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mind that the Royal Arch , according to the -Constitution- of Dublin at that time , as well as tlie Inefikble Degrees , traditionally "belonged to the Temple of Solomon , and not to that of Zerubbabel , to which , according to a tradition discovered about fifty years ago , belong the American Royal Arch , and its 40 , 000 E . A ,. Ms .
On the 20 th of ^ February , 1788 , the Grand Council of Princes of Jerusalem was opened in Charleston , at which were present Bro . John Myers , Dep . Insp . Genv for South Oarblina ; Bro . B . M . Spitzer , Dej ) . Ihsp / for Georgia ; and Bro . A . Frost , Dep . Insp . Gen ; for Virginia ,
On the 2 nd of August , 1795 , Bro . Col . John Mitehell , a Deputy Quartermaster- Gen . in the XJnited States army , was made a D e puty Inspector-General for South Carolina , by Bro . Spitzer , Bro . Myers having removed out of the country . Bro . Mitehell , however , was resfcricted from acting until after the decease of Bro . Spitzer , which occurred the following year . A Degrees had arrived , at Charleston , from the continent of Europe and
South America , Consistories of S . ' B . . "E . ' . S . * . were held , as occasion required , for initiatory and other purposes . A Sovereign Chapter of Rose Croix , H—R—D—M ., was in 1797 , established in New York city , of which our respected and most puissant Bro . J . J . J . Gourgas , * clarum et venerabile nomen , was for a series of years the Grand Secretary . He was also one of the founders of the Sovereign Grand Consistory of Sublime Princes of
the Royal Secret ( 30 bh , 31 st , and 32 nd Degrees ) , at the Grand East , New York city , iu 1806 . The names of the other founders were : —¦ Anthony Bideau , Sov . Gr . Insp . Gen . ; John Gabriel Tardy , John Baptist Desdoity , Lewis De Saulles , and Peter A . Du Peyrat . On the 7 th of March , 1806 , the following Sublime Princes of the Royal Secret were published as the presiding officers : —
John Gabriel Tardy .. ,. .. .. 111 . Sov . of So vs . John B . Desdoity .. ,. .. .. „ L . \ Gr . \ C . \ Richard Eiker .. .. .. .. .. „ . G . \ W . \ John James Joseph Gourgas .. .. ,, G . " . Sec . M . L . M . Peixotto .. .. .. .. „ G . * . Treas . Sampson Simpson .. .. .. .. ,, C . \ of G . \
* This distinguished Brother , to whom the Freemasons' Quarterly Fevieiv for 1846 was eloquently and worthily dedicated , is now , I believe , in his eighty-fourth year . He is strong , hale , and hearty ; and long may he continue so to be . He has not been actively engaged in the cause of Freemasonry since 1851 , " at which time he relinquished his office of M . \ P . * , Sov . Grand Commander in favour of M . \ IV . Bro . Giles Fonda Yates ( not Fo ^ da , as in your last ) . Bro . Gourgas ' s address upon that occasion was one of the clearest and ablest documents on Sublime Freemasonry ever written . It is a lucid history in itself ; and I acknowledge ,
gratefully , my debt to it , to nun , to J 5 ro . . Yates , ana ur . iviackey ' s valuable M'iscdlany for the materials from which this brief account of our most Illustrious Order is compiled , Bro . Gourgas lias , beyond all comparison , the best library of printed and manuscript documents relating to our Order , and especially to Ineffable and Sublime Freemasonry , in the world . Kiass , and a great many others with whom I have been acquainted , had a greater number of books on Freemasonry , but not a fourth of the matter in I 3 ro , G . ' s library . —Compiler , VOL . TIT . 3 A .
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mind that the Royal Arch , according to the -Constitution- of Dublin at that time , as well as tlie Inefikble Degrees , traditionally "belonged to the Temple of Solomon , and not to that of Zerubbabel , to which , according to a tradition discovered about fifty years ago , belong the American Royal Arch , and its 40 , 000 E . A ,. Ms .
On the 20 th of ^ February , 1788 , the Grand Council of Princes of Jerusalem was opened in Charleston , at which were present Bro . John Myers , Dep . Insp . Genv for South Oarblina ; Bro . B . M . Spitzer , Dej ) . Ihsp / for Georgia ; and Bro . A . Frost , Dep . Insp . Gen ; for Virginia ,
On the 2 nd of August , 1795 , Bro . Col . John Mitehell , a Deputy Quartermaster- Gen . in the XJnited States army , was made a D e puty Inspector-General for South Carolina , by Bro . Spitzer , Bro . Myers having removed out of the country . Bro . Mitehell , however , was resfcricted from acting until after the decease of Bro . Spitzer , which occurred the following year . A Degrees had arrived , at Charleston , from the continent of Europe and
South America , Consistories of S . ' B . . "E . ' . S . * . were held , as occasion required , for initiatory and other purposes . A Sovereign Chapter of Rose Croix , H—R—D—M ., was in 1797 , established in New York city , of which our respected and most puissant Bro . J . J . J . Gourgas , * clarum et venerabile nomen , was for a series of years the Grand Secretary . He was also one of the founders of the Sovereign Grand Consistory of Sublime Princes of
the Royal Secret ( 30 bh , 31 st , and 32 nd Degrees ) , at the Grand East , New York city , iu 1806 . The names of the other founders were : —¦ Anthony Bideau , Sov . Gr . Insp . Gen . ; John Gabriel Tardy , John Baptist Desdoity , Lewis De Saulles , and Peter A . Du Peyrat . On the 7 th of March , 1806 , the following Sublime Princes of the Royal Secret were published as the presiding officers : —
John Gabriel Tardy .. ,. .. .. 111 . Sov . of So vs . John B . Desdoity .. ,. .. .. „ L . \ Gr . \ C . \ Richard Eiker .. .. .. .. .. „ . G . \ W . \ John James Joseph Gourgas .. .. ,, G . " . Sec . M . L . M . Peixotto .. .. .. .. „ G . * . Treas . Sampson Simpson .. .. .. .. ,, C . \ of G . \
* This distinguished Brother , to whom the Freemasons' Quarterly Fevieiv for 1846 was eloquently and worthily dedicated , is now , I believe , in his eighty-fourth year . He is strong , hale , and hearty ; and long may he continue so to be . He has not been actively engaged in the cause of Freemasonry since 1851 , " at which time he relinquished his office of M . \ P . * , Sov . Grand Commander in favour of M . \ IV . Bro . Giles Fonda Yates ( not Fo ^ da , as in your last ) . Bro . Gourgas ' s address upon that occasion was one of the clearest and ablest documents on Sublime Freemasonry ever written . It is a lucid history in itself ; and I acknowledge ,
gratefully , my debt to it , to nun , to J 5 ro . . Yates , ana ur . iviackey ' s valuable M'iscdlany for the materials from which this brief account of our most Illustrious Order is compiled , Bro . Gourgas lias , beyond all comparison , the best library of printed and manuscript documents relating to our Order , and especially to Ineffable and Sublime Freemasonry , in the world . Kiass , and a great many others with whom I have been acquainted , had a greater number of books on Freemasonry , but not a fourth of the matter in I 3 ro , G . ' s library . —Compiler , VOL . TIT . 3 A .