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Circular letter to the Masons of Western New York, 1830 April 28

Item — Box 4, Folder: 1

Identifier: A2006-057-001

Scope and Contents

Circular issued from Rochester, New York, dated April 28, 1830. It describes the slander of their "enemies," the Anti-Masons. It is addressed to the Secretary of Harmony Lodge, in Northfield, Mass.

Dates: 1830 April 28

Found in: Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library

Cole Family papers, 1752-1951

Collection

Identifier: A2007-001

Dates: 1752-1951

Found in: Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library

Criticisms of J. Blanchard on the Action of the Illinois Congregational Association on Masonic and Odd Fellows lodges : a scrapbook, 1867

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Identifier: A2019-113-001

Dates: 1867

Found in: Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library

Declaration of the Freemasons of Boston and Vicinity reprint broadside, 1871 December 27

Item — Folder 1

Identifier: A1977-017-001

Scope and Contents

Three copies of broadside, "Declaration of the Freemasons of Boston and Vicinity", 1831, re-issued by Boston Masonic Mirror, Dec. 27, 1871, in which the listed Masons from Boston and surrounding communities stated the goals and obligations of Masonry. This declaration was a reaction to the strong anti-Masonic movement of the times which had been recently fueled by the "Morgan Affair" in New York State (1826).

Dates: 1871 December 27

Found in: Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library

Document from H. Edmund Bullis regarding Morgan Affair, 1889

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Identifier: A1972-001-001

Dates: 1889

Found in: Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library

Documents and magazine on anti-Masonic activity in Portugal by the Catholic Church, 1919

Collection

Identifier: A2022-265-001

Dates: 1919

Found in: Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library

Germany, 1939

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Scope and Contents

Correspondence to and from Adolf G. Kohler of the "Welcome to Germany" Service, relating to the suppression of Freemasonry by Hitler.

Dates: 1939

Found in: Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library / Records of Melvin M. Johnson, Sovereign Grand Commander of the Scottish Rite, Northern Masonic Jurisdiction of the United States, 1915-1979 / Subject Files (G) Fraternal Relations

Grand Lodge Massachusetts (Revision Constitutions), 1945

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Scope and Contents

Correspondence relating to the revision of the Grand Lodge of Masons in Massachusetts constitution. Also includes a booklet entitled, "Laws proclaimed in Spain against "Freemasonry" by the Dictator Francisco Franco".

Dates: 1945