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Scope and Contents A letter from Charles S. Westcott to Charles W. Moore, dated November 21, 1855. In this letter, Westcott requests the Supreme Council, Northern Masonic Jurisdiction, accept the petition of a group of New York City Freemasons to unify with the Northern Masonic Jurisdiction. These Freemasons had previously worked under the jurisdiction of New Orleans but had recently surrendered their consistory's charter to the Supreme Council at Charleston. Westcott fears that they will join with the Cerneau...

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A letter from Fred to John dated November 28, 1866. In this letter, the author describes the state of Freemasonry on the island of Trinidad and asks his friend John to send information regarding the history of Freemasonry on Trinidad. The author wishes to use the information to resolve the legitimacy of the island's lodges created by the rivaling factions of Andres Cassard, initially supported by the Southern Jurisdiction, and Vicente Antonio de Castro.

Scope and Contents A certificate issued by the Cross Supreme Council (Cerneau) to Henry C. Lawrence of the New York City Lodge of Perfection, dated April 14, 1852. It is signed by Sovereign Grand Commander Jeremy L. Cross, Daniel Sickels, Grand Secretary Robert B. Folger, and Standard Bearer Henry Atwood. An imprint at the bottom of the certificate reads, "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1851, by Jeremy L. Cross, in the Office of the Clerk of the United States District Court for the Southern...

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Item that lists desires to repeal sections 21 and 25, part 5, Miscellaneous Regulations, of the constitution of the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts for being in conflict with Scottish Rite Freemasonry.

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Circular letter with invitation to Annual Session of the Supreme Council of Canada

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A letter from African American Freemason Peter W. Ray of Brooklyn, New York, to Charles T. McClenachan, dated October 9, 1895. In this letter, Ray provides McClenachan with the names and occupations of seven African American applicants, including Ray, for Masonic degrees.