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On the first day of October, 1868, Bro. Andres Cassard was constituted | |||
Grand Patron of the Order, and appointed General Representative | |||
and Deputy, ''ad hoc'', in all matters and things concerning the Order | |||
of the Eastern Star, with full power and authority to confer the Eastern | |||
Star degrees upon the wives, widows, mothers, sisters, and daughters | |||
of Master Masons in good and regular standing, in the Islands of the | |||
Antilles, Mexico, South and Central America, Italy, Spain, and all | |||
countries, cities, and places, and wherever the Spanish language is | |||
spoken, and with authority to establish Chapters of the Order in | |||
those countries. | |||
Bro. Cassard was also duly authorized to appoint Vice or Associate | |||
Grand Patrons. In the performance of this special duty he did authorize | |||
and appoint from among the ablest and most distinguished members | |||
of the Masonic fraternity in South America a number of Associate | |||
Grand Patrons. | |||
In 1876, Bro. Cassard, in his travels through South America, established | |||
the Order in Brazil, Buenos Ayres, and Montevideo, which have been | |||
productive of much good, particularly in Brazil, where the Order has | |||
been the medium of manumitting hundreds of slaves. | |||
On the 8th of March last, Bro. Andres Cassard appointed, with our | |||
concurrence, Dr. David E. Dudlay,{{Style S-HPB SB. HPB note|*}} a Deputy Grand Patron, | |||
with ample authority to confer the degrees upon worthy and qualified | |||
persons, and establish Chapters in Egypt, China, Japan, Philipian | |||
Islands, Singapore, Calcutta, Bombay, and several of the chief towns | |||
on the Island of Java. And thus are we enabled, with the assistance | |||
of generous friends and a never-tiring perseverance, to establish this | |||
glorious Order, the brilliant emblem of the Star of Bethlehem, in all | |||
parts of the world. | |||
{{Footnotes end}} | |||
{{Style S-HPB SB. HPB note|<nowiki>*</nowiki> F.T.S. Recieved a Charter after taking him oblige {{Style S-Lost|...}} – with the privilage of astablishing branches of the Theosophical [Society] at Singapoore, {{Style S-Lost|...}}}} | {{Style S-HPB SB. HPB note|<nowiki>*</nowiki> F.T.S. Recieved a Charter after taking him oblige {{Style S-Lost|...}} – with the privilage of astablishing branches of the Theosophical [Society] at Singapoore, {{Style S-Lost|...}}}} | ||
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