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Scottish Rite (Masonic order). Supreme Grand Council for the United States of America, Its Territories and Dependencies (Seymour-Peckham)

 Organization

Found in 13 Collections and/or Records:

Important to Masons broadside, 1883-1887

 File — Box 9
Identifier: A2019-178-0397
Scope and Contents

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

Dates: 1883-1887

Invitation to the first anniversary celebration of Washington Consistory, No. 7, 1884 October 08

 File — Box 7
Identifier: A2019-178-0243
Scope and Contents

An invitation to the first anniversary celebration of Washington Consistory, No. 7 (Cerneau), of the Valley of Washington, D.C., dated October 8, 1884. In this document, Commander in Chief Harrison Dingman and Grand Secretary H. Harvey Hazard invite the officers of the Seymour-Peckham Supreme Grand Council and other brethren to an anniversary banquet held at the National Hotel.

Dates: 1884 October 08

Letter from Sovereign Grand Commander Albert Pike regarding the expulsion of Frederick Widdows, 1883 October 31

 File — Box 7
Identifier: A2019-178-0241
Scope and Contents

A letter from Sovereign Grand Commander Albert Pike of the Southern Jurisdiction, dated October 31, 1883. In this letter, Sovereign Grand Commander Pike explains his decision to expel Frederick Widdows for violating his oath to the two legitimate Supreme Councils in America. Widdows had sworn obedience to the Seymour-Peckham Supreme Council of New York City.

Dates: 1883 October 31

Letter from Sovereign Grand Commander Albert Pike regarding the expulsion of Frederick Widdows and others, 1883 November 01

 File — Box 7
Identifier: A2019-178-0246
Scope and Contents

A letter from Sovereign Grand Commander Albert Pike of the Southern Jurisdiction, dated November 1, 1883. In this letter, Sovereign Grand Commander Pike discusses the Cerneau-inspired Seymour-Peckham Supreme Council of New York City and informs brethren to "close all your Temples against" their officers and associates, including Frederick Widdows, an expelled Freemason.

Dates: 1883 November 01

Postcard from Major W. Bayliss to Enoch T. Carson, 1884 October 08

 File — Box 8
Identifier: A2019-178-0354
Scope and Contents

Carson issues a challenge to Peckham

Dates: 1884 October 08