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Connecticut Freemasons' oath of fealty to the Supreme Council. Dated July 28, 1864. In this document, a group of Freemasons from Connecticut swears allegiance to the Supreme Council, Northern Masonic Jurisdiction.

A letter from La Fayette Division, No. 88, to Orient Lodge. Dated July 14, 1884. In this letter, La Fayette Division, No. 88, invites Orient Lodge to the “annual excursion of the Sons of Temperance of the State of Connecticut.”

A 32° certificate issued by the Valley of Hartford, Connecticut, to John A. Waterhouse. Dated October 28, 2000. Imprint at bottom of certificate reads, "Copyright 1905 by Sup∴ Council N. M. Jur. U.S.A.”

USA. Dated between 1862 and 1865. This Civil War era envelope serves as an advertisement for the Car Bell company of Hartford, Connecticut, and its illustrated Union envelopes.

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'Old Abe,' the man for the times. Dated between 1860 and 1865. This Civil War envelope depicts Presidential candidate Abraham Lincoln, “the people’s candidate.”

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Letter from Lieutenant Colonel George Wyllys of the Connecticut Militia, dated August 13, 1757. Writing from Hartford, Wyllys warns the companies of the First Regiment of the possible attack on Fort Edward (New York) by the French.

Master Mason certificate issued by Union Lodge, No. 31 (Hartford, Conn.) to George H. Rogers, dated May 8, 1852. Imprint at bottom of certificate: "Engraved and Published by H. Goodwin 2nd, Hartford, 1826."