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Archives of the Rite

A public, museum-grade repository page presenting institutional anchors and key documents for the French–Antillean transmission associated with the Ancient Primitive Order of Hérédom 1807™.

BnF (France) · Fonds maçonnique
FM1 307
FM1 285
FM2 (560)
FM2 (562)

Diplomatic English (Published Work)

The complete diplomatic English translations for the archival entries on this page are available in the published scholarly work: The Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite in Thirty-Three Degrees (Expanded from Robert B. Folger, 1881). This page provides the archival images and restrained public summaries; the full translations are not reproduced here.

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Entry 001 · Patent Letter (Dupotet → Cerneau) · 1806

Original Source (BnF Gallica): https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b52518124d
Bibliothèque nationale de France · Département des Manuscrits · FM1 (307)

Entry 002 · Grand Orient de France Decree (Copy) · Cerneau Named Representative · (FM1 307)

Direct Source (BnF Gallica): https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b52518124d/f27.item
Copy of a decree concerning correspondence and reciprocal representation between the G∴O∴ of France and the American Grand Consistory.

Entry 003 · New York Grand Council Credential / Resolution · 1809 · (FM1 307)

Direct Source (BnF Gallica): https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b52518124d/f78.item
Bibliothèque nationale de France · Département des Manuscrits · FM1 (307) — fold-out certificate/act dated 13 July 1809 (New York).

Entry 004 · Lodge Credential / Certificate of Standing (R∴L∴ No. 47) · Saint-Domingue · 5802

Direct Source (BnF Gallica): https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b52518124d/f66.item
Bibliothèque nationale de France · Département des Manuscrits · FM1 (307)

Entry 005 · Sovereign Chapter Certificate · Triple Unity · Port-Républicain · (Partial) · FM1 (307)

Direct Source (BnF Gallica): https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b52518124d/f69.item
Bibliothèque nationale de France · Département des Manuscrits · FM1 (307)

Entry 006 · Register of the Supreme Council of Grasse-Tilly (1796–1818) · FM1 (285)

Identifier: ark:/12148/btv1b10090667b
Source: Bibliothèque nationale de France · Département des Manuscrits · FM1 (285)
Direct Source (BnF Gallica): https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b10090667b/f14.item#

Entry 007 · Kloss Ritual Corpus (1°–33°) · Rite Écossais — Grade d’Apprenti (Cover / Title Leaf)

Primary Source (French): Gr. 1–33 Ritual — KLOSS, Cap. XXIII (1806)
Parallel Source (English): Kloss, Cap. XXVII (English, 1804)

Entry 008 · Kloss Constitutional Articles (Art. 1–18) · Delahogue Certification · 1813

Certification Block: Paris, 18 March 1813 — Signed: J.B.M. Delahogue, S.G.I.G.

Entry 009 · Proceedings of a Special Communication · Grand Lodge of Ancient Free-Masons of South Carolina · Charleston · 1823 · FM2 (560)

Identifier: ark:/12148/btv1b52513039z
Source: BnF · Département des Manuscrits · FM2 (560)
Direct Source (BnF Gallica): https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b52513039z

Entry 010 · Grand Orient de France Examination Report · Supreme Council of New York · FM2 (562) · 1827–1845

Identifier: ark:/12148/btv1b52512878v
Date Range: 1827–1845
Direct Source (BnF Gallica): https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b52512878v