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Patent issued by Henry Andrew Francken to Samuel Stringer, dated December 6, 1768. Reverse of document contains manuscript note, dated December 8, 1802, stating that Stringer transfers "this My Warrant & Seals" to Christopher C. Yates.

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Moses Michael Hays' own copy of a patent issued to Hays by Henry Andrew Francken, dated December 6, 1768. The patent deputized Hays with the powers of a Deputy Grand Inspector "in the West Indies and North America," under the Rite of Perfection. …

This circular issued by the Supreme Council, Northern Masonic Jurisdiction, responds to attacks from F. T. B. Clavel and others.

Begins: "Whereas, slanderous attacks void of the least semblance of truth, have been reiterated, published, and…

A circular issued by the Supreme Council, Northern Masonic Jurisdiction, to all Freemasons living in New York and New Jersey. The circular details the granting of charters and dispensations from a New York City-based Supreme Council (i.e. the Hays…

A draft of a set of resolutions composed by the Supreme Council for the Northern Masonic Jurisdiction and dated September 20, [1881]. In this document, the Supreme Council expresses their "regret, sympathy, and mourning" for the sudden death of…

A draft of a letter sent to Secretary of State James G. Blaine from the Supreme Council, Northern Masonic Jurisdiction, which expresses sympathy for the recent death of President James Garfield.

Charter issued to the Boston Council, Princes of Jerusalem, dated March 11, 1863. Signed by Winslow Lewis (1799-1875), in his capacity of Secretary General for the Supreme Council, and Killian H. Van Rensselaer (1800–1881), in his capacity as…

The Treaty of the Union of 1867 proclaimed that the two competing Supreme Councils in the Northern Masonic Jurisdiction (one Council led by Killian H. Van Rensselaer, the other Council led by John L. Lewis) had united to form a new Supreme Council…

This circular from Supreme Council, Northern Masonic Jurisdiction, informs members and bodies subordinate to the Supreme Council, Northern Masonic Jurisdiction, about a new statute adopted by the Supreme Council, Southern Jurisdiction, and issued in…

Manifesto issued by Supreme Council member Emanuel De La Motta. Dated 1814. Manifesto issued by Emanuel De La Motta and the Charleston Supreme Council declaring Joseph Cerneau to be an "Imposter of the first magnitude" and his Masonic works to be…