John the Baptist's Day

Scope and Contents This broaside features a newly composed song: "Begin, Brother Masons, a Free Mason strain," and is illustrated with a cut of a man in profile in Federal garb. The song is constructed of seven sections with six lines each, paying tribute to historical influences and present glory of being "a Mason and Free". At the end of the Masonic song is a two inch decorative border demarcating the start of a second song, a May Day air that could be called "With Jockey". There is a cut of a coach with...

Content Description From the Collection:

The collection of Peter B. C. Brown, Jr., spans the years 1963-1989, with the bulk of material dating from 1963 to 1968. The collection features approximately 105 items collected by Brown in his role at the Trinity Lodge, No. 18, and includes minutes of meetings, lodge records and correspondence, certificate, personal original writings and notes, personal finance papers, photographs, newspaper clippings, and Masonic pamphlets and ritual books.

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A broadside for a Masonic celebration (i.e. St. John's Day) to be held at Manchester, New Hampshire, on June 24, 1854. The event included a procession by the Trinity Encampment of Knights Templar, an address delivered by William Flint of Charlestown, Massachusetts, and a dinner served at a tent on Orange Street.

Broadside dated Manchester, June 19, 1854 at bottom.