Impostors and imposture
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Here are entered works on impostors in the legal sense. Works on feeling like a fake or fraud although one is successful are entered under Impostor phenomenon.
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Caution! Masonic Lodge of Relief--Imposter poster, 1877
Item — Folder 1
Identifier: A2002-118-001
Scope and Contents
Poster describing a man known as Herbert Sydney from Stratford, Essex, England and informing the Masonic community that he is posing as an imposter to acquire money. A detailed physical description of the man follows. There are two copies.
Dates:
1877
Found in:
Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library
Imposter announcement from Grand Secretary John W. Laflin, 1898 June 3
Item
Identifier: A2022-202-001
Letter from A. S. Thomas to the Secretary of Washington Lodge, 1871 December 29
Item
Identifier: A2019-165-001
Content Description
In this letter, Thomas seeks information regarding George W. Allen, a Masonic imposter or confidence man, who has been expelled from Washington Lodge.
Dates:
1871 December 29
Found in:
Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library
Letter from Worshipful Master Elwood Evans of Olympia Lodge, No. 1, 1864 July 30
Item
Identifier: A2017-052-001
Content Description
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
Found in:
Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library