Receipt of the monthly payments until March to the Freemason Society Philantropia, for a total of 6$000, by Thomas Benbow Phillips, 1882.

Translation:

TO THE GLORY OF THE GREAT ARCHITECT OF THE UNIVERSE
HEALTH STRENGTH UNION

I have received from dear brother Thomas Bembom Philips the amount of eighty-four from:
Initiation jewelry and certificate 52$000
Second degree jewelry and certificate 8$000
Third degree jewelry and diploma 18$000
Monthly payments 6$000 until March 82
84$000
For clarity, I passed the present.
Treasury of the Freemason Society Philantropy on of of 188
The treasurer
[signature]Faustino Fernandes Lima
Gr. 30

Transcription:

A GLORIA DO GRANDE [stamp] ARCHITECTO DO UNIVERSO
SAUDE FORCA UNIAO

Recebi do Caro Irmao Peter Henry Francis a quantia de oitenta e quatro mil reis proveniente de:
Joia de iniciacao e certificado 52$000
Joia do 2. grau e certificado 8$000
Joia do 3. grau e diploma 18$000
Mensalidades 6$000 ate Marco de 82
84$000
Para clareza, passei o presente.
Thesouraria da Sociedade Maconica Philantopia, em de de 188
O Thesoureiro
[signature]Faustino Fernandes Lima Gr. 30