Albert Pike 
Letters of the Grand Commander of the Supreme Council for the Southern Jurisdiction of the United States 

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. Regretting the troubles and dissensions that disturb and distract the free-masonry of Peru, and hoping to see by and by in that unfortunate Republic a Supreme Coun cil claiming no right or authority over the Blue Degrees, and an independent Grand Lodge of Symbolic Masonry working by its side and in peace and harmony with it, and the fact that there ever was a Grand Orient forgotten.