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rpHE HISTORY of FREEMASONRY AND CONCORDANT ORDERS .

ILLUSTRATED . WRITTEN BY A BOARD OF EDITORS .

HENRY LEONARD STILLSON , Editor-in-Chief . WILLIAM JAMES HUGHAN , Consulting Editor . CONTENTS . INTRODUCTION . —SUPPLEMENTAL OP THE DIVISIONS IN THIS "WORK .

jpavt l . A NCIENT MASONRY . —THE ANCIENT MYSTERIES , COGNATE ORDERS OF CHIVALRY , AND THE "OLD CHARGES" or FREEMASONS . ( Introductory to the Perfected Organization of Modern Times . ) Complete in three Divisions . INTRODUCTION . —THE SIX THEORIES OF THE MYSTERIES .

DIVISION I . THE ANCIENT MYSTERIES . A Treatise on tlio Eastern European , African , and Asiatic Mysteries ; tho Occultism of tho Orient ; the Western European Architects and Operative Masons in Britain , commonly called the Antiquities and Legendary Traditions of the Craft to tho close of tho Operative Period in 1717 . Complete in four chapters .

DIVISION H . THE COGNATE ORDERS . A comprehensive History of the Knights Templars and the Crusades ; their patronage by the Seo of Rome and subsequent anathema ; the connection of these , if any , with the present Degrees of Knights Templar in the United States and Great Britain ; the Execution of Jacques de Molai , Grand Master , and Supplemental Historic Notes . Complete in two chapters .

DIVISION III . THE DOCUMENTARY EARLY HISTORY OF THE FRATERNITY . The Ancient British MSS . ; Kalendar of " Old Charges , " and comments thereon ; the Regius MS ., or Halliwell Poem ; Legend of " The Four Crosvned Martyrs ; " the Cooke MS ., as annotated by G . AV . Speth ; the Grand Lodge MS . of 15 S 3 , with various readings of "Old Charges ; " the "Additional Articles , " etc . Complete in three chapters .

© art 2 . COSMOPOLITAN FREEMASONRY . —CRAFT , CAPITULAR , CRYPTIC . ( " Masonry without Respect to Creed , Clirne , or Color . " ) Complete in twelve Divisions . INTRODUCTION . —THE AMERICAN RITE OF FREEMASONRY . DIVISION IT . NORTH , CENTRAL , AND SOUTH AMERICA . Lodges in America under the English Constitution , 1733-1889 . Complete in three chapters .

DIVISION V . FIRST MERIDIAN . History of the Colonial and Revolutionary Period and Atlantic Slope : Tho Grand Lodges of Maine , Nesv Hampshire , Vermont , Massachusetts , Rhode Island , Connecticut , New York , New Jersey , Pennsylvania , Delaware , Maryland , District of Columbia , Virginia , AVest Virginia , North Carolina , South Carolina , Georgia , antl Florida . Complete in two chapters .

DIVISION VI . SECOND MERIDIAN . I . History of the Eastern Mississippi Valley and the Lakes , The Grand Lodges of Ohio , Indiana , Michigan , Illinois : AVisoonsin , Kentucky , Tennessee , Alabama , Mississippi ,

and Louisiana . n . History of the AVestern Mississippi Valley : Tho Grand Lodges of Texas , Arkansas , Minnesota , Missouri , Iowa , Dakota , North Dakota , Nebraska , Kansas , and the Indian Territory . Each part complete in one chapter .

DIVISION VII . THIRD MERIDIAN . History of tho Pacific Coast and Rooky Mountains to Mexico : The Grand Lodges of California , Oregon , AVashington , Idaho , Montana , Nevada , Utah , AVyoming , Arizona , Colorada , New Mexico ; Freemasonry in the Hawaiian Islands , Alaska , Mexico , and Central America . Complete in one chapter .

DIVISION VIII . EARLY AMERICAN MASONIC HISTORY . The First Glimpses of Freemasonry in North America . Complete in one chapter .

DIVISION IX . BRITISH AMERICA . Outline history of the Grand Lodge of Canada , in the Province of Ontario . Freemasonry in the North—the Grand Lodges of Quebec , Nova Scotia , New lirunssvick , Prince Edward Island , Manitoba , and British Columbia . Complete in two chapters .

DIVISION X . OTHER COUNTRIES . Outline History of Freemasonry in Continental Europe . Freemasonry iu Australasia and Nosv Zealand-Grand Lodges of the Southern Sun . Complete in two chapters .

DIVISION XI . THE MORGAN EXCITEMENT . An exhaustive Account of that Historic Affair in the United States , treating ot its Civil , Social , Political , ami Mivsovvic Aspects , as well as of the Deportation of AVilliam Morgan ; written from a Masonic stand-point . Complete in two chapters ..

DIVISION XII . MASONIO JURISPRUDENCE . A comprehensive History of the Origin and Development of Masonic Law : The relation of Governing Bodies to ono another ; the relation of Grand Lodges to their Constituent Lod

ges , and to individual members of the Craft : the relation of Lodges to one another , to their members , and of Masons to one another ; the Origin and Use of public Masonio Forms and Ceremonies ; and the customs and peculiarities of the Craft in general . Com jlete in one Chapter .

DIVISION XIII . THE CAPITULAR DEGREES . e Royal Arch as a Separate Degree in England and other Parts of tho British Empire . The Mark Master Mason ' s degree as evolved in tho United Kingdom . Tho several wand Chapters , and the Royal Arch systems of England , Ireland , and Scotland , including Mark Masonry , Mason ' s

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Marks , and tho Past Degree . The Grand Chapters of Canada , Nova Scotia , Quebec , and Nosv Brunssvick . The General Grantl Royal Arch Chapter , its origin , powers , and jurisdiction . State Grand Chapters , including tho Independent Grand Chapters ot Pennsylvania , Virginia , and West Virginia ; separately considered , and in alphabetical order , together vvith all Chapters holding charters from tho General Grand Chapter . Tho Order of High Priesthood . Complete in throo chapters .

DIVISION XIV . THE CRYPTIC DEGREES . Tho Conncil of Royal , and Select , and Super-Excellent Masters ; together with a comprehensive sketch of its rise and organization ; Government by a General Grand Council , Grand Councils , and Councils ; including the Independent Grand Councils , and thoso of Canada and England . Complete in two chapters .

DIVISION XV . EULOGIUM OF THE ANCIENT CRAFT . Tho relation of tlio Symbolic , Capitular , ami Cryptic Degrees to one another and to Ancient Craft Masonry ; comprising tho Foundation , tho Superstructure , and Ornaments of tho Ancient and Honorable Society of Freo and Accepted

Masons . I . Tho Physical , tho Spiritual , tho Celestial , these three intertwining , ever blending in perfect harmony . II . Freemasonry , tho Conservator of Liberty ancl of tho Universal Brotherhood of Man . Each part complete in ono chapter .

© act 3 . CONCORDANT ORDERS . —THE CHIVALRIC DEGREES . Complete in two Divisions .

DIVISION XVI . KNIGHTS TEMPLAR AND ALLIED ORDERS . The Knights Templar of tho United States of America , and Government by a Grand Encampment , Grand Commanderies , and Commanderies . The Ethics and Ritual of American Templary . Complete in three chapters ; to which is added "In Memoriam , " MacLeod Moore .

DIVISION XVII . BRITISH TEMPLARY . A history of tho Modern or Masonio Templar Systems , with a Concise Account of the Origin of Speculative Freemasonry , and its Evolution since tho Revival , A . D . 1717 . Complete in seven chapters .

pact 4 . ANCIENT AND ACCEPTED SCOTTISH RITE OF FREEMASONRY , AND THE ROYAL ORDER OF SCOTLAND . Complete in two Divisions .

DIVISION XVHI . SCOTTISH DEGREES , 4 ° to 33 ° , INCLUSIVE . History of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rito of Freemasonry ; its Government by Supreme Councils , Consistories , Chapters of Rose Croix , Councils of Princes of Jerusalem , and Lodges of Perfection . Comploto in ono chapter .

DIVISION XIX . THE ROYAL ORDER OF SCOTLAND . I . The History and Government of the Society in Europe and America ; copies of Patents and other particulars . II . The Royal Order of Heredom of Kilwinning . Each part complete in one chapter .

© act 5 . MISCELLANEOUS RITES AND ORDERS , AND STATISTICAL DIVISION Complete in tsvo Divisions .

DIVISION XX . OTHER RITES AND ORDERS . I . The Order of the Eastern Star , comprising a sketch of its origin , rise , teachings , and present condition . II . Tho Rosicrncian Society . Each , part complete in one chapter . III . Masonic Dates and Abbreviations used in this work .

DIVISION XXI . STATISTICS OF FREEMASONRY . These are shown in the Craft Department by tables , as full as it has boon possible to compile them . In somo case tho Grand Lodge records have been lost by lira and war , and in

others the books were not kept with tables like these in viesv . Tho Capitular Statistics are all of lato date , tho records prior to 1800 having been destroyed . Masonio Record . Index .

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