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Photocopy of the Erik Palmer translation of the Lodge Le Progres de L'Oceanic, No. 371, French Ritual of the Scottish Rite 1st, 2nd, and 3rd degrees.

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Autograph letter from Giles Fonda Yates, on behalf of the Cosmopolitan Sov. Consistory, Boston to Sov. Consistory, Chicago. It regards exchange of representatives from respective organizations.

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This document describes a program started by the Supreme Council, Northern Masonic Jurisdiction, to provide internet access for their members.

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History of Masonic Temple, Caracas, Venezuela with illustrations (black and white photographs) of temple and General Antonio Guzman Blanco.

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Certified manuscript copy of Regulations and Constitutions of 1813 by Enoch T. Carson, Sovereign Grand Inspector General Deputy of the Supreme Council for the State of Ohio, dated 1870. It also includes manuscript copy of Extract from the Minutes of the Supreme Grand Council from 1845 at New York and Masonic Obligation from 1860.

Scope and Contents Correspondence pertaining to Frank J. Herron case between Consistories of Louisiana and Chicago concerning a violation of the jurisdictional rights of the Grand Consistory of Louisiana. Frank J. Herron, a resident of New Orleans, was granted Scottish Rite degrees through 32° by the Chicago Consistory after being previously denied the 17th-18th degrees by the Pelican Chapter of Rose Croix of the Southern Jurisdiction. Authors of the letters include officers of Scottish Rite bodies from both...

Scope and Contents Typescript (copy) deposition of Josiah H. Drummond in answer to interrogatories of J. J. Gorman, Esq. of New York (William A. Hershiser, et. als vs. S. Stacker Williams et. als.). This includes the history of Drummond's receiving Scottish Rite degrees in 1859, discussion of the expulsion of Edward A. Raymond from Northern Jurisdiction, expulsion of Van Rensellaer from Northern Jurisdiction in 1862, and history of A.A.S.R. Northern Jurisdiction before and after 1867 union. This comes with an...