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The Belzoni Masonic Mss.
THE BELZONI MASONIC MSS .
rpHE history of these hi ghly interesting MSS . is briefly this . They consist J- of a number of sheets of letter paper bound into two several copies of Belzoni ' s celebrated work on Egypt . They are entirel y in tho handwriting of Madame Belzoni , and are signed hy her " Sarah Belzoni . " After Belzoni ' s death they were jiresented by his widow to my father , the late Sir William Wilde ( P . \ Rose Croix , of . the original Chapter of Prince
Masons , Ireland ) , shortl y after the publication of his " Narrative of a Voyage to Egypt , Palestine , and Greece , etc ., " in 1840 . Madame Belzoni set great value on the MSS ., and they were written by her at her husband ' s dictation . After my father ' s death , in 1876 , they passed into my possession , and on coming to London I showed them to my friend , Bro . Erasmus Wilson , as one learned in both Masonry and Egyptologyand at his
sug-, gestion I have gladly lent them to Bro . A . F . A . Woodford for publication , as they are doubtless of much interest in tho Archaeology of Masonry . ' I understand , that a MS . similar apparently to these now presented , was published some months ago in the New York Herald . It is most probably that Madame Belzoni had several duplicate copies made of the MSS . ( besides the two in my possession ) , and that one of them found its way to America .
I only wish to state that 1 never showed the MSS . to anyone before I brought them to Bro . Erasmus Wilson . The merits and value of the MSS . I willingly leave to other Masons to determine , but I write this note simply to trace their pedigree and guarantee their authenticity . WILLIAM C . K . WILDE ,
Grand Master ' s Lodge of Ireland , and " Westminster and Keystone , " England . 1 , Ovington Square , S . W ., May 20 th , 1880 , 2 i
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The Belzoni Masonic Mss.
THE BELZONI MASONIC MSS .
rpHE history of these hi ghly interesting MSS . is briefly this . They consist J- of a number of sheets of letter paper bound into two several copies of Belzoni ' s celebrated work on Egypt . They are entirel y in tho handwriting of Madame Belzoni , and are signed hy her " Sarah Belzoni . " After Belzoni ' s death they were jiresented by his widow to my father , the late Sir William Wilde ( P . \ Rose Croix , of . the original Chapter of Prince
Masons , Ireland ) , shortl y after the publication of his " Narrative of a Voyage to Egypt , Palestine , and Greece , etc ., " in 1840 . Madame Belzoni set great value on the MSS ., and they were written by her at her husband ' s dictation . After my father ' s death , in 1876 , they passed into my possession , and on coming to London I showed them to my friend , Bro . Erasmus Wilson , as one learned in both Masonry and Egyptologyand at his
sug-, gestion I have gladly lent them to Bro . A . F . A . Woodford for publication , as they are doubtless of much interest in tho Archaeology of Masonry . ' I understand , that a MS . similar apparently to these now presented , was published some months ago in the New York Herald . It is most probably that Madame Belzoni had several duplicate copies made of the MSS . ( besides the two in my possession ) , and that one of them found its way to America .
I only wish to state that 1 never showed the MSS . to anyone before I brought them to Bro . Erasmus Wilson . The merits and value of the MSS . I willingly leave to other Masons to determine , but I write this note simply to trace their pedigree and guarantee their authenticity . WILLIAM C . K . WILDE ,
Grand Master ' s Lodge of Ireland , and " Westminster and Keystone , " England . 1 , Ovington Square , S . W ., May 20 th , 1880 , 2 i