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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 . —SUPPLEMENTAE os THE DIVISIONS IN THIS WORK . lPavt 1 . A NCIENT M ASONRY . —THE ANCIENT MYSTERIES , COGNATE ORDERS ou CHIVALRY , ANH THE "OLT > CHARGES" OT ? FREEMASONS . ( Introductory to tho Perfected Organization of Modern Times . ) Complete in three Divisions . INTRODUCTION . —THE SIX THEORIES OH THE MYSTERIES .

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

DIVISION II . THE COGNATE ORDERS . A comprehensive History of the Knights Templars and the Crusades ; their patronage by the See 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 HI . THE DOCUMENTARY EAELY HISTORY OE THE FRATERNITY . The Ancient British MSS . ; Kalendar of " Old Charges , " and comments thereon ; the Regius MS ., or Halliwell Poem ; Legend of " The Pour Crowned Martyrs ; " the Cooko MS ., as annotated by G . W . Speth ; the Grand Lodgo MS . of 1583 , with various readings of "Old Charges ; " the " Additional Articles , " etc . Complete in . three chapters .

lPart 2 . COSMOPOLITAN FREEMASONRY . —CEAET , CAPITULAR , CRYPTIC . ( "Masonry without Respect to Creed , Clime , or Color . " ) Complete in twelve Divisions . INTRODUCTION—THE AMERICAN RITE OI * FREEMASONRY . DIVISION IV . NORTH , CENTRAL , AND SOUTH AMERICA . Lodges in America under , the English Constitution , 1733-1 SS 9 . Complete in three chapters .

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

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

and Louisiana . H . History of the Western Mississippi Valley : The Grand Lodges ot Texas , Arkansas , Minnesota , Missouri , Iowa , Dakota , North Dakota , Nebraska , Kansas , ancl tho Indian Territory . Eaoh part complete in one chapter .

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

DIVISION VIII . EARLY AMERICAN MASONIO 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 Brunswick , Prince Edward Island , Manitoba , and British Columbia . Complete in two chapters .

DIVISION X . OTHER COUNTRIES . Outline History of Freemasonry in Continental Europe . Free * masonry in Australasia and New Zealand - Grand Lodges ot the Southern Sun . Complete in two chapters .

DIVISION XI . THE MORGAN EXCITEMENT . An exhaustive Account of that Historic Affair in the Unitec states , treating of its Civil , Social , Political , and Masonic Aspects , as well as of the Deportation of William Moz-gan written from a Masonic stand-point . Complete in twe chapters . *;

DIVISION XII . MASONIC JURISPRUDENCE . c ° ™ pra-hensive History of the Origin and Development o Masonic Law : The relation of Governing Bodies to om another ; the relation of Grand Lodges to their Constituon '

Lodges , and to individual members of the Craft : the rela won of Lodges to one another , to their members , and o Masons to one another ; the Origin and Use of publii Masonic Forms and Ceremonies ; and tho customs an ( peculiarities of the Craft in general . Com-dote in om chapter .

DIVISION XIII . THE CAPITULAR DEGREES . The Royal Arch as a Separate Degree in England and othe : Parts of the British Empire . Tbe Mark Master Mason '; Degree as evolved in tho United Kingdom . The sovera Grand Chapters , and the Royal Arch systems of England ¦ Ireland , ancl Scotland , including Mark Masonry . Mason'i

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Marks , and the Past Degree . Tho Grand Chapters of Canada , Nova Scotia , Quebec , and Now Brunswick . Tho General Grand Royal Arch Chapter , its origin , powers , and jurisdiction . Stato Grand Chapters , including tho Independent Grand Chapters of Pennsylvania , Virginia , and West Virginia ; separately considered , and in alphabetical order , together with all Chapters holding charters from the General Grand Chapter . Tho Order of High Priesthood . Complete in three chapters .

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

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

Masons . I . The Physical , tho Spiritual , tho Celestial , these throe intertwining , over blending in perfect harmony . II . Freemasonry , tho Conservator of Liberty and of tho Universal Brotherhood of Man . Each part complete in one chapter .

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

DIVISION XVI . KNIGHTS TEMPLAE AND ALLIED ORDERS . Tho 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 Masonic Templar Systems , with a Concise Account of the Origin of Speculative Freemasonry , and its Evolution since the Revival , A . D . 1717 . Complete in seven chapters .

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

DIVISION XVIII . SCOTTISH DEGREES , 4 P to 33 ° , INCLUSIVE . History of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry ; its Government by Supreme Councils , Consistories , Chapters of Rose Croix , Councils of Princes of Jerusalem , and Lodges of Perfection . Complete in one chapter .

DIVISION XIX . THE ROYAL ORDER OP 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 .

part 5 . MISCELLANEOUS RITES AND ORDERS , AND STATISTICAL DIVISION Complete in two Divisions .

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

DIVISION XXI . STATISTICS OI ? FREEMASONRY . Theso are shown in the Craft Department by tables , as full as it has been possible to compile them . In somo case the Grand Lodge records have been lost by fire and war , and in

others the books were not kept with tables like these in view . The Capitular Statistics are all of late date , the records prior to 1860 having been destroyed .. Masonic Record . Index .

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