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===Henry Andrew Francken and his manuscripts=== Henry Andrew Francken, a naturalized French subject born as ''Hendrick Andriese Franken'' of Dutch origin, was most important in assisting Morin in spreading the degrees in the New World. Morin appointed him Deputy Grand Inspector General (DGIG) as one of his first acts after returning to the West Indies. Francken worked closely with Morin and, in 1771, produced a manuscript book giving the rituals for the 15th through the 25th degrees. Francken produced at least four such manuscripts. In addition to the 1771 manuscript, there is a second which can be dated to 1783; a third manuscript, of uncertain date, written in Francken's handwriting, with the rituals 4β25Β°, which was found in the archives of the Provincial Grand Lodge of Lancashire in Liverpool in approximately 1984; and a fourth, again of uncertain date, with rituals 4β24Β°, which was known to have been given by H. J. Whymper to the District Grand Lodge of the Punjab and rediscovered about 2010.<ref name="Morris2015">{{cite journal |last1=Morris |first1=S. Brent |title=Henry Andrew Francken & His Masonic Manuscripts |journal=Heredom |date=2015 |volume=23 |pages=107β114 |url=http://scottishriteresearch.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Francken-MSS.pdf |access-date=30 June 2018}}</ref> Additionally, there is a French manuscript dating from 1790 to 1800 which contains the 25 degrees of the Order of the Royal Secret with additional detail, as well as three other ''Hauts Grades'' rituals; its literary structure suggests it is derived from a common source as the Francken Manuscripts.<ref name="deHoyos2014">{{cite book |last1=de Hoyos |first1=Arturo |last2=Bernheim |first2=Alain (Introduction) |author-link1=Arturo de Hoyos |title=Freemasonry's Royal Secret: The Jamaican Francken Manuscript of the High Degrees |date=2014 |publisher=Scottish Rite Research Center |location=Washington, DC |isbn=978-0-9837738-6-3 |page=viii}}</ref>
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