Letter from Elisha Thayer to the Officers and Members of Middlesex Lodge (Framingham, Mass.)

Item Information

Title:
Letter from Elisha Thayer to the Officers and Members of Middlesex Lodge (Framingham, Mass.)
Description:
Manuscript letter addressed to "Rt. Worshipful Master, Wardens & Brethren of Middlesex Lodge" from Elisha Thayer, dated June 22, 1842. Thayer mentions the survival of Middlesex Lodge during the Anti-Masonic period and offers his congratulations "on this auspicious event." Thayer appears to be writing about the June 24, 1842 celebration of St. John's Day by Middlesex Lodge in Framingham, which was the first public Masonic display in Massachusetts since 1834.
Creator:
Thayer, Elisha
Date:
June 22, 1842
Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Location:
Scottish Rite Masonic Museum and Library
Collection (local):
Selections from the Van Gorden-Williams Library & Archives
Subjects:
Anti-Masonic movements--Massachusetts
Freemasonry--Massachusetts--Framingham--History--19th century
Freemasons--Massachusetts--Framingham--History--19th century
Freemasons. Middlesex Lodge (Framingham, Mass.)--History--19th century
Freemasons--Massachusetts--Framingham--Rites and ceremonies
John the Baptist’s Day
Thayer, Elisha, 1785-1860--Freemasonry
Places:
Massachusetts > Norfolk (county) > Dedham
Dedham, Massachusetts, United States
Link to Item:
https://digitalvgw.omeka.net/items/show/487
Terms of Use:
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Language:
English
Notes:
Collection of Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library, Lexington, Massachusetts
MA 001.260
Identifier:
A2002/119/12