Supreme Council expulsion certificate for Edward A. Raymond and Simon W. Robinson, 1862 May 22

Supreme Council expulsion certificate for Edward A. Raymond and Simon W. Robinson, 1862 May 22

An expulsion certificate issued by the Supreme Council, Northern Masonic Jurisdiction, for Sovereign Grand Commander Edward A. Raymond and Grand Secretary General Simon W. Robinson. Dated May 22, 1862. On August 24, 1860, Sovereign Grand Commander Raymond abruptly closed the Supreme Council sine die, leading to the Schism of 1860 and the formation of two competing Supreme Councils in the Northern Masonic Jurisdiction, one led by Raymond and the other by Killian Van Rensselaer. Signed by newly elected Sovereign Grand Commander Killian Van Rensselaer, Grand Secretary General Winslow Lewis, and Assistant Grand Secretary General Albert Case.

Collection of the Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library, Lexington, Massachusetts. SC 300.002

1862 05 22

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English

A2019/178/0260a

1 item ; 43 x 28 cm.

Gift of the Supreme Council of the Northern Masonic Jurisdiction of the Scottish Rite.