On the 17th of October, 1839, the Most Illustrious Brother De Santangelo (1), Roca De santi Pierti (2), F. Burtheau (3), R.E. De David-Perdreauville (4)  and J.J. Conti (5),  all Sovereign Grand Inspectors Generals, held a meeting and organized a Supreme Council for the United States of America. The reason for which they took this title is found in that the United Supreme Council for the Western Hemisphere, which in 1836 existed in the city of New York under the Grand Commandership of the Most Illustrious Brother Elias Hicks, he was then slumbering, and there was no recognized authority for the Scotch Rite in the United States.