Manifesto issued by Supreme Council member Emanuel De La Motta, 1814

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Title:
Manifesto issued by Supreme Council member Emanuel De La Motta, 1814
Description:
Manifesto issued by Supreme Council member Emanuel De La Motta. Dated 1814. Manifesto issued by Emanuel De La Motta and the Charleston Supreme Council declaring Joseph Cerneau to be an "Imposter of the first magnitude" and his Masonic works to be unlawful and void. The circular recognizes the Sovereign Grand Consistory as the "only lawful body in New-York which can exist for the Northern District of the United States of America..." This copy addressed to the Sovereign Grand Consistory. Includes manuscript note and is signed by both Emanuel De La Motta and his son Jacob De La Motta, who became a member of the Northern Jurisdiction's Supreme Council on June 24, 1814.
Creator:
Scottish Rite (Masonic order). Supreme Council of the Thirty-Third Degree for the Southern Jurisdiction
Contributor:
Dalcho, Frederick, 1770-1836
Contributor:
DeLaMotta, Emanuel, 1760-1821
Contributor:
Mitchell, John, 1741-1816
Date:
1814
Format:
Documents
Location:
Scottish Rite Masonic Museum and Library
Collection (local):
Scottish Rite Documents
Subjects:
Cerneau, Joseph
Cerneauism
Clandestine freemasonry
Freemasonry
Freemasons
Scottish Rite (Masonic order)--History
Scottish Rite (Masonic order). Northern Masonic Jurisdiction--History
Scottish Rite (Masonic order). Southern Jurisdiction--History
Places:
New York > New York
New York, New York, United States
Link to Item:
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Language:
English
Notes:
Collection of Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library, Lexington, Massachusetts.
Identifier:
RARE 14.6 .D336 1814