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Public Ledger
Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee
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On Saturday evening, Philadelphia's Masonic Temple hosted the constitution and installation of officers for three bodies of the Ancient and Primitive Masonic Rite of Memphis (96th degree). The rite, introduced post-anti-Masonic era and revived after Civil War disruption, is led by Prof. Alexander B. Mott as Grand Master.
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The Masonic Temple was the scene
Saturday evening of a large gathering
of the craft. The occasion was the
constitution and installation of the
officers of three bodies of the "Ancient
and Primitive Masonic Rite of Mem-
phis, ninety-sixth degree" that is, the
senate, council and chapter. The rite
was introduced into America at the
close of the anti-Masonic excitement
and attained respectable influence
when the outbreak of the civil war
scattered its principal officers. The
rite has only of late been introduced
in Philadelphia. The government of
this system is vested in a representa-
tive body, entitled the "Sovereign
Sanctuary of and for the Continent
of America," of which the celebrated
New York surgeon, Professor Alex-
ander B. Mott, is "Illustrious Grand
Master.
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Philadelphia Masonic Temple
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Saturday Evening
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Large gathering at the Masonic Temple for the constitution and installation of officers of the senate, council, and chapter of the Ancient and Primitive Masonic Rite of Memphis, ninety-sixth degree. The rite was introduced to America after the anti-Masonic excitement, gained influence before being scattered by the Civil War, and recently introduced in Philadelphia. Governed by the Sovereign Sanctuary of and for the Continent of America, with Professor Alexander B. Mott as Illustrious Grand Master.