Re: Improved Order of Redmen

NHAdapt (nhadapt@cyberportal.net)
23 Oct 1997 16:45:05 GMT

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eclecm19@idt.net wrote in article <877544164.25056@dejanews.com>...
> I am hoping that someone can help me in transcribing a date that appears
> on a framed document I recently purchased. It is Diploma of someone who
> was accepted into the Improved Order of Red Men on the 107th sleep of the
> Gold moon, G.S.D. 413, by Cromesett Tribe number 156. Can anyone help me
> determine the date on this. I think it is early 1900's, but do not know
> how to decipher it. Any help would be appreciated...thanks..marina
Good morning Marina,
The Improved order of redmen was a shriner (Masonic Lodge) spin-off, as
a group they did "red face" instead of wearing fezz'. By my first encounter
with them in the late 50's they were too drunken to be tolerated in Masonic
Lodges.
A Mason could translate what your document says (but probably won't).
I aint a mason and dunno how to.
Tom Cagle

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