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Article CHARTER OF SCOON AND PERTH LODGE, A.D. 1658. ← Page 3 of 3 Article THE SO-CALLED LOCKE MS. Page 1 of 4 →
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Charter Of Scoon And Perth Lodge, A.D. 1658.
samene with our hands , Att Perth , the twenti fourt clay of December , Jajvjc and fliftie eight yeires . ( 1658 . )
J . Rocn , Mr . Measone . ANERO NORIE , Warden . JAMS CHRISTIE . W ILL . GRAHAME . JOHN - STRACHANE . Jons' NEWTON . LAWRENCE CttAMAN . C . RATTRAT .
ANDROAV CHRISTIE . ALEX . RITCHIE . MATXHOAV HAX .. - JA . MASSONE . HENIE MATESON . A . RITCHIE . ANDRAV STEWART . ALEXANDER CHRISTIE . TiroitAs CftAiaiiELLiE . ANDROAV NORIE . JOHNE MILL . JOHNE HAGGARTT .
JOHN WATSON . JXVJIES IRVINE . A . DONALDSON . MATHEW IltRIE . D . BBOFNE . - ' THOMAS ROCH . jAitES WHXTTE . JOHN ROBERTSONE . WAL . THO - AISON . ROBERT STBACHANE . DAATTO COCHREN . JAIIES ROCHyo .
, JOHN CONDIE . JAMES ALEXANDER . EDAVARD KICKING . JAIIES GOIJ . ANDREAV BUCHAN . MATTHEAV ILVRI . AND . AN . BALANQUALL . M . L . DOME . Jo . PPATE .
The So-Called Locke Ms.
THE SO-CALLED LOCKE MS .
BY MASONIC STUDENT . T HAVE been looking into this subject A ery carefully lately for several reasons , and - * - I think it well to lay before the readers of the Masonic Magazine the conclusions at which I have arrived , so far . Up to the . present hour not the sli ghtest reliable evidence is forthcoming of the reality of the alleged MS . Its first appearance , masonically ,
is in the Pocket Companion of 175-1 , evidently taken from the Gentleman ' s Magazine for September , 1753 , where it appeared for the first time in print . It is stated in the Gentleman ' s Magazine , indeed , that " the following treatise is said to have been printed at Frankfort , in Germany , in 1748 , " but KIoss utterl y repudiates any such assertion ; and if the case only stood here , I think we should have to agree in this , that so far no evidence has accrued of any such publication at Prankfort-on-the-Main . Since 1754
, the alleged MS . has been reproduced in all our Masonic histories and works , and in 1861 , Bro . Dr . Oliver declared for its genuineness and authenticity in words we will consider later . Most . of our earlier Masonic writers content themselves with reprinting the work , without saying anything about it , while they seem to rest a good deal on the supposed verification of Leland and Mr . Locke . Soreviewing their evidencethough rmchronologicall let us first take Mr . Locke ' s
, , y , evidence for it . His " covering letter , " to use a technical term , and on ivhich so much turns necessarily , is dated May 6 th , 1696 , but first was made known in September , 1754 , in the Gentleman ' s Magazine . Is his letter genuine ? Because iE it be , it no doubt is most important evidence . Now of this letter nothing so far is- known , except that it is
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Charter Of Scoon And Perth Lodge, A.D. 1658.
samene with our hands , Att Perth , the twenti fourt clay of December , Jajvjc and fliftie eight yeires . ( 1658 . )
J . Rocn , Mr . Measone . ANERO NORIE , Warden . JAMS CHRISTIE . W ILL . GRAHAME . JOHN - STRACHANE . Jons' NEWTON . LAWRENCE CttAMAN . C . RATTRAT .
ANDROAV CHRISTIE . ALEX . RITCHIE . MATXHOAV HAX .. - JA . MASSONE . HENIE MATESON . A . RITCHIE . ANDRAV STEWART . ALEXANDER CHRISTIE . TiroitAs CftAiaiiELLiE . ANDROAV NORIE . JOHNE MILL . JOHNE HAGGARTT .
JOHN WATSON . JXVJIES IRVINE . A . DONALDSON . MATHEW IltRIE . D . BBOFNE . - ' THOMAS ROCH . jAitES WHXTTE . JOHN ROBERTSONE . WAL . THO - AISON . ROBERT STBACHANE . DAATTO COCHREN . JAIIES ROCHyo .
, JOHN CONDIE . JAMES ALEXANDER . EDAVARD KICKING . JAIIES GOIJ . ANDREAV BUCHAN . MATTHEAV ILVRI . AND . AN . BALANQUALL . M . L . DOME . Jo . PPATE .
The So-Called Locke Ms.
THE SO-CALLED LOCKE MS .
BY MASONIC STUDENT . T HAVE been looking into this subject A ery carefully lately for several reasons , and - * - I think it well to lay before the readers of the Masonic Magazine the conclusions at which I have arrived , so far . Up to the . present hour not the sli ghtest reliable evidence is forthcoming of the reality of the alleged MS . Its first appearance , masonically ,
is in the Pocket Companion of 175-1 , evidently taken from the Gentleman ' s Magazine for September , 1753 , where it appeared for the first time in print . It is stated in the Gentleman ' s Magazine , indeed , that " the following treatise is said to have been printed at Frankfort , in Germany , in 1748 , " but KIoss utterl y repudiates any such assertion ; and if the case only stood here , I think we should have to agree in this , that so far no evidence has accrued of any such publication at Prankfort-on-the-Main . Since 1754
, the alleged MS . has been reproduced in all our Masonic histories and works , and in 1861 , Bro . Dr . Oliver declared for its genuineness and authenticity in words we will consider later . Most . of our earlier Masonic writers content themselves with reprinting the work , without saying anything about it , while they seem to rest a good deal on the supposed verification of Leland and Mr . Locke . Soreviewing their evidencethough rmchronologicall let us first take Mr . Locke ' s
, , y , evidence for it . His " covering letter , " to use a technical term , and on ivhich so much turns necessarily , is dated May 6 th , 1696 , but first was made known in September , 1754 , in the Gentleman ' s Magazine . Is his letter genuine ? Because iE it be , it no doubt is most important evidence . Now of this letter nothing so far is- known , except that it is