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Membership certificate issued by the Society of the Cincinnati to Samuel Newman, 1784 May 5

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Identifier: A1997-025-001
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Certificate issued to Samuel Newman, dated 1784, signed by George Washington and Knox.

Dates: 1784 May 5

Membership certificate issued to Charles Hardy by Temple Bar Lodge, No. 1728, and lodge summons, 1883-1884

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Identifier: A1988-027-001
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Membership certificate issued by the United Grand Lodge of England to Charles Hardy from Temple Bar Lodge, No. 1728, signed and dated 1883 with a summons from the Temple Bar Lodge, March 13, 1884

Dates: 1883

Membership certificate issued to Earl Shoemaker by Rainyday Lodge, No. 553, 1895

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Identifier: A2013-032-001
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Membership certificate of the Locomotive Firemen issued to Earl Shoemaker, Rainyday Lodge No. 553, Illinois; includes images of railroad car, railroad car falling off broken bridge, fraternal members offering death benefits to fireman's widow, fireman's funeral, and more; has principles of the teachings of fraternity's ceremony across lower edge: charity, industry, sobriety, and protection; in full color.

Dates: 1895

Membership certificate issued to Ezekiel Thorp by the New York Masons’ Society, 1805 June 3

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Identifier: A2019-010-001
Content Description Membership certificate issued by the New York Mason Society to Ezekiel Thorp. Dated June 3, 1805. Signed by the Society’s President, Michael Norris, and Secretary, Samuel Ludlum. Incorporated in 1807, the New York Masons’ Society was formed as an association and benevolent society for New York City’s stonemasons, bricklayers or plaisterers. Its mission was to provide relief for distressed members, widows, and orphans and to provide for the education of the children of deceased and indigent...
Dates: 1805 June 3

Membership certificate issued to Helen Peck by Temp Star Lodge, No. 146, 1867 December 13

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Identifier: A2005-001-014
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A membership certificate issued by Temp Star Lodge, No. 146, of Hyde Park, Pennsylvania, to Helen Peck. Dated December 13, 1867. Imprint on bottom reads, "Lith. by A. Valendar [sic] Cleveland Ohio." Note: Vallendar may be the true spelling of the lithographer's name. Founded in Utica, New York, in 1851, the Independent Order of Good Templars is still in existence and has changed its name to the International Order of Good Templars.

Dates: 1867 December 13

Membership certificate issued to Nathaniel Snow by Caledonian Royal Arch Chapter, No. 2, 1808 July 10

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Identifier: A1995-074-002
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Master Mason certificate for Nathaniel Snow, of the Royal Naval Lodge, issued by Caledonian Royal Arch, No. 2. Image on engraving includes three men of royalty under an arch supported by three pillars, all seeing eye is at the top.

Dates: 1808 July 10

Membership certificate issued to O. L. Larcomb by Canton Lodge, No. 498, 1878 February 10

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Identifier: A1997-016-003
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A membership certificate issued by Canton Lodge, No. 498, of Canton, Pennsylvania, to O. L. Larcomb. Dated February 10, 1878. Imprint on bottom reads, "W. J. Morgan & Co Lith Cleveland Ohio." Founded in Utica, New York, in 1851, the Independent Order of Good Templars is still in existence and has changed its name to the International Order of Good Templars.

Dates: 1878 February 10

Membership certificate issued to William Wesley by Golden Gate Lodge, No. 2007, 1888 February 15

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Identifier: A2018-002-001
Content Description A membership certificate issued by Golden Gate Lodge, No. 2007, of San Francisco, California, to William Wesley. Dated February 15, 1888. Imprint under the graphic reads, "Entered according to Act of Congress 1878 by Wm. M. T. Forrester in the Office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington. A Hoen & Co. Richmond, VA." In 1843, Peter Ogden, "a person of color who traveled between New York and Liverpool, England," as a steward on a ship, founded the Grand United Order of Odd Fellows, an...
Dates: 1888 February 15

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