Peckham, William H.

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...

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Peckham’s letter discusses a meeting between Norton and himself, and research materials.

Scope and Contents From the File: 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...