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Isaac Auld
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Dr. James Moultrie, Sr.
Thomas Bowen
Abraham Alexander
Comte de Grasse
Colonel John Mitchell

The Supreme Council of the Scottish Rite
Founded in Charleston, S.C.
May 31, 1801

Col. John Mitchell, Sov. Grand Commander
(Born: Near Glenarm, County Antrim, Ireland, 1740, Died: Charleston Jan. 25, 1816?)

Dr. Frederick Dalcho, Lt. Grand Commander
(Born: London, England, October 1770 - Died: Charleston November 24, 1836)

Emanuel de La Motta, Treasurer General of the Holy Empire
(Born: St. Croix, Danish West Indies Nov. 2 1760 - Died: Charleston May 17, 1821)

Abraham Alexander, Secretary General of the Holy Empire
(Born: London, England, 1743 - Died: Charleston, Feb. 21, 1816)

Major T.B. Bowen, Grand Master of Ceremonies
(Born: Ireland, 1742 - Died: Near Charleston, July 12, 1805)

Israel de Lihen, Sov Gr Inspector-General
(Born: Prague, Czechoslovakia - Died: Charleston, Jan. 28, 1807)

Dr. Issac Auld, Sov Gr Inspector-General
(Born: Norristown, Pennsylvania Feb. 25, 1770 - Died: Edisto, S.C. October 17, 1826)

Moses C. Levy, Sov Gr Inspector-General
(Born: Poland 1749 - Died: Charleston March 1839)

Dr. James Moultrie, Sov Gr Inspector-General
(Born: Charleston, South Carolina Sept 1766 - Died: Charleston, S.C. Nov. 20, 1836.)

Jean Baptiste Delahouge
(Born: France 1744 - Died: Paris France, April 13, 1822)

Comte de Grasse
(Born: Versailles, France, Feb. 14, 1756 - Died: Paris France, June 10, 1845)

Portions Reprinted with permission of the Scottish Rite Journal, June 1999

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