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Clandestine Masonry

 Subject

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Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 259 Collections and/or Records:

Letter from Moses Holbrook to John James Joseph Gourgas, 1827 November 24

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Identifier: A2019-178-0042g
Scope and Contents

Letter discusses the following topics: Sends last 12 of Documents; not about to get reply from Kingston, Jamaica; 500 copies printed; Cerneau followers burned many copies; wants Hebrew calendar

Dates: 1827 November 24
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 Richard S. Spofford to Joseph Cerneau, 1825 January 13

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Identifier: A2019-178-0347a
Dates: 1825 January 13
Found in: Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library / Supreme Council of the Northern Masonic Jurisdiction of the United States records, 1792-1992 / Richard Spofford correspondence, 1825

Letter from Richard S. Spofford to Joseph Cerneau, 1825 June 26

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Identifier: A2019-178-0347d
Dates: 1825 June 26
Found in: Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library / Supreme Council of the Northern Masonic Jurisdiction of the United States records, 1792-1992 / Richard Spofford correspondence, 1825

Letter from Richard S. Spofford to Joseph Cerneau, 1826 February 27

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Identifier: A2019-178-0347m
Scope and Contents

Letter discusses the following topics: Has been engaged in preparing the field for the Sub Degrees; does not want to intro in a manner that would irritate Royal Arch & Knight Templar Brothers; need for more than 1 Chapter Rose Croix; would like one at Salem, Massachusetts; directions how to proceed; expenses of manuscript; up to 33rd

Dates: 1826 February 27
Found in: Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library / Supreme Council of the Northern Masonic Jurisdiction of the United States records, 1792-1992 / Richard Spofford correspondence, 1826-1827

Letter from Sovereign Grand Commander Albert Pike regarding the expulsion of Frederick Widdows and others, 1883 November 01

 File — Box 7
Identifier: A2019-178-0246
Scope and Contents

A letter from Sovereign Grand Commander Albert Pike of the Southern Jurisdiction, dated November 1, 1883. In this letter, Sovereign Grand Commander Pike discusses the Cerneau-inspired Seymour-Peckham Supreme Council of New York City and informs brethren to "close all your Temples against" their officers and associates, including Frederick Widdows, an expelled Freemason.

Dates: 1883 November 01
Found in: Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library / Supreme Council of the Northern Masonic Jurisdiction of the United States records, 1792-1992

Letter from Sovereign Grand Commander Edward W. Atwood to Charles W. Atwood, 1859 February 11

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Identifier: A2019-178-0131a
Dates: 1859 February 11
Found in: Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library / Supreme Council of the Northern Masonic Jurisdiction of the United States records, 1792-1992 / Second Atwood Council (1852-1860) records

Letter from the Supreme Council of Louisiana, 1866 October 04

 File — Box 14
Identifier: A2019-178-0904
Dates: 1866 October 04
Found in: Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library / Supreme Council of the Northern Masonic Jurisdiction of the United States records, 1792-1992

Letter of appointment issued by Emanuel De La Motta to Louis Jean Lusson, 1814 September 28

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Identifier: A2019-178-0203a
Scope and Contents

Letter of appointment issued by Emanuel De La Motta to Louis Jean Lusson to represent the regular authorities in suppressing Cerneau bodies

Dates: 1814 September 28
Found in: Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library / Supreme Council of the Northern Masonic Jurisdiction of the United States records, 1792-1992 / Northern Masonic Jurisdiction documents

Letter of instructions from Joseph Cerneau to Richard S. Spofford, 1825 June

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Identifier: A2019-178-0347e
Scope and Contents

Instructions for establishing Chapter Rose Croix & Grand Council, P.R.S. [Prince of the Royal Secret?], for Massachusetts, with an 8 page English translation

Dates: 1825 June
Found in: Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library / Supreme Council of the Northern Masonic Jurisdiction of the United States records, 1792-1992 / Richard Spofford correspondence, 1825

Letters between Harvey Newton Brown from Grand Master Charles R. Bonnemort of the Grand Lodge of France, 1965

 Collection — Box 2, Folder: 1
Identifier: A2013-045-001
Scope and Contents Correspondence includes a typescript letter to Harvey Newton Brown from Grand Master Charles R. Bonnefort. Letter concerns Brown's affiliation with Anglo-Saxon Lodge, No. 343, in Texas which was chartered by the Grande Loge de France. G. M. Bonnemort explained that this membership constitutes affiliation with a clandestine lodge and is a violation of his obligation to Masons in Rhode Island (Brown is also a member of Berlin Lodge No. 46 of Rhode Island). Also includes the response of Harvey...
Dates: 1965
Found in: Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library

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