Letter from President Harry S. Truman to Melvin M. Johnson, 1950 January 24
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Title
Letter from President Harry S. Truman to Melvin M. Johnson, 1950 January 24
Description
A letter from President Harry S. Truman to Sovereign Grand Commander Melvin M. Johnson. Dated January 24, 1950. In this letter, Truman references the “Italian situation” or the state of Freemasonry in Italy after World War II. The war had destroyed the official records of many Masonic bodies and made it difficult for the Northern and Southern Masonic Jurisdictions to ascertain which Masonic bodies were legitimate in the years after the war.
Subject
Source
Collection of Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library, Lexington, Massachusetts. SC069
Date
1950 01 24
Contributor
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
A2019/001/004
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Extent
1 item ; 23 x 18 cm.
Provenance
Collection of the Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library
Collection
Citation
Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972, “Letter from President Harry S. Truman to Melvin M. Johnson, 1950 January 24,” digitalVGW, accessed March 29, 2024, https://digitalvgw.omeka.net/items/show/899.