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1968 Masonic brotherhood fund campaign card and cable tow card, 1968

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1968 Masonic Brotherhood Fund campaign card and cable tow card. Dated 1968. In this document, the Grand Lodge of New York petitions its membership to support the 1968 Masonic Brotherhood Fund. The Masonic Brotherhood Fund, which is still in…

List of New York Freemasons who took the Ineffable Degrees, between 1826 and 1830

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List of New York Freemasons who took the Ineffable Degrees. Dated between 1826 and 1830. This document lists a group of New York State Freemasons who received the Ineffable Degrees (4th through 14th degrees) during the years 1820 through 1826.

Petition to form a Sovereign Grand Consistory in New York State, 1866

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Petition to form a Sovereign Grand Consistory in New York State. Dated 1866. This manuscript petition from a group of Scottish Rite Freemasons asks the Supreme Council's permission to form a Sovereign Grand Consistory in the State of New York. Signed…

Charter issued by the Grand Lodge of New York to Aurora Lodge, 1827 June 7

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A charter issued by the Grand Lodge of New York to Aurora Lodge of Windham, New York. Dated June 7, 1827. Organized just prior to the height of the Anti-Masonic Movement, the lodge did not survive a year. It would be succeeded by Oasis Lodge, No.…

Corinth, and the scene of the great Battle at Pittsburgh, Tenn. [graphic]

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Corinth, and the scene of the great Battle at Pittsburgh, Tenn. Dated between 1862 and 1865. This Civil War envelope depicts "the scene of the great Battle at Pittsburgh, Tenn."

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The girl I left behind me [graphic]

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This Civil War era envelope depicts a Union soldier embracing a young woman dressed in an American flag inspired dress. The envelope bears the inscription, "He turn'd and left the spot--O! do not deem him weak-- For dountless was the soldier's heart,…

Zuller-Moyer family record, 1825 February

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Hand-painted family record of Zuller-Moyer families, by Henry Moyer, dated February 1825. Record includes children born between 1808 and 1828. Central heart motif records marriage of Abraham Zuller and Mary Moyer on April 11, 1808.

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Order to pay troops under Hamilton's command, 1799-1800

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Revolutionary War General Alexander Hamilton requests that Paymaster-General Caleb Swan pay Captain Benjamin Williamson $6,000 for the troops under Hamilton's command.