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Letter from Moses Holbrook to John James Joseph Gourgas. Dated August 12, 1830. In this letter, Sovereign Grand Commander Holbrook of the Southern Jurisdiction reports he is very ill and suffers from sunstroke. He sends the 1820 pamphlet issued by…

Letter from Moses Holbrook to John James Joseph Gourgas. Dated August 21, 1830. In this letter, Sovereign Grand Commander Holbrook of the Southern Jurisdiction comments on François-Timoleon Begue Clavel’s prospectus, an advertisement for his…

Letter from Moses Holbrook to John James Joseph Gourgas. Dated October 30, 1830. In this letter, Sovereign Grand Commander Holbrook of the Southern Jurisdiction comments that his health is “now fast improving” after being “so seriously afflicted…

Letter from Moses Holbrook to John James Joseph Gourgas. Dated January 1, 1831. In this letter, Sovereign Grand Commander Holbrook of the Southern Jurisdiction states McDonald has mislaid the documents furnished by Gourgas. Freemasonry is still at a…

Letter from Moses Holbrook to John James Joseph Gourgas. Dated January 20, 1832. In this letter, Sovereign Grand Commander Holbrook of the Southern Jurisdiction writes that he has received Gourgas’ copy of R. de Montaleau’s letter. Holbrook regrets…

Letter from Moses Holbrook to John James Joseph Gourgas. Dated February 27, 1832. In this letter, Sovereign Grand Commander Holbrook of the Southern Jurisdiction replies that he has received Gourgas’ February 13 package of French materials. Since…

Manuscript copy of a letter from Moses Holbrook to John Henry Holland. Dated May 17, 1830. Copied in John James Joseph Gourgas’ hand, this letter from Sovereign Grand Commander Holbrook of the Southern Jurisdiction acknowledges John Henry Holland’s…

A letter from Sovereign Grand Commander Albert Pike of the Southern Jurisdiction. Dated October 31, 1883. In this letter, Sovereign Grand Commander Pike explains his decision to expel Frederick Widdows for violating his oath to the two legitimate…

A Royal Arch certificate issued by the Grand Royal Arch Chapter of South Carolina to John F. Kern, Jr., and dated May 19, 1823. Imprint at the bottom of the certificate reads, "Wright & Smith."

This Supreme Council, S.J., document appoints and commissions Robert McCorskry Graham to be the Southern Jurisdiction’s representative to the Supreme Council, Northern Masonic Jurisdiction. Dated September 24, 1867. Signed by Sovereign Grand…