Name/Title
Philip Crosby Tucker [Cover]Description
Circa 1880 cover postmarked "GALVESTON / AUG 24 / TEX." from "Philip C. Tucker / Masonic" to "S. H Gould Esq / San Antonio / Texas."Context
Philip Crosby Tucker, Jr., a pioneer Mason, purchased the home of Samuel May Williams and provided that Tucker Masonic Lodge No. 297 should inherit the property after a life tenancy for his family. The lodge sold the property, and later it was converted into a museum by the Galveston Historical Society. Tucker had served as president of that society from 1885 to 1894. On February 8, 1867, he introduced the Scottish Rite of Freemasonry into Texas by beginning the communication of the degrees of that rite to a class of eight Galveston Masons. By 1966 the rite had grown to 61,750 members.