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The first Supreme Council ever established under the new Constitution of 1786 , was that at Charleston , South Carolina , in the United States ^ whose jurisdiction extended , constitutionally , over the whole of the United States ; until they constituted by their Special Deputy ,
Emanuel De Ea Motta , Esq ., the 111 . Treas . G-eu . of their H . % E . \ , a Supreme Council for the Northern jurisdiction of the United State . s $ in 1813 , at the Grand East in the city of New York . The origin of this Supreme Council will be best understood by the perusal of the following bailustre , which the truth of history demands that I should publisli in full .
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: DEUS MEUMQUE JUS . Ordo ab Chao . Iisr the name and at the special request of the Grand and Supreme Council of the most Puissant Sovereigns , Grand Inspectors-G-eneral of the 33 rd Degree , duly and lawfully constituted , under the celestial canopy of the Zenith which answers to the 32 nd degree , 45 minutes north latitude .
To our Illustrious , most Valiant and Sublime Princes of the Roycd Secret ; Knights of U . K . ; Illustrious Princes and Knights , Grand , Ineffable , and Sublime , Free and Accepted Masons of all Degrees , ancient and modern , over the surface of the Two Hemispheres ,
TO ALL THOSE TO WHOM THESE LETTERS SHALL COME
UNION , CONTENTMENT , AND WISDOM . 2 Se it 3 & 1 t 0 rjjftt ntttf 2 & mctttucrctt , That whereas a certain individual of the name of JOSEPH CERNEAU , a Frenchman , born at Villeblerin , aged 50 , and a jeweller by trade , residing at present , No . 118 , William-street , in the city of New York , did , sometime this last spring , publish certain pamphlets ., by the French called Tableaux , signed and sealed , wherein he styles himself as " Most Potent , Sovereic / n Grand Commander of the thirty-third Degree for the United States of
America , their Territories and Dependencies" & c . & C . & c . And whereas the only laivful body of the kind in the United , Sates of America , was legally established on the 31 st May , 58 Q 1 , at the city of . Charleston , 8911 th Carolina , and which is recognized , all over the world : I , therefore the undersigned , Grand Inspector General of the 33 rd , Grand Dignitary officer of the aforesaid Supreme Council of the 33 rd Degree in Charleston , 8011 th Carolina ; do , hereby , in their name , and , at their special request , dedare , and certify , that having previously taken such
measures as were expedient in all such cases ; having also ascertained that he is not of , nor lenoivs anything at all about the thirty-third Degree ; and that having received no satisfaction whatsoever from the said Joseph Cerncau , for his assuming a Degree , Title , and Powers to which he has not the smallest claim or right whatever ; Inconsequence thereof , and being in duty bound to stop , crush , and publish all such characters , so as to prevent their doing any further mischief , and continue to delude and impose upon otherwise worthy Brethren 'unacquainted with the Superior Degrees of Free Masonry :
Be it known and remembehed , therefore , that by , and in virtue of my High Powers ., . Rights and Prerogatives , as a lawful Grand Inspector General of the 33 rd Degree , in the United States of America ; I do hereby publish and declare to the whole world , as well in ray own name , as in that , and at the special request of my Supreme Council , in Charleston , pouth Carolina , the aforesaid Joseph
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
; Histo^^
The first Supreme Council ever established under the new Constitution of 1786 , was that at Charleston , South Carolina , in the United States ^ whose jurisdiction extended , constitutionally , over the whole of the United States ; until they constituted by their Special Deputy ,
Emanuel De Ea Motta , Esq ., the 111 . Treas . G-eu . of their H . % E . \ , a Supreme Council for the Northern jurisdiction of the United State . s $ in 1813 , at the Grand East in the city of New York . The origin of this Supreme Council will be best understood by the perusal of the following bailustre , which the truth of history demands that I should publisli in full .
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: DEUS MEUMQUE JUS . Ordo ab Chao . Iisr the name and at the special request of the Grand and Supreme Council of the most Puissant Sovereigns , Grand Inspectors-G-eneral of the 33 rd Degree , duly and lawfully constituted , under the celestial canopy of the Zenith which answers to the 32 nd degree , 45 minutes north latitude .
To our Illustrious , most Valiant and Sublime Princes of the Roycd Secret ; Knights of U . K . ; Illustrious Princes and Knights , Grand , Ineffable , and Sublime , Free and Accepted Masons of all Degrees , ancient and modern , over the surface of the Two Hemispheres ,
TO ALL THOSE TO WHOM THESE LETTERS SHALL COME
UNION , CONTENTMENT , AND WISDOM . 2 Se it 3 & 1 t 0 rjjftt ntttf 2 & mctttucrctt , That whereas a certain individual of the name of JOSEPH CERNEAU , a Frenchman , born at Villeblerin , aged 50 , and a jeweller by trade , residing at present , No . 118 , William-street , in the city of New York , did , sometime this last spring , publish certain pamphlets ., by the French called Tableaux , signed and sealed , wherein he styles himself as " Most Potent , Sovereic / n Grand Commander of the thirty-third Degree for the United States of
America , their Territories and Dependencies" & c . & C . & c . And whereas the only laivful body of the kind in the United , Sates of America , was legally established on the 31 st May , 58 Q 1 , at the city of . Charleston , 8911 th Carolina , and which is recognized , all over the world : I , therefore the undersigned , Grand Inspector General of the 33 rd , Grand Dignitary officer of the aforesaid Supreme Council of the 33 rd Degree in Charleston , 8011 th Carolina ; do , hereby , in their name , and , at their special request , dedare , and certify , that having previously taken such
measures as were expedient in all such cases ; having also ascertained that he is not of , nor lenoivs anything at all about the thirty-third Degree ; and that having received no satisfaction whatsoever from the said Joseph Cerncau , for his assuming a Degree , Title , and Powers to which he has not the smallest claim or right whatever ; Inconsequence thereof , and being in duty bound to stop , crush , and publish all such characters , so as to prevent their doing any further mischief , and continue to delude and impose upon otherwise worthy Brethren 'unacquainted with the Superior Degrees of Free Masonry :
Be it known and remembehed , therefore , that by , and in virtue of my High Powers ., . Rights and Prerogatives , as a lawful Grand Inspector General of the 33 rd Degree , in the United States of America ; I do hereby publish and declare to the whole world , as well in ray own name , as in that , and at the special request of my Supreme Council , in Charleston , pouth Carolina , the aforesaid Joseph