Freemasonry

An official copy of the records of the Convention of Delegates held at Masons’ Hall in Portland, Maine, regarding the formation of the Grand Lodge of Maine. This copy is attested by the convention’s secretary, John P. Boyd, and records the events of August 13, 1819, and October 19, 1819.

The records of the Portland, Maine, Masonic Collection span the years 1879-1948, with the bulk of material dating from 1879 to 1912. The collection features approximately 442 records produced and collected by Deering Lodge, No. 183, and includes announcements, by-laws, correspondence, programs, and receipts. The collection is arranged by document type and then chronologically. Deering Lodge, No. 183, rented its lodge space from Beersheba Encampment, No. 50, I.O.O.F.

Manuscript of Grand Master William King's memo used at installation of officers at the founding of the Grand Lodge of Maine.

This letter from the Master of United Lodge, No. 8, John C. Humphreys, invites the Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Maine, Thomas W. Smith, to preside over the rededication ceremony of the lodge at Brunswick, Maine. The letter written while at Brunswick, Maine, and dated October 5, 1844.

Manuscript of list of officers of the Grand Lodge of Maine, dated February 8, 1821

A Worshipful Master certificate issued by the Grand Lodge of Maine to George W. Lowell of Harmony Lodge, No. 38, in Gorham Maine. The certificate is dated January 8, 1868, and was designed and engraved by Orramel Hinckley Throop of Portland, Maine, in 1824.