Captain Aaron Bird
Title
Captain Aaron Bird
Description
Benjamin Greenleaf painted Aaron Bird (1756-1822) in 1804. For his portrait Bird chose to wear, as his only ornament, a gold pin bearing easily recognized symbols of Freemasonry, a square and compasses. A charter member of Cumberland Lodge No. 12 in New Gloucester, Maine, Bird became a Mason before 1803, when members of the new lodge first met. In 1818 he helped establish Tranquil Lodge No. 29 in his hometown of Minot, Maine.
For more on this object please visit the online collection record here.
For more on this object please visit the online collection record here.
Identifier
Museum Purchase, 98.064.1
Creator
Benjamin Greenleaf (1769-1821), Maine or Massachusetts
Date
1804
Collection
Citation
Benjamin Greenleaf (1769-1821), Maine or Massachusetts, “Captain Aaron Bird,” Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library Online Exhibitions, accessed March 29, 2024, https://srmmlonlineexhibitions.omeka.net/items/show/563.