An original, hand-signed **Petition for the Orders of Knighthood** of Ernest Julius Wild, Gardener.
Submitted to the Odo de St. Amand Commandery No. 12, this document details Wild's standing as a Royal Arch Mason seeking entry into the Chivalric orders.
Addressed to the "Eminent Commander, Generalissimo, Captain
General and Sir Knights" this petition is a complete record of an 1882
membership application into the York Rite.