was made a Templar by him." But other authorities deny that Prince Charles Edward was initiated even into Freemasonry.
- Lecouteulx de Canteleu, Les Sectes et Societes Secrètes, p. 242; Clavel, op. cit., p. 184.
- Gould, op. cit., III. 100.
- Ibid., III. 99, 103; Waite, Secret Tradition in Freemasonry, I. 289: "The Rite of the Stricte Observance was the first masonic system which claimed to derive its authority from Unknown Superiors, irresponsible themselves but claiming absolute jurisdiction and obedience without question."
- Histoire de la Monarchie Prussienne, V. 61 (1788).
- Les Sectes et Sociétés Secrètes, p. 246.
- Gould, op. cit., III. 102. Waite (Encyclopædia of Freemasonry, II. 23) says Johnson was "in reality named Leucht, an Englishman by his claim--who did not know English