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Letter from Moses Holbrook to John James Joseph Gourgas. Dated November 29, 1827. In this letter, Sovereign Grand Commander Holbrook of the Southern Jurisdiction informs Gourgas that John Barker has Sovereign Grand Commander John Mitchell’s Scottish…

Letter from Moses Holbrook to John James Joseph Gourgas. Dated April 19, 1828. In this letter, Sovereign Grand Commander Holbrook of the Southern Jurisdiction states that Joseph M’Cosh arrived last evening, and Holbrook wants to reply to Gourgas’…

Letter from Moses Holbrook to John James Joseph Gourgas. Dated May 12, 1828. In this letter, Sovereign Grand Commander Holbrook of the Southern Jurisdiction states the letter about DeGrasse is a curiosity; he made Masons clandestinely. Holbrook…

Letter from Moses Holbrook to John James Joseph Gourgas. Dated November 17, 1828. In this letter, Sovereign Grand Commander Holbrook of the Southern Jurisdiction, who still suffers from the effects of Dengue fever, reports he is returning to Gourgas…

Letter from Moses Holbrook to John James Joseph Gourgas. Dates October 17, 1828. In this letter, Sovereign Grand Commander Holbrook of the Southern Jurisdiction reports he has received no word from the Jamaican Supreme Council after having written to…

Letter from Moses Holbrook to John James Joseph Gourgas. Dated March 10, 1830. In this letter, Sovereign Grand Commander Holbrook of the Southern Jurisdiction passes along a copy of a letter from John Holland that came into his possession through…

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…

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…

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,…

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…