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Two hundredth anniversary proclamation issued by the Supreme Council for Poland, 2013 August

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A two hundredth anniversary proclamation issued by the Supreme Council for Poland. Dated August 2013. This proclamation celebrates the two hundredth anniversary of the founding of the Supreme Council for the Northern Masonic Jurisdiction, U.S.A.

Tableau of the bodies of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite, holding their meetings at the Grand East, Masonic Temple, Boston, 1876

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Pamphlet containing list of officers and other information related to Boston-based Scottish Rite subordinate bodies meeting at the Masonic Temple in Boston. Bodies listed include Lafayette Lodge of Perfection, Boston Lodge of Perfection, Giles F.…

Proclamation of the Treaty of the Union of 1867

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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…

Original minutes and letters of constitution of Supreme Council, Northern Masonic Jurisdiction, 1813-1814

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Original minutes and letters of constitution of Supreme Council, Northern Masonic Jurisdiction. Dated 1813-1814. Document containing original minutes and Letters of Constitution of Supreme Council, Northern Masonic Jurisdiction.

Manifesto issued by Supreme Council member Emanuel De La Motta, 1814

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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…

Letter of appointment of Edmund B. Hays as Sovereign Grand Commander of the Supreme Council for the Northern Jurisdiction of the Western Hemisphere, 1858 May 14

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This manuscript certificate issued by the Sovereign Grand Commander of the Supreme Council for the Northern Jurisdiction of the Western Hemisphere, Henry C. Atwood, appoints Edmund B. Hays as his successor-in-waiting. Upon Atwood’s death in 1860,…

Letter from Sovereign Grand Commander Peter W. Ray to the Supreme Council, 1884 September

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Letter from Sovereign Grand Commander Peter W. Ray to the Supreme Council. Dated September 1884. In this letter from Sovereign Grand Commander Peter W. Ray to the Supreme Council, Northern Masonic Jurisdiction, Ray provides a history of his Supreme…

Letter from Sovereign Grand Commander Josiah H. Drummond to John Sheville, 1870 July 8

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A letter from Sovereign Grand Commander Josiah H. Drummond to John Sheville, the Supreme Council's Deputy for the state of New Jersey. Dated July 8, 1870. In this letter, Drummond commissions Sheville to confer the thirty-third degree upon William…

Letter from President Harry S. Truman to Melvin M. Johnson, 1952 May 16

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A letter from President Harry S. Truman to Sovereign Grand Commander Melvin M. Johnson. Dated May 16, 1952. In the letter, Truman conveys his gratitude to the Supreme Council of the Northern Masonic Jurisdiction for sending the President a birthday…

Letter from President Harry S. Truman to Melvin M. Johnson, 1951 October 18

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A letter from President Harry S. Truman to Sovereign Grand Commander Melvin M. Johnson. Dated October 18, 1951. In the letter, Truman answers Johnson’s request for a commemorative stamp to honor Hungarian statesman and freedom fighter Louis (Lajos)…