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A colorful Masonic calendar and advertisement created by Redding & Company, a Masonic regalia manufacturer.

32° certificate issued by the Supreme Grand Council for the United States of America, Its Territories and Dependencies (Seymour-Peckham) to Dillard H. Clark, dated April 2, 1888.

Victoria Rex thinks better of it and won't recognise traitors or harbo(u)r their pirate-eers. Dated between 1861 and 1865. This Civil War envelope depicts a dismissive Britain (Victoria Rex) mounted on a lion gazing at the young upstart Confederacy,…

John Brown. Dated between 1861 and 1865. This Civil War era envelope depicts the abolitionist John Brown and bears the inscription, "His last words.—'I die for the inalienable right of mankind to freedom, whatever hue the skin may be.'"

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The Rebel States. Alabama. Dated between 1861 and 1865. This Civil War envelope depicts a devil holding a shield emblazoned with the Alabama state seal in one hand and bearing the national flag of the Confederacy in his other.

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The Loyal States. Maine. Dated between 1861 and 1865. A patriotic Civil War envelope depicting a female, possibly Columbia, who holds the Union flag as she leans on a shield emblazoned with the state seal of Maine. The female rests her left foot atop…

The great naval battle between Ericsson's Monitor, and the Merrimac, March 9th, 1862. Dated between 1862 and 1865. This Civil War era envelope depicts a scene from the great naval battle between the Union’s Monitor and the Confederacy’s Merrimac.…

Master Mason certificate issued by Mariner Lodge, No. 385, (New York, N.Y.) to William Hyler and dated November 11, 1825. Imprint at bottom of certificate provides the names of the artist (John Reubens Smith), the engraver (Peter Maverick), and the…

A Master Mason certificate issued by Phoenix Lodge, No. 11, Ancient York Masons, to David Poland and dated April 10, 1816. Imprint at the bottom of the certificate reads, "Bror. Rollingson Sculpist M. of P.L.”

A Master Mason certificate issued by Independent Royal Arch Lodge, No. 2, to Robert Palmer. Dated February 10, 1795. The imprint at the bottom of the certificate reads, "Bror. Rollinson Scupt." The reverse of the document contains an inscription…