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Master Mason certificate issued to Cyrus Strong Merrill from Morning Sun Lodge, No. 5, Bridgeport, Vermont,with blue lithographed images surrounding the text including all-seeing eye, 2 Corinthian columns, altar with Bible, 3 candlesticks (Sun, Moon, and Worshipful Master), and Masonic working tools

Scope and Contents A traveling Master Mason certificate issued by Passumpsic Lodge, No. 27, of St. Johnsbury, Vermont, to John R. Thompson. Dated September 13, 1862. The certificate was published in pocket map form and is attached to a wallet. Imprint at the bottom of the certificate reads, "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1854 by Robert Macoy in in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of New York.". There are elaborate engraving with many Masonic symbols such as altar, grapevines, globes,...

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An unissued or blank Master Mason certificate commissioned by the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts. Imprint at the bottom of the certificate reads, "D. Raynerd Del. Saml. Hill Sculpt." The certificate is dated December 28, 1805, and was intended to be issued by Union Lodge of Dorchester, Massachusetts.

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Master Mason certificate issued to George W. Raymond from St. John's Lodge, Connecticut under the authority of the Grand Lodge of Connecticut; images surround the text of the certificate including: 2 Corinthian columns, all-seeing eye, Masonic working tools, beehive, winged-hourglass; a blue ribbon is attached in the lower middle of the certificate

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Master Mason certificate issued to George W. Raymond from St. John's Lodge, Conneticut under the authority of the Grand Lodge of Connecticut; images surround the text of the certificate including: 2 columns, broken pillar, sinding stair, Masonic working tools, and others; a blue paper seal is attached at the bottom

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A Master Mason certificate issued by Union Lodge, No. 31, (New London, CT) to Henry Stoll. Dated October 14, 1862. Imprint at the bottom of the certificate reads, "Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1854, by Robert Macoy, in the Clerk's office of the District Court of New-York."

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Master Mason certificate issued to Francis S. Budd from Twin Lodge, No. 184, New York under the authority of the Grand Lodge of N.Y. Engraving has Masonic symbols including a boulder in the middle of the sea with an altar on it, which holds the Masonic working tools, and Noah's ark in the background.

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District Deputy Grand Master certificate issued to Merwin E. Chandler of Arlington, Mass. for Masonic District No. VI under the authority of the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts. There is a gold seal in lower left corner

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Master Mason certificate issued to Joseph Archer from La Fayette Lodge, No. 100, under the authority of the Grand Lodge of Connecticut. Masonic symbols surrounding the text include the broken column, the winding stair, Masonic tools and others, with a blue seal.