reply to post by pocketsando
No matter what, you can't show that he was a 33° because he wasn't. If he had been, that would be plastered all over Masonry. We would be
extremely proud of this! Hell, the only thing available in his time would have been some pseudo-Scottish Rite Masons and even then he would only have
been a 25° Mason as he was long dead when the 33° system came into play in the US.
Even Louisiana with its interesting history of the Scottish Rite, there is no evidence he was initiated into their system. Plus they spoke French in
all their degrees up until the mid-20th century. I had an occasion to visit Etoile Polaire Lodge in NOLA. I also visited the Scottish Rite and heard
a lot of their history. My Visit to the Crescent City

