Title: Pilgrimage of Mary commandery no. 36, Knights templar of Pennsylvania to the Twenty-ninth triennial conclave of the Grand encampment U.S. at San Francisco, Cal
Description: Clifford Paynter Allen (b. 1841) was a member of the Mary Commandery of the Philadelphia Chapter of the Knights Templar, a Masonic Order. Pilgrimage of Mary commandery no. 36 (1904) is his account of the chapter's rail trip to the Knights Templar's 1904 convention in San Francisco, with side trips en route to Yellowstone Park, Tacoma, and Fort Vancouver. After the convention, the group returns home via the southern route, with stops at Monterey, Los Angeles, Riveside, the Grand Canyon, Pike's Peak, and the St. Louis World's Fair.
Subjects: Description and travel, Knights Templar (Masonic Order). Mary Commandery, No. 36 (Philadelphia, Pa.), Knights Templar (Masonic order), Overland journeys to the Pacific, Religion and ethics
Places: California, West (U.S.)