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Letter from Winyah Lodge, No. 40, to Pacific Lodge, No. 45, 1873 June 04

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Identifier: A2018-009-002
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Letter from Winyah Lodge, No. 40, to Pacific Lodge, No. 45. Dated June 04, 1873. In this letter, Winyah Lodge, No. 40, describes how white Union soldiers of the 15th Maine torched their lodge building in response to being “relieved by a Battalion of United States colored Troops” under the command of Colonel A. J. Willard. Concludes by appealing to Masons for relief in rebuilding their “lost Temple.”

Dates: 1873 June 04

Letter from Worshipful Master Elwood Evans of Olympia Lodge, No. 1, 1864 July 30

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Identifier: A2017-052-001
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Letter from Worshipful Master Elwood Evans of Olympia Lodge, No. 1. Dated July 30, 1864. This letter from Elwood Evand, the Worshipful Master of Olympia Lodge, No. 1, warns the Fraternity to be wary of Masonic imposter "O. H. Treat, Tweed, or Treed,"

Dates: 1864 July 30

Letter to Elizabeth B. Church from James H. Kearns, 1847 July 12

 Item — Box: 3, Folder: 1
Identifier: A2023-048-001
Scope and Contents

Kearns wrote to Church about a portrait of her recently deceased husband that they have and offers it to the widow with the lodge's sympathies for the death of her husband, a fellow member. The letter has an Odd Fellow's seal affixed to it.

Dates: 1847 July 12

Letter to Frazier W. Hurltant from J. S. Bark, 1881 May 27

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Identifier: A2023-084-001
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The letter discusses the history of the Grand Lodge of New York.

Dates: 1881 May 27

Letter to General James Wadsworth from G. Wheelock requesting a pass-through United States Forces during the Civil War, 1862

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 1
Identifier: A1997-123-006
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A letter written to General James Wadsworth, Military Governor, Washington from G. Wheelock, Colonel and Commander of 73rd regiment, dated September 30, 1862. Colonel is requesting a pass for his friends, John Wesley Harway and William S. Hadley, to reach Major G. McClellan's army for business. It includes 2 pages, one written, one blank, and is accompanied by a pass granted on October 2, 1862 and signed by General Wadworth's Aide-de-Camp.

Dates: 1862

Letter to Grand Lodges to Establish General Grand Lodge of US pamphlet, 1822 April

 Item — Box: 2, Folder: 1
Identifier: A1994-139-001
Scope and Contents Circular from appointed committee of eleven members submitted to several Grand Lodges and distributed among Masons concerning the establishment of a General Grand Lodge of the United States. It contains a report of a meeting held on March 9, 1822 among "members of Congress who belong to the Masonic Fraternity" as well as "visitors to the city who are or have been members of any state grand lodge... held in the Senate Chamber" to discuss the establishment of a national Grand Lodge....
Dates: 1822 April

Letter to Howard M. Miller from Fred W. Rehlinuyer, 1942 July 12

 Collection — Box: 3, Folder: 1
Identifier: A2023-017-001
Scope and Contents

Letter to Howard M. Miller from Fred W. Rehlinuyer, Secretary of Massac Lodge, no. 86, on July 12, 1942. Also contains an unaddressed letter from Rehlinuyer that confirms Miller's role as Noble Grand of the lodge.

Dates: 1942 July 12

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