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Article HISTOKY OF THE ANCIENT AND ACCEPTED BITE... ← Page 2 of 4 →
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Histoky Of The Ancient And Accepted Bite...
institution in regard to that exalted official grade , and reducing it to the level ot an ordinary Degree . The last act of this kind is thus recorded in the Masonic Mirror and Keystone ( Philadelphia ) for April 20 th , 1853 : — " Extracts fromtlie Minutes of ' the Supreme Council , SZrd Degree .
" Yalley of New York , Dec . 17 / 1852 . " The Supreme Council having been informed that the Most Illustrious Bro . James Foulhowze , Sov . G . Com . of the Supreme Grand Council in and for the State of Louisiana , * had just returned from his mission to France and other parts of Europe , and was present in the audience-chamber ; his credentials , appointing him Plenipotentiary , having been read , and he being charged with important documents from the Grand Orient of France directed to this Supreme Grand Council , he was introduced , acknowledged , and received in ample form . ¦
' / . ' " The III . Bro . Foulhowze then proceeded to translateJihe able report made to the Grand Orient of France by T . \ 111 . * . Leblanc de Marconnay , G . Orator to the Chamber of the Council to the Grand Orient of France ; also the letter of acknowledgment from said Grand Orient , at the same time , urging a complete and efficient organization of our ancient , legitimate , and true Council for the faithful performance of its lawful and imperative duties in the establishment and support of the Ancient Free and Accepted Scottish Rite .
" Whereupon the Supreme Council then proceeded to re-organize itself according to the expressed wishes of the parent f Council . " T . \ 111 . Bro . Jeremy L . Crass , Sov . G . Com . * . having resigned in August , 1852 , the following Brethren-, members of the said Council , were then elected to fill the offices of said Council , and installed in ample form by 111 . ' . Bro . James Foulhowze , Sov . G . Com . and Plenipotentiary of the Grand Orient of France :-
—" Illus . ^ Bro . H . C Atwood , M . P . S . G . C . „ „ Eugene Vatet , Dep . S . G . C . ,, „ J . Deszules _ , Lt . S . G . C . i , , y F . Houllier , G . Keeper of the Seals . .,, „ D . Sickles , Min . of State . ,, ,, E . Unkart , G . Treasurer .
„ „ E . B . Folger , G . C . G . S . of the H . E . ,, „ D . Cochrane G . M . of C . .,, „ Wm . Work , G . Sword Bearer . ;; £ S ; mKiJ , } ° - of tlie G - and Sentiweis - " ( Signed ) M . - . P . - . Henry C . Atwood , Sov . G . Com . Robt . B . Folder , G . Sec . oftheH . E "
* The reader will bear in mind that , according to the Constitutions , there can be but two Supreme Councils in the United States , one for the northern and one for the southern jurisdiction . This State Supreme Grand Council for Louisiana , therefore , must be , and was itself spurious and unconstitutional . f The Grand Orient of France is here represented as the parent of the Atwood Council—while it is well known that the so-called " Supreme Grand Council , " of which the Atwood organization claim to be the legitimate descendants , was in existence , and cried down , before the Grand Orient of France recognized or acknowledged the Ancient and Accepted , in 1814 .
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Histoky Of The Ancient And Accepted Bite...
institution in regard to that exalted official grade , and reducing it to the level ot an ordinary Degree . The last act of this kind is thus recorded in the Masonic Mirror and Keystone ( Philadelphia ) for April 20 th , 1853 : — " Extracts fromtlie Minutes of ' the Supreme Council , SZrd Degree .
" Yalley of New York , Dec . 17 / 1852 . " The Supreme Council having been informed that the Most Illustrious Bro . James Foulhowze , Sov . G . Com . of the Supreme Grand Council in and for the State of Louisiana , * had just returned from his mission to France and other parts of Europe , and was present in the audience-chamber ; his credentials , appointing him Plenipotentiary , having been read , and he being charged with important documents from the Grand Orient of France directed to this Supreme Grand Council , he was introduced , acknowledged , and received in ample form . ¦
' / . ' " The III . Bro . Foulhowze then proceeded to translateJihe able report made to the Grand Orient of France by T . \ 111 . * . Leblanc de Marconnay , G . Orator to the Chamber of the Council to the Grand Orient of France ; also the letter of acknowledgment from said Grand Orient , at the same time , urging a complete and efficient organization of our ancient , legitimate , and true Council for the faithful performance of its lawful and imperative duties in the establishment and support of the Ancient Free and Accepted Scottish Rite .
" Whereupon the Supreme Council then proceeded to re-organize itself according to the expressed wishes of the parent f Council . " T . \ 111 . Bro . Jeremy L . Crass , Sov . G . Com . * . having resigned in August , 1852 , the following Brethren-, members of the said Council , were then elected to fill the offices of said Council , and installed in ample form by 111 . ' . Bro . James Foulhowze , Sov . G . Com . and Plenipotentiary of the Grand Orient of France :-
—" Illus . ^ Bro . H . C Atwood , M . P . S . G . C . „ „ Eugene Vatet , Dep . S . G . C . ,, „ J . Deszules _ , Lt . S . G . C . i , , y F . Houllier , G . Keeper of the Seals . .,, „ D . Sickles , Min . of State . ,, ,, E . Unkart , G . Treasurer .
„ „ E . B . Folger , G . C . G . S . of the H . E . ,, „ D . Cochrane G . M . of C . .,, „ Wm . Work , G . Sword Bearer . ;; £ S ; mKiJ , } ° - of tlie G - and Sentiweis - " ( Signed ) M . - . P . - . Henry C . Atwood , Sov . G . Com . Robt . B . Folder , G . Sec . oftheH . E "
* The reader will bear in mind that , according to the Constitutions , there can be but two Supreme Councils in the United States , one for the northern and one for the southern jurisdiction . This State Supreme Grand Council for Louisiana , therefore , must be , and was itself spurious and unconstitutional . f The Grand Orient of France is here represented as the parent of the Atwood Council—while it is well known that the so-called " Supreme Grand Council , " of which the Atwood organization claim to be the legitimate descendants , was in existence , and cried down , before the Grand Orient of France recognized or acknowledged the Ancient and Accepted , in 1814 .