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Letter from Moses Holbrook to John James Joseph Gourgas, 1827 March 26

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Identifier: A2019-178-0037f
Scope and Contents

Letter discusses the following topics: Arrangement of Southern Supreme Council; gives fees and division of same; no charter fee; no dispensations granted; diploma costs; method of chartering; has received letters from Lafayette dated 30 December 1826; Barker; Cerneau; De Grasse; William Morgan

Dates: 1827 March 26
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 Moses Holbrook to John James Joseph Gourgas, 1826 April 13

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Identifier: A2019-178-0035a
Scope and Contents Letter from Moses Holbrook to John James Joseph Gourgas, dated April 13, 1826. In this letter, Moses Holbrook, Lieutenant Commander of the Supreme Council, Southern Jurisdiction, responds that he has received Gourgas' package, which is before the Supreme Council, Southern Jurisdiction, for consideration. Topics include the defense of the Freemasonry in the newspapers and the use of "money or the black ballot" as an efficient way to control the quality of membership. Holbrook would become...
Dates: 1826 April 13
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 Moses Holbrook to John James Joseph Gourgas, 1826 December 13

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Identifier: A2019-178-0036d
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Letter discusses the following topics: Fowler & Supreme Council Ireland; England, Duke of Sussex; Thomas MacGill; Documents on Sublime Freemasonry, and libel suit; lists the 14 states of the Northern Masonic Jurisdiction; compares population of the two jurisdictions.

Dates: 1826 December 13
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 Robert H. Waterman to Enoch Terry Carson, 1885 December 04

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Identifier: A2019-178-0271a
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A confidential letter from Robert H. Waterman to Enoch Terry Carson, dated December 4, 1885. In this letter, Waterman encloses a copy of a letter from Otis Cole of Rochester, New York, a friend of both men. Waterman discloses that he has come into possession of General William E. Lathrop's 1825 diploma given to Lathrop by the Supreme Council for the Southern Jurisdiction. Asks when Carson is coming to Albany.

Dates: 1885 December 04
Found in: Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library / Supreme Council of the Northern Masonic Jurisdiction of the United States records, 1792-1992 / Supreme Council warning, between 1879-1885

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
Found in: Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library / Supreme Council of the Northern Masonic Jurisdiction of the United States records, 1792-1992

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
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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
Found in: Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library / Supreme Council of the Northern Masonic Jurisdiction of the United States records, 1792-1992

Letter of denunciation and appeal from the two Supreme Councils of the United States, 1870 May 02

 File — Box 12
Identifier: A2019-178-0812
Dates: 1870 May 02
Found in: Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library / Supreme Council of the Northern Masonic Jurisdiction of the United States records, 1792-1992

Letters - Patent of Credence for Robert O. Ralston, 33°, issued by the Supreme Council, Southern Jurisdiction, 1997 November 17

 Item — Box 3, Folder: 54
Scope and Contents

Ralston's appointment of Grand Representative near Supreme Council which includes a letter from the Supreme Council notifying of appointment, letter of acknowledgment from Ralston. Certificate is decorated with Masonic symbols including two columns and double-headed eagle, seals of the Supreme Council, Grand Commander, Grand Chancellor and Secretary General at lower left, and at top of page, image of Albert Pike. It is signed by Grand Commander, Secretary General and Grand Chancellor.

Dates: 1997 November 17
Found in: Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library / Robert O. Ralston collection, 1974-2003 / Honorary certificates

Library of House of the Temple, Washington, D.C., 1934

 File — Box 2, Folder: 23
Dates: 1934
Found in: Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library / Samuel Harrison Baynard, Jr., 33°, correspondence, 1931-1940

List of Supreme Council members for the Southern Jurisdiction, 1827 March 22

 File — Box 8
Identifier: A2019-178-0303
Dates: 1827 March 22
Found in: Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library / Supreme Council of the Northern Masonic Jurisdiction of the United States records, 1792-1992

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