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Circular letter from Sovereign Grand Commander Albert Pike regarding the state of the Scottish Rite, 1883 November 1

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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…

Letter from William P. Mellen to Jacob Norton, 1856 May 29

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A letter from William P. Mellen to Jacob Norton, a Jewish Freemason. Dated May 29, 1856. In this letter, Mellen, an ally of Norton and the editor of The Acacia, a Masonic publication, replies to Norton's letter of May 19, 1856. Mellen offers Norton…

Letter from William P. Mellen to Jacob Norton, 1855 November 3

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A letter from William P. Mellen to Jacob Norton, a Jewish Freemason. Dated November 3, 1855. In this letter, Mellen, an ally of Norton and the editor of The Acacia, a Masonic publication, replies to Norton's letter of October 19, 1855. Mellon…

Letter from William P. Mellen to Jacob Norton, 1855 March 24

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A letter from William P. Mellen to Jacob Norton, a Jewish Freemason. Dated March 24, 1855. In this letter, Mellen asks Jacob Norton for a copy of Norton's 1852 petition to the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts to change aspects of its rituals. George M.…

Copy of an unsigned letter attributed to Reverend William J. Carver, about 1851

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An unfinished and unsigned copy of letter attributed to Reverend William J. Carver and sent to the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts. Dated about 1851. Carver served as the Representative of the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts in the United Grand Lodge of…

Copy of a letter from Jacob Norton to Reverend William J. Carver, 1851 August 07

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A copy of letter sent from Jewish Freemason Jacob Norton to Reverend William J. Carver. Dated August 7, 1851. In this letter, Norton discusses his efforts to petition the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts to change aspects of their ritual in accordance to…

Letter from Benjamin D. Hyam to Jacob Norton, 1879 October 13

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A letter from Past Grand Master of California Benjamin D. Hyam to Jacob Norton, a Jewish Freemason. Dated October 13, 1879. In this letter, Hyman questions Norton's motives for asking Simon Wolf of Washington, D.C., information regarding Hyman's…

Letter from John T. Heard to Jacob Norton, 1868 May 14

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A letter from Past Grand Master of Massachusetts John T. Heard to Jacob Norton, a Jewish Freemason. Dated May 14, 1868. In this letter, Heard acknowledges the receipt of Norton's periodicals and opines as to the importance of the symbolic or craft…

Letter from Enoch Terry Carson to Jacob Norton, 1878 September 24

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A letter from Supreme Council member Enoch Terry Carson of the Northern Masonic Jurisdiction to Jacob Norton, a Jewish Freemason. Dated September 24, 1878. In this letter, Carson responds to Norton's letter of September 22 and states that he will try…

32° certificate issued to Parker R. Litchfield, 1868 March 6

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A 32° certificate issued by Massachusetts Consistory of Boston to Parker R. Litchfield. Dated March 6, 1868. Imprint at bottom of the certificate reads, "C. E. Sickels, Del. Engd By Perine & Giles 111 Nassau St. N.Y. Masonic Pub & Mfny Co. 432 Broome…