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In Provincial Congress broadside, 1775 April 15

Item — Box 1

Identifier: A1998-061

Scope and Contents Broadside dated April 15, 1775 at Concord, Massachusetts, containing a resolution recommending "to the good People of this Colony of all Denominations" that May 11, 1775 be "set apart as a Day of Public Humiliation, Fasting and Prayer; that a total Abstinence from servile Labor and Recreation be observed, and all their religious assemblies solemnly convened..." The broadside is dated four days before the Battle of Lexington and Concord.Handwritten note on verso reads '3' for...

Dates: 1775 April 15

Found in: Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library

Jonathan Harrington collection, 1848-1966

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: A2014-003

Dates: 1848-1966

Found in: Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library

Letter and Catalogue from St. Louis Button Company, circa 1909

Collection — Box 3, Folder: 1

Identifier: A2005-001-008

Scope and Contents

Includes a typed letter (with envelope) to Mrs. Clayton North, Secretary, Daughters of the American Revolution of Shoreman, Vermont, from St. Louis Button Company. The company is inquiring about supplying badges or buttons for use at their next annual meeting Included is a small catalogue with illustrations of badges and buttons for sale for fraternal organizations.

Dates: circa 1909

Found in: Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library

Letter from Colonel Nathaniel Terry to Captains Grant and Barber, 1781 September 8

Item — Box 5, Folder: 1

Identifier: A2002-091-002

Scope and Contents

Manuscript letter to Capt. N. Grant and Capt. Noah Barber (1735-1822) of East Windsor, Connecticut which regards military order from Govenor Trumbull to send out able bodied men, with provisions, and armed to New London under the command of Capt. Lommis. It is signed at Enfield, Connecticut, Sept 8, 1781, by Nathaniel Terry, Col.

Dates: 1781 September 8

Found in: Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library

Letter from Edward D. Barber to David Robinson, 1832

Item

Identifier: A2018-013-001

Content Description

Letter from Edward D. Barber to David Robinson. Dated about 1832. This letter from Anti-masonic politician Edward Barber petitions Major General David Robinson, a veteran of the Revolutionary War, to use his influence to help rally support behind the Anti-Masons and their statewide convention.

Dates: 1832

Found in: Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library

Letters from Eliakim Libby to Mehitable Cummings Libby, 1775

Item — Box 1, Folder: 1

Identifier: A1975-009

Dates: 1775

Found in: Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library

Lexington Alarm letter, 1775 April 19

Item — Box 1

Identifier: A1995-011-001

Scope and Contents Alarm letter, containing an account of the Battle of Lexington, April 19, 1775, originally written by Joseph Palmer, at Watertown, Massachusetts, just hours after the event. This attested copy written by Daniel Tyler, Jr., at Brooklyn, Connecticut on the morning of April 20, 1775 and addressed "To Christopher Leffingwell Esq. or either the Committee of Correspondence Norwich" on verso. Trascription Watertown Wednesday Morning near 10...

Dates: 1775 April 19

Found in: Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library