Letter from Reverend Octavius Singleton of the National Home Finding Society to Jephtha Lodge, No. 11, 1922 August 6

Creator

National Home Finding Society for Colored Children, Inc. (Louisville, Ky.)

Title

Description

A letter from Reverend Octavius Singleton of the National Home Finding Society to Jephtha Lodge, No. 11. Dated August 6, 1922. In this letter, Superintendent Singleton thanks Jephtha Lodge for its support of the National Home Finding Society for Colored Children, an orphanage for African-American children.

Subject

African American children.

African American fraternal organizations.

African American freemasonry.

African American freemasons -- Connecticut.

African American freemasons -- Connecticut -- New London.

African American homeless children.

African American philanthropists.

African Americans -- Charitable contributions.

African Americans -- Charities.

Charities.

Orphanages.

Source

Collection of the Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library, Lexington, Massachusetts. MA 130.002

Date

1922 08 06

Contributor

Singleton, Octavius, 1869-1950

Rights

This image is presented for research and educational purposes only, and may not be distributed or re-published without permission from the Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library.

Language

English

Identifier

A2017/054/018

Coverage

United States -- Kentucky -- Louisville

Is Part Of

Jephtha Lodge, No. 11, Prince Hall Records Collection. See the Museum Archives for more information regarding this collection.

Extent

1 item ; 22 x 28 cm.

Provenance

Museum purchase

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Collection

African American Freemasonry & Fraternalism

Citation

National Home Finding Society for Colored Children, Inc. (Louisville, Ky.), “Letter from Reverend Octavius Singleton of the National Home Finding Society to Jephtha Lodge, No. 11, 1922 August 6,” digitalVGW, accessed September 22, 2023, https://digitalvgw.omeka.net/items/show/1075.