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'''Edward Asa Raymond''' (1791-1864) also, '''Asa Raymond''', Junior<ref name=name_change>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TXIDAAAAQAAJ&dq=edward+asa+raymond&pg=PA266 | title=Private and Special Statutes of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, From May 1822, To March 1830 | year=1837 | editor=Walcott, Samuel B.}} "... that Asa Raymond, Junior, may take the name of Edward Asa Raymond."</ref> was a [[Grand Master (Masonic)|Grand Master]] of the [[Freemasonry|Masonic]] [[Grand Lodge of Massachusetts]] from 1849-1851.<ref name=schism>{{cite web | url=http://www.scottishriteboston.org/en/page.php?id=160 | title=Some Ordo, Some Chao: A Brief History of Boston-Lafayette Lodge of Perfection | author=Woodland, William Nilsson}} "Edward Asa Raymond, Grand Master of Masons in Massachusetts, 1849-51, was named Sovereign Grand Commander ... In a Supreme Council meeting in Boston in August 1860 ... The following day, the Council met without the Grand Commander ... adopted a resolution that the Council should elect a new Sovereign Grand Commander. ... Raymond continued to claim the title ... As Hays and Raymond were now both dead, emotions were cooler. In May 1867, the “Union of 1867” was signed formally uniting both organizations..."</ref>
'''Edward Asa Raymond''' (1791-1864) also, '''Asa Raymond''', Junior<ref name=name_change>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TXIDAAAAQAAJ&dq=edward+asa+raymond&pg=PA266 | title=Private and Special Statutes of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, From May 1822, To March 1830 | year=1837 | editor=Walcott, Samuel B.}} "... that Asa Raymond, Junior, may take the name of Edward Asa Raymond."</ref> was a [[Grand Master (Masonic)|Grand Master]] of the [[Freemasonry|Masonic]] [[Grand Lodge of Massachusetts]] from 1849-1851.<ref name=schism>{{cite web | url=http://www.scottishriteboston.org/en/page.php?id=160 | title=Some Ordo, Some Chao: A Brief History of Boston-Lafayette Lodge of Perfection | author=Woodland, William Nilsson}} "Edward Asa Raymond, Grand Master of Masons in Massachusetts, 1849-51, was named Sovereign Grand Commander ... In a Supreme Council meeting in Boston in August 1860 ... The following day, the Council met without the Grand Commander ... adopted a resolution that the Council should elect a new Sovereign Grand Commander. ... Raymond continued to claim the title ... As Hays and Raymond were now both dead, emotions were cooler. In May 1867, the “Union of 1867” was signed formally uniting both organizations..."</ref>


Raymond was born in Worcester, Massachusetts<ref>{{Cite web |date=1791-02-06 |title=Edward Asa Raymond |url=https://www.geni.com/people/Edward-Raymond/6000000044031965097 |access-date=2023-11-06 |website=geni_family_tree |language=en-US}}</ref> as "Asa" and inserted the name "Edward", officially changed his name on or around Feb 24, 1825.<ref name="name_change" /> He was a member of the Amicable Lodge in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Raymond was born in Worcester, Massachusetts<ref>{{Cite web |date=1791-02-06 |title=Edward Asa Raymond |url=https://www.geni.com/people/Edward-Raymond/6000000044031965097 |access-date=2023-11-06 |website=geni_family_tree |language=en-US}}</ref> as "Asa" and inserted the name "Edward", officially changed his name on or around February 24, 1825.<ref name="name_change" /> He was a member of the Amicable Lodge of Masons in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He also served as Grand Treasurer<ref>{{Cite web |title=Scottish Rite, NMJ {{!}} History of the Northern Masonic Jurisdiction |url=https://scottishritenmj.org/history |access-date=2023-05-03 |website=Scottish Rite, NMJ |language=en-US}}</ref> and later Grand Sovereign Commander (1851-1860) of the [[Supreme Council, Scottish Rite, Northern Jurisdiction, USA|Northern Masonic Jurisdiction]] of the [[Scottish Rite]].


In 1860, at a meeting of the Supreme Council, he "refused to act on a motion, blocked a motion to adjourn, and then declared the Council closed.  The next day, immediately after the opening and the reading of the minutes, he closed the Council '<nowiki/>''sine die,'''  or indefinitely, and walked out."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Scottish Rite Boston |url=https://www.scottishriteboston.net/en/page.php?id=160 |access-date=2023-11-06 |website=www.scottishriteboston.net}}</ref> Killian Henry Van Rensselaer was elected as Lieutenant Grand Commander in his absence, who then served as acting Grand Commander. In 1862, Van Rensselaer expelled Raymond from the Scottish Rite.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Supreme Council expulsion certificate for Edward A. Raymond and Simon W. Robinson, 1862 May 22 · digitalVGW |url=https://digitalvgw.omeka.net/items/show/1034 |access-date=2023-11-06 |website=digitalvgw.omeka.net}}</ref>
He also served as Grand Treasurer<ref>{{Cite web |title=Scottish Rite, NMJ {{!}} History of the Northern Masonic Jurisdiction |url=https://scottishritenmj.org/history |access-date=2023-05-03 |website=Scottish Rite, NMJ |language=en-US}}</ref> and later Grand Sovereign Commander (1851-1860) of the [[Supreme Council, Scottish Rite, Northern Jurisdiction, USA|Northern Masonic Jurisdiction]] of the [[Scottish Rite]]. The end of his tenure as Grand Commander was marked by a schism in 1860 which resulted in two competing organizations that both claimed legitimacy.


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The end of his tenure as Grand Commander created a schism in the Northern Masonic Jurisdiction of the Scottish Rite, which resulted in two competing organizations that both claimed legitimacy. This schism was eventually resolved in 1867, three years after Raymond's death in 1864 in Brookline, Massachusetts.<ref name="schism" /><ref name="amicable">{{cite web | url=http://amicablelodge.com/?page_id=2 | title=About Amicable Lodge| year=2012}} "During its 205 year history, Amicable Lodge [has had many prominent members] ... M.W. Edward Asa Raymond served as Grand Master from 1849-51, and as Sovereign Grand Commander of the Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite, N.M.J. from 1851 until 1861."</ref>
In 1862, his successor as Grand Commander, Killian Henry Van Rensselaer, expelled Raymond from the Scottish Rite.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Supreme Council expulsion certificate for Edward A. Raymond and Simon W. Robinson, 1862 May 22 · digitalVGW |url=https://digitalvgw.omeka.net/items/show/1034 |access-date=2023-11-06 |website=digitalvgw.omeka.net}}</ref>

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This schism was eventually resolved in 1867, three years after Raymond's death in 1864 in Brookline, Massachusetts.<ref name="schism" /><ref name="amicable">{{cite web | url=http://amicablelodge.com/?page_id=2 | title=About Amicable Lodge| year=2012}} "During its 205 year history, Amicable Lodge [has had many prominent members] ... M.W. Edward Asa Raymond served as Grand Master from 1849-51, and as Sovereign Grand Commander of the Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite, N.M.J. from 1851 until 1861."</ref>


==Notes==
==Notes==

Revision as of 20:13, 6 November 2023

Edward Asa Raymond (1791-1864) also, Asa Raymond, Junior[1] was a Grand Master of the Masonic Grand Lodge of Massachusetts from 1849-1851.[2]

Raymond was born in Worcester, Massachusetts[3] as "Asa" and inserted the name "Edward", officially changed his name on or around February 24, 1825.[1] He was a member of the Amicable Lodge of Masons in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He also served as Grand Treasurer[4] and later Grand Sovereign Commander (1851-1860) of the Northern Masonic Jurisdiction of the Scottish Rite.

In 1860, at a meeting of the Supreme Council, he "refused to act on a motion, blocked a motion to adjourn, and then declared the Council closed.  The next day, immediately after the opening and the reading of the minutes, he closed the Council 'sine die,'  or indefinitely, and walked out."[5] Killian Henry Van Rensselaer was elected as Lieutenant Grand Commander in his absence, who then served as acting Grand Commander. In 1862, Van Rensselaer expelled Raymond from the Scottish Rite.[6]

The end of his tenure as Grand Commander created a schism in the Northern Masonic Jurisdiction of the Scottish Rite, which resulted in two competing organizations that both claimed legitimacy. This schism was eventually resolved in 1867, three years after Raymond's death in 1864 in Brookline, Massachusetts.[2][7]

Notes

  1. ^ a b Walcott, Samuel B., ed. (1837). Private and Special Statutes of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, From May 1822, To March 1830. "... that Asa Raymond, Junior, may take the name of Edward Asa Raymond."
  2. ^ a b Woodland, William Nilsson. "Some Ordo, Some Chao: A Brief History of Boston-Lafayette Lodge of Perfection". "Edward Asa Raymond, Grand Master of Masons in Massachusetts, 1849-51, was named Sovereign Grand Commander ... In a Supreme Council meeting in Boston in August 1860 ... The following day, the Council met without the Grand Commander ... adopted a resolution that the Council should elect a new Sovereign Grand Commander. ... Raymond continued to claim the title ... As Hays and Raymond were now both dead, emotions were cooler. In May 1867, the “Union of 1867” was signed formally uniting both organizations..."
  3. ^ "Edward Asa Raymond". geni_family_tree. 1791-02-06. Retrieved 2023-11-06.
  4. ^ "Scottish Rite, NMJ | History of the Northern Masonic Jurisdiction". Scottish Rite, NMJ. Retrieved 2023-05-03.
  5. ^ "Scottish Rite Boston". www.scottishriteboston.net. Retrieved 2023-11-06.
  6. ^ "Supreme Council expulsion certificate for Edward A. Raymond and Simon W. Robinson, 1862 May 22 · digitalVGW". digitalvgw.omeka.net. Retrieved 2023-11-06.
  7. ^ "About Amicable Lodge". 2012. "During its 205 year history, Amicable Lodge [has had many prominent members] ... M.W. Edward Asa Raymond served as Grand Master from 1849-51, and as Sovereign Grand Commander of the Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite, N.M.J. from 1851 until 1861."
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