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Life membership receipt issued by Valley of Boston to Fredrick Peter Wahlgren and dated December 31, 1902.

Announcement of the union of the Hays Supreme Council (Cerneau) of New York City and Raymond Supreme Council (schismatic) of Boston, Massachusetts. Dated March 1, 1863. Signed by newly elected Sovereign Grand Commander Edmund B. Hays and Grand…

A circular letter from Sovereign Grand Commander Albert Pike of the Southern Jurisdiction. Dated November 1, 1883. In this document, Sovereign Grand Commander Pike denounces the actions of three spurious Supreme Councils located in the cities of New…

Certificate issued to Nathaniel Shurtleff, Mayor of Boston, by the Supreme Council, Northern Masonic Jurisdiction, for "their high appreciation of the most cordial and fraternal welcome extended" to them by Shurtleff during the Supreme Council's…

Dispensation issued by the Supreme Council to form a Rose Croix chapter in Boston. Dated June 25, 1845. This dispensation (a document usually given as a precursor to a charter) authorizes Edward A. Raymond, Abram A. Dame, and others to form a Rose…

A broadside created by the Hays-Raymond and Van Rensselaer Supreme Councils. Dated May 16, 1867. This document, which was reported for the Boston Post, announces the ratification of the Union of 1867, the unification of the two competing Supreme…

An unissued Supreme Council certificate possibly created sometime during administration of Sovereign Grand Commander Josiah Hayden Drummond, 1867-1879.

An honorary 33° certificate issued by the Supreme Council, Northern Masonic Jurisdiction, to Clement Mario Silvestro. Dated September 30, 1981. Signed by Sovereign Grand Commander Stanley Maxwell and Grand Secretary General Laurence E. Eaton.

An honorary 33° certificate issued by the Supreme Council, Northern Masonic Jurisdiction, to George Washington Gilmore Snyder. Dated September 21, 1920. Signed by Sovereign Grand Commander Barton Smith and Grand Secretary General Robert Archibald…

An honorary 33° membership certificate issued by the Supreme Council for the Northern Masonic Jurisdiction to John Hanford Van Gorden. Dated September 25, 1957. Imprint at bottom of certificate reads, "American Bank Note Co. New York & Boston."