Scottish Rite (Masonic order). Supreme Grand Council for the United States of America, their Territories and Dependencies (Thompson-Folger)

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Address of John Haigh, 33°, Acting Sovereign Grand Commander of the Supreme Council of the 33d and Last Degree of the United States of America, their Territories and Dependencies on October 26, 1886.

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A draft of a letter written by Robert B. Folger to the Sovereign Grand Commander of the Thompson-Folger Council.

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A warning against the Hopkins-Thompson-Folger body

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...

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Collection of minute books and one signature book created by the Thompson-Folger Council, an early Scottish rite organization

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A defense of the Cerneau inspired Thompson-Folger Supreme Council by its Sovereign Grand Commander Major W. Bayliss, dated sometime between 1897-1916. In this document, Bayliss disputes the Southern Jurisdiction's claim being the "Mother Council of the World" and contends that his Supreme Council is the only legitimate Scottish Rite power in the country.