Skip to main content

Gourgas, John James Joseph, 1777-1865

 Person

Staff Only

Found in 665 Collections and/or Records:

Letter from Moses Holbrook to John James Joseph Gourgas, 1826 August 18

 Item
Identifier: A2019-178-0036a
Scope and Contents

Item marked Private and Confidential. Letter discusses the following topics: McCosh; Documents on Sublime Freemasonry; De La Motta's affairs & manuscript; Ireland; State Grand Encampment (S.C.)

Dates: 1826 August 18
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 October 23

 Item
Identifier: A2019-178-0036b
Scope and Contents

Letter discusses the following topics: Announces death of Dr. Isaac Auld; Ireland re cipher.

Dates: 1826 October 23
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 November 06

 Item
Identifier: A2019-178-0036c
Scope and Contents

Letter discusses the following topics: Auld; safe care Masonic papers; agent; De La Motta; Baker not invested with deputy powers; Stringer 1766; Hays in Massachusetts; Fowler, Dublin; wants views on states and the two jurisdictions.

Dates: 1826 November 06
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, 1827 January 08

 Item
Identifier: A2019-178-0037a
Scope and Contents

Letter discusses the following topics: Levy, Moses C.; Moultrie, James; manuscript a strange mixture of bad English; De La Motta sold originals; translations by different persons; Documents upon Sublime Freemasonry, almost out of print

Dates: 1827 January 08
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, 1827 February 20

 Item
Identifier: A2019-178-0037d
Scope and Contents

Letter from Holbrook who writes that he is suffering with eyes and can't read

Dates: 1827 February 20
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, 1827 April 25

 Item
Identifier: A2019-178-0038a
Scope and Contents

Letter discusses the following topics: John Fowler tries to contact Paris; includes Fowler's cipher; eye trouble

Dates: 1827 April 25
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, 1827 May 30

 Item
Identifier: A2019-178-0038d
Scope and Contents

Letter discusses the following topics: Fowler cipher; Dalcho "crusty" and has things to occupy his attention besides Sublime Freemasonry, Albany returns; Yates and J. M. Allen hopes Gourgas can meet and advise them; twice unable to get quorum of Southern Supreme Council.

Dates: 1827 May 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 Moses Holbrook to John James Joseph Gourgas, 1827 June 07

 Item
Identifier: A2019-178-0038g
Scope and Contents

Letter discusses the following topics: Yates, Honorary Member; tableau Albany Consistory; Dalcho refuses sign letter to France; Moultrie superannuated; Levy cautious; DeGrasse repented. Expelled Freemasonry in Grand Orient; Bacot & Javin secured Mitchells/Dalcho manuscript; desires a copy of Morgan book

Dates: 1827 June 07
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, 1827 July 09

 Item
Identifier: A2019-178-0039b
Scope and Contents

Letter discusses the following topics: Yates & Allen worthy Brothers.; manuscript deemed most correct; several manuscript of 18 & 28 Knight of Sun; Barker buys Dalcho's manuscript; 22 to including very incorrect modelled if not wholly manufacturing in Charleston

Dates: 1827 July 09
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, 1827 August 01

 Item
Identifier: A2019-178-0040a
Scope and Contents

Letter discusses the following topics: Not heard from Yates since March; Jacob De La Motta; Tres Chapitres de Rite Ecos in St. Pierre; the Southern Supreme Council will sign Op for the Secret Constitutions

Dates: 1827 August 01
Found in: Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library / Supreme Council of the Northern Masonic Jurisdiction of the United States records, 1792-1992 / Gourgas - Holbrook correspondence

Additional filters:

View Staff Interface | Visit ArchivesSpace.org | v4.1.1