{"product_id":"william-l-boydens-chronology-of-the-supreme-council-southern-jurisdiction-1801-1859","title":"William L. Boyden's Chronology of the Supreme Council, Southern Jurisdiction, 1801-1859","description":"\u003cp class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWilliam L. Boyden’s \u003cem\u003eChronology of the Supreme Council, Southern Jurisdiction, 1801–1859\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e is a 104-page archival chronology of the formative decades of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite’s Southern Jurisdiction in the United States. The current hardcover edition was published by the Supreme Council in 2025, with an introduction by Arturo de Hoyos and B. Chris Ruli. \u003cspan class=\"contents\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchor\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBoyden was the longtime librarian of the Supreme Council’s library at the House of the Temple in Washington, D.C., and was a serious Masonic bibliographer and archivist. He is also remembered for devising a classification system specifically for Masonic literature. \u003cspan class=\"contents\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eHis chronology appears originally to have circulated as an institutional historical compilation; an earlier form is catalogued as a 1939 work associated with the Supreme Council. \u003cspan class=\"contents\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe book is essentially a \u003cstrong\u003edocument-driven skeleton history of the Southern Jurisdiction\u003c\/strong\u003e, built from letters, patents, certificates, charters, and other archival records rather than from a continuous interpretive narrative. The publisher divides the material into four broad periods: 1801–1815, covering the foundation of the Charleston Supreme Council and early expansion; 1815–1825, including the emergence of the Northern Masonic Jurisdiction and the Cerneau controversies; 1826–1844, when the Morgan Affair badly damaged American Freemasonry; and 1844–1859, when Albert G. Mackey became increasingly important and Albert Pike entered the Scottish Rite. The chronology ends in \u003cstrong\u003e1859, when Pike was elected Sovereign Grand Commander\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Scottish Rite Research Society","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46433638908040,"sku":null,"price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0722\/9695\/6040\/files\/ChatGPTImageAug21_2026at12_25_20PM.png?v=1787340354","url":"https:\/\/obscurabibliotheca.com\/products\/william-l-boydens-chronology-of-the-supreme-council-southern-jurisdiction-1801-1859","provider":"Obscura Bibliotheca LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}