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FREEMASONRY : Some Basics & a Partial Bibliography
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The earliest known use of the word "freemason" is
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encountered in the London Assize of Wages, 1212 CE.
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The first reference to a Mason's Lodge is found in
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1277, and to "Freemasonry," in an English building
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contract of 1436.
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The oldest Masonic Document is the Regius MS.,
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circa 1390. the first use of the word "Freemason" in
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print was in 1563, in a book entitled 'Dives Pragmaticus.'
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The first extended printed account of Freemasonry
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appears in Plot's 'Natural History Of Staffordshire',
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Oxford, 1686, pp. 316-18. The first Masonic book is
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known as the "Roberts Constitutions," printed and sold
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by J. Roberts in London, 1722. The first Official
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Masonic book is Anderson's 'The Constitutions of the
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Free-Masons', London, 1723, of which Benjamin Franklin
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(a Mason) published a reprint in Philadelphia in 1734,
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it being the first American Masonic Book.
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The first duly constituted Lodge in America was The
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First Lodge of Boston (still in existance as St. John's
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Lodge), constituted July 30, 1733 by Henry Price of
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Boston. The first native-born American to be made a
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Mason was Jonathan Belcher, born in Boston in 1681, and
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made a Mason in Europe in 1704. He was governor of both
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Massachusetts and New Hampshire from 1730 to 1741.
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Just slighly shy of one half of the 56 signers of the
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Declaration of Independence were Masons; 31 of the 55
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Delegates to the Constitutional Convention were Masons;
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so were many of Washington's Generals.
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Promiment famous masons of History include: Paul Revere,
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John hancock, Joseph Warren, George Washington, James
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Monroe, Andrew Jackson, James K. polk, James Buchanan,
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Andrew Johnson, James A. Garfield, William McKinley,
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Theodore Roosevelt, WIlliam Howard Taft, Warren G. Harding,
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Harry S. Truman, Lyndon Baines
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Johnson and Gerald R. Ford.
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PUBLIC LIBRARY BOOKS
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These are books available from Macoy Publishing & Masonic
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Supply Co., PO Box 9759, Richmond VA 23228 and are evidently
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available in many libraries across the country.
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Freemason's Guide and Compendium. Bernard E. Jones.
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What Masonry Means. William E. Hammond.
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A Comprehensive View of Freemasonry. Henry Wilson Coil.
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Famous Masons and Masonic Presidents. H.L. Haywood.
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The Builders. Joseph Fort Newton.
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Introduction to Freemasonry. Carl H. Claudy.
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The Great Teachings of Masonry. H.L. Haywood.
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House Undivided : The story of Freemasonry and the Civil
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War. Allen E. Roberts.
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Freemasonry Through Six Centuries (2 vols). Henry WIlson
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Coil.
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The Craft and Its Symbols. Allen E. Roberts.
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MASONIC BIBLIOGRAPHY : THE NOT-SO-EASY-TO-FIND-BOOKS!
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Many of the following books are not as easy to find as
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those I mentioned in my last post on the subject, either
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they are extremely rare in the public sector or in many
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cases long out of print except internally to the
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organization itself. This list is in no way a complete
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listing of books on the subject - The internally used
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library (such as that in The Grand Lodge of Massachusetts)
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is huge in comparison and includes books, news clippings
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and internal records not accessable to the public by any
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known means. These books here actually represent what
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American Freemasons use as a preliminary reading list for
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candidates for the degrees within Masonry.
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Anderson's Constitutions of 1723. 1924.
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Bailey. The Spirit Of Masonry. 1957.
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Baird. Great American Masons. 1924.
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Banner. These Men Were Masons. 1934.
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Bede. 5-15 Minutes Talks. 1972.
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Blake. Masonic Lodge Methods. 1953.
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Boston. Saint John's Lodge. history of Saint John's Lodge of
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Boston. 1917.
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Brown. Freemasonry in Virginia (1733-1936). 1936.
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Highlights of Templar History. 1944.
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The Fourth Gospel and The Eighteenth Degree. 1956.
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Carter. Masonry in Texas. 1955.
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Cerza. A Masonic Thought For Each Day of The Year. 1971.
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Chailley. The Magic Flute, Masonic Opera. 1971.
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Claudy. Introduction to Freemasonry. [3v] 1953.
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A Master's Wages. 1924.
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Foreign Countries. 1925.
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Old Tiler Talks. 1925.
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Masonic Harvest. 1948.
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The Old Past Master. 1924.
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The Master's Book. 1935.
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Coil. A Comprehensive View of Freemasonry. 1954.
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Freemasonry Through Six Centuries. 1966.
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Coil's Masonic Encyclopedia. 1961.
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Coulton. Medieval Faith and Symbolism. 1958.
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Darrah. The Evolution of Freemasonry. 1920.
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Denslow. Freemasonry in the Western Hemisphere. 1953.
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Masonic Rites and Degrees. 1955.
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Freemasonry and The American Indian. 1956.
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Deutsch. From Whence Came You? 1958.
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Everskull. The Temples in Jerusalem. 1946.
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Foss. Three Centuries of Freemasonry in New Hampshire. 1972.
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Glick. A Treasury of Masonic Thought. 1953.
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Gould. The Concise History of Freemasonry. 1924.
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Military Lodges. 1899.
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Hall. The Lost Keys of Freemasonry. 1931.
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Hammond. What Masonry Means. 1939.
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Harvey. "Not Made with Hands". 1958.
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Haywood & Craig. A History of Freemasonry. 1927.
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More About Masonry. 1948.
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Masonic Essays. 1963.
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The Newly-Made Mason. 1948.
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Symbolic Masonry : an Interpetation of the three degrees.
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1923.
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The Great Teachings of Masonry. 1923.
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Famous Masons. 1944.
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Hills. The Freemason's Craft. 1932.
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Horne. King Solomon's Temple in the Masonic Tradition. 1972.
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Hughan. The Old charges of British Freemasons. 1895.
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Hunt. Some Thoughts on Masonic Symbolism. 1930.
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Hunter. A Study of an Interpretation of the Regius Manuscript,
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The Earliest Masonic Document. 1952.
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Johnson. The Begining of Freemasonry in America. 1924.
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One Common Purpose. 1937.
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The Lure of Freemasonry. 1936.
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Jones. Freemason's Guide and Compendium. 1950.
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Kidd. Early Freemasonry in Williamsburg Virginia. 1957.
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Knoop & Jones. The Genesis of Freemasonry. 1947.
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Introduction to Freemasonry. 1933.
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The Medieval Mason. 1967.
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Lanier. Masonry and Citizenship. 1921.
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Lawrence. Sidelights on Freemasonry. 1909.
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Highways & By-Ways of Freemasonry. 1924.
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The Keystone and Other Essays on Freemasonry. 1913.
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The Perfect Ashlar and other Masonic Symbols. 1912.
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Lindsay. The Scottish Rite for Scotland. 1958.
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MacBride. Speculative Masonry : Its Mission, Its Evolution
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and its Landmarks. 1914.
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Mackey. Symbolism of Freemasonry. 1921.
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Mackey's Masonic Jurisprudence; 10th ed. 1927.
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Encyclopedia of Freemasonry.[3v] revised and supplemented
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by Robert I. Clegg and H.L. Haywood. 1946.
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Martin & Callaghan. The Treasury of Masonic Thought. 1924.
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Masonry and Americanism. 1924.
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Morse. Freemasonry in the American Revolution. 1924.
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Museum of Our National Heritage. Masonic Symbols in American
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Decorative Arts. 1976.
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Nettl. Mozart and Masonry. 1957.
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Newton. Modern Masonry. 1924.
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The Builders : a Story and study of Masonry. 1951.
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Short Talks on Masonry. 1928.
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The Men's House. 1923.
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The Great Light in Masonry. 1924.
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The Three Degrees and Great Symbols of Masonry. 1924.
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The Religion of Masonry. 1927.
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Oppenheim. The Jews and Masonry in the United States Before 1810.
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1910.
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Perry. Masonic Addresses. 1938-40.
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The Masonic Way of Life. 1968.
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Pick & Knight. The Pocket history of Freemasonry. 1969.
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Pike. The Meaning of Masonry. 1924.
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Poage. Masonic Meditations. 1925.
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Poole. The Old Charges. 1924.
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Pound. Masonic Addresses and Writings. 1953.
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Lectures on Masonic Jurisprudence. 1924.
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Robbins. English-Speaking Freemasonry. 1930.
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Roberts. The Craft and its Symbols. 1974.
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Roth. Masonry in the Formation of our Goverment. 1927.
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Roy. Stalwart Builders, a History of the Grand Lodge of Masons
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in Massachusetts 1733-1978. 1980.
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Dare We Be Masons. 1966.
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Shepherd. The Landmarks of Freemasonry. 1924.
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Snodgrass. The History of Freemasonry in Tennessee. 1944.
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Steiner. Masonry Illustrated. 1953.
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Steinmetz. Freemasonry : Its Hidden Meaning. 1948.
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The Lost Word : Its Hidden Meaning. 1953.
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The Royal Arch : Its Hidden Meaning. 1946.
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Stewart. Symbolic Teachings; or, Masonry and Its Message. 1923.
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Street. Symbolism of The Three Degrees. 1922.
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Tatsch. Short Readings in Masonic History. 1926.
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Free Masonry in the Thirteen Colonies. 1933.
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The Facts ABout George Washington as a Freemason; 1932.
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Taylor & Beach. Historical Sketch of the Grand Lodge of Masons
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in Massachusetts from its beginings in 1733 to the
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present time. 1973.
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Vibert. Freemasonry Before the Existance of Grand Lodges. 1916.
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Voorhis. Masonic Rosicrutian Socities. 1958.
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Vrooman & Roberts. Sword & Trowel. 1964.
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Ward. Freemasonry : Its Aims and Ideals. 1923.
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Wiest. Freemasonry in AMerican COurts. 1958.
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Wilmhurst. The Meaning of Masonry. 1922.
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Wright. The Ethics of Freemasonry. 1924.
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Robert Burns and His Masonic Circle. 1929.
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