THE BEGINNINGS OF FREEMASONRY IN AMERICA

 

Containing a reference to all that is known of FREEMASONRY in the Western Hemisphere prior to 1750, and short sketches of the lives of some of the Provincial Grand Masters

By MELVIN M. JOHNSON
GRAND MASTER OF MASONS IN MASSACHUSETTS,
1914, 1915, 1916
33º, ACTIVE S.G.I.G., N.M.J., U.S.A.

ILLUSTRATED

NEW YORK
GEORGE H. DORAN COMPANY

 

COPYRIGHT, 1924, BY THE MASONIC SERVICE ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED STATES THE BEGINNINGS OF FREEMASONRY IN AMERICA
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PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

 

PREFACE
CHAPTER I - BEGINNINGS
CHAPTER II - AUTHORITIES
CHAPTER III - EARLIEST TRACES IN THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE
CHAPTER IV - FOUNDING OF DULY CONSTITUTED FREEMASONRY IN AMERICA
CHAPTER V - HENRY PRICE
CHAPTER VI - BOSTON-PHILADELPHIA-GEORGIA
CHAPTER VII - THE FIRST PROVINCIAL GRAND MASTER OF NORTH AMERICA
CHAPTER VIII - FRANKLIN'S APPOINTMENT, GRAND MASTER FOR PENNSYLVANIA
CHAPTER IX - 1735
CHAPTER X - 1736
CHAPTER XI - 1737
CHAPTER XII - 1738
CHAPTER XIII - 1739
CHAPTER XIV - 1740
CHAPTER XV - 1741
CHAPTER XVI - 1742
CHAPTER XVII - 1743
CHAPTER XVIII - 1744
CHAPTER XIX - 1745
CHAPTER XX - 1746
CHAPTER XXI - 1747
CHAPTER XXII - 1748
CHAPTER XXIII - 1749
CHAPTER XXIV - ARCANA OF THE PERIOD
CHAPTER XXV - CONCLUSION