General History, Cyclopedia And Dictionary Of Freemasonry (1872)
Robert Macoy, 1815-1895 · leaf 119
. 123 E. EAGLE, Knight of the American. A quasi-military degree in Texas, and the Western States. EAGLE, Knight of the Black. The name of a Prussian Order founded in 1701; also of the 38th degree of the ltite of Misraim, the OGth of the Metropolitan Chapter of France, and of the 27th degree of the… … sex, and framed upon the principles of Equality and Justice. Those who are entitled to receive the degrees are Master Masons, their wives, widows, sisters and daughters. [ See Adoptive Masonry.] ECLECTIC MASONRY. Soon after the convention of Wilhelmsbad, 1782, some German Masons, with the cele¬…
