Box 3

An advertisement for a lecture by Rob Morris, the Masonic author, poet, and lecturer. It includes poetry by Morris and is dated 1880.

This letter from Henry Witmer to his nephew, Adam K. Witmer, provides an account of the second national convention of the Anti-Masonic Party that was held in Philadelphia on May 4, 1836. In addition to describing the events at the convention, Henry discusses family matters and requests more information from Adam.

Three page autograph letter signed by Capt. William M. McArthur to his father, dated 8th Maine Regiment Infantry, 8 March 1863. The letter refers to Masons who were soldiers in the Civil War and how they were treated, as well as the relationship betwteen Masons from the North and the South.

A satirical and anti-Masonic account of the celebration of the Festival of Saint John the Baptist held by Freemasons in Boston. Written by Joseph Green, a poet, merchant, and British Loyalist, based on an account published in the July 2, 1739 edition of the Boston Gazette

Program for the Order of Exercises at the Celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Initiation of George Washington, Febrary 22, 1853. George Washington was initiated in 1752 in the lodge at Fredericksburg, VA. and raised to Master Mason, 1753.

This letter to Lewis M. Norton from B. [Hiltrix] concerns the development of an anti-masonic policy of a church near Batavia, New York, which would prevent Masons from becoming members of the church.

This collection contains records from the St. Andrews Inverness Lodge in Inverness, Scotland. All are facsimiles.

Manuscript list from Georgian Lodge, Thomaston, ME. This list consists of loans from the lodge to 70 members with their signatures.

Manuscript copy of the poem The Mother Lodge, by Rudyard Kipling, undated, in an unknown handwriting.

D. S. Fales, Secretary of Orient Lodge (Thomaston, Maine), writes to a fellow lodge member, John D. Barnard, regarding the returns of their lodge. If approved, Barnard will present the returns to the Grand Lodge of Maine.