Scottish Rite (Masonic order). Supreme Council (Cerneau)

Scope and Contents A certificate issued by the Cross Supreme Council (Cerneau) to Henry C. Lawrence of the New York City Lodge of Perfection, dated April 14, 1852. It is signed by Sovereign Grand Commander Jeremy L. Cross, Daniel Sickels, Grand Secretary Robert B. Folger, and Standard Bearer Henry Atwood. An imprint at the bottom of the certificate reads, "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1851, by Jeremy L. Cross, in the Office of the Clerk of the United States District Court for the Southern...

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Letter discusses the following topics: Cerneau; rejects Seymour-Peckham Council

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Booklet on the Quinnipiac bodies of New Haven

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Letter discusses the following topics: 1.) Cerneau, Hays, Robinson Supreme Council in Boston, 1866 and 1867; 2.) Van Rensselaer Supreme Council, 1866

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Item discusses Cerneau Freemasonry in Maryland, the formation of the Gourgas Supreme Council, and its origin as the Old Guard of Maryland

Scope and Contents A warning and declaration from the Supreme Council, Northern Masonic Jurisdiction, dated sometime between 1882-1885. In this document, the Supreme Council warns brethren of the wrong doing of certain persons in several States to peddle degrees for gain. The document provides a brief history of three Supreme Councils in America (Cerneau, Northern Masonic Jurisdiction, and Southern Jurisdiction) and denounces the Cerneau inspired Supreme Councils of Seymour-Peckham and Thompson-Folger. The...