Roscoe Pound Council No. 598

The Allied Masonic Degrees (commonly abbreviated AMD) is an invitational, appendent body of Freemasonry that superintends several degrees that are not found within other orders in the United States.

Roscoe Pound Council No. 598 was instituted on May 11, 2024, at Craftsmen Lodge No. 314 in Lincoln, Nebraska. Roscoe Pound Council is the newest AMD council in the USA. It will meet 4 times yearly to explore the unique degrees preserved by the Grand Council of the Allied Masonic Degrees of the United States of America.

Nathan Roscoe Pound (October 27, 1870 – June 28, 1964) was an American legal scholar and educator. He served as dean of the University of Nebraska College of Law from 1903 to 1911 and was dean of Harvard Law School from 1916 to 1936 among other academic achievements. The Journal of Legal Studies has recognized Pound as one of the most cited legal scholars of the 20th century.  He was a member and Past Master of Lancaster Lodge No. 54 AF & AM in Lincoln, Nebraska. He also served as Deputy Grand Master for the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts in 1915 and delivered a series of Masonic lectures for the Grand Lodge in March and April 1916. He helped to found The Harvard Lodge A.F. & A.M..

AMD Degrees

The Allied Masonic Degrees are detached degrees some of which, many years ago, were conferred under Craft warrants and formed part of the then loosely governed Freemasonry of the period.

Many of these detached degrees became dormant in some places, although in others they were conferred as side degrees. In time, the better of these degrees were grouped together in an organized body under the title of Allied Masonic Degrees. The degrees comprising the system in our Jurisdiction in the U.S.A. are:

• Royal Ark Mariner
• Secret Monitor
• Order of the Secret Monitor 1°
• Assembly of Princes OSM 2°
• St. Lawrence the Martyr
• Grand Tilers of Solomon
• Excellent Master
• Master of Tyre
• Architect
• Grand Architect
• Superintendent

The Grand Council of the Allied Masonic Degrees, USA

In addition to perpetuating these degrees, there is still another and equally important purpose. It is to bring together, in small groups, Freemasons who are interested in the advancement of all Masonry, preparing themselves to better serve the Craft through the medium of study and research.

History of the Allied Masonic Degrees 

Grand Council took as its date of formation January 14, 1892, since this date was the beginning of the Allied Masonic Degrees in America with the formation of the Sovereign College of Allied Masonic and Christian Degrees at Richmond, Virginia, that on April 16, 1932, the subsequent establishment of a Grand Council of Allied Masonic Degrees of the United States of America occurred in Salisbury, North Carolina, and that the union of the two bodies was drawn up and entered into July 18, 1933, and was ratified by the North Carolina Grand Council August 5, 1933 and was ratified by the Sovereign College at Norway, Maine August 24, 1933, and became effective as of September 7, 1933.

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AMD Degrees

The Allied Masonic Degrees are detached degrees some of which, many years ago, were conferred under Craft warrants and formed part of the then loosely governed Freemasonry of the period.

Many of these detached degrees became dormant in some places, although in others they were conferred as side degrees.

Learn more about the AMD degrees...

Learn More about the AMD

In addition to perpetuating these degrees, there is still another and equally important purpose. It is to bring together, in small groups, Freemasons who are interested in the advancement of all Masonry, preparing themselves to better serve the Craft through the medium of study and research.

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