SC 001.018. Engrossed copy of the Letters of Constitution for the Supreme Council for the Northern District of the United States of America, 1813 August 5

Scope and Contents This charter, sometimes called the "birth certificate" of the Supreme Council, Northern Masonic Jurisdiction (SC, NMJ) was created by De La Motta. It made the NMJ a legitimate Supreme Council (separate from the Southern District at Charleston, South Carolina) and gave authority to: Daniel D. Tompkins, Most Puissant Sovereign Grand Commander, Sampson Simson, Ill. Inspector Lieutenant Grand Commander, John Gabriel Tardy, Ill. Grand Treasurer, General of the Holy Empire, John James Joseph...