Clandestine Masonry
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Certificate of Healing and Regularizing for the Cerneau Masons of St. John's Lodge, No. 1, issued by the Supreme Council, Northern Masonic Jurisdiction, 1849 August 10
Circular issued by the Supreme Council for the Northern Masonic Jurisdiction, 1862 November 01
A circular issued by the Supreme Council, Northern Masonic Jurisdiction, to all Freemasons living in New York and New Jersey. The circular details the granting of charters and dispensations from a New York City-based Supreme Council (i.e. the Hays Council, with Edmund Burke Hays as Sovereign Grand Commander) and a warning to Masons not to be "deluded into joining" any subordinate bodies chartered by this clandestine Supreme Council. Dated November 1, 1862.
Supreme Council, Northern Masonic Jurisdiction, documents concerning Prince Hall organizations and other groups considered to be clandestine collection, 1919-1927
Documents concerning Prince Hall organizations and other groups considered by the Supreme Council, Northern Masonic Jurisdiction to be clandestine. The bulk of the correspondence concerns N. N. Boozier and his claim to be Grand Master of King Solomon Lodge in Texas. Also includes court decrees regarding these claims.