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Notarized Document

1914réf. SHEL114Tuxedo New York 1914: n.p. 1914. Soft cover. Very Good. Not a book. Original document. 9 1/2" x 14" in original frame & under glass. Sealed by a Notary Public in Tuxedo Orange County New York. Initially it appears to be related to a young women's society or club but there is more to it that meets the eye. It has the notary seal with a ribbon that partially reads "R GIRLS" over it & is signed in ink by 29 people 4 of whom are the "Managing Committee" and two of whom are signed under the ribbon. All but the two names under the ribbon have small orange seals beside them. Typed in light print and with three corrections the document reads "It is here-by agreed that we the undersigned on the day and date here-in after mentioned will be one of the party going to Monroe starting from Tuxedo at seven oclock sic in the afternoon on the Nineteenth day of January One Thousand nine hundred and four." Etc. etc. Below the seal & above the four signatures of the managing committee is written in red ink "Red Lemonade Tablets to be used will be strictly in accordance with the formula of the I. D. G. T. The frame is backed with narrow slats upon which there is a label with the following written in ink: "Presented to the "Mystic Seven" January 26th - 1904 by the "oudinae Four". Therein lies a clue and a mystery. There is on the internet information about the "Mystical Seven". The website includes a long essay on the subject and cites a 1907 encyclopedia entry re the society "which is now thought to be dead was in some respects one of the most remarkable and most ambitious college societies in the country" with its roots in the history of Freemasonry in the country. The website gives the history of the "Mystical Seven" which lately continued to exist at Wesleyan. There are further and extensive connections to the history of Freemasonry in the United States to Wesleyan University Methodism & much more. Perhaps the reference to "the Mystic Seven" is only a kind of knock-off from the real thing but the reference is nonetheless intriguing. The names on this document include the names of both men and women although almost of the signatures are first two initials and then last names. This is an unusual document to say the least and undoubtedly a rare piece. n.p. unknown

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[Texas]. [Freemasons]ABAA

Minutes of the Henderson Yoakam Chapter No. 39 manuscript cover title

1888réf. 6046Moscow Tx 1888. Good plus. 23331pp. Folio. Contemporary vellum boards. Front board coming detached from foot; loss from foot of spine; moderate wear to corners and edges. Final leaf detached otherwise minimal internal wear. A detailed and long-running record of minutes for the Henderson Yoakum chapter of Freemasons which covers well over thirty years of the group's history. This chapter was located in the small east Texas town of Moscow south of Lufkin whose population was 228 in 1880 according to the census. These entries document the formation of the chapter record votes on members with a count of white and black balls cast bylaws design of a chapter seal announcements of deaths of members foundation of a Masonic school in town and much other chapter business. The book also includes proceedings of trials against members including one on May 27 1860 at which "It was decided that accused was guilty of gross unmasonic conduct by 6 black ball to three white." The entries are interrupted after the meeting on October 20 1860 at which a committee was appointed "To report on the propriety of withdrawing or seceding from the Grand Chapter of the United States." On August 19 1865 after the close of the Civil War the entries resume. An alphabetical index of subjects occupies the initial leaves. The namesake of the masonic chapter Henderson King Yoakum was a soldier politician and author whose 1855 History of Texas was described by John Jenkins as "The first scholarly history of Texas written after annexation." He was a close friend of Sam Houston and a founding member of the chapter that adopted his named. Laid into this record book is a carbon copy of a letter to the son of Texas Governor William P. Hobby remarking that his grandfather Edwin Hobby was a member of the Henderson Yoakum chapter as well as three additional pieces of later Texas masonic ephemera. Also notable is the bookseller's label on the front pastedown denoting that the blank book used to record these minutes was obtained from Henry Hinck Bookseller & Stationer Galveston Tx. A fine document of masonic participation in rural Texas in the second half of the 19th century. unknown books