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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 9043 Collections and/or Records:

Letter from Winyah Lodge, No. 40, to Pacific Lodge, No. 45, 1873 June 04

 Item
Identifier: A2018-009-002
Content Description

Letter from Winyah Lodge, No. 40, to Pacific Lodge, No. 45. Dated June 04, 1873. In this letter, Winyah Lodge, No. 40, describes how white Union soldiers of the 15th Maine torched their lodge building in response to being “relieved by a Battalion of United States colored Troops” under the command of Colonel A. J. Willard. Concludes by appealing to Masons for relief in rebuilding their “lost Temple.”

Dates: 1873 June 04

Letter from Worshipful Master Elwood Evans of Olympia Lodge, No. 1, 1864 July 30

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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

Letter Press Book: Translation of Essai sur la Secte de Illunines, undated

 Item — Volume 1
Identifier: A1994-050-001
Scope and Contents

English translation of the French book "Essai sur la secte des illumines," published in 1789 by Jean-Pierre-Louis de Luchet.

Dates: undated

Letter to Chester H. Stevens, 1944

 Item — Box 2: Series A2001-073-002, Folder: 1
Identifier: A1994-002-030
Scope and Contents

Copy of letter to Chester H. Stevens, secretary assumed to be written by Isaac H. Vrooman, Jr. Carbon copy is printed on verso of Scottish Rite circular letter announcing meeting in Albany. Letter concerns the retirement of Curator Wilson and places an order for a rosette and paper weight.

Dates: 1944

Letter to Dr. Vassal regarding La Revue Maconnique, 1835

 Item — Box 1, Folder: 1
Identifier: A1994-086-001
Scope and Contents

Letter (printed) to Dr. Vassal, Paris regarding the serial "La Revue Maconnique." The author of the letter expresses his opinion that several of the articles had erroneous information in them

Dates: 1835

Letter to Ebenezer Sage from William Adams, 1792

 Item — Box 7, Folder: 1
Identifier: A2010-028-001
Scope and Contents

Manuscript letter from William Adams, Master, St. John's Lodge, No. 4, Hartford, Connecticut, to Ebenezer Sage, Master, St. John's Lodge, No. 2, Middletown, Connecticut. Letter is an invitation to Sage and his lodge to attend a funeral service for Samuel B[urr?] of Wethersfield, Connecticut.

Dates: 1792

Letter to Frazier W. Hurltant from J. S. Bark, 1881 May 27

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Identifier: A2023-084-001
Scope and Contents

The letter discusses the history of the Grand Lodge of New York.

Dates: 1881 May 27

Letter to Grand Lodges to Establish General Grand Lodge of US pamphlet, 1822 April

 Item — Box 2, Folder: 1
Identifier: A1994-139-001
Scope and Contents Circular from appointed committee of eleven members submitted to several Grand Lodges and distributed among Masons concerning the establishment of a General Grand Lodge of the United States. It contains a report of a meeting held on March 9, 1822 among "members of Congress who belong to the Masonic Fraternity" as well as "visitors to the city who are or have been members of any state grand lodge... held in the Senate Chamber" to discuss the establishment of a national Grand Lodge....
Dates: 1822 April