, VA." In 1843, Peter Ogden, "a person of color who traveled between New York and Liverpool, England," as a steward on a ship, founded the Grand United Order of Odd Fellows, an...
Dates: 1888 February 15