History, Correspondence, and Reports of the Supreme Sacred Temple of the State of Michigan.
Freemasons of Michigan. History, Correspondence and Reports of the Supreme Sacred Temple of the State of Michigan. Detroit: Free Press Book and Job Printing House, 1868.
8vo.; blue wrappers; upper forecorner of front wrap torn; rear wrap wrinkled; stitched; light wear. Front wrap with embossed ‘Seal of the
Supreme Sacred Temple of the State of Michigan’ below the title.
First edition. Pamphlet explaining the origins and purpose of “the Order of the Sacred Temple,” a type of a secret society for women founded as the female counterpart to the Masons by Adelle Hazlett, a public speaker actively involved in the women's suffrage movement and elected president of the Northwestern Woman Suffrage Association in 1870. The pamphlet reads, “[the Order] is an institution designed for the mental and moral improvement of woman. Its membership is limited to the female relatives of worthy Master Masons. The first Sacred Temple was organized in Hillsdale, Michigan, on the 9th day of July, 1867.” It goes on to render letters between Hazlett and the Hon. S.C. Coffinberry, Grand Master of the Masons in Michigan, before the forming of the ‘Order.’
A rare title - does not look up in OCLC or NUC; not found in Greenly, Sabin, Eberstadt, or Decker.
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