Draft Copy of Resolutions for Mourning President Garfield

Item Information

Title:
Draft Copy of Resolutions for Mourning President Garfield
Description:
A draft of a set of resolutions composed by the Supreme Council for the Northern Masonic Jurisdiction and dated September 20, [1881]. In this document, the Supreme Council expresses their "regret, sympathy, and mourning" for the sudden death of President Garfield. President James Garfield had been a 14° Scottish Rite Mason in the Southern Jurisdiction. Note clipped to document reads: "Benj F. Haxton 32° Detroit."
Creator:
Scottish Rite (Masonic order). Supreme Council for the Northern Masonic Jurisdiction
Date:
September 20, 1881
Format:
Documents
Location:
Scottish Rite Masonic Museum and Library
Collection (local):
Scottish Rite Documents
See Draft of letter to Secretary of State James Blaine regarding death of President Garfield
Subjects:
Scottish Rite (Masonic order)--History
Scottish Rite (Masonic order). Supreme Council for the Northern Masonic Jurisdiction--History
Freemasonry--United States
Blaine, James Gillespie, 1830-1893
Garfield, James A. (James Abram), 1831-1881
Garfield, James A. (James Abram), 1831-1881--Death and burial
Places:
New York > New York
New York, New York, United States
Link to Item:
https://digitalvgw.omeka.net/items/show/444
Terms of Use:
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Language:
English
Notes:
Collection of Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library, Lexington, Massachusetts
SC 001.091
Identifier:
A1992/099/33