Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource
Year of publication:
2010
Series Statement:
Jewish Life in America, c1654-1954
Keywords:
Business, Industry and Enterprise
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Mixed archival material
Abstract:
St. John's Lodge No. 1 of Free and Accepted Masons, Newport, Rhode Island
Note:
AMDigital Reference:P60/2/2/5
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The folder contains a small soft covered book entitled The Charter and By-Laws of St. John's lodge No. 1, Newport, Rhode Island. The cover is black but has many brown aging spots. Inside the front cover is a note written by N. Taylor Phillips in 5650, 1890. He writes that the book belonged to Moses Seixas, first master of St. John's Lodge F. & A.M. of Newport, Rhode Island. He was also cashier of the Bank of Rhode Island at Newport. He died in New York City on November 29, 1809 and was buried in the Ancient Cemetery of the Jewish Nation in Newport. N. Taylor Phillips concludes by saying that Moses was his great grandfather. The book is 26 pages and is divided into two sections: charter and by-laws. At the end of the book is a six and a half page index. The total number of pages is 33
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Seixas Family Papers
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Reproduction of St. John's Lodge No. 1 of Free and Accepted Masons, Newport, Rhode Island n.d., 1890
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American Jewish Historical Society
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