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Announcement of the union of the Hays and Raymond Supreme Councils, 1863 March 1

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Announcement of the union of the Hays Supreme Council (Cerneau) of New York City and Raymond Supreme Council (schismatic) of Boston, Massachusetts. Dated March 1, 1863. Signed by newly elected Sovereign Grand Commander Edmund B. Hays and Grand…

Circular letter from Sovereign Grand Commander Albert Pike regarding the state of the Scottish Rite, 1883 November 1

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A circular letter from Sovereign Grand Commander Albert Pike of the Southern Jurisdiction. Dated November 1, 1883. In this document, Sovereign Grand Commander Pike denounces the actions of three spurious Supreme Councils located in the cities of New…

Masonic [Supreme Council broadside, 1867 May 16]

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A broadside created by the Hays-Raymond and Van Rensselaer Supreme Councils. Dated May 16, 1867. This document, which was reported for the Boston Post, announces the ratification of the Union of 1867, the unification of the two competing Supreme…

32° certificate issued to Parker R. Litchfield, 1868 March 6

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A 32° certificate issued by Massachusetts Consistory of Boston to Parker R. Litchfield. Dated March 6, 1868. Imprint at bottom of the certificate reads, "C. E. Sickels, Del. Engd By Perine & Giles 111 Nassau St. N.Y. Masonic Pub & Mfny Co. 432 Broome…

32° traveling certificate issued to Isaac Willard Giles, 1879 April 25

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A 32° certificate issued by Massachusetts Consistory of Boston to Isaac Willard Giles. Dated April 25, 1879. Signed by Grand Secretary General Clinton F. Paige, Sovereign Grand Commander Henry L. Palmer, and Secretary Alban S. Green. Imprint at…

32° certificate issued to Western Bascome, 1865 January 22

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A 32° certificate issued by Cosmopolitan Consistory, No. 1, to Western Bascome of New York City. Dated January 22, 1865. Signed by Commander in Chief Robert McCoskry Graham, Deputy for the State of New York Orrin Welch, and Grand Secretary Albert P.…

Unissued Supreme Council certificate

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An unissued Supreme Council certificate possibly created sometime during administration of Sovereign Grand Commander Josiah Hayden Drummond, 1867-1879.

Honorary 33° certificate issued to Clement Mario Silvestro, 1981 September 30

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An honorary 33° certificate issued by the Supreme Council, Northern Masonic Jurisdiction, to Clement Mario Silvestro. Dated September 30, 1981. Signed by Sovereign Grand Commander Stanley Maxwell and Grand Secretary General Laurence E. Eaton.

Honorary 33° certificate issued to George Washington Gilmore Snyder, 1920 September 21

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An honorary 33° certificate issued by the Supreme Council, Northern Masonic Jurisdiction, to George Washington Gilmore Snyder. Dated September 21, 1920. Signed by Sovereign Grand Commander Barton Smith and Grand Secretary General Robert Archibald…

32° certificate issued by the Massachusetts Consistory to Jarius Harlow, 1863 May 1

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A 32° certificate issued by the Massachusetts Consistory to Jarius Harlow. Dated May 1, 1863. Imprint at bottom of the certificate reads, "Hammatt Billings, Designer. Smith, Knight & Tappan, Engs. Boston.” Signed by Sovereign Grand Commander Killian…