<P> While in New York City, Francken also communicated the degrees to Moses Michael Hays, a Jewish businessman, and appointed him as a Deputy Inspector General . In 1781, Hays made eight Deputy Inspectors General, four of whom were later important in the establishment of Scottish Rite Freemasonry in South Carolina: ◊ _ Isaac Da Costa, Sr., D.I.G. for South Carolina; ◊ _ Abraham Forst, D.I.G. for Virginia; ◊ _ Joseph M. Myers, D.I.G. for Maryland; ◊ _ and Barend M. Spitzer, D.I.G. for Georgia . Da Costa returned to Charleston, South Carolina, where he established the "Sublime Grand Lodge of Perfection" in February 1783 . After Da Costa's death in November 1783, Hays appointed Myers as Da Costa's successor . Joined by Forst and Spitzer, Myers created additional high - degree bodies in Charleston . </P> <P> Physician Hyman Isaac Long from the island of Jamaica, who settled in New York City, went to Charleston in 1796 to appoint eight French men; he had received his authority through Spitzer . These men had arrived as refugees from Saint - Domingue, where the slave revolution was underway that would establish Haiti as an independent republic in 1804 . They organized a Consistory of the 25th Degree, or "Princes of the Royal Secret," which Masonic historian Brigadier ACF Jackson says became the first Supreme Council of the Scottish Rite . According to Fox, by 1801, the Charleston bodies were the only extant bodies of the Rite in North America . </P> <P> Although most of the thirty - three degrees of the Scottish Rite existed in parts of previous degree systems, the Scottish Rite did not come into being until the formation of the Mother Supreme Council at Charleston, South Carolina, in May 1801 . The Founding Fathers of the Scottish Rite who attended became known as "The Eleven Gentlemen of Charleston". </P> <Ul> <Li> John Mitchell - Received a patent April 2, 1795, from Barend Moses Spitzer granting him authority as Deputy Inspector General to create a Lodge of Perfection and several Councils and Chapters wherever such Lodges or Chapters were needed . Born in Ireland in 1741, he came to America at an early age . He served as Deputy Quartermaster General in the Continental Army, and was the first Grand Commander of the Supreme Council . </Li> <Li> Frederick Dalcho - A physician, he served in the Revolutionary Army and was stationed at Fort Johnson . He formed a partnership in 1801 with Dr. Isaac Auld, another of the original members . He was an outstanding orator and author . In 1807 he published the first edition of Ahiman Rezon . He became an editor of the Charleston Courier, was a lay reader and deacon in the Episcopal Church, and in 1818 was ordained as a priest . </Li> <Li> Alexandre Francois Auguste de Grasse, known as Comte de Grasse - Tilly . He was born in France as the eldest legitimate son of François Joseph Paul de Grasse, a French admiral known as a hero of the American Revolution for defeating the British fleet in the Battle of the Chesapeake . He inherited his father's title, and likely had the highest social ranking of the original eleven founders . He was the youngest of the members and was named to become the Grand Commander of the West Indian Islands . After Napoleon came to power, de Grasse returned to France and resumed his military career . He also extended Freemasonry, establishing the Supreme Council of France and councils in other European cities . </Li> <Li> Jean - Baptiste Marie de La Hogue - He was a native of Paris who had lived in Saint - Domingue until the revolution there; father - in - law of de Grasse, he was a founding member of La Candeur Lodge in Charleston . </Li> <Li> Thomas Bartholemew Bowen - Was the first Grand Master of Ceremonies of the new Supreme Council . He was a Major in the Continental Army and a printer by trade . </Li> <Li> Abraham Alexander - Was one of the first Sovereign Grand Inspectors General . He was born in London in 1743, and immigrated to Charleston in 1771 . He was a prominent Sephardic Jew and had been described as "a Calligraphist of the first order"; he was elected as the first Grand Secretary General . </Li> <Li> Emanuel de la Motta - A Sovereign Grand Inspector General . Also a Sephardic Jew, he was by trade a merchant and auctioneer . He was a member of Friendship Lodge and was reported to be devoted to the study of Jewish literature and Masonry . </Li> <Li> Isaac Auld - An eminent physician, associated in medical practice with Dr. Dalcho . He was a strong Congregationalist . </Li> <Li> Israel de Lieben - A Sovereign Grand Inspector General and the first Grand Treasurer General . He was born in Prague and emigrated to the United States at 21 . He was known as "the liberal - headed Jew", who was "tolerant in his religious opinions" and was considered to be intelligent, enterprising, liberal and generous . </Li> <Li> Moses Clava Levy - Born in Krakow, Poland, he was a prosperous merchant, was generous and helpful to the unfortunate, and devoted to his adopted city and country . </Li> <Li> James Moultrie - the only native South Carolinian among the original members . He was a physician, and according to Albert Pike, "was one of the foremost Citizens of South Carolina". </Li> <Li> Isaac Da Costa, another Sephardic Jew, was one of the deputies commissioned to establish Morin's Rite of the Royal Secret in other countries; he formed constituent bodies of the Rite in South Carolina in 1783 . These are considered to have become in 1801, The Supreme Council of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite, Southern Jurisdiction . All regular Scottish Rite bodies today derive their heritage from this body . </Li> </Ul>

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