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Aleppo Temple meeting summons for May 5, 1915, listing meeting times, officer and member names, and committee assignments.

An announcement for the Aleppo Temple Special Train tour for members attending the Forty-first Annual Session of the Imperial Council held in Seattle, Washington in 1915. The tour included stops at the Panama Pacific Exposition in San Francisco, the…

City of Boston memorial services program in honor of Wendell Phillips. Dated April 18, 1884. This program describes the order of exercises for the memorial services for Boston orator and attorney Wendell Phillips, an American abolitionist and…

Citizens of Boston. Dated October 1863. This broadside, created in response to President Lincoln's October 1863 call for troops, petitions the citizens of Boston to “cooperate with the public authorities in every effort for the immediate…

Important, a procession of the retail tradesmen of Boston broadside. Dated August 26, 1862. This broadside calls on the retail tradesmen of Boston to rally on Franklin Street and form part of a citywide procession. The “Grand Demonstration on the…

Massachusetts volunteers officers’ roster from the Boston Saturday Evening Gazette. Dated 1861.

Broadside thought to have been printed directly from the silver plate of the cornerstone. Printing on broadside is in reverse. Imprint at bottom of broadside: Engraved by Hazen Morse."Description of the celebration, including the text of the…

The Midnight Knell, a poem. Dated September 20, 1881. This poem by Henry C. Dane memorializes the death of President James A. Garfield. Imprint at bottom of the broadside reads, "Published by N. W. Appleton, 7 School Street."

Letter from John Davan to Columbian Lodge. Dated 1797. This letter from John Davans petitions Columbian Lodge for relief that will allow him to travel to Salem, Massachusetts, from Boston.

The Webster Vase engraving. Dated 1838. This engraving depicts the Webster Vase, a silver vase presented by the citizens of Boston to their U.S. Senator, Daniel Webster. Below the depiction of the vase is an extract from Senator Webster’s January…