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Ibanbsomelg Bounb tn Clotb , 900 pages , pvicc 20 s . ( ALSO IN MORE EXPENSIVE BINDINOS . ) ¦ HE SSIFMEMASONRY ^ fe ^ S ^ AND CONCORDANT ORDERS . WRITTEN BY A BOARD OF EDITORS . HENRY LEONARD STILLSON , EDITOR-IN-CHIEF . | WILLIAM JAMES HUGHAN , CONSULTING EDITOR . This work contains a comprehensive account of Ancient Masonry ; the Ancient Masonic MSS ., or " Old Charges "; the Crusades , and their relation to the Fraternity ; Cosmopolitan Freemasonry , including all its Rites , throughout the world ; the American and British Templar Systems ; the A & A . - . S . * . Rite , and Royal Order of Scotland ; other Rites and Orders connected with the Institution ; and Tables of Vital Statistics , never before compiled , —the whole comprising the most Authentic History of the Fraternity of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons ever ori ginated and printed in America . WRITTEN BY A BOARD OF EDITORS AND SPECIAL CONTRIBUTORS , twenty-two in number , chosen from among the most eminent and learned specialists of the day ; and a Corps of over seventy ADDITIONAL CONTRIBUTORS , also comprising some of the most distinguished and best known officers and members of the Craft in the United States , Canada , and England . In the Capitular , Cryptic , and Templar Departments especially , this volume will furnish the foundation for all future efforts ; showing how , when , and where these Degrees and Rites began , as well as their rise and progress throughout the Masonic world . It contains 900 super-royal octavo pages , elegantly printed on superfine book paper , and illustrated with 50 choice engravings . CONTENTS . INTRODUCTION — S UPPLEMENTAL OF THE DIVISIONS IN THIS DIVISION VII . DIVISION XV . WOKE . THIRD MERIDIAN . EULOGIUH OF THE ANCIENT CRAFT . Pfirt ' History of the Pacific Const and Rocky Mountains to Mexico : The relation of tho Symbolic , Capitular , and Crj-utic Degrees i » .,. v . v ,. ™ or Tn , ivmt . TMTmpii : B fnr . vm flu niR T ! . Grand Lodges of CaMornii ., Oregon , Washington , to one another an \ l to Ancient Craft Masoniy ; comprisine AMIES ^ 1 " ° ^ - -TH *^ c"lTd l ^ nA ^ ° ^ , ^ 0 ^ l M » l" > , Montana Nevada Utah , Wyoming . Arizona , the Foundation , the Superstructure , and Ornaments ^ the OF CHIVALRY , AND THE OLD ICH **" 1- ° * 'J ** Colorada , New Mexico ; Freemasonry in tho Hawaiian Ancient and Honorable Society of Freo and Accented "A ? ?* ( I ?< ro ''» ctory to the Perfected Organization Islands , Alaska , Mexico , and Central America . Complete Masons . y Aaepiai of Modem Times . ) Complete in three Divisions . in oue cUaptcr , L TUc physiCtt , tll 0 s ,, iri 1 . unl i tho Ce \ etfM , these threo inter-INTRODUCTION . —THE Six THEORIES OF THE M YSTERIES . DIVISION VIII TT twinin ff . ever blending in perfect harmony . _ * -n . Freemasonry , the Conservator of Liberty and of the DIVISION I . EARLV AMERICAN MASONIC HISTORY . Universal Brotherhood of Man . Each part complete in one THE ANCIENT MYSTERIES . The First Glimpses of Freemasonry in North America . Com- chapter . A Treatise on tho Eastern European , African , and Asiatic plete in one chapter . © art 3 . Mysteries ; the Occultism of the Orient ; the Western DIVISION IX . CONCORDANT ORDERS . —THE CHIVALRIC DEGREES . Complete iu European Architects nnd Operative Masons in Britain , two Divisions , commonly called the Antiquities and Legendary Traditions linmsn AMERICA . of the Craft to the close of the Operative Period in 1717 . Outline history of the Grand Lodge of Canada , in the Province DIVISION XVI . Complete in four chapters . of Ontario . Freemasonry in the North—the Grand Lodges KNIGHTS TEMPLAR AND ALLIED ORDERS . of Quebec , Nova Scotia , New Brunswick , Prince Edward „ . ,-.,, _ , ... , . . , „ , ' DIVISION II . Island , Manitoba , and British Columbia . Complete in two The Knights Templar of tho United States of America , ana T ,. Pnrv . TF ORDERS chapters . Government by a Grand hncampment . Grand Coninian-THE COGNATE ORDERS . ¦ - » i *• ¦ - ™ , 7 rOT _ ™ , _ deries - » nd Commanderies . The Ethics and Ritual of A comprehensive History of the Knights Templars and the DIVISION X . American Templary . Complete in three chapters ; towhic . i Crusades ; their patronage by the See of Rome and subse- OTHER COUNTRIES . is ad ( lotl " In ikmariam" MacLeod Moore , quent anathema ; the connection of these , if any , with tho _ ,,. „ . _ . „ . ' . ,. , , . ,, miTromv v „ t , present Degrees of Knights Templar in the United States Outline History of Freemasonry in Continental Europe . Free- DIVISION XVII . and Great Britain ; the Execution of Jacques do Molai , masonry in Australasia and New Zealand-Grand Lodges BRITISH TEMPHRY . Grand Master , and Supplemental Historic Notes . Com- of the Southern Sun . Complete in two chapters . - * nlom in two rhniitprn ¦*• '" story of tho Modern or Masouic Templar Systems , with a pieio ia cuapici s . DIVISION XI . Concise Account of the Origin of Speculative Freemasonry , "DIVISION III . THE MORGAN EXCITEMENT . "i ^ ISSl 5 { SSl , in , ! et ,, o HeTlv "' ' - - 1717 - C 0 mICl 0 THE DOCUMENTARY EARLY HISTORY OF THE FRATERNITY . An exhaustive Account of that Historic Affair in tho United ' n \ t- a TO , „ „ ., *»„ . n . ;> ici . \ i «« . v-inminr nf " m . l f hnnrra " anil States , treating of its Civil , Social , Political , and Masonic Pfirt 1 . Th ^ mm ents Z r eo ^ f ihe ^ g ^ MS ., o ^ JiSiWm * ! *& £ » "" Masonl ? SMS ° SS ^ o AsCI"'T «» Ac" : ™ S ™ »™ FREEMASONRY , AND Legend of "Tho Four Crowned Martyrs ; " the Cooke MS ., ll "" , " flom ft MttSomo stand-point . Complete m two TIIE noVAI , 0 llDI ! K 0 P SCOTLAND . Complete in two as annotated by G . W . Speth ; the Grand Lodge MS . of couplers . Divisions . 1583 , with various readings of "Old Charges ; " tho DIVISION XII . DIVISION XVIII " Additional Articles , " etc . Complete in three chapters . MjsovI 0 j ,. lilsplll . DESCE . Scornsu DEGREES , V to 33 ° , ' INCLUSIVE . A comprehensive History of tho Origin and Development of History of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rito of Free-Part 2 . Masonic Law : The relation of Governing Bodies to ono masonry ; its Government by Supremo Councils , Con-— another ; the relation of Grand Lodges to their Constituent sistories , Chapters of Rose Croix , Councils of Princes of COSMOPOLITAN FREEMASONRY . —CRAFT , CAPITULAR , CRYPTIC . Lodges , and to individual members of tho Craft : therein- Jerusalem , anil Lodges of Perfection . Complete in one ( "Masonry without Respect to Creed , Clime , or Color . ) tion of Lodges to one another , to their members , and of chapter . Complete in twelve Divisions . Masons to one another ; the Origin nnd Use of public DIVISION XIX . INTRODUCTION .-THE AMERICAN RITE OF FREEMASONRY . Mas . tnic Forms and Ceremonies ; and the customs nnd T R 0 SCOTLVVD peculiarities of the Craft in general . Complete 111 ono ' " " ¦* OCOILASD . TIIVTSTON IV chapter . L Tho History and Governmeut of tho Society in Europe and . nivr-ainv YTir America ; copies of Patents and other particulars . NORTH , CENTRAL , AND SOUTH AMERICA . DIWSIUJN XIII , U _ The Royal Order of Heredom of Kilwinning . Lodges in America under tho English Constitution , 1733-1889 . THE CAPITULAR DEGREES . Each part complete in one chapter . Complete in three chapters . Tho Royal A rch as a Separate Degree in England and other iiv , rt c DIVISION y parts of the British Empire . Tho Mark Master Mason's llyilll o . . Degree as evolved in tho United Kingdom . Tho several MISCELLANEOUS RITES AND ORDERS , AND STATISTICAL DIVISION FIRST MERIDIAN . Grand Chapters , and tho Royal Arch system of England , Complete in two Divisions . _ , _ . r , , . , ,-r , , . „ •_ , __ _ , „_ , .., „ ..: _ . Ireland , and Scotland , including Mark Masonry , Mason ' s History of the Colonial and Revolutionary Period and A tentus Marks , and tho Past Degree . The Grand Chapters of DIVISION XX . Slope : The Grand Lodges of Maine , New Hampshire , famuli Novo . Scotia Quebec and Now Bnmawirlr Th » Vermont , Massachusetts , Rhode Island , Connecticut , New Ge emV Grand Rovnl Arc ^ hChanter Is SX ™ we « O ""* " U"'li 9 AN'D 0 "DI- "S * York , New Jersey . . Pemisylvania ^ luw ^ Mar ^ niuI KriSlSton ^ BUte G »^ WSoSftdC tS - ** T 1 ' . P * " ° «» *»*™ Star , comprising a sketch of its District of Columbia , Virginia , Vi est Virginia , North Independent Grand Chanters of Pennsylvania Vircinin origin , rise , teachings , und present condition . Carolina , South Carolina , Georgia , and Florida . Complete ^ Wcst \ 'irgmia ; S ™ ^ 1 oi 1 ^" -1 JIn Spht II . The Rosicrucian Society . Wh part complete in ono in two chapters . betical order , together with all Chapters holding charters „ T < - *'"*> ptcr . ,,,,.. niVKSinv VI from the General Grand Chapter . Tho Order of High nI * -Muaouic Dates nnd Abbreviations used in this work . " * Priesthood . Complete in thrce chapters . nivrsmv YVT SECOND MERIDIAN . JJIIIOIUA AAI , I . History of the Eastern Mississippi Valley and the Lakes , DIVISION XIV . STATISTICS OF FREEMASONRY . The Grand Lodges of Ohio , Indiana , Michigan , Illinois : THE CRYPTIC DEGREES . These are shown in the Craft Department by tables , as full as Wisconsin , Kentucky , Tennessee , Alabama , Mississippi , it hns been possible to compile them . In some case tho and Louisiana . The Council of Royal , and Select , and Super-Excellent Masters ; Grand Lodge records havebeen lost by fire and war , and in II . History of the Western Mississippi Valley : Tho Grand together with a comprehensive sketch of its rise and others the books were not kept with tables like these in Lodges of Texas , Arkansas , Minnesota , Missouri , Iowa , organization ; Governmeut by a General Grand Council , view . The Capitular Statistics are all of late date , tho Dakota , North Dakota , Nebraska , Kansas , and tho Indian Grand Councils , and Councils ; including the Independent records prior to 18 W having ; been destroyed . Territory . Grand Councils , and those of Canada and England . Com- Masonic Record . Encli part complete in one chapter . plete in two chapters . Index . 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