Petition to form a Sovereign Grand Consistory in New York State, 1866
Creator
Title
Petition to form a Sovereign Grand Consistory in New York State, 1866
Description
Petition to form a Sovereign Grand Consistory in New York State. Dated 1866. This manuscript petition from a group of Scottish Rite Freemasons asks the Supreme Council's permission to form a Sovereign Grand Consistory in the State of New York. Signed by the officers of Cosmopolitan Sovereign Consistory, No. 1, of New York City; Central City Consistory, No. 3, of Syracuse; Rochester Consistory of Rochester; and Aurora Grata Consistory of Brooklyn. Includes Edward H. Craige's 1915 letter bequeathing the petition to the archives of the Supreme Council.
Subject
Source
Collection of the Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library, Lexington, Massachusetts. SC 430.003
Date
1866
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
A2019/089/001
Coverage
Extent
1 item (6 pages) ; 32 x 22 x 1 cm.
Provenance
Collection of the Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library, Lexington, Massachusetts. SC 430.003
Collection
Citation
Freemasons, “Petition to form a Sovereign Grand Consistory in New York State, 1866,” digitalVGW, accessed June 9, 2023, https://digitalvgw.omeka.net/items/show/1156.