A&M 4164Knights of the Maccabees, Morgantown Tent No. 8, Charter, 1894 A&M 4164Staff of the West Virginia & Regional History CenterWest Virginia and Regional History Center

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This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2025-08-30 07:44:54 -0400.EnglishDescribing Archives: A Content Standard West Virginia and Regional History Center Knights of the Maccabees, Morgantown Tent No. 8, Charter Knights of the Maccabees A&M 4164 Archival Resource Key Previous Archival Resource Key Previous Archival Resource Key Previous Archival Resource Key /repositories/2/resources/3615 .25 Linear Feet Summary: 3 in. (newspaper box, 3 in.); (unboxed frame) 1894 Charter for the Morgantown, West Virginia "tent" of the Knights of the Maccabees, a fraternal organization which provided life insurance and other benefits to its members. The charter is dated 20 December 1894 and is 22 1/2 in. X 28 1/2 in. The charter was signed by members of the "tent", including an "A. Dayton", assumed to be Alston Gordon Dayton, alumnus of West Virginia University and West Virginia Federal Court Judge. For more information concerning Dayton, please see A&M 52. For more information regarding the Morgantown Ladies Auxilliary of the Knights of the Maccabees, please see A&M 1687. Also includes original frame that the charter was displayed in. West Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. Box 6069 / Morgantown, WV 26506-6069 / Phone: 304-293-3536 / URL: https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/ English Conditions Governing Access

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[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Knights of the Maccabees, Morgantown Tent No. 8, Charter, A&M 4164, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.

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52, 1687

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Morgantown (W. Va.) Fraternal organizations - West Virginia. Knights of the Maccabees Dayton, Alston Gordon