Cable, Wheeler

Scope and Contents Folder 5: Correspondence [40 letters] from Cerneau bodies to Wheeler Cable; bulk of letters from Grand Orient of New York. Letters reflect the tension within the Scottish Rite Masonry as organized by Joseph Cerneau with references to strategies to purchase the papers of William H. Peckham who served as Sovereign Grand Commander of one branch of the Cerneau Supreme Council until his resignation in 1889. There is discussion of how to lure Peckham and a Br. Leveridge back into the Rite to try...

Scope and Contents Folder 7: Correspondence [34 letters] from Cerneau bodies to Wheeler Cable discussing proposed amendments to Consitution and possibility of union of Cerneau Scottish Rite bodies. Many letters reference the tension from both within and without, resulting in an unsettled condition of the Scottish Rite as organized by Joseph Cerneau. Several letters discuss the work toward union with the Bayliss Body. M. W. Bayliss is quoted in one letter as presiding over the "Supreme Council for the United...

Scope and Contents Folder 1: Correspondence from Philip F. D. Hibbs to Wheeler Cable, 1891. Philip F. D. Hibbs was the Sovereign Grand Commander, Grand Orient of New York, Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite as organized by Joseph Cerneau. Two letters and a certificate for Wheeler Cable's election to Active Sovereign Grand Inspector General of the State of Massachusetts. Letter dated June 27, 1891 informing Cable of his election to this position; letter dated December 6, 1891 concerning purchasing the title...

Scope and Contents Folder 3: Correspondence [51 letters] from various Cerneau bodies, bulk to Wheeler Cable, first Grand Secretary General of Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite Masons as organized by Joseph Cerneau, and in later correspondence, Sovereign Grand Commander. Bulk of letters are from the Grand Orient of New York and reflect business matters including requests for copy of Constitution, conferring the 33 degree on various members, selection of Deputy Inspectors, editing Proclamation, references to...

Scope and Contents Folder 2: Correspondence from various Cerneau bodies to Wheeler Cable, Grand Secretary General, Boston, Massachusetts, of Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite as organized by Joseph Cerneau. Eleven pieces of correspondence, from New York Consistories and Grand Orient of New York concerning Masonic business matters, referencing patents, returns, rosters, forms, stock purchases, elections, Free Masons Journal. Letter from Valley of Hornellsville, N.Y. expresses concern of being beset by enemies...

Scope and Contents Folder 4: Correspondence [53 letters] from various Cerneau bodies to Wheeler Cable, Sovereign Grand Commander of Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite Masons as organized by Joseph Cerneau. The folder includes reports from Consistories, announcements of special meetings, the awarding of degrees, election of officers, obiturary [William M. Crosby] and general business correspondence from the Consistories to the Sovereign Grand Consistory. Some of the letters make reference to the attempt to...

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Folder 6: Correspondence [47 letters] from Cerneau bodies to Wheeler Cable documenting business matters of lodges. Several letters reference schisms and talk of union of Cerneau bodies.

Scope and Contents Folders 1-7: Wheeler Cable Cerneau Masonic collection, 1891-1897. This collection of correspondence was found at the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts and was taken to the Supreme Council archives in May, 193[?]. The bulk of the letters were sent from various Cerneau bodies to Wheeler Cable, Grand Secretary and later, Sovereign Grand Commander, Massachusetts body. Several notable members of the Cerneauites are represented, including William H. Peckham, M. W. Bayliss, P.F.D. Hibbs, James McGrath,...