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9th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteers Flag Remnant manuscript, 1877 October 12

Item — Box 1, Folder: 1

Identifier: A1988-005-001

Scope and Contents

Manuscript presentation note from 9th Infantry Regiment of Massachusetts presenting a remnant of their flag they carried during the Civil War in 1861, signed Daniel G. Macnamara of "the Old Ninth."

Dates: 1877 October 12

Found in: Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library

A Strong Protest Against Honoring the Memory of General Albert Pike article, 1898

Item — Box 3, Folder: 1

Identifier: A2013-011-009

Scope and Contents

This pamphlet or reprint, from The Republican of Davenport, Iowa, includes the article entitled, "A Strong Protest Against Honoring the Memory of General Albert Pike." The article describes the battle of Pea Ridge, specifically Pike's recruitment of Indigenous people who were accused of scalping of Union solders.

Dates: 1898

Found in: Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library

Alonzo Hall Quint Masonic Civil War collection, 1861-1864

Collection

Identifier: A2017-048

Dates: 1861-1864

Found in: Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library

Carl E. Wahlstrom ephemera collection, 1861-1970

Collection

Identifier: A2018-029

Dates: 1861-1970

Found in: Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library

Certificate of Incorporation and Constitution of Beneficiary Fund of the Grand Army of the Republic, USA, 1880

Item — Box 3, Folder: 1

Identifier: A2009-027-001

Scope and Contents

Includes a history of The Grand Army of the Republic, a list of members of the group, the certificate of incorporation, and the constitution that consists of eight articles. The articles focus on the group's name and organization, membership and fees, officers, management, payment and disposition of funds, transfer of certificates, amount of gratuity, and amendments.

Dates: 1880

Found in: Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library

Circular letter from William Hobart Hadley to Mosaic Lodge, No. 52, 1864 September 20

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Identifier: A2018-146-001

Scope and Contents Circular letter from the Masonic Mission to Mosaic Lodge, No. 52. September 20, 1864. In this circular letter, William Hobart Hadley, the Vice President of the Masonic Mission in Maine, and Agent for the New England States, reminds the Fraternity that the Masonic Mission is a Masonic institution that can expect little outside help. Hadley also requests that every Lodge in the State of Maine “make immediate and earnest efforts to raise money and supplies” from the Fraternity and private...

Dates: 1864 September 20

Found in: Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library