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'''American Section''' refers to the organization of American Theosophists that existed from [[October 30]], 1886 to 1895, initially with [[Abner Doubleday]] as President, and later with [[William Quan Judge]] as General Secretary.  
'''American Section''' refers to the organization of American Theosophists created on [[October 30]], 1886, at a convention held in Cincinnati, where [[William Quan Judge]] was elected as General Secretary and Treasurer. In the 1895 Convention of the American Section, eighty-three lodges voted for autonomy from the international [[Theosophical Society (Adyar)]], and the members reorganized into the first organization called Theosophical Society in America.  


The same term may apply to the [[Theosophical Society in America]] (and its previous name [[American Theosophical Society]], in its role as an international division of the [[Theosophical Society (Adyar)]].
The same term may apply to the Nacional Section of the [[Theosophical Society (Adyar)]] in the United States, known today as [[Theosophical Society in America]] (and previously, as the [[American Theosophical Society]]).




'''See Board of Control, etc. in Michael Gomes, "Abner Doubleday and Theosophy in America: 1879-1884," Theosophy Northwest.[http://www.theosophy-nw.org/theosnw/theos/th-tsgom.htm]'''
'''See Board of Control, etc. in Michael Gomes, "Abner Doubleday and Theosophy in America: 1879-1884," Theosophy Northwest.[http://www.theosophy-nw.org/theosnw/theos/th-tsgom.htm]'''

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American Section refers to the organization of American Theosophists created on October 30, 1886, at a convention held in Cincinnati, where William Quan Judge was elected as General Secretary and Treasurer. In the 1895 Convention of the American Section, eighty-three lodges voted for autonomy from the international Theosophical Society (Adyar), and the members reorganized into the first organization called Theosophical Society in America.

The same term may apply to the Nacional Section of the Theosophical Society (Adyar) in the United States, known today as Theosophical Society in America (and previously, as the American Theosophical Society).


See Board of Control, etc. in Michael Gomes, "Abner Doubleday and Theosophy in America: 1879-1884," Theosophy Northwest.[1]