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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…

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.…

Certificate of Healing and Regularizing for the Cerneau Masons of St. John's Lodge, No. 1 (Newport, Rhode Island)

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This document is a certificate of healing and regularizing for Newport, Rhode Island, Masons previously working under a charter granted by Joseph Cerneau. Masons named in this certificate as having been "regularized and healed" include Jeremiah…

Circular Warning against the Hays (Cerneau) Supreme Council in New York City

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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…

Circular Responding to the Attacks against the Legitimacy of the Supreme Council, Northern Masonic Jurisdiction, from F. T. B. Clavel and Others

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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…

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,…

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.

32° certificate issued by the Massachusetts Consistory to Jarius Harlow, 1863 May 1

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A 32° certificate issued by the Massachusetts Consistory to Jarius Harlow. Dated May 1, 1863. Imprint at bottom of the certificate reads, "Hammatt Billings, Designer. Smith, Knight & Tappan, Engs. Boston.” Signed by Sovereign Grand Commander Killian…

Honorary Scottish Rite Mason certificate issued by the Supreme Councils of the United States to President Ronald Reagan, 1988 February 11

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An honorary Scottish Rite Mason certificate issued by both Supreme Councils of the United States to President Ronald Reagan. Dated February 11, 1988. The certificate is endorsed by Sovereign Grand Commander Francis George Paul of the Northern Masonic…

Letter from J. Edgar Hoover to Bemis Wood, 1970 November 24

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J. Edgar Hoover acknowledges the receipt of the Scottish Rite program for the induction of the J. Edgar Hoover 33° class of 1970. Addressed to Bemis P. Wood, 33°, Commander-in-Chief of the Connecticut Valley Consistory, A.A.S.R., and dated November…