Box 2

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Letter dated May 2, 1926 from Raoul Palermi, Sovereign Grand Commander, Supreme Council of Italy, to Robert A. Sherrifs, Secretary General, Supreme Council Scottish Rite, Northern Masonic Jurisdiction, in which Palermi introduces Brother Gaetano Mazzaglia, 32° who will be visiting the U.S.

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Three photographs of Melvin M. Johnson, Sovereign Grand Commander of the Supreme Council, Northern Masonic Jurisdiction. Photographs likely taken when Johnson was a member of Monitor Lodge in Waltham, and "S.G.W." or Senior Grand Warden of the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts, 1909.

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Manuscript document in report format describing the history of the first consistory in Rhode Island in 1763 by Moses Michael Hayes.

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Account ledger for Bennington Lodge of Perfection includes dues payments of members.

Scope and Contents Special meeting notice for Joseph Warren Lodge, May 7, 1867 to examine candidates for the first and second degrees. There are copies with pencilled notes on verso: a) list of names, including Woodbury, Daniel Sickels, Clinton F. Paige, Samuel Lawrence, and C. C. Dame, followed by "25 Apl. 1867 date of signing," and b) "meeting of members of Sup. Council met at Freemason's Hall in Boston, 14 May, 1867, at 3 o'clock P.M. Ill. Br. Turner, 33° of Illinois is the chair. Ill. Br. Shurtleff was...

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Address of John J. Gorman, Sovereign Grand Commander of the Supreme Council, 33° Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite for the United States of America, their Territories and Dependencies, October 24, 1893 with summary of 1892 overtures made to Henry Lynde Palmer (Sovereign Grand Commander Ancient and Accepted Sscottish Rite, Northern Jurisdiction) to establish mutual committees to work toward union, which Palmer and his Committee on Jurisprudence refused.