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Scottish Rite (Masonic order). Grand Orient of France

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Found in 38 Collections and/or Records:

Grand Orient of France records, 1780-1816

 Collection
Identifier: A1990-035
Scope and Contents

Collection of French documents, mostly addressed to or emanating from Grand Orient of France, includes correspondence between lodges and Grand Orient of France, list of Officers of Grand Orient and description of uniform dress, Masonic poems, Tableau (list of members, addresses, birth dates) for 2 lodges, official handwritten forms of Grand Orient of France, and financial documents.

Dates: 1780-1816
Found in: Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library

Letter from Edward A. Raymond to John James Joseph Gourgas, 1845 May 28

 Item
Identifier: A2019-178-0068d
Scope and Contents

Letter discusses the following topics: Letter May 21; laid comm. before Baker & Moore; Clavel attacks Sublime Degrees-dealt with by Grand Orient of France; letter prepared & sent Grand Orient or Supreme Council, history of U.S. Sublime Degrees; Moore writes Charleston; Case made by them & member of council; Moore & Baker fills council; Charter for New York

Dates: 1845 May 28
Found in: Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library / Supreme Council of the Northern Masonic Jurisdiction of the United States records, 1792-1992 / Gourgas - Raymond

Letter from F. T. Begue Clavel to John James Joseph Gourgas, 1830 September 17

 Item
Identifier: A2019-178-0031c
Scope and Contents

Letter discusses the following topics: Statement of Masonic conditions in France; Grand Orient and Supreme Council were at war; contributions for journal; correspondence of 1813 & 1826; Grand Orient defined French Rite of 7 degrees; since 1814 taken over all Rites in France; since 1815 Supreme Council fights Grand Orient

Dates: 1830 September 17
Found in: Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library / Supreme Council of the Northern Masonic Jurisdiction of the United States records, 1792-1992 / Gourgas - C

Letter from Jean Baptiste Thounens to John James Joseph Gourgas, 1808 June 04

 Item
Identifier: A2019-178-0070e
Scope and Contents

Letter discusses the following topics: Frigieres; Inspector Duquesne; Gobert August; feast of Patron of Ecossais; Grand Orient France

Dates: 1808 June 04
Found in: Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library / Supreme Council of the Northern Masonic Jurisdiction of the United States records, 1792-1992 / Gourgas - Thounens

Letter from John Henry Holland, 1830 February 19

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Identifier: A2019-178-0063a
Scope and Contents

Letter discusses the following topics: Addressed to New Orleans? Covers New Orleans affairs; Cerneau, Joseph; Lusson, L. J., et al; Hacquet, Germain; Grand Orient of France

Dates: 1830 February 19
Found in: Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library / Supreme Council of the Northern Masonic Jurisdiction of the United States records, 1792-1992 / Gourgas - Holland

Letter from John James Joseph Gourgas to Edward A. Raymond, 1847 November 08

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Identifier: A2019-178-0003
Scope and Contents Letter from John James Joseph Gourgas to Edward A. Raymond, dated November 8, 1847. In this letter, Sovereign Grand Commander Gourgas pushes Edward A. Raymond, Charles W. Moore, and Reuel Baker to take a stand against the decision of the Supreme Council of England and its Sovereign Grand Commander, Robert Thomas Crucefix, to unite with the Grand Orient de France. Gourgas had accused the Grand Orient of subverting the Scottish Rite, altering for its own purpose, degrees, obligations and...
Dates: 1847 November 08
Found in: Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library / Supreme Council of the Northern Masonic Jurisdiction of the United States records, 1792-1992

Letter from John James Joseph Gourgas to Moses Holbrook, 1829 December 24

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Identifier: A2019-178-0053f
Scope and Contents

Letter discusses the following topics: Proposes to send Grand Orient of France manuscript copy of Constitutions certified by both Supreme Councils; sent copy of Light on Masonry; wants manuscript of 33d Barker has; Cerneau's name not struck from Grand College Of Rites lists; DeTournay

Dates: 1829 December 24
Found in: Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library / Supreme Council of the Northern Masonic Jurisdiction of the United States records, 1792-1992 / Gourgas - Holbrook correspondence

Letter from John James Joseph Gourgas to Moses Holbrook, 1830 January 30

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Identifier: A2019-178-0054c
Scope and Contents

Letter discusses the following topics: Moultrie, James; DeGrasse; Grand Orient of France; New Orleans; Barker, History of 33d & Secret Constitutions copied from France & Jamaica, but wants to see Southern Supreme Council original 33d copy

Dates: 1830 January 30
Found in: Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library / Supreme Council of the Northern Masonic Jurisdiction of the United States records, 1792-1992 / Gourgas - Holbrook correspondence

Letter from John James Joseph Gourgas to Moses Holbrook, 1830 September 28

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Identifier: A2019-178-0059b
Scope and Contents

Letter discusses the following topics: Antimasonry; extracts etc.; Clavels Review; no use from Grand Orient of France; conditions in Portugal, Spain, and Italy

Dates: 1830 September 28
Found in: Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library / Supreme Council of the Northern Masonic Jurisdiction of the United States records, 1792-1992 / Gourgas - Holbrook correspondence

Letter from John James Joseph Gourgas to Moses Holbrook, 1832 January 21

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Identifier: A2019-178-0061e
Scope and Contents

Letter discusses the following topics: Received answer to Baluster from Grand Orient of France & documents, the Supreme Council during the past year; Cerneau, Joseph, erased from Calendars for 1831 - Northern Supreme Council substituted etc.

Dates: 1832 January 21
Found in: Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library / Supreme Council of the Northern Masonic Jurisdiction of the United States records, 1792-1992 / Gourgas - Holbrook correspondence

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