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Letter from General Pershing to G. Edward Elwell, Jr., 1930 January 18

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Letter from General Pershing to G. Edward Elwell, Jr. Dated January 18, 1930. In this letter, General John J. Pershing acknowledges Elwell's letter of congratulations upon Pershing's election to the 33rd Degree.

Original minutes and letters of constitution of Supreme Council, Northern Masonic Jurisdiction, 1813-1814

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Original minutes and letters of constitution of Supreme Council, Northern Masonic Jurisdiction. Dated 1813-1814. Document containing original minutes and Letters of Constitution of Supreme Council, Northern Masonic Jurisdiction.

Engrossed copy of the Letters of Constitution for the Supreme Council for the Northern District of the United States of America (i.e. Supreme Council, 33°, Northern Masonic Jurisdiction), 1813 August 5

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Also known as the Northern Masonic Jurisdiction’s charter, warrant, or “Birth Certificate,” this formal certificate was likely made in 1814. John James Joseph Gourgas who served in an official, secretarial capacity for both the Sublime Grand…

Certificate appointing Nathan H. Gould as Deputy for the State of Rhode Island for the Supreme Council, Northern Masonic Jurisdiction, 1867 May 17

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This certificate appoints Nathan H. Gould as Deputy for the State of Rhode Island for the Supreme Council, Northern Masonic Jurisdiction. Dated May 17, 1867.

Engrossed certificate declaring John Christie an Active Member of the Supreme Council, Northern Masonic Jurisdiction

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This certificate, dated June 17, 1845, announces the appointment of John Christie of Portsmouth, New Hampshire, as a Sovereign Grand Inspector General of the Thirty-Third degree. Christie was elevated to the grade of Sovereign Grand Inspector General…

Engrossed Scottish Rite 33rd degree certificate for Edmund B. Hays, issued by Henry C. Atwood

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Engrossed 33rd degree certificate issued to Edmund Burke Hays in 1858, documenting his elevation to the grade of Sovereign Grand Inspector General by Henry C. Atwood on September 9, 1848.

Also, contains notations (not signatures) of approval by…

Rose Croix certificate issued to Hector Coffin

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A Rose Croix certificate issued to Hector Coffin on January 22, 1821, by the Souverain Chapitre les Amis de la Paix, a Rose Croix chapter based in Charleston, South Carolina, and subordinate to Joseph Cerneau's Grand Consistory of the United States…

Appointment of Edmund B. Hays as First Lieutenant Grand Commander in the Atwood Council

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This manuscript certificate issued to Edmund B. Hays appoints him as First Lieutenant Grand Commander of the Supreme Council for the Northern Jurisdiction of the Western Hemisphere or the Atwood Supreme Council. The certificate is dated November 19,…

Letter of appointment of Edmund B. Hays as Sovereign Grand Commander of the Supreme Council for the Northern Jurisdiction of the Western Hemisphere, 1858 May 14

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This manuscript certificate issued by the Sovereign Grand Commander of the Supreme Council for the Northern Jurisdiction of the Western Hemisphere, Henry C. Atwood, appoints Edmund B. Hays as his successor-in-waiting. Upon Atwood’s death in 1860,…

Circular letter regarding the detached degrees, 1850 June 10

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Circular letter regarding the detached degrees. Dated June 10, 1850. This circular letter issued by the Supreme Council, Northern Masonic Jurisdiction, discusses the Supreme Council's authority in regards to the degrees of "Royal Master" and "Select…