Charity

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...

Scope and Contents This collection spans the years of 1844–1871, with the bulk of material dating to the 1860s. The collection contains approximately 300 items and includes the correspondence and applications of four Rochester area Masonic lodges: Genesee Falls Lodge, No. 507, Rochester Lodge, No. 660, Yonnondio Lodge, No. 163, and Valley Lodge, No. 109. The collection is divided into 5 series: 1. Correspondence, 1844–1871 2. Membership: Demits, Dispensations and Expulsions, 1847 and 1860–1868 3....

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A collection of Masonic Relief Association certificates, Masonic officers list cards, Masonic death notices, Masonic summons, programs, manuscript letter concerning Masonic business (including several letters from Samuel C. Lawrence), statues, dedication programs. It includes Blue Lodge, Knights Templar, and Scottish Rite materials. Most of material from Springfield and western Massachusetts.