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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…

Manuscript copy of a letter from Nathan Hammatt Gould to John James Joseph Gourgas, Dated December 5, 1848. In this letter, Gould asks for Gourgas’ aid in setting up a Council or Consistory in Newport, Rhode Island. Gould also alludes to the…

Manuscript copy of a letter from Moses Holbrook to John Henry Holland. Dated May 17, 1830. Copied in John James Joseph Gourgas’ hand, this letter from Sovereign Grand Commander Holbrook of the Southern Jurisdiction acknowledges John Henry Holland’s…

Manuscript copy of a letter from John James Joseph Gourgas to John Christie. Dated July 29, 1850. In this letter, Sovereign Grand Commander Gourgas continues his warning to beware of "two certain intriguers not many miles from" Christie, who lived in…

Manuscript copy of a letter from John James Joseph Gourgas to Charles W. Moore. Dated September 3, 1845. In this manuscript copy of a letter, Sovereign Grand Commander Gourgas of the Northern Masonic Jurisdiction inquires as to why the Supreme…

Manuscript copy of a letter from Giles F. Yates to Nathan N. Whiting. Dated April 4, 1828. In this manuscript copy of a letter to Nathan N. Whiting, Yates acknowledges the receipt of Whiting’s request for a dismission or demit from Albany Sovereign…

Manuscript copy of a letter from Frederick Dalcho to Antoine Louis Moret. Dated May 2, 1813. In this manuscript copy of a letter, Dalcho responds to unsubstantiated claims that the Supreme Council, Southern Jurisdiction, does not exist or has been…

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…

List of New York Freemasons who took the Ineffable Degrees. Dated between 1826 and 1830. This document lists a group of New York State Freemasons who received the Ineffable Degrees (4th through 14th degrees) during the years 1820 through 1826.

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,…