Gourgas, John James Joseph, 1777-1865

Scope and Contents This certificate, dated June 17, 1845, announces the appointment of John Christie of Portsmouth, New Hampshire, as a Sovereign Grand Inspector General of the Thirty-Third degree. Christie was elevated to the grade of Sovereign Grand Inspector General and received into Active Membership in the Supreme Council on April 3, 1845.Certificate signed by officers of the Supreme Council, including J.J.J. Gourgas, Edward A. Raymond, Killian H. van Rensselaer, Giles Fonda Yates, and Charles...

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Copy of typed letter dated November 9, 1851, from Giles Fonda Yates with notation: "This is a copy retained by Yates of a letter he wrote apparently to some Masonic editor (Mackey?) or possibly to the Southern Supreme Council." It concerns the incorrect views regarding Royal and Select Masters Degrees and quotes from a letter from J. J. J. Gourgas.

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Typed carbon copy of letter dated July 23, 1851 from Giles Fonda Yates to J. J. J. Gourgas reporting the plan to publish a small pamphlet providing documentary evidence of "our existence as a Supreme Council from 5: Augt. 1813, up to present time."

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Disbound notebook of photographs of the Gourgas Memorial (1938) which includes page entitled "Dedication of Memorial to John James Joseph Gourgas" (1777-1865), later photographs of Gourgas Memorial (1988), and letter.