Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library

Master Mason certificate issued to John Stevens
1816-05-27
Freemasons. Columbia Lodge, No. 91 (Philadelphia, Pa.)
USA: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
Paper
46 x 34 cm.; 1 item (1 page)
Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library
A2016/020

Master Mason certificate issued by Columbia Lodge, No. 91 (Philadelphia, Pa.) to John Stevens, dated May 27, 1816.

Signed and Sealed: Masonic Certificates, corridor, part one, 2017 Master Mason Certificate, 1816 Issued to John Stevens, Columbia Lodge No. 91, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania A2016/020 A history of Columbia Lodge No. 91 notes that, in 1803, two years after members established the lodge, brethren decided to “procure a draft or design for a certificate plate.” Lodges records did not capture the name of the artisan who did the work and the plate was note signed. Because engraver David Edwin (1776-1841) later became a member of the lodge, scholars have suggested he was responsible for the plate. However, many engravers worked in Philadelphia at the time. Without more information it is not possible to say who created this handsome certificate.