Reading of the original charter 459, 1958

Item Information

Title:
Reading of the original charter 459, 1958
Description:
A 1958 printed transcription and facsimile of the 1784 charter issued by the Grand Lodge of England to African Lodge, No. 459, the first African American or Prince Hall Masonic lodge in America. The document is hand-signed by Grand Master James R. Leseuer, M.D., the forty-sixth Grand Master of the Prince Hall Grand Lodge of the State of Massachusetts.
Creator:
Freemasons. Prince Hall Grand Lodge of the State of Massachusetts
Date:
1958
Format:
Documents
Location:
Scottish Rite Masonic Museum and Library
Collection (local):
African American Freemasonry & Fraternalism
Subjects:
African American fraternal organizations
African American freemasonry
African American freemasons--Massachusetts
Freemasonry--Massachusetts
Freemasonry--Massachusetts--Boston
Freemasons--Massachusetts
Places:
Massachusetts > Suffolk (county) > Boston
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Link to Item:
https://digitalvgw.omeka.net/items/show/934
Terms of Use:
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Language:
English
Notes:
Collection of Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library, Lexington, Massachusetts. MA 007.
Identifier:
A2001/089/005