We, the R. W. Master and Officers of the Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons, No. 86, held at the Prince George, in the Borough of Plymouth, in the County of Devon, do hereby certify unto all whom it may concern tht Mr. Alexander Whitehead was on the 11th day of April 1786 made an entered apprentice and passed to the degree of a fellow craft and for his attention and progress in the Masonry was on the 21st day of April 1786 rais'd to the sublime degree of a master in our Lodge, in which capacities he behaved himself as a worthy brother, and as such we recommend him to all regular lodges throughout the globe
Subtitle: given under the seal of our Lodge, at our Lodge Room, this 13th day of may A.D. 1786, and A.L. 5790 [Jno? Welch, Geo: Carlsett, Ben Robt. Haydon, J. Prossor, Tho: Mardon? ... R. Hitchcock]
Contributors: Welch, Jonathan, active 1786, signer; Carlsett, George, signer; Prossor, J., signer; Hitchcock, R., signer; Bullen, Henry Lewis, 1857-1938
Publisher: Printed  by Brother Haydon
Published: 1786
Place of publication: Plymouth
Language: eng
Subjects: Freemasonry; History; Early works to 1800; Type ornaments; Specimens; Freemasons
Notes: The text is enclosed in a frame comprised on a base with two columns which support a canopy. The whole is composed usingtype ornaments.

Printed on parchment.

Not in English short title catalogue.

Rare Book copy: Any data after "Tho" in the penultimate signature is conjectural as the ink has faded and is further obscured by Scotch tape.

Rare Book copy: Two parallel slits have been cut in the parchment. A support for a red wax seal hase been wound through them.

Rare Book copy: Housed with other examples of fancy, or antique, printing.