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Letter from Charles S. Westcott to Charles W. Moore, 1855 November 21

A letter from Charles S. Westcott to Charles W. Moore. Dated November 21, 1855. In this letter, Westcott requests the Supreme Council, Northern Masonic Jurisdiction, accept the petition of a group of New York City Freemasons to unify with the…

Address of the Sovereign Grand Commander of the Supreme Council of Sovereign Grand Inspectors General for the Southern Jurisdiction of the United States, relating to difficulties in Northern Jurisdiction : delivered at Washington, D.C. April 19, 1866

An address by Sovereign Grand Commander Albert Pike of the Southern Jurisdiction. Dated April 19, 1866. In this document, Pike denounces the behavior of the members from the two competing Supreme Councils for the Northern Masonic Jurisdiction, one…

Circular letter from Sovereign Grand Commander Albert Pike regarding the state of the Scottish Rite, 1883 November 1

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…

Engrossed copy of the Letters of Constitution for the Supreme Council for the Northern District of the United States of America (i.e. Supreme Council, 33°, Northern Masonic Jurisdiction), 1813 August 5

Also known as the Northern Masonic Jurisdiction’s charter, warrant, or “Birth Certificate,” this formal certificate was likely made in 1814. John James Joseph Gourgas who served in an official, secretarial capacity for both the Sublime Grand…

Certificate appointing Nathan H. Gould as Deputy for the State of Rhode Island for the Supreme Council, Northern Masonic Jurisdiction, 1862 May 2

This certificate appoints Nathan H. Gould as Deputy for the State of Rhode Island for the Supreme Council, Northern Masonic Jurisdiction. Dated May 2, 1862.

Certificate of Appointment to the Supreme Council, Northern Masonic Jurisdiction, for Giles Fonda Yates, 33°.

This patent, dated July 5, 1828, admitted Giles Fonda Yates, 33°, as an Active Member of the Supreme Council, Northern Masonic Jurisdiction. Document in the hand of John James Joseph Gourgas, who was Grand Secretary General of the Supreme Council at…

Certificate of appreciation issued to Nathaniel B. Shurtleff, Mayor of Boston, 1869 June 19

Certificate issued to Nathaniel Shurtleff, Mayor of Boston, by the Supreme Council, Northern Masonic Jurisdiction, for "their high appreciation of the most cordial and fraternal welcome extended" to them by Shurtleff during the Supreme Council's…

Engrossed certificate declaring John Christie an Active Member of the Supreme Council, Northern Masonic Jurisdiction

This certificate, dated June 17, 1845, announces the appointment of John Christie of Portsmouth, New Hampshire, as a Sovereign Grand Inspector General of the Thirty-Third degree. Christie was elevated to the grade of Sovereign Grand Inspector General…

Dispensation issued by the Supreme Council to form a Rose Croix chapter in Boston, 1845 June 25

Dispensation issued by the Supreme Council to form a Rose Croix chapter in Boston. Dated June 25, 1845. This dispensation (a document usually given as a precursor to a charter) authorizes Edward A. Raymond, Abram A. Dame, and others to form a Rose…

Circular letter from the Supreme Council expelling Edward A. Raymond and Simon W. Robinson, 1862 May 22

A circular letter from the Supreme Council expelling Sovereign Grand Commander Edward A. Raymond and Grand Secretary General Simon W. Robinson. Dated May 22, 1862. On August 24, 1860, Sovereign Grand Commander Raymond abruptly closed the Supreme…

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