Name/Title
Book: Washington Monitor and Freemason's Guide (1893) used as a souvenier book (1890s-1910s)Entry/Object ID
2025.133.1Description
Book: Washington Monitor and Freemason's Guide. 1893 Edition written by Thomas Milbourne Reed. used as a souvenier book (1890s-1910s) for prominent Masons in Washington, other states, and other countries. Contains an index of signatures inside the pages.
Past Grand Master Signatures (identified so far):
-Thomas M. Reed (PGM 1862-4, 66-67) (Washington's first Grand Secretary)
-Elwood Evans (PGM 1865-1866)
-Jas R. Hayden (PGM 1874-1875)
-Louis Sohns (PGM 1880-1881)
- Louis Ziegler (PGM 1885-1887)
-Jos Smith (PGM 1887-1888)
-Thomas Amos (PGM 1891-1892)
-Archibald .W. Frater (PGM 1897-1898)
-William H. Upton (PGM 1898-1899)
-William M. Seeman (PGM 1899-1900)
-Royal A. Gove (PGM 1908-1909)
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Other signature of Note (identified so far):
-J.H. Price (Secretary of State, State of Washington) (James Price served 1893-1897)
-Albert Pike
-Albert Mackey
-Azariah T.C. Pierson
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Other States represented:
-South Dakota
-Minnesota (quite a few, including A.M. Comb Grand Secretary of Minnesota 1866-1872)
-Oregon
-Wisconsin
-"Indian Territory"
-Iowa
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Other Countries represented:
-Japan
-Hong Kong
-Scotland
-CanadaCollection
Found in CollectionDimensions
Width
4 inDepth
3/4 inLength
5-1/2 inCreate Date
December 5, 2025
