Lot 242
Civil War Date Handwritten Masonic Address. A 20 page speech from early in the war, c. 1860-61, on ruled, 6¼" x 4" paper held together with one old straight pin. In part: "since last we met to celebrate this festival…few among us imagined that before the year should close, she would be strugling for existance as a nation…that…our friends, our brethren & our sons - would be arrayed in deadly strife against each other….Yet such…is the painful truth & treason -- defiant rebellion is rioting many of our fairest states, in arms against the best government in the world…." Four central pages are apparently written in Masonic code. One old central fold and overall toning.
Estimated Value $250 - 300.
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