Oldest Scottish Rite Document

The Reverend Frederick Dalcho, first Lt. Grand Commander of the Scottish Rite, was a Charleston, SC, physician who also became an Episcopal priest and edited the Charleston Courier.  He maintained Freemasonry dated back to the very creation of the world.  Dalcho received his thirty-third degree May 25, 1801.  His patent is the oldest Scottish Rite document in existence.