Letter from John James Joseph Gourgas to Edward A. Raymond, 1847 November 8

Item Information

Title:
Letter from John James Joseph Gourgas to Edward A. Raymond, 1847 November 8
Description:
Letter from John James Joseph Gourgas to Edward A. Raymond. Dated November 8, 1847. In this letter, Sovereign Grand Commander Gourgas pushes Edward A. Raymond, Charles W. Moore, and Reuel Baker to take a stand against the decision of the Supreme Council of England and its Sovereign Grand Commander, Robert Thomas Crucefix, to unite with the Grand Orient de France. Gourgas had accused the Grand Orient of subverting the Scottish Rite, “altering for its own purpose, degrees, obligations and constitutions, substituting new law, &c., of their own invention, transforming our official thirty-third degree into a common masonic degree” conferred upon “at least 400 to 500 individuals.”
Creator:
Gourgas, John James Joseph, 1777-1865
Contributor:
Baker, Reuel, 1792-1848
Contributor:
Moore, Charles W. (Charles Whitlock), 1801-1873
Contributor:
Raymond, Edward Asa, 1791-1864
Date:
November 8, 1847
Format:
Letters/Correspondence
Location:
Scottish Rite Masonic Museum and Library
Collection (local):
Scottish Rite Documents
Subjects:
Crucefix, Robert Thomas, 1797-1850
Freemasonry
Freemasonry--England
Freemasonry--France
Freemasonry--United States
Freemasons
Freemasons. Grand Orient de France
Scottish Rite (Masonic order)
Scottish Rite (Masonic order). Northern Masonic Jurisdiction--History
Scottish Rite (Masonic order). Supreme Council 33° for England and Wales and Its Districts and Chapters Overseas
Places:
New York > New York
New York, New York, United States
Link to Item:
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Terms of Use:
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Language:
English
Notes:
Collection of the Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library, Lexington, Massachusetts. SC 300.002
Identifier:
A2019/178/0003