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A circular letter from Sovereign Grand Commander Albert Pike of the Southern Jurisdiction. Dated November 1, 1883. In this document, Sovereign Grand Commander Pike denounces the actions of three spurious Supreme Councils located in the cities of New…

Manifesto issued by Supreme Council member Emanuel De La Motta. Dated 1814. Manifesto issued by Emanuel De La Motta and the Charleston Supreme Council declaring Joseph Cerneau to be an "Imposter of the first magnitude" and his Masonic works to be…

A warning and declaration from the Supreme Council, Northern Masonic Jurisdiction. Dated sometime between 1882 and 1885. In this document, the Supreme Council warns brethren of the “wrong doing of certain persons in several States to peddle” degrees…

This manuscript certificate issued by the Sovereign Grand Commander of the Supreme Council for the Northern Jurisdiction of the Western Hemisphere, Henry C. Atwood, appoints Edmund B. Hays as his successor-in-waiting. Upon Atwood’s death in 1860,…

This manuscript certificate issued to Edmund B. Hays appoints him as First Lieutenant Grand Commander of the Supreme Council for the Northern Jurisdiction of the Western Hemisphere or the Atwood Supreme Council. The certificate is dated November 19,…

A certificate issued by the Cross Supreme Council (Cerneau) to Henry C. Lawrence of the New York City Lodge of Perfection. Dated April 14, 1852. Signed by Sovereign Grand Commander Jeremy L. Cross, Daniel Sickels, Grand Secretary Robert B. Folger,…

A Rose Croix certificate issued to Hector Coffin on January 22, 1821, by the Souverain Chapitre les Amis de la Paix, a Rose Croix chapter based in Charleston, South Carolina, and subordinate to Joseph Cerneau's Grand Consistory of the United States…

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…

Letter from Antoine Louis Moret to John James Joseph Gourgas. Dated October 09, 1828. In this letter, Moret reports that he has received Gourgas’ letter of May 15 and has annexed to this letter his response to the president of the Supreme Council of…

Letter from Antoine Louis Moret. Dated February 15, 1828. In this letter, Moret reports he has received the membership lists of the Southern and Northern Supreme Councils. Moret replies he has annexed to this letter a correct translation of his…