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T H E M A SONIC INSTITUTION,

IN PUBLIC LIBRARIES of TWENTY-EIGHT STATEs oF THE UNION, -

A N TIM A S O N IC

IN ARGUMENTS AND CONCLUSIONS.

BY DISTINGUISHED LITERARY GENTLEMEN, CITIZENs oF THE UNITED STATEs.

WITH

INTRODUCTORY REMARKS, AND A COMPILATION OF

RECORDS AND REMARKS,

BY

A MEMBER OF THE SUFFOLK COMMITTEE OF 1829.

B O S T O N :
PR IN TED BY DAM R E L L & M 00 R. E.

1852.
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TO REMARKS.
Character of Freemasonry, • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 1

Martyrs to Antimasonry, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Marquis of Londonderry on the death of Emperor Alexander,. . . . . 10

Freemasonry in Quincy, Massachusetts, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Article on the last days of Alexander, by Robert Lee, Physician to

Count Woronzow, • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
11

Extract from the Address of Wm. F. Brainard, a Royal Arch Mason,

before Union Lodge, New London, Conn., June 24, 1825,. . . . 12

John Brooks elected Governor of Massachusetts by Freemasons,. . . 14

De Witt Clinton elected Governor of New York by Freemasons, . . . 15

Hon. John Q. Adams's answer that “He was not a Freemason and
never should be,” and the consequences, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Masonry suspected in the sudden release of Lopez at Savannah, Ga., 15

The Year of Light, 1826, discloses many things, and among them some
thing of Arnold, Burr and Clay, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Washington's devotedness to Freemasonry asserted and magnified, in

contradiction to his own authority,. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Evidence against the pretended antiquity of Freemasonry, . . . . . . . . 21

First Reflections of an Entered Apprentice, . . . . . . * - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

22
William Wirt's Opinion of Masonry, • - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
23

Ex-President Adams's Opinion of Antimasonry,. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Ex-President Adams's Challenge of Edward Livingston, . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Contemptuous and acrimonious terms applied to Antimasons by

Henry Brown, a Knight Templar of New York State, and by
three eminent gentlemen of Rhode Island, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

The good quality of Freemasonry pronounced by Archibald Alison,

the historian, Past Grand Master,. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Article signed A from the Union and Sentinel, published in Lancas

ter, Pennsylvania, on the exclusiveness of Freemasonry,. . . . . . . 27
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The Boston Daily Journal and Quero on the celebration at Worces

ter of the Anniversary of St. John the Baptist, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Quero's Communication to the Boston Liberator,. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
An Imposture, the claiming of the St. Johns as Freemasons, . . . . . . • 32

The Corner-Stone of Bunker Hill Monument laid by John Abbot in

the presence of Gen. La Fayette, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
A Masonic Falsehood deposited with the Corner-Stone of the Masonic
Temple in Boston, Oct. 14, 1830, as certified by Levi Lincoln,
Governor of Massachusetts, and Harrison Gray Otis, Mayor of
Boston, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

The Smithsonian Institution in incongruous contact with Freemasonry, 37

The assertion that Gen. Washington, while President of the United
States, laid the corner-stone of the Capitol, doubted, and reasons
given for doubting, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Presidents Jackson and Polk when visiting Massachusetts declined
attentions of Masons as Masons, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Letter to Benjamin B. French, Grand Master of the District of

Columbia, July 15, 1848, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Letter to Benjamin B. French, Grand Master of the District of

Columbia, July 27, 1848, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Letter to Benjamin B. French, Grand Master of the District of
Columbia, Oct. 12, 1848, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Extracts from the Address of R. W. Robert G. Scott at the laying of

the Corner-Stone of the Washington Monument of Virginia, at
Richmond, . . . . . . . . . . . . . • - 6 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 55

Letter to Robert G. Scott, Esq., Richmond, Va., July 8, 1850,..... 56

Letter to Robert G. Scott, Esq., Richmond, Va., July 19, 1850, . . . 57

Disagreement in Declarations of Capt. Hugh Maloy and General
Washington, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Votes in Congress, March 27, 1844, on the question of incorporating
the Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows and that of Freemasons in
District of Columbia, with the names and residences of the yeas
and nays,. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 60

Another unsuccessful attempt, January 24, 1851, to get the Lodge of

Odd Fellows incorporated, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Bright Examples, four in number, of Freemasons,. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Bright Examples, a multitude, of Antimasons,. . . . . . . . . . . . . • - - - - - - 68
Masonic Clergymen, • * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 71
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Extract of a Letter from a Reverend Doctor in Scotland, . . . . . . . . . . 72

Orange Institution, a secret society in Great Britain, . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

Freemasons can no longer say, “Arnold never saw the hieroglyphic
bright,” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 75
Silence of Past Grand Master Scott, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

Crimes and the perpetrators connected with the Morgan Murder,. . . 77

De Witt Clinton in such a predicament that he could not have
avoided giving counsel to the abductors of Morgan, . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Boston dishonored, September, 1850, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
The year 1826 memorable in history, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Occurrences and consequences of the abduction of Morgan in chrono
logical order,. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Names and residences of Seceding Masons in Convention at Le Roy,
New York, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • • • - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - * - - - - - - 88

Masonic Riot in Faneuil Hall, Boston, Aug. 31, 1830,. . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

Freemasonry of colored people in the United States,. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
A comical fact, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • * * * * * * * * * 107

A Synopsis of the law of Maryland concerning slaves or blacks

belonging to secret societies, . . . . . . . . . . . .- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 107
Charities of Masonic Societies, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - - - - - - - - . . . . . . . . 109
The Masonic sign and grip made useful in a discovery, . . . . . . . • . . . . 111

Hammond's political history of New York State, embracing the period

of Morgan's abduction, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • 111

Rev. Louis S. Green, D. D., President of Hampden Sidney College

Prince Edward County, Virginia,. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Laying of the Corner-Stone of the extension of the Capitol, . . . . . . . 114

Letter to Rev. Benjamin Huntoon, June 18, 1851,. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

Letter to Rev. Benjamin Huntoon, July 12, 1851,. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118

Extracts from Mr. Huntoon's Address at the Contennial Celebration
of Hiram Lodge in New Haven,. . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

Comments on this extract, . . . . . . . . . . . . - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 121

TO LIBRARIES."

MAINE.

Bowdoin College, - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - *
* * * * * * • 125

Waterville College,. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128

Portland Athenaeum, • * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 128

Bangor Theological Seminary, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 128

vi INDEX.

NEW HAMPSHIRE.

Dartmouth College, . . . . . . . . . . . . • • • • • * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 130

New Hampshire Historical Society, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • 132

VERMONT.

Historical Society of Vermont,. . . . . . . . . . . - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 133

Norwich University, - - - - - - - - - • • • • • • - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - • 135

University of Vermont, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 135

Middlebury College, • • • • • * * * * * * * * * - - - - - - • - - - - - - - - - - - - - • - - - - - 135

MASSACHUSETTS,

Amherst College, • * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 136

Harvard College, . . . . . . . . . . . • * - - - - - - - - - - - • • - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 137

Andover Theological Seminary, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • 140

Boston Library, • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 141

Massachusetts Historical Society, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • - 142

Antiquarian Hall, • - .
• • • • * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 145
Boston Athenaeum, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • • • • • • • • • • • * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 147

New England Historical and Genealogical Society,. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148

Mechanics’ Institute, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Williamstown College, • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 148

Mercantile Library Association, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149

Lawrence Academy, • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 149

Brookfield Athenaeum, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149

State Library,. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150

Nantucket Athenaeum, • • • - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 150

Salem Athenaeum, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150

Newton Theological Institution, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . 151
New Bedford Social Library, • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • * * * * * * * * * * * * • 151

Quincy Lyceum, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152

FranklinLibrary Association, • • • • • - e - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - • • • • • * 152
Essex Institute 5 Salem, • • • * * * * * * * * * * * - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 153

College of the Holy Cross, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153

Columbian Society, Marblehead, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Wayland Library, • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • * • • * * * * * * * * * * * * 154

RHODE ISLAND.

Brown University, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • - - - - 155

Historical Society of Rhode Island, . . . . . . . . . • .. . • • • • • • • * * • • • • • • 158

Providence Athenaeum, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * - - - - - - - 158

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CONNECTICUT,

Yale College, • - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 159

Connecticut HistoricalSociety, - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 161

Westleyan University,. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161

NEW YORK.

Union College, • • • * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * - - - - - - - - - - - 163

New York Historical Society,. . . . . . . . . . . . . . • - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 165

Military Academy of the United States, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167

School District Library, Buffalo, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167

Young Mens' Association, Buffalo, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167

New York State Library,. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Hamilton College, ‘....................
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 163
Madison University,. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 163
Theological Seminary, Auburn, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
New York Society Library, - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 169
Mercantile Library Association, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
University of City of New York, • - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 170
Union Theological Seminary,. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • • • • • * * * * * * * * * * * 170

Astor Library, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171

Columbia College, - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 171
University of Rochester,. . . . . . . . . . . - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 172

Young Mens' Association at Albany, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172

Young Mens' Association at Troy, . . . . . . . . . . . . . - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 172

NEW JERSEY.

College of New Jersey,. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • • - - - - 173

Rutgers College, • - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 175

PENNSYLVANIA.

Dickinson College, - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 176

Historical Society of Pennsylvania,. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177

Pennsylvania State Library,. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - - - - - - - - - - - 179
Meadville Theological School, . . . . . . . • • • • • • • • • • • * * - - - - - - - - - - - - 180

Pennsylvania College, - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 181

Li Fayette College, - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 181

Franklin Institute,. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - - - - - - - - - - 182

Library Company, - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - • - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 182

Apprentices' Library Company,. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182

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Union Library Company, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183

Mercantile Library Company,. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Philadelphia Athenaeum, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Southwark Library, - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 184
Friends' Library, - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 184
Jefferson College, • - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 184

Washington College, - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 185

Western Theological Seminary, • - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 185

Young Mens Mercantile Library Association,. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186

DELAWARE.

Newark College, • * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * • - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 187

Library Room at Wilmington, - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 187

MARYLAND.

Maryland Historical Society, • * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 188

Library Company, or Athenaeum, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189

St. John's College, • * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 190
Maryland State Library,. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • - - - - • * * * * 191

St. Mary's College,. . . - - - - - * * * * * * * * * * * - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - • - - - - - 191

VIRGINIA.

University of Virginia, • - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - • * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 192

Washington College, - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - • * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 194
Randolph-Macon College, • - - - - - - - - - • • • • • • • • • • • • - - * * * * * * * * * * * * 194

NORTH CAROLINA.

University of North Carolina,. . . . . . • • • • • - -- -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 195

SOUTH CAROLINA.

South Carolina College, • • - - - - - - - - - - - - -. . . . . . . . . . ..• • • • • • • • • • • 197

Apprentices Library Society,. . . . . . . . . . . • • • - - - - - - - - • • • • • • • • • * * 199

Charleston Library Society,. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • * * * * * * * * * * * * * 199

Erskine College,. . . . . . . . . . . . . . • • • • * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 200

GEORGIA.

University of Georgia, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - e - - - - - - - - - - - - - • • • • • * * 201

Savannah Library,. . . . . . .• • • • * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 202

Oglethorpe College,. . . . . . . . . • • • • • * * * * * * * • * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 202
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ALABAMA.

University of Alabama, • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 203

La Grange College,. . . . . . . • • • • • • • • • • • * * * * * * * - - - - - - - - • . . . . . . . 205

MISSISSIPPI.

Oakland College, • • - - - - e - e. • - - - - - e - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
206

TENNESSEE.

University of Nashville, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • * * * * * * * * * * * * * 208

East Tennessee University,. . . . . . . . . . • - - - - - - - - - - - e - - - - - - - - - - - -
210

KENTUCKY.

Transylvania University,. . . . . . . • * * * * * * * * • • • * * * * ** * * * * * * * * * * • - 211

Georgetown College,. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • * * * * * * * * * * * * 212
CentreCollege,. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • • - - - - • • • • • • • • • • • * * * * * * * * * * * * *
213
Bracken Academy,. . . . . . . . . . . • * * * * * * * * - - - - - - - - - - - • * * * * ** *** * 214

OHIO.

Lane Seminary, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
215
Western Reserve College, • - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - • • • * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 216
Young Mens Mercantile Library Association,. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Miami University, • •* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
• - e. e. e. e. • - - - - - - - - - - - - - 218
Marietta College, • * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
• • • • • • • * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 219
Marietta Library,. . . . . • • • * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
• - - - - - - - - - -
220
Oberlin College,. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220

Ohio University,. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 221

Granville College, • - - - - - - - - - • • • • • * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 222
Steubenville City Library, • * * * * * * * * ** * * * * * * * * * * * * *
• - - - - - - - - - - -
222
St. Xavier, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • • * * * * * * ~ * • * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * • • • • • a • 222

INDIANA.
Indiana University,. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • * * * * * * * * * • • • • • • • • • • e. e. e. 223
Monroe County Library,. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • * * .* * * * * * * * * * 224
Wabash College, • • • • • • • - e. e. e. - e - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 225
Hanover College,. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • * * * * * * * * * * * * * • 225
Indiana Asbury University, • * * * * * * *
• • • • • • • • • • • • • e • • * * * * * * * * * •
226

ILLINOIS.
Illinois College, • * * * * • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • * * * * * * * * * • 227
Shurtleff College,. . . . . ............................. • • • • • • • • • 228
Knox College,. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • • • • • • • * * * * * * * 229
 X INDEX.

MISSOURI.

Missouri Historical Society,' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230

Missouri State University,. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . .
• - - - - - - - - - - 232
St. Louis Lyceum, * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * - - - - 233
St. Louis University, •• * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
- - - - 234

St. Louis Mercantile Library Association,........ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 234

Union Hall, Missouri University,. . . . . . . . . . . . . . • • • • • • • • • * * * * * * * 234

Apprentices' Library Association,. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ......... 235

St. Mary's Seminary, * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
• - - - - - - 236

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

Library of Congress, • - - - - - - - - - - - - • - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - • - - - - - - - - - 237

Smithsonian Institution, . * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * • - 237

Georgetown College, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ............ • . . . . . . 240

Columbian College, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • * * * * * * - - - - - - - - - . . . . . . . 240
Executive Library of the United States,........ - - - - - - - • . . . . . . . . 240

MICHIGAN.

Michigan University,. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - - - - - - • • • • • • • - - - - - - • . 241

Michigan State Library,. . . . . . . . • • - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - • - 242
Detroit Young Mens' Society,. . . . . . - -• . . . .
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - . . . 243
Marshall Township Library,. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - - - - - - 244

Pontiac Young Mens' Association,. . . . . . . . . . - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 244

Mechanics' Literary Association, Jackson, ....... • * * * * * - - - - - - - - - 244
Allegan Township Library,. . . . . . . . • • - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - • . . . . . 245

Mechanics' Library Association, Marshall, ............. - - - - - - - - - 245

Young Mens' Lyceum Library,... . . . . . . . . . . . . - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 245

LOUISIANA.

Centenary College,. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • - - - - • - - - - - - - - - - 247

University of Louisiana,. . . . . . . . . . . . . . • ** * ** * * * * * * * * * * * * * * . . . 248

. .. . . . . WISCONSIN.

Beloit College, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .................... 250

Wisconsin: University, • • • • - • • • * * * * * * * * • - - - - - - - - • * - - - - - - - - - - - 250

UTAH.

University of Deseret,. • • * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ..... ..... .. - - - - - - - - - 252

 INDEX. X1

GREAT BRITAIN

British Museum, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * . . . . . 253

Glasgow College, . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . * * * * * * * * * * * - - - - 253
- e < *

University College, London,. . . . . . . . . • • 254

• • e - e. e. e. e. • * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

University of London, London, . . . . . . . . . . • • • 254

• * * * * * * * * * * * * - e - e. e.

London Library, St. James Square, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255

University of Edinburg,. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
University of Cambridge, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Marischal College and University,. . . • a e e e • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256

Ebenezer Elliott, C. L. R., . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256

CANADA.

Montreal Library Association,. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258

FRANCE.

Library de la ville de Paris,. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259

AFRICA.

J. J. Roberts, Esq., President of Monrovia, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260

TO APPENDIX.
Entered Apprentice's Obligation, - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 261
• - e. e. e. e. e. e. e. e.

Fellow Craft'sObligation,. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262

Master Mason's Obligation,. . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..................... 262
Royal Arch Oath,. . . . . . . . . . . e - e. e. e. e. • • • • • 264
e. e. e. e. e. • • • • • • • * * * * * * ~ *

Knight Templar's Oath,. . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266

© Q - © e.

Fifth Libation,. . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267

Extracts from a plan of a Penal Code for the State of Louisiana by
Hon. Edward Livingston,. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
 R.E.M.A. R. K. S.

FREEMASONRY AGGRESSIWE. – ANTIMASONRY DEFENSIVE.

IN the volumes comprised in this Catalogue, the

character and designs of the order of Freemasonry
are clearly unfolded. It will be found to be a system
of fraud, of deception, of baseless assumptions, of
arrogance even to the defiance of the world to put it
down; and all these for the self-interest and aggran
dizement of its members to the disregard of the equal
rights of others. It declares itself to be of ancient, very
ancient origin, and in the tracery, hardly a stopping
place. But where is the evidence? Now, it is striv
ing to rear monuments of its existence, in building.
Masonic Temples and laying corner-stones, but where
are such monuments found of ancient days? “No
authentic book, manuscript, coin, medal, engraving,
painting, sculpture, architectural remains, – no histo
rian, poet, moralist, antiquary, biographer, novelist,
makes the slightest reference to speculative Freema
sonry prior to the year 1717.” In that year, out of
1
the Stonemasons' Society in London, was formed the
secret society of Freemasons. Thence, to sustain and
give it celebrity, began absurd pretensions, imposture,
and the masonic penalty, death masonically inflicted.
The first three degrees, named like those of the
Laboring Masons' Society, — Entered Apprentice—
Fellow Craft—Master Mason, — were revealed by
Pritchard in 1730, and again by the author of “Jachin
and Boaz” in 1762, and lastly by William Morgan in
1826.

Many deaths and sudden disappearances can now

be pretty satisfactorily accounted for by the probable
infliction of the masonic penalty. By circumstantial
evidence more or less plain the following may be con
sidered martyrs to Antimasonry:
SAMUEL PRITCHARD, for publishing in London, 1730,
“Masonry Dissected.”
PRIEST, for being associated with him in this
publication.
The AUTHOR of “JACHIN AND BoAz,” which he pub
lished in 1762. This date, although several writers
have placed it later, is assumed to be the true one.
It was given to the writer by a gentleman much given
to the preservation of records and dates. Many years
since, he saw a London edition of it of this date, and
made a record of it. Ward, in his Antima
sonic Review, vol. 1, p. 231, says it was published
between 1770 and 1780. In a very valuable 12mo
volume of 372 pages, published in Louisville, Ken
tucky, 1833, title “Manual of Masonry and Anti
masonry,” is an article on the origin of Antimasonry,
by James G. Dana. He says, “Jachin and Boaz made
its appearance in 1768, and that the author disappeared
suddenly and strangely.” A pamphlet, styled “Free
masonry in reply to Antimasonry in the American
Quarterly Review,” printed in Boston, 1830, says,
“the author of ‘Jachin and Boaz’ was found murdered
in the streets of London, with the masonic mark, his
throat cut from ear to ear, on his lifeless corpse.”
The writer has before him a copy of “Jachin and
Boaz,” printed in Boston, 1803, by Gilbert & Dean,
without any intimation whence re-printed, and a copy
of “Three Distinct Knocks, or an Authentic Key to
the Door of Freemasonry,” re-printed from a London
edition at Monegan, 1795. The two are exactly sim
ilar in their contents, and evidently one a copy of the
other; and there is no way to determine which is the
original or prior one, unless it be decided, from the
notes to the Fellow Craft's Song in each, which was the
elder Grand Master, Lord Rawdon or Lord Burlington.
The line in “Jachin and Boaz" is

“From Jabal down to Rawdon's Lord.”

“Note. The present Grand Master.”

The line in the “Three Distinct Knocks” is

“From Jabal down to Burlington.”

“Note. Burlington was the late Grand
Master; at present Lord Aberdeen fills the station.”
 The proper conclusion seems to be that there was
but one martyr for the two publications, “Jachin and
Boaz” and the “Three Distinct Knocks.”
LIVINGSTON, a native of New York State. He
acknowledged that the publication of “Jachin and
Boaz” was a true exposition of Freemasonry; for
which he was summoned to a Lodge, and after leaving
his family to attend this summons, has never been
Seen.

NoAH SMITH, a Freemason of Manchester, Vermont.

He re-published “Jachin and Boaz,” and in conse
quence was so annoyed by Masons, that he sold his
property and left for Kentucky. On his way he was
murdered, about the year 1798. After he had started,
a Mason of high standing said, “Mark my words,
he'll never reach Kentucky.”
Capt. ARIEL MURDocK, a Freemason, murdered at
Renselaerville, N. Y., October, 1803. (See note to
Solomon Southwick's oration, July 4, 1828.) Mur
dock's wife having obtained a copy of “Jachin and
Boaz,” frequently entertained her friends from the
amusing contents. Thence Murdock became sus
pected. In company with Masons he left his house
and family, and his corpse was found next day with
his throat horribly cut. His body was laid out in the
woods, where found, and borne next day to a place of
interment.

WILLIAM MICHENER resided in the village of Jen

kinstown, ten miles north of Philadelphia, and was
found in a piece of woods, with his bowels torn out,
his heart taken out, in his hand, and a knife by his
side. A jury of inquest was called, and, strange to
tell, returned a verdict of suicide. There was consid
erable excitement among the people. It was said he
had revealed the secrets of Masonry. (See Boston
Antimasonic Free Press, Oct. 3, 1828, extracted from
the Rochester Balance, dated Rochester, Oct. 12, 1826,
and signed J S ..)
A singular suicide ! – his bowels out and his
heart in his hand I Like a man hanging himself and
putting his corpse in the coffin.
LoRING SIMONDs, of Albany or vicinity, murdered
in 1809, for having made one or more Masons clan
destinely. In the Free Press of Aug. 13, 1830, see
the attempt of Freemasons to ward off the imputation
of any agency in the case.
SMITH, of Rhode Island.
WILLIAM MILLER, a Royal Arch Mason, murdered
at Belfast, Ireland, June 4, 1813. He violated his
Masonic obligation by saying “Jachin and Boaz” was
a true book.
OLIVER GAVET, of Ohio. In 1824 he disappeared
very mysteriously, after the discovery that he had
made a Mason contrary to Masonic law.
JoAB HUNT, a Freemason of Boston. After Mor
gan's disclosures he spoke too freely and truthfully of
Freemasonry. For this, he was summoned to a Lodge;
and when about to attend the summons that evening,
he said he intended it to be his last visit to any Lodge.
He was returned to his house a corpse that evening,
Nov. 15, 1827, his brethren of the craft saying that
he died in a fit; and in accounting for the black cir
cle around his neck, said he fell with his neck on the
back of a chair. The interment was hastened under
Masonic management, and with scrupulous care that
the corpse should not be viewed; probably murdered
in the manner of William Miller. (See Anderton's
affidavit in many libraries in this Catalogue.)
Since writing the above of the death of Joab Hunt,
the following extracts concerning the same have been
handed us. It is a mistake that he is named therein
Joab Hunter:

From the Boston Free Press, May 15, 1829.

“But we will call upon these ‘Bloody Knights of the

Scull Bone’ to answer some hard questions in this case.
What kind of fit was it that Joab Hunter died of? What
hind of fit was it that made the eyeballs look bloodshot,
and as if started from their sockets? What kind of fit is
fit that makes an indentation with a black and blue mark
around the neck 2 Did not the Masons pay close attention
to the corpse ?-80 much so, that some of them were with
it nearly every moment? When an inquisitive female
connection, who tells the story, noticed this mysterious mark
around his neck, did not a Mason instantly cover it up, say.
ing, ‘THAT IS WHERE HE HURT HIMSELF AGAINST THE
ROUND OR RIM OF THE CHAIR WHEN HE FELL 2 But
could such an accident make a mark ALL RounD A MAN's
NECK? Why were the Masons so opposed to having the
the corpse seen? Why were they anxious to have it buried
in so secret a manner? Why did ALL our newspapers,
controlled by Masons, observe such a profound silence
respecting the death of Joab Hunter? His name was
only mentioned a week afterward in the usual bill of mor
tality. No eulogy – no obituary notice of this MUCH
REVERED BROTHER, as they styled him – no time — no
place — no circumstance of his death was alluded to. All
the Masons appeared to say, ‘Hush ’’ to each other, with a
whisper, “We have agreed to say nothing about it.” Other
sudden deaths, and especially IF THEY TAKE PLACE IN
PUBLIC, are reported as soon as known.”
From the Boston Free Press, May 29, 1829.
JOAB. HUNTER.

Touching the case of this individual reported to have

died of a Masonic “fit,” Mr. Ward makes the following
observations in his last Beacon :

“We have looked with interest upon the recent statements

made in the Boston Free Press, respecting the death of
JoAB HUNTER, ‘who was carried home a corpse from the
Lodge-room in the old State House, Boston, at the dead
hour of midnight, not long after the Morgan affair was
known in Boston. It may or it may not have some connection
with facts which follow : – Searching into the character of
Freemasonry, with deep convictions of its depravity, I,
Henry Dana Ward, called on a well-known and competent
Mason of Boston, Mass., Dec., A. D. 1827, ‘for more
light. He soothed my doubts with yielding to them, as
they were respectfully uttered by the humble Master Mason;
and at the same time said, ‘A man in this city revealed
the key which was instituted to detect book-masons after
Morgan's publication. It was in press before we knew of
it. A committee of safety was forthwith appointed. The
printer, who was not a Mason, we induced to accept the
Masonic degrees gratis; but he would not discover the
traitor; we suspected one very hard, but finally secured the
guilty man, who was one quite unsuspected. His poverty
misled him, and we provided for his wants, with severe
threats in case of future aberration.” The Free Press
will know how to put this and that together, provided they
belong together.”

From the Boston Free Press, June 5, 1829.

“And was there ever more striking circumstances

attending any case of murder? All agree that he was
well that evening, and that at a late hour he was carried
home from the Lodge-room, a corpse. He was buried by
Masons at an early hour in the morning / He was buried
with great secrecy! How did it happen that a coffin of
unusual dimensions and shape was procured so readily,
unless it was in the afternoon and evening beforehand? No
undertaker kept such a one. * * * * A Master
Mason told the writer of this, that ‘HE HAD No DouBT
How IT WAS DONE,’ – and raising his hand, said, “A
BLACKER INSTITUTION THAN FREEMASONRY NEVER EXIST
ED. This was said within a week, by a Boston Mason
who has not YET seceded, and for the present dares not.
* * * * Would not this case have been inquired
$nto by our Grand Jury, had not so many of them been
Masons 2 Who are our prosecuting officers? * * *
and when asked ‘what made that mark on his NECK How
black and blue it is / Why / I can lay my finger in it!
Oh! bless me! It is all around his neck / Why / It
*
 looks as if he had been hung, or choked to death with a
halter!’- another Pirate says, “That perhaps was—
might — could — did—should—would—was done when
he fell on–by–to–the chair; don't tell of it—you
won't — will you?’—and CovERED IT UP, while he
trembled and shook like a malefactor—his countenance first
red, then spotted, and then pale as a sheet, &c., &c.”

ARTEMAs KENNEDY, a Mason of the Templar's

degree. In February, 1829, he seceded publicly from
the Order. It is a Templar's rule, that when a mem
ber secedes and exposes the secrets of the institution,
he shall not be suffered to live over a day and a year.
On the very day when this term was expiring he was
allured from his bake-house in Milton, Mass., in the
midst of his labors, to help make up a fishing party,
on a pond in Canton. By stopping, gambling, and
drinking spirituous liquors on their way home, their
return was delayed until twelve or one o'clock at
night. The next morning, February 27, 1830, his
body was found in Milton river, about the distance of
low water, where the tide ebbs and flows. The two or
three men, known to have been last with him, per
cieving themselves suspected to be the murderers,
immediately fled to parts unknown.
The GRAND DUKE of TUsCANY died suddenly and
mysteriously in 1737, after taking measures to sup
press the Order of Freemasons.
The sudden death of ALEXANDER, Emperor of Rus
sia, Dec. 1, 1825, was attributed to the “vengeance”
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of Freemasons, for having been denounced by an Im

perial decree.
The Marquis of Londonderry in his “Recollections
of a Tour to the North of Europe,” vol. 1, p. 273,
says, Dr. Wylie, a Scotchman, had always been the
principal medical attendant upon Alexander, and was
with him in his last moments; that the Doctor had
“written full and ample details of the main causes of
his Imperial master's illness and unexpected death.
Hitherto, they have been kept secret from the world.
But if a time shall ever arrive when these details may
be unfolded, they will portray, I doubt not, the benign
generosity and goodness of Alexander's heart in an
extraordinary manner.
The Emperor Alexander, of Russia, in 1822 issued
a ukase, closing all Freemasons' Lodges in Russia
and Poland; and by the following extracts it will be
seen how his proceedings are estimated by Freemasons
in this country.
The notice of this ukase, taken from the Masonic
Casket, by E. Chase, vol. 1, p. 75, supposed to be
published in Charleston, S. C., found by the writer in
a Woodstock, Vermont, paper, of June 2, 1830, is
thus:

“Take care, Alexander, this step may prove fatal to

all your greatness.”
The Pittsburgh Times said the Freemasons in that
place predicted, soon after this ukase, that Alexander
would not long be a living man.
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From the Boston Daily Advocate, August 18, 1835.

MASONRY IN QUINCY, MAss. Soon after the issu

ing of the Emperor Alexander's Ukase against
Masonry, at a visitation of the Grand Lodge of Mas
sachusetts, to Rural Lodge in Quincy, a Mason, a
member of the Massachusetts Legislature, B., Jr.
gave this sentiment:
“The Emperor Alexander;—may his throne be a
gallows, his diadem a halter, and every true Mason
stand Jack Ketch.”
The Emperor's sudden death was soon heard of in
Boston, and no surprise was manifested by the Masons.

Robert Lee, M. D., F. R. S., physician to Count

Woronzow, in an article by him, published in the
Athenaeum, styled “The Last Days of the Emperor
Alexander,” says, the Emperor, being the guest of the
Count at Orianda, retired to rest early in the evening.
In the middle of the night a courier arrived, when he
arose and transacted business. Gen. Diebitch, who
slept in a house close to that in which I was, was
summoned in the night to wait upon his Majesty. I
was afterwards informed that the despatches brought
by the courier were of the highest public importance;
in fact, they fully revealed to his Majesty, the exist
ence of a dangerous and extensive conspiracy, of
which he had not been previously aware. The next
day, Oct. 27, 1825, the Emperor and attendants took
their departure for Taganrog, via Sevastopole, and on
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the 22d of November, the Count received the informa

tion that the Emperor was dangerously ill at that place,
where the Empress was. It was reported, he says, that
the Emperor was attacked with symptoms of slight
catarrh, which was followed by a remittent fever, and
that he would take no medicine.
If natural causes produced the death of Alexander,
why did his physician, Dr. Wylie, wish to keep them
undisclosed to the world?

These are probably but a few of the murders com

mitted for a breach of Masonic vows. Hitherto, the
oaths of Masonry were so much unknown and disbe
lieved, that suspicion was not sufficiently alive to detect
them as such. The Order was to be protected, “right
or wrong.”
So uninterruptedly and successfully had Freema
sonry progressed in its deeds of darkness, that Wm.
F. Brainard, a Royal Arch Mason, in a lecture before
Union Lodge, New London, Conn., June 24, 1825,
was emboldened to utter its boastings and defiance.
A copy of this lecture may be found in a volume of
pamphlets in the library of Yale College.
He asks “What is Masonry now?” And answers,
“It is extensive, it is powerful. It comprises men of
rank, wealth, office, and talent, in power and out of
power, and that, in almost every place where power
is of importance; and it comprises among the other
classes of the community, to the lowest, in large num
bers effective men, united together and capable of
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being directed by the efforts of others, so as to have

the force of concert through the civilized world. They
are distributed, too, with the means of knowing one
another, and the means of keeping secret, and the
means of co-operating; in the desk, in the legislative
hall, on the bench, in every gathering of men of busi
ness, in every party of pleasure, in every enterprise of
government, in every domestic circle, in peace and in
war, among enemies and friends, in one place as well
as in another. So powerful indeed is it at this time,
that it fears nothing from violence either public or
private, for it has every means to learn it in season to
counteract, defeat, and punish it. It is too late to talk
of the propriety of continuing or suppressing Masonry,
after the time to do so has gone by–so, good or bad,
the world must take it as it is;—so it will continue
to be, and the world in arms cannot stop it.”
The meaning and substance of all this is, that the
world is in bondage to Freemasonry, and that Freema
sons design to keep the world so. At that time, little
was thought of these boastings, otherwise than as some
thing common and to be expected, an emblazonry for a
decoy. But Masonry never more nearly spoke the truth.
This was the crisis of its mystery and power. In
about a year from this time, William Morgan raised
the veil which had hidden from our sight the causes
of this power. It was discovered, as reported to the
Senate of New York, that three-fourths of the offices
in the country were filled by Freemasons, who, accord
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ing to numbers, would be entitled to but one-ninth

part. In consequence of this predominance of Masons
among the law officers of the State, it was nearly im
possible to convict any of the abductors of Morgan.
At this time eighteen of the twenty judges in Penn
sylvania were Freemasons.
Besides being extensive, Freemasonry was powerful;
and this power caused the numerous Masonic murders.
To sustain itself, it was necessary to cause a strict
observance of its obligations, and to keep the memento,
certain death, perpetually before the eyes of Masons.
An occasional murder strengthened this power and
increased the security from discovery and from punish
ment by the civil law.
In 1816, when Samuel Dexter and John Brooks
were opposing candidates for the gubernatorial chair
of Massachusetts, Grand Master Benjamin Russell,
editor of the Boston Centinel, said to the Brethren, Ecce
signum XX [square and compass], where all things
are equal, the brother is to be preferred. Brooks, being
a Freemason, was elected. Excepting the difference and
influence of politics,no one doubted that the former was
better qualified for the office, having been a prominent
advocate at the Suffolk bar, a Secretary of War and of
the Treasury of the United States. Since the Annus
Lucis 1826 his defeat is in some degree accounted for.
As early as 1798 he wrote against Masonry in a letter
to Grand Master, Josiah Bartlett, which may be seen
in many volumes of bound pamphlets in this Catalogue.
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In like manner, Samuel H. Jenks, a Freemason,

editor of the National Union, a paper established in
the city of New York solely to aid in the election of
De Witt Clinton for governor of the State, called on
the fraternity, in that paper of October 30th, 1824,
under the signature of the “Widow's Son,” “to enter
warmly into the cause of their brother.” Clinton was
elected by a very great majority. (See Appendix to the
report of a joint committee of the legislature of Massa
chusetts, appointed to investigate Freemasonry in 1834,
House Document, No. 73, in many bound volumes of
pamphlets in this Catalogue.)
It had been asserted in a newspaper in Boston,
edited by a Masonic dignitary, that John Q. Adams
was a Mason. In answer to an inquiry from a per
son in New York State, whether he was so, Mr.
Adams replied that, “He was not, and never should be.”
These few words undoubtedly prevented his election a
second term as President of the United States. His
competitor, Andrew Jackson, a Freemason, was elected.
On receiving this answer, the inquirer immediately,
and a short time before the election, visited the Lodges
in Ohio, and the result was, contrary to general expec
tation, that the State gave its votes for the latter—a
result as sudden and surprising as the release of Gen.
Lopez in Savannah, when under arrest on landing from
his Cuban invasion. In this case, as well as in the
refusal of Judge Gholson to issue a warrant to arrest
General Quitman, the operation of Freemasonry may
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be suspected. We know not that the judge is a Free

mason, but we know that General Quitman is. The
Masonic password, sign, and grip, are indispensable
armaments in such expeditions.
After the year of light, 1826, many things were
easily explained that had not been accounted for. It
became quite evident that Freemasonry was the cause
of the escape of Arnold, and had it not been for Major
Talmage, Colonel Jameson would have permitted the
escape of André also. A seceding Mason informs us
that André was urgently desirous to see Washington
face to face before his execution, for the purpose, as
the brethren supposed, of making the Masonic signal
of distress and thereby secure his liberation. Aaron
Burr, no doubt, expected, and did receive much aid, in
his treasonable operations, from Freemasonry. He
certainly made use of the Royal Arch cipher. (See
note, page 58th, of the “Proceedings of the National
Antimasonic Convention at Philadelphia.") It is recol
lected that Henry Clay, when a member of Congress,
1822, recommended an establishment of a Supreme
Grand Lodge of the United States. For the purpose
he called a meeting of some of the leading members of
the Order at Washington. Three or four persons only
attended, of whom Judge Marshall was one. Nothing
further was heard of the project; and it has been con
jectured that his ulterior designs were to make the
Order auxiliary to his aspirations for the Presidency.
In 1832, when he and William Wirt were candidates,
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the friends of the former caused a certificate of the

Secretary of Lexington Lodge, No. 1, to be published,
that Mr. Clay demitted from the Lodge November 18,
1824, expecting no doubt that the Antimasons, friends
of Wirt, would believe this to be a renunciation of
Masonry. During this canvass, it was published that
Mr. Clay, in some letter, had said, “that he knew
from his own experience that Freemasonry had done
and would continue to do more good than it was sus
ceptible of doing harm.” (See Albany Advertiser
and the Boston Daily Advocate, the latter of
January 14, 1832.)
The significant sign of the square and compass, so
much used in former days by innkeepers and trades
men, inducting the patronage of the Order, has given
place to the star of five points.
Freemasons seem determined to support and build
up Freemasonry from the circumstance that Washing
ton was a member of their Order. This fact alone is

true, but Masons add to it an importance that his

conduct does not sanction. Their many assertions
are opposed to what he says himself
In William Preston’s “Illustrations of Masonry,”
printed at Portsmouth, N. H., by W. & D. Treadwell,
1804, p. 242, he says, “the Society of Freemasons in
America continued to flourish under the auspices of
General Washington, who continued his patronage to
the Lodges till his death, 14th December, 1799.” In
the same volume, page 375, is the Masonic Eulogy of
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Timothy Bigelow, pronounced in the presence of the

Grand Lodge of Massachusetts, in which he says of
Washington, “he found frequent opportunities to
visit the Lodge, and thought it no derogation from
his dignity there to stand on a level with the brethren,
—the Lodge over which he presided many years, and
of which he died the Master. He discharged the duties
of the chair with uncommon dignity, and intelligence
in all the mysteries of our art.”
How revolting are these assertions, when we know
how baseless they are, and see them uttered so unblush
ingly by a gentleman in honorable stations in society!
Washington, in his letter to Rev. Mr. Snyder, of
September 25, 1798, of which Mr. Sparks has certi
fied to a copy, says, “I preside over no Lodge, nor
have I been in one more than once or twice within
thirty years.” And in his farewell address to the peo
ple of the United States, September 17, 1796, he
says, “All obstructions to the execution of the laws,
all combinations and associations, under whatever
plausible character, with the real design to direct, con
trol, counteract, or awe the regular deliberation and
action of the constituted authorities, are destructive to
this fundamental principle, [obedience to the estab
lished government,] and of fatal tendency.” It is not
much doubted that in combinations and associations he
intended pretty emphatically to embrace Illuminism
and Freemasonry.
In looking over the index of the twelve volumes of
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the “Writings of George Washington,” published by

Mr. Sparks, all the references found relating to Free
masonry are the two letters to Rev. G. W. Snyder, of
September 25 and October 24, 1798, and the two
complimentary answers of General Washington to

The Master, Wardens, and Brethren of King

David's Lodge in Newport, R.I.,
of Aug. 16, 1790, and to
The Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted
Masons for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts,
January, 1793.

The extracts from the two, all of which relate to Free

masonry, and which Masons have quoted as commen
datory of the craft, are as follow:

From the first: “Being persuaded that a just

application of the principles on which the
Masonic fraternity is founded must be promotive
of private virtue and public prosperity, I shall
always be happy to advance the interest of the
Society and be considered by them a deserving
brother.”

From the second; “To enlarge the sphere of

social happiness is worthy of the benevolent design
of a Masonic institution; and it is most fervently
to be wished that the conduct of every member of
the fraternity, as well as those publications that
discover the principles which actuate them, may
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tend to convince mankind that the grand object

of Masonry is to promote the happiness of the
human race.”

These two answers, to which dates are thus found

to be affixed, are two of the five letters which Gover
nor Ritner mentions as having been published by
Masons without dates, and for that reason supposed to
be spurious. We are now ready and desirous, for the
sake of elucidation and truth, to unload Masonry of
so much obscurity. Still three remain, which Masons
pretend have been received from Washington, unpub
lished, we believe, and from which they make no
extracts, namely, one to the Grand Lodge of Charles
town [Charleston, S.C., supposed, because if Charles
town be not a mistake, it will appear that there are
two Grand Lodges in Massachusetts,] a remaining one
to the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts, and one to the
Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania.
Washington's connection with, and disapproba
tion of Freemasonry, are more minutely detailed in the
“Proceedings of the Third Massachusetts Antimasonic
Convention at Worcester, September, 1832,” and in
Governor Ritner's “Vindication of General Washing
ton from the stigma of adherence to secret societies,”
found in many bound volumes of pamphlets in this
Catalogue.
Referring to what General Washington said to
Governor Trumbull, “Masonry was a benevolent
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institution, which might be employed for the best or

worst purposes; but for the most part it was child's
play,” mark his consistency and caution in the forego
ing extracts. In the first he says plainly, if they
make Masonry what it was designed to be, he would
be happy to be considered a deserving brother. In
the second, his aspirations were that they would con
vince mankind that the object of Masonry was the
happiness of the human race. Had Washington lived
to this day, would he not say his hopes were disap
pointed ? — that Masonry had been employed for the
“worst of purposes?”
Masons, in their pretensions to the antiquity of their
Order, without offering any evidence, claim the St.
Johns as Freemasons, and declare them to have been
“patrons and zealous members; ” also that King
Solomon, the builder of the Jewish Temple, was a
Freemason. Controverting these claims, are the forci
ble and learned letters of Rev. Dr. Woods and Professor
Stewart of the Theological Seminary, at Andover,
Mass., in “Odiorne's selection of opinions on Specula
tive Masonry,” and by Rev. John G. Stearns, in his
volume entitled “An Inquiry into the Nature and Ten
dency of Speculative Freemasonry.” A very decisive
argument against this pretended antiquity, may also
be found in Ward's Antimasonic Review, vol. 1, page
190. He says, “Papacy and Freemasonry cannot
dwell together in peace, but we have not a word of
this disagreement until the 18th century. The date
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is correctly stated in the Bull of Clement XII to be

1738, 1739.”
When the noviciate has taken the oath of the
Entered Apprentice, if not before, he has then entered
the school of demoralization. He has obligated him
self “ever to conceal and never reveal the secrets of
Freemasonry.” He soon finds that he has been duped,
and in turn must dupe others. As he has, in his de
spondency, been encouraged to advance in the sublime
degrees to learn the beauty and value of Freemasonry,
so he entices others to advance. The oath he has

taken is constantly reminding him of the word caution,

given him by the Worshipful Master, lest incautiously
he drops something out of the Lodge that may endan
ger his life. Ask him if he did not take such and
such oaths according to Bernard, Allyn, or Morgan.
He studies a moment and says No, inferring that if
silent, the silence will be considered an affirmative
answer; or he answers quickly and positively No, with
asseverations to make the question appear absurd. He
busies himself in decoying others, as he was decoyed,
by holding out to the uninitiated, how powerful
Masonry is to help the helpless brotherhood, -how
benevolent, philanthrophic, virtuous, and religious an
institution it is. Volney's description of Freemasonry
is thus: “In general every association which has mys
tery for its basis, and an oath of secrecy, is a league of
robbers against society, a league divided in its very
bosom into knaves and dupes, or, in other words,
agents and instruments.”
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William Wirt, in his letter of September 28, 1831,

to the Baltimore Antimasonic Convention, accepting
its nomination of him as a candidate for the Pres
idency of the United States, says, “If this be
Masonry, as according to this uncontradicted evidence
it seems to be, I have no hesitation in saying I con
sider it at war with the fundamental principles of
the social compact, as treason against society, and a
wicked conspiracy against the laws of God and of man
which ought to be put down.”
Ex-President John Q. Adams, in a letter to an
Antimasonic Committee of October 5, 1831, says,
“Antimasonry is a cause as pure and virtuous as ever
was maintained by man.” This letter is not in his
volume of “Letters on the Masonic Institution” in
this Catalogue. The original is in the possession of
the undersigned, and no doubt is in his volumes of
copies of letters in the possession of his son, Hon.
Charles F. Adams.

This opinion, coming from such a source, was highly

estimated; and the more so because, although just, it
came unsolicitedly and opportunely. Coincident with
this see Mr. Adams's challenge of Edward Livingston
in his volume of “Published Letters on the Masonic
Institution,” p. 160. “Had you ventured to assume
the defence of the Masonic oaths, obligations, and
penalties—had you presumed to commit your name to
the assertion that they can by any possibility be recon
ciled to the laws of morality, of Christianity, or of the
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land, I should have deemed it my duty to reply, and

to have completed the demonstration before God and
man, that they cannot.” Sustained by that honorable
gentleman, and by numerous others of high distinction,
as may be seen in this Catalogue, it seems incredible
that Antimasonry and Antimasons could be so decried
as they have been.
The American Quarterly Review, published at
Philadelphia, in reviewing, March, 1830, Henry
Brown's narrative of the Antimasonic excitement,
opposed Antimasonry with unsparing abuse. The
whole article was bestrowed most lavishly with such
terms as these,—“excitement—proscription — ambi
tion—excitement prostituted—excitement disgrace
ful to the country-ignorance-fanaticism—injustice
– oppression-bigotry – hypocrisy—revenge-de
vouring fire – selfish purpose — combination of reli
gious and political ambition — an epidemic.” The
narrative was pronounced by the reviewer [suspected
to be the author himself] to be “singularly impartial,
precise, clear, and particular.” Benjamin Hazard, Esq.,
of Rhode Island, pronounced Antimasons small fry,
not one fit to be trusted with a groat; and while chair
man of the legislative committee, investigating Free
masonry, remarked that they were vermin bred on a
dunghill. James F. Simmons, Esq., too, denounced
them as subverters of the Constitution, without charac
ter and without principle. And another, Mr. Whip
ple, a distinguished attorney in Rhode Island, de
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nounced them as office hunters, political fanatics, that

sort of cattle, beggars for office; declared that the
object of the Antimasonic party was a corrupt ob
ject, and the principle upon which they proceed, a
wicked and an abandoned principle; and finally
summed up by saying Antimasonry was a folio of
nonsense bound in skunk. (See Boston Daily Advo
cate of June 8, 1836.)
Archibald Alison, the historian, P. G. Master of a
Lodge in Glasgow, Scotland, in his history, says a near
relative of his, the gallant Lieutenant-Colonel Tytler,
had once, during the American war, when struck
down upon the field of battle and an enemy's bayonet
at his breast, been indebted for his life to the sign
and grip of a Freemason. Mr. Alison having been
once a professional lawyer, must have known that
between these two combatants, these signs and grips
were not innocently used. If they were not nationally
enemies, and did not meet in battle with arms in their
hands, this saving the life of Colonel Tytler would
have been an act of Christian mercy; but their coun
tries being at war, they were bound in battle to
destroy life to serve their country. If in war such an
act be allowable, where is the permission to end? Is
the soldier who granted the colonel his life, permitted
to be the judge of his proceedings? He must be con
sidered a traitor to his country.
Such cases as the above are frequently offered to
beguile the thoughtless. To render Freemasonry
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seductive, it is represented as the good Samaritan, the

passport for the traveller, a protector among thieves,
robbers, and pirates, as an aid to success in business,
and a sure step to promotion to offices of honor and
profit. If a city be sacked, all must perish by the
sword, unless there be some who, like Col. Tytler, can
give the Masonic sign and grip. And suppose a large
number of prisoners of war were to be decimated for
execution, and the officer in command a Freemason;
would he not exercise all his power to pass over such
as gave him the sign of Masons? And would not
such as were passed over, speak of this as a recom
mendation of Masonry for having saved their lives?
No doubt it has been whispered in the ear of a non
Mason, as one among other encouragements to become
a Mason, that if he should chance ever to be arraigned
at the criminal bar, and even one of the jury be a Ma
son, he would be sure of non-conviction. Light from
the East has made it evident that there is nothing
extravagant in these suggestions. Seceders have told
us some things that have taken place injuries. Wil
son, a Mason, was the only one of the twelve that
that could not agree in the conviction of Elisha Adams.
In some of the abduction trials in the State of New
York, sheriffs had or assumed the power to form the
juries.
As a further illustration of this unjustifiable exclu
siveness of Freemasonry, an article follows, taken from
the Union and Sentinel of March 21, 1843, published
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in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. It is presented entire

because it cannot well be abbreviated.

To THE EDITOR OF THE UNION AND SENTINEL. If you think

it advisable, please insert in your paper the following communi
cation, which has been offered to the Boston Daily Evening
Transcript, and not appearing, is supposed to be rejected. The
injustice of this is the more noticeable because the editor is
believed to be the sister of the previous editor, her brother, a
Freemason; and because such scraps in favor of Freemasonry
are often appearing therein and no replies are ever admitted.
Boston, March 17, 1843. A.

For the Boston Daily Evening Transcript.

In the Transcript of the 1st instant is an anecdote taken from

the London “Freemasons' Quarterly Review” for January of
the present year. It was this: An English ship was captured
by a French privateer, the master of which, on discovering that
the captain of the prize was a Freemason as well as himself,
consented to his and the ship’s liberation, on condition that he
would do all he could on his arrival at Plymouth to procure the
release of a French prisoner of war then at that depot. The
grateful master kept his word. “On landing, he met the Mas
ters of the Lodges, who memorialized government, and as speed
ily as possible the French prisoner was restored to liberty and
his country.”

This undoubtedly was inserted in the Review and in the

Transcript, to show to the uninitiated world the advantages and
benevolence of Freemasonry; but it appears to me not an exem
plification of genuine Christian benevolence. It is the benev
olence of Freemasonry, of an exclusive character, infringing
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the rights of others. It is very plain that the master of the

French ship was guilty of injustice, for in doing this, he de
prived the crew of their share of prize money. They were
probably passive, believing there was justifiable cause for it,
although unseen to them.
As an inducement to be made a Freemason, I have often
heard it said there have been cases when a vessel had been
captured by pirates and all the crew massacred, except those
who could give the sign of a Freemason —a plain acknowledg:
ment that Freemasons are found among pirates. But can it be
expected, that all who go to sea must be made Freemasons?
This would not do, for it would destroy the exclusiveness, the
essence of the Order. The laws of Freemasonry exclude “an
old man in dotage, a young man in nonage, an atheist, irreligious
libertine, a madman, hermaphrodite, woman, or fool.” It may
be said, if the few of the captured had not declared themselves
Masons, there would have been a more formidable body to stand
by each other, and united they might have protected themselves.
I appeal to you, would it be right for a Freemason, when en
gaged in battle for his country, and by chance becoming opposed
to a single combatant, and from him receiving the Masonic sign,
to desist from the conflict and suffer him to escape? Should
not he and the master of this privateer be considered false, if
not traitors to their country, -the country that protects them 2
In the second or third following numbers of the Transcript
you say King Solomon, the builder of the Jewish Temple, was
a Freemason. I have never seen any historical authority for
this. I hope it will be convenient for you to refer your readers
to your authorities, and to as many as possible in the Bible.
March 3, 1843. A.

In the Boston Daily Journal of June 25, 1847, ap

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peared a minute and an extended account of a Masonic

celebration the day previous, at Worcester, Mass., from
B., the correspondent of the editors, in which he says,
“being masonically reckoned the natal day of its
ancient friend and brother, St. John the Baptist, who,
with St. John the Evangelist, is the patron saint of
Freemasonry. The two St. Johns, according to Ma
sonic tradition and record, were zealous members of the
Order, and their devotion to its principles and practical
application of its tenets, early endeared them to the
brethren, and caused their names to be handed down
to posterity as the patron saints of the Order.”
The next day the following article was offered for
publication in the same journal.
MESSRs. EDITORs,—I have often asked what authority Free
masons have for claiming St. John the Baptist, and St. John
the Evangelist, as patrons of Freemasonry; but no one have I
found, who could answer the question. As your correspondent
B., from Worcester of the 24th inst, seems to know more than
any other man I have come across on this subject, I hope he
will have the goodness to inform me where he finds any evidence
in the received histories of ancient or modern times, or in sacred
history, that the St. Johns ever knew or said any thing about
Freemasonry. The evidence seems to me clear and conclusive,
although negative, that if they were patrons of Masonry, they
would have said something about it in the New Testament; but
not a word. They were Christians, and all mankind their brethren
—not a select few. If there be a single word or sentence in
all the Scriptures that recognizes Freemasonry or any other
secret societies, I shall be thankful to have it pointed out. Mr.
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B. says it is “Masonic tradition and record that the St. Johns

were zealous members of the Order.” And can he say this is
truthful history? I must say, I am distrustful of Masonic tra
ditions. For this distrust I will give my reasons any time when
he requires them. I inquire where and when this tradition com
menced, and on what authority and where is the “record.”
June 29, 1847. QUER0.

Here follows the notice which the editors took of

the above communication, in full, without abridgment.

We [the editors of the Boston Daily Journal] yesterday pub

lised a letter from a friendly correspondent, giving a sketch of
the doings at the late Masonic celebration at Worcester. A
correspondent in this city, in a communication which we received
to-day, takes exception to some passages in the letter, calls for
authorities, and seems desirous to enter into a controversy with
the author on the general subject of Masonry. We inserted
the letter believing it to contain an interesting description of a
celebration, which would give pleasure to many of our subscri
bers, and free from all matter which could justly be regarded
as offensive or calculated to provoke a discussion; for a contro
versy on this subject, and which the publication of the commu
nication would inevitably produce, is one of those things which
we would at all hazards avoid.

In the Boston Liberator of July 16, 1847, Quero

communicated the foregoing proceedings with the
Journal, stating that his communication was offered
with sincere desire to get some direct information.

To awaken attention to what is called the anniversary of St.

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John the Baptist, that Masons themselves might reflect and con
sider whether they have not assumed too much, whether some
Masonic traditions may not be baseless; also that non-masons
might examine whether their credulity has not been too long
and too much abused. I did not doubt that it would be readily
inserted as an act of fairness and impartiality, and from a desire
to elicit truth. Not a suspicion or thought arose in my mind,
whether the editors were Freemasons. It would have occupied
but little more room than their observations on rejecting it. If
they dreaded an expected controversy, they could have said
their columns from thence would be closed to it. It is very
evident that the “friendly correspondent” at Worcester is a
Freemason; and from the disinclination on the part of the edi
tors to touch the subject, one or both have taken the oath “ever
to conceal and never reveal,—to not write, print, stamp,” &c.
The publication, they say, “would give pleasure to many of our
subscribers.” In this way a “friendly correspondent” may say
anything of Freemasonry, and an Antimason, even if a subscriber
to the Journal, could not be allowed a protest. In this the edi
tors appear good and loyal subjects. They have been obedient
to the mandate, the dignified silence of the late Edward Livings
ton, Grand High Priest of the General Grand Royal Arch
Chapter of the United States.
As to the assumption that the two St. Johns were Freema
sons and zealous members of the Order, it seems to be preposter
ous and foolish to waste arguments and censure on what is so
absurd and unfounded; but to pass over such assumptions in
silence is helping to make rather than to unmake Masonic tradi
tions. Some lament the wickedness, and let them pass in sor
row; others laugh at them, consoling themselves that folly and
falsehood cannot live forever. Some one bold Masonic orator
declares something without evidence; another at some future
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anniversary, in a distant part of the country, repeats the same

thing, having the first declaration as his authority; thus it
becomes Masonic tradition. By such and no better authority
can it be said that the St. Johns were the “zealous members of
the Order” of Freemasons. Thus it was said that all the
Major-Generals in our Revolutionary Army were Masons,
excepting Benedict Arnold; but fortunately this was found to
be a false coinage. The record was found that he was
made a Mason at New Haven, April 18, 1765, R. W. Nathan
Whiting, Master. And on no better authority, probably, has it
been said by some zealous Mason, that fifty-two of the fifty-six
signers of the Declaration of our Independence were Masons.
If Mr. B at Worcester will call on his neighbor, Ex-Gov
ernor Lincoln, he can be informed of a Masonic falsehood on
the plate deposited under the Masonic Temple in Boston.
And what shall be said of reverend clergymen, who go into the
sacred desk on Sundays, and exhibit the characters and deeds
of the St. Johns as guides in morality and religion, and on the
24th of June degrade them by claiming them as the patron
saints of Freemasonry? — of Freemasonry, which administers
murderous and unchristian oaths— adopts sacrilegious cere
monies—prostitutes the sacred Scriptures to unholy purposes
—conceals and protects the guilty brother, right or wrong, to
the extent of murder and treason, and exacts vengeance
against a seceding brother, by destroying his character and
business? This, nevertheless, is done unblushingly by minis
ters of the gospel.
July 6, 1847. QUER0.

Setting aside the various assumptions and declara

tions so constantly uttered to emblazon Masonry and
decoy the uninitiated; and the so-constant refusal to
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answer any queries as to the truth and evidence, this

one alone, — the claiming of St. John the Baptist as
“the patron and zealous member of their Order”—is
sufficient of itself to fix the character of Freemasonry
as a shameless imposture. And indeed it should be
adopted as an aviom, that every secret society which
claims either or both of the St. Johns as members or
abettors of secret societies, is an imposture.
To render conspicuous and to perpetuate historically
the existence of Freemasonry during the first half of
the 19th century, great exertions have been made to
lay corner-stones masonically, even of unimportant
buildings. As if conscious of the want of such evi
dence to prove the antiquity of their institution,
Freemasons embraced with alacrity the crowning
opportunity, as it seemed, of laying the corner-stone
of Bunker Hill Monument, June 17, 1825. At that
juncture, very propitiously...Gen. La Fayette happened
to be a very acceptable guest of this country, and,
known to be a Freemason, the craft were disposed to
make the most of the circumstance. It was early pro
mulgated that he was to lay the corner-stone, and it
seemed to please every one, ignorant and unsuspicious
as all were at that time of the secrets and ulterior
designs of the Order. The ceremony was numerously
attended by Lodges from a great distance, pompously
displaying their insignia and banners; and as we
believe now, Masonry was more absorbing than the
anniversary of the battle of Bunker Hill. Very few
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but Masons saw the ceremony, and but few would

have ever known that Gen. La Fayette did not lay the
corner-stone, had it not been discovered from an im
pression taken from the plate deposited. And to this
day [1851] it is a general belief that he laid it. A
committee of the Bunker Hill Monument Association
petitioned the Legislature, December 2, 1829, for aid
in erecting the Monument. In that petition they say,
“La Fayette, the fellow-soldier and friend of Wash
ington,—the zealous advocate of the rights of man—the
champion of liberty in Europe and America—honored
citizen of two nations, and the renowned benefactor
of the human race, performed that sacred duty.” And
is it to be doubted that the committee uttered what

they believed? An impression from the plate is in the

possession of the writer, and it says the corner-stone
of Bunker Hill Monument was laid by John Abbot,
Grand Master of Masons in Massachusetts, in the
presence of General La Fayette.
So impressed with this common belief was J. T.
Headley, in writing of Major-Gen. La Fayette, in his
“Historical Sketches of Washington and his Generals,”
published in two volumes, New York, 1847, that he
says, vol. 2, p. 313, “one of his last acts in this coun
try was to lay the corner-stone of the Bunker Hill
Monument. He had placed the stone over Baron De
Kalb's grave, in South Carolina, and now it was fit that
he, the last survivor of the Major-Generals of the
American Revolution, should consecrate the first block
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in that grand structure. Amid the silent attention of

fifty thousand spectators, this aged veteran and friend
of Washington, with uncovered head performed the
imposing ceremonies, and “Long live La Fayette’
swelled up from the top of Bunker Hill.”
The history of the falsehood respecting the corner
stone of the Masonic Temple in Boston, previously
mentioned, is as follows:
October 14, 1830, the corner-stone of the Masonic
Temple in Boston was laid, and the account of the
proceedings was published in the Boston Masonic
Mirror of the 23d, same month. On the plate deposited
in the cavity of the stone, it was engraved that it was
laid “in presence of the executive officers of the State and
City. Andrew Jackson, President of the United
States; Levi Lincoln, Governor of Massachusetts;
Harrison Gray Otis, Mayor of Boston.”
On the 22d of December following the Antimasonic
State Committee addressed respectfully Gov. Lincoln
at Worcester, inquiring whether he were present and
participated in the ceremonies, as the inscription on the
plate seemed to imply.
THE ANSWER OF THE GOVERNOR.

WoRCESTER, Mass., December 25, 1830.

Gentlemen,-I had the honor by the mail of this morning to
receive yours of the 22d inst., containing a copy of an inscription
on a plate deposited in the cavity of the corner-stone of a
Masonic Temple, which was laid with Masonic ceremonies in the
city of Boston on the 14th of October last, the language of
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which, you suggest, is calculated to give the impression to the

public and posterity, that the chief magistrate of the common
wealth and the mayor of the city were present in their official
capacities, formally sanctioning the act and partaking in its
ceremonies.
From a letter, which I had occasion heretofore to write in
answer to a communication made to me on the subject, and which
has been before the public, it must be well known that I am not,
and that I have never been, a Mason. I now very promptly
reply to your inquiry, that I was not present on the occasion
referred to, but was at that time at my family residence in the
country, and had no other knowledge of the transaction than
what I have derived from the public papers.
I avail myself of this opportunity, gentlemen, to offer you
assurances of the great esteem and respect with which I have
the honor to be, very faithfully, your fellow citizen and obliged
servant, LEVI LINCOLN.
To John D. Williams and eleven others,
the Antimasonic State Committee.

ANSWER OF THE MAYOR.

BosToN, December 27, 1830.

Gentlemen,-I have this moment received from you a letter
dated December 22, 1830, stating that you have seen in the
public prints a description of the ceremonies which took place
in laying the corner-stone of a Masonic Temple in this city on
the 14th of October last, and after reciting the inscription on a
plate said to be laid under the stone, you are pleased to request
of me an explanation of the premises, and to answer the inquiry
“whether I was present on the occasion above alluded to, and
participated in the ceremonies, as the inscription on the plate so
deposited would seem to imply.” To this I have the honor to
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reply that I did not participate in any manner in the ceremonies

alluded to, nor was I present on the occasion, unless stopping
for a few minutes through mere curiosity, and standing by the
side of one of your committee, where I could neither hear nor
see any part of the ceremonial, a street intervening between
those engaged in it and myself, can be considered as being
present.
I am, with great respect, gentlemen,
Your obedient servant,
H. G. OTIS.

To John D. Williams and the gentlemen

of the Antimasonic State Committee.

What propriety could there have been for Masonry

to have any thing to do in laying the corner-stone of
the building of the Smithsonian Institution? Mr.
Smithson granted the fund for the “increase and dif
fusion of knowledge among men;” and in granting it
to the government of the United States, did them
honor. But in permitting Freemasonry to step in
with her nauseous formalities, to lay the corner-stone,
have not the United States in factor appearance shown
disrespect to the donor, and an undervaluation of the
gift A secret society, imposing its falsities on the
world, in company with an institution for the extension
of literature ! How inapposite and absurd the contact!
According to our recollection the National Intelli
gencer gave notice that by the request of Grand Master
B. B. French, the corner-stone of this building was to
be laid masonically by him. This statement was
corrected the next day in the same paper, saying that it
was to be done by the request of the building committee.
The committee consisted of Robert Dale Owen, Joseph
G. Totten, and W. W. Seaton.
The corner-stone of the National Monument to the
memory of General Washington was laid at Wash
ington, D.C., July 4, 1848, with Masonic ceremonies.
In the address on that occasion, delivered by Benjamin
B. French, Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of the
District of Columbia, he says: “This apron and this
sash, which I now have the honor to wear, were Wash
ington's, and were worn by him while President of the
United States, at the laying of the corner-stone of the
Capitol, at which ceremony he used this gavel, which
I shall use in the ceremony of laying this corner
stone.”

To exonerate the memory of General Washington

from the stigma of having taken such a part, an inves
tigation seems to be necessary; and in it the apron,
sash and gavel are of no importance. The most
questionable part of this declaration is, did Washington
lay the corner-stone of the Capitol of the United
States? On seeing this, the exclamation of every one
who was not under the vow to “ever conceal and never
reveal,” was, that it was impossible to believe that
Washington could have laid it, especially when he
was President of the United States, and difficult to
believe that he ever did lay one. He knew better what
comported with the dignity of the highest office in the
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government. The doubt was so strong, that an honor

able gentleman, who had long been an inhabitant of
Washington city, was addressed on the subject, under
an expectation that he would have personal knowledge
of the whole transaction. He answered that he first
arrived in the city of Washington in October, 1794,
and “heard that the corner-stone of the Capitol had
been laid by General Washington.” The gentleman,
however, very kindly, and apparently very desirous to
get at the truth, set about getting the evidence of the
fact and in doing it, showed the letter of inquiry to the
Grand Master himself. The conclusion of their joint
investigation is embraced in this extract from his
letter.
WASHINGTON, D.C., Oct. 7, 1848.
Dear Sir,—I received your letter of the 3d instant, and now
enclose a leaf, pp. 63 and 64, cut out of the appendix of a
pamphlet printed a few months ago, but not published for sale,
the title of which is

The Seat of Government of the United States.

“A Review of the Discussions in Congress and elsewhere on

the Site and Plans of the Federal City; with a Sketch of its pres.
ent Position and Prospects; also a Notice of the Smithsonian
Institution. By Joseph B. Varnum, Jun. New York: Press
of Hunt's Merchants’ Magazine, 1848, pp. 69.”
“This leaf to my mind contains satisfactory evidence that on
the 18th of September, 1793, the southeast corner-stone of the
Capitol was laid by the President of the United States, masonical
ly, in concert with the Grand Lodge of Maryland, several Lodges
under its jurisdiction, and Lodge No. 22, from Alexandria.”
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The leaf is appropriated entirely to an account of

the ceremony, which was copied from a Georgetown
paper into the Maryland Gazette, published in An
napolis, Sept. 26, 1793, giving a minute description of
the Lodges in attendance, the names of their officers,
the order of the procession, vollies of the artillery,
&c. The material part touching this question is here
copied verbatim et literatim.

“The Grand Marshal delivered the Commissioners a large

silver plate, with an inscription thereon, which the Commissioners
ordered to be read, and was as follows:
This southeast corner-stone of the Capitol of the United States
of America, in the city of Washington, was laid on the 18th day
of September, 1793, in the thirteenth year of American Indepen
dence, in the first year of the second term of the Presidency of
George Washington, whose virtues in the civil administration of
his country have been so conspicuous and beneficial, as his
military valour and prudence have been useful in establishing
her liberties, and in the year of Masonry 1793, by the President
of the United States, in concert with the Grand Lodge of Mary
land, several Lodges under its jurisdiction, and Lodge No. 22,
from Alexandria, Virginia.
Thomas Johnson,
David Stuart, Commissioners.
Daniel Carroll,
Joseph Clarke, R. W. G. M. P. T.
James Hoban
Stephen Hallate, | o

Architects.

Collin Williamson, M. Mason.

The artillery discharged a volley.
The plate was then delivered to the President, who attended
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by the Grand Master P.T. and three Most Worshipful Masters,

descended to the cavazion trench and deposed the plate and laid
it on the corner-stone of the Capitol of the United States of
America, on which was deposed corn, wine and oil, when the
whole congregation joined in reverential prayer, which was suc
ceeded by Masonic chanting, honors, and a volley from the
artillery.

The capital letters annexed to the name of Joseph

Clarke, it is presumed, stand for Right Worshipful
Grand Master, pro tem., and that there is a mistake
in modernizing the age of Masonry to so short a period
as 1793. In other places Masons say it is from King
Solomon.
The manner in which this ceremony is related seems
to declare plainly that Washington did not lay the
corner-stone of the Capitol—“he laid the plate on the
corner-stone, on which was deposed corn, wine and
oil,” and that only. It must readily occur to any one
who has been informed of the inscription on the plate
under the corner-stone of Bunker Hill Monument,
that this corner-stone of the Capitol was laid in the
presence of Washington, as that was in the presence
of La Fayette.
The Masonic ceremony in laying the corner-stone
of the National Monument to the memory of Wash
ington was in this manner:—Grand Master B. B.
French, with the apron and sash on, and gavel in
hand, which, he said, were once Washington's, “de
scended to the corner-stone, and having applied the
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square, level and plumb to the north-east corner

thereof, pronounced it well squared, level and plumb,
well laid, true and trusty. Then having deposited
in the cavity the several articles furnished,” he said,
“I shall now proceed to place upon this stone the an
cient Masonic elements of consecration, the corn, wine
and oil.”

The description of the ceremony of laying the cor

ner-stone of the Capitol appears very minute in all
other respects, but says nothing about Washington's
having on the apron and sash and having applied the
square, level and plumb, pronouncing it well squared,
&c., and placing on the stone the elements of consecra
tion, the corn, wine and oil, as Grand Master French
performed the ceremony.
At this time, Sept. 18, 1793, it appears that Free
masonry had become indifferent, if not repulsive to
Washington. From 1768 to the date of his letter to
Rev. Mr. Snyder, September 25, 1798, he had not been
in a Lodge more than once or twice, and did not pre
side over any English Lodges in this country. Feb
ruary 14, 1781, a committee of King David's Lodge,
Newport, Rhode Island, reported “that on inquiry they
find General Washington not to be Grand Master of
North America, as was supposed, nor even Master of
any particular Lodge. They are, therefore, of opinion
that this Lodge would not choose to address him as a
private brother; at the same time think it would not
be agreeable to our worthy brother to be addressed as
such.” Governor Trumbull, when Aid to General
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Washington, asked his advice as to becoming a Mason.

He replied “that Masonry was a benevolent institu
tion, which might be employed for the best or worst
purposes; but that for the most part it was merely
child's play, and he could not give him any advice on
the subject.” And finally his condemnation of Ma
sonry is made plain in his Farewell Address, Septem
ber 17, 1796.
In view of all these facts, how is it possible for any
one to believe that Washington laid the corner-stone
of the Capitol of the United States in the disgusting
formalities of Masonry, and would, when President of
the United States, in the habiliments of Masonry,
suffer himself to be made such a spectacle?
Analogous and well connected with this subject, it
is proper to notice how justly sensible President Jack
son was of the impropriety in permitting himself and
office to countenance and give eclat to Freemasonry.
In the “Proceedings of the Fourth Massachusetts An
timasonic Convention, held in Boston, 1833,” in many
libraries of this Catalogue, it will be seen how much
the Masons of Boston and vicinity expected from his
presence when he visited the Northern States in 1833.
He disregarded their invitations, and gave them no
attentions whatever. No doubt, like Washington, he
preferred not to be addressed as a brother.
So also they were desirous of receiving attentions
from President Polk when he visited Boston. He did,
however, ride to view Bunker Hill Monument, in a
carriage from Charlestown with three of its citizens,
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and it so happened that the four were all the passengers,

and were all Masons. He gave no public attention to
Masonry.
The gentleman at Washington of whom inquiries
were made, says “he is satisfied that the leaf [previously
mentioned] contains evidence enough that Washington
laid the corner-stone of the Capitol masonically.” We
do not believe the gentleman to be a Mason; but we
believe that although he lives in a Masonic atmosphere,
he knows very little of Masonry, and none of its numer
ous falsehoods.
The writer's attention, several years since, was
attracted to what was uttered by Past Grand Mas
ter Robert G. Scott, of Virginia, and Grand Master
B. B. French, of Washington, D.C., concerning Wash
ington's Masonry; also that of the Major-Generals of
the revolutionary army, and the want of it in Benedict
Arnold. Much of it appeared to him to have been
said without authority, certainly without any evidence
which he could find, other than in their own
declarations. Each has been appealed to to furnish
the authority, as will appear by the following letters
and extracts; and with what success, it will be seen.

BOSTON, Mass., July 15, 1848.

Dear Sir: In your address at the laying of the corner-stone
of the Washington Monument the 4th inst., published in the
National Intelligencer of the 6th, you say—
“The fraternity of Freemasons can recur with proud satisfac.
tion to our revolutionary struggle, when they remember that
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every general officer of the American armies, save one, was a

Freemason,-at least, the pen of history has so made up the
record; and he, whose eyes never beheld
‘That hieroglyphic bright,
Which none but craftsmen ever saw,”

died a traitor to his country!”

Now, sir, will you do me the favor to inform me by mail in
what history this record is to be found?
Respectfully your humble servant,
H. G.
To Benj. B. French, Esq.,
Grand Master of the Dist. of Columbia, Washington.
BosTON, Mass., July 27, 1848.
Dear Sir: Your favor of the 22d was received yesterday in
reply to my letter of the 15th, inquiring where you found it
recorded in history that all the Major-Generals in the revolu
tionary army were Freemasons, save one, and that one a traitor
to his country. I am much obliged that you have thought
proper to reply, and for your candor in confessing that there is
some doubt whether Arnold was not a Freemason.
You say “I know not what may have been your motive in
addressing me on this subject.” My motive was to correct
what was creeping into genuine history, and seemed by your
declaration to be taking another step, which at first view must
appear to most people as very improbable, and which, by the evi
dence I have, appeared to me untrue. To say that Arnold was
the only exception, seemed like the operative mason with his
trowel shaping his material for a destined place. The inference
is inevitable, and the one intended to be inculcated was that
if Arnold had been a Freemason he would not have been a
traitor to his country. I knew something concerning this declar
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ation before I wrote to you, but I thought you might possibly

know more than I. You have added Joseph R. Chandler, Esq.,
to the number who have had an agency in the propagation of this
false history. The first time I saw it was in the Boston Even
ing Transcript of May 14, 1846, which stated, from the author
ity of Past Grand Master Scott of Virginia, that fifty at least
of the signers of the Declaration of Independence, and all the
Major-Generals of the revolutionary army were Masons, save
one, and that one was Benedict Arnold. A similar statement
was made by John H. Sheppard, Esq., in 1844, in an address
at Portland before the Grand Lodge and Chapter of Maine.
The originator is probably Scott or Sheppard. The authority
of the latter on Masonry is very doubtful. He once said in a
printed pamphlet that President John Adams was a Mason. If
you believe what your brother Sheppard says, I refer you to
J. Q. Adams's letter on Freemasonry, an 8vo volume in the
Congressional Library.
Arnold was a Freemason; and here is the evidence, taken
from the Hartford [Conn.] Times of December 18, 1841, which
copied it from the New Haven Herald, which says “An old
book has accidentally fallen into our possession, which proves to
be the Records of a Masonic Lodge, held in this city, the first
entry in which is the following:
“At a Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons, held at the Foun
tain Inn, in New Haven, 18th April, 1765.
Present R. W. Nathan Whiting, Master,
George Miles, S. W.,
Andrew Burr, J. W.,
Br. John Hotchkiss, Treasurer,
Br. Timothy Jones, Secretary,
Br. Robert Brown,
Br. Buckminster Brintnall,
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Br. Benedict Arnold, W. B.,

Br. Christopher Killey.
Br. Benedict Arnold is by R. W. proposed to be made a
member of the R. W. Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons;
accordingly was balloted for and accepted, and is accordingly a
member. Expenses for the evening £10s. 0d.”
Now, sir, notwithstanding your intelligent and learned friend
says, “in the treason of Arnold never mingled Freemasonry,”
there is very little doubt in my mind that Arnold’s escape was
owing entirely to, or was aided by, Freemasonry.
Respectfully, I am, sir,
Your obedient servant,
H. G.
To Benjamin B. French Esq.
Washington, D.C.
BosTON, Mass., October 12, 1848.
Dear Sir: — Unexpectedly, I received your letter of the 5th
inst., as a reply to mine to J C , seeking for evidence
to the truth of your declaration at the laying of the corner
stone of the Washington Monument, at Washington, 4th of
July last, which was, that Washington, when President of the
United States, laid the cornerstone of the Capitol, wearing the
apron and sash you then had on, and using the same gavel you
had in hand. To refute this, as you believed, this evidence was
sought, and in the endeavors to obtain it Masonic sources were
intended to be avoided. It is not usual to seek for evidence
from an adverse party. Your testimony, in any case discon
nected with Freemasonry, I have no reason to doubt is as good
as any other man's.
You seem to be surprised that your friend , of B–,
Mass., knowing you so well, should not have referred me
directly to you. The reason is plain: he knew you to be a
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Freemason. He and I were born Antimasons at about the same

time, and are the offsprings of the disclosures of William Mor
gan, and those of the Convention of Seceding Masons, at Le
Roy, 1828. We have learned that Freemasonry is an impos
ture, putting on the garb of righteousness the more easily to
make dupes, and that for the interest and aggrandizement of a
few.
Once I asked a Master Mason of a Lodge in this city,
whether he did not take such and such oaths, as per Morgan,
when he was made a Mason, and whether he did not administer
the same when he made Masons. He answered plumply and
boldly, No. I told him, then, as boldly, that if he kept his
Masonic oaths, he was obliged to declare a falsehood. He knew

his negation was false.

Freemasons say the St. Johns were the patrons of their Order,
and some I have found, who said one or both were zealous mem
bers of the Order. Is there a particle of evidence of this? Do
you believe it? If so, where is your evidence? If you cele
brate masonically the birthday of St. John the Baptist, 24th
of June, you believe it or sanction the imposture. But whether
you believe it or not, it is an imposture.
It was promulgated early that La Fayette was to lay the cor
nerstone of Bunker Hill Monument; and excepting a few
who are in the secret, the public believe it was so laid. It so
happens that I have an impression from the plate, presented me
by the engraver, and that says it was laid by Grand Master
John Abbot, in the presence of La Fayette. Another falsehood
like this is engraved on the plate under the corner-stone of the
Masonic Temple in Boston. It is that the Governor of the
Commonwealth and the Mayor of the City were present at the
ceremony. Levi Lincoln was the Governor, and Harrison Gray
Otis the Mayor; both are now living, and both have declared,
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under their own hands, that they were not present, nor invited
to be present. These two cases are enough to awaken attention
and suspicion as to plates, ceremonies, and corner-stones.
The Craft seem disposed to make the most of the membership
of Gen. Washington, and I have no objection as long as they say
nothing beyond the truth. Take his declaration to Rev. Mr.
Snyder of Sept. 25, 1798, in which he says, “I preside over no
Lodge, nor have I been in one more than once or twice within
thirty years,” and see how their declarations tally. This makes
it that he had not been in a Lodge but once or twice after 1768.
In 1830 President Jackson speaks of the memory of that illus
trious Grand Master [Washington.] Preston's Masonry asserts
that Washington continued his patronage to the Lodges till his
death, December, 1799. Timothy Bigelow, in his Masonic Eulogy
upon Washington, speaks of “the frequent opportunities he
found to visit the Lodge—and again of the Lodge over which he
presided many years, and of which he died the Master. Constant
and punctual in his attendance, scrupulous in his observance of
the regulations of the Lodge, he discharged the duties of the
Chair with uncommon dignity and intelligence in all the mysteries
of our arts. We see before us the very attire which he often wore
as a Mason.” A publication in Boston, entitled “The Masonic
Character and Correspondence of General Washington,” among
other things, says, “Washington died while holding one of the
most responsible offices in the gift of his brethren, and while a
member of the Grand Lodge of his own State. He was borne to
the grave by the brethren of the Lodge of which he had previously
been Master. At the time of his death Gen. Washington was
Master of Alexandria Lodge—he encouraged the organization
of a Lodge in his own army, at the meetings of which he was
often present, and in which he often officiated.”
Thus you see how discordant the declarations of Masons are
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to what Washington says himself. It does seem as if Masons

thought themselves licensed to say of him what they pleased.
In the Salem Gazette, 1833, the editor says, the father of
our country addressed a Lodge in New England thus:
“Being persuaded that a just application of the principles on
which the Masonic Institution is founded must be promotive of
private virtue and public propriety, I shall always be happy to
advance the interests of the society and be considered by them
a deserving brother.”
Immediately on seeing this a correspondent of the Boston
Press of August 7, 1833, under the signature of Los, offered the
Salem editor fifty dollars if he would produce such a letter from
Gen. Washington, which Jared Sparks, Esq. should say was
genuine. Nothing further was heard from the Salem editor.
This quotation or extract corresponds with yours, which you say
is from Washington's letter to King David's Lodge, R. I.,
dated Aug. 16, 1790. This is the first time I ever saw a date
to it. Gov. Ritner, in his “Vindication of Gen. Washington
from the stigma of adherence to secret societies” page 13, says,
“four other letters, purporting to be from him, have also
been published by Masons, all without dates; one to the Grand
Lodge of Charlestown, two to the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts,
and one to the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania, all lauding the
institution.” Why are these letters without date?—why has not
Mr. Sparks a copy of them?—and why does not the Fraternity
show them or give some evidence of their existence Should
not the conclusion be that they are forged ?
I have read your extracts relative to the laying of the corner
stone of the Capitol, and cannot from this evidence come to the
conclusion you have, that “Gen. Washington, as President of
the United States, and as brother of the Craft, laid it.” I infer
it was laid in the presence of General Washington, as that of
Bunker Hill Monument was in the presence of La Fayette. It
is of little importance whether you used the sash, belt and gavel
of Washington or not. Better evidence is needed that Wash
ington dressed in the habiliments usual on such occasions, did
apply the square, level and plumb to the stone, did pronounce it
well squared, level and plumb-well laid, true and trusty—and
then consecrate it by placing on it corn, wine and oil. In this
manner I do not believe he laid the corner-stone of the Capitol,
nor any other corner-stone, certainly while President. Washing.
ton had a better knowledge of what comported with his dignity as
President of the United States.

Have you not made a mistake in calling it the Royal Arch

Apron of General Warren, when he was only Grand Master?
I thought Royal Arch Masonry was of a higher grade, and none
of it in the United States at the date of his death.
If you had not gone off from the question at issue, and into
the laudation of Freemasonry, I should not have been obliged to
answer so lengthfully. I find considerable labor in hunting up
authorities, writing, and copying. However, I do not on the
whole regret it, as it gives me a good opportunity to say many
things that would never have been written to you.
My last letter to you was to rectify and check the progressing
erroneous statement that all the general officers in the revolu
tionary army were Freemasons excepting Arnold. As the
design of such statement was to show how immaculate the Order
was, I ought to have brought to your notice, what I knew very
well but forgot at the moment, that Aaron Burr, one of the
generals of the revolutionary army, was a Mason, and in his
traitorous correspondence used the Royal Arch cipher. And
I ought to have mentioned the renunciation of Masonry by Gen.
Henry Sewall, much with Washington during the war; and I
have seen it stated somewhere that he was part of the time his
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Aid. In the close of his renunciation he says, “speculative

Masonry has never been of any real benefit to civil society. It
secures nothing to benevolent objects or any other good purpose,
which Christian obligations do not secure from higher motives.
Religion needs not for its support ‘the staff of this bruised
reed, which will only pierce its hand.” Since that to you of
July 27, 1848, I have learned from a grandson of Gen. Ward,
a Major-General of the revolutionary army, that he was not a
Mason, and that he always cautioned his sons not to become
such. I well remember Gen. Ward. The place of my nativity
was but a short distance from Shrewsbury, Mass., the place of
his residence.
In your commendation of Freemasonry you say,—and I
thank you for this small favor,—“I confess with sorrow that I
have often seen something to condemn. It is so with all societies
of merely human origin, to say nothing of those which are founded
on that divine creed instituted by Him who spake as never
man spake.” By this I suppose you meant to pass over the
abduction and murder of Morgan, and the screening of the cul
prits from punishment, not unwilling to have it understood that
the actors were over-zealous, impetuous, and did not interpret
their duties properly. But please notice, all this was done in
consequence of a strict and correct interpretation of the require
ments of this institution, which you represent to be so excellent.
I do not understand what you mean by the last part of this
quotation, unless it be that your institution is more than human,
-a divine one. If so, I am horror stricken! The assumption of
any similitude between Freemasonry and Christianity appears
to me like profanity. Freemasonry makes broad its phylactery,
puts on a frontlet, “Holiness to the Lord,” and thinks itself,
and wishes others to believe it, very pious and very good. On
the contrary, Christianity vaunteth not itself, is no respecter of
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persons, has no secrets, its benevolence and charity are not re

stricted to a select few, is peaceful and encourages no vengeance.
You say you have the bright examples of a Washington,
Warren, Franklin, and La Fayette; do then as Washington un
doubtedly did in his Farewell Address,—denounce Freemasonry
as one of the “combinations and associations.” Franklin got
caught in the Masonic trap, and never, as I have seen, advised
any one to follow. He discloses in his life and journal no other
mention of Masonry than to say, on his homeward journey from
Paris, “he received the affiliation of the Lodge at Rouen.” Ac
cording to Wm. L. Stone, La Fayette on some occasion at New
York sneered at Freemasonry. You forgot some other bright
examples, viz., Wm. Wirt, Richard Rush, and Josiah Quincy,
late Mayor of Boston, and President of Harvard College. Each
of these took one degree in Masonry, and saw enough not to
wish for any more of the sublime degrees.
Fortunately I can and will now give you a more numerous
list of distinguished persons, who have recorded their condem
nation of Freemasonry and all secret societies. Professor
Robinson says, “the whole history of man is proof that in no
age or country has there ever appeared a mysterious association,
which did not in time become a public nuisance.” And Volney
says, “In general, every association which has mystery for its
basis, and an oath of secrecy, is a league of robbers against
society, a league divided in its very bosom, into knaves and
dupes, or in other words, agents and instruments.” These two
were foreigners; the Americans are, viz.:
Presidents of the United States.—James Madison, John Q.
Adams.
Generals.—George Washington, Henry Sewall, P. B. Porter.
Governors.—John Hanoock, Samuel Adams, Edward
Everett, William Sprague, Wm. H. Seward, Levi Lincoln, Ezra
Butler, Wm. A. Palmer, Joseph Ritner.
 Lieut. Governors.-Enos Throop, Lebbeus Egerton.
Chief Justice of U. S.—John Marshall.
Honorable Gentlemen.—Samuel Dexter, Richard Rush, John
C. Calhoun, Cadwallader D. Colden, Henry Dana Ward, Chan
cellor Walworth, Myron Holley, Timothy Fuller, Daniel Webster,
John C. Spencer, Francis Granger, William Slade, William
Wirt, Charles P. Sumner, Pliny Merrick, William Foster, Wm.
L. Stone.

The lady from whom you quote at the close of your letter,
knows not so much about Masonry as you and I; and you
treasure up her compliment, although you exclude the sex from
your Order. I suspect she was not free from Masonic influences
in some shape.
I will follow your example in closing this letter by a quotation
from John Q. Adams. In his “Letters on the Masonic Institu
tion,” to which I had occasion once to refer you respecting your
veracious brother, John H. Sheppard, an octavo volume in the
library of Congress, you will find in one of his letters to Edward
Livingston, page 160, this sentence; “Had you ventured to as
sume the defence of the Masonic oaths, obligations, and penalties
—had you presumed to commit your name to the assertion that
they can by any possibility be reconciled to the laws of morality,
of Christianity, or of the land, I should have deemed it my duty
to reply, and to have completed the demonstration before God
and man, they cannot.”
If to you it should appear in the preceding remarks, I have
spoken with an offensive design, be assured that it is not the
case; and setting aside your Freemasonry, I have no reason but
to be

Very respectfully, sir,

Your obedient servant, H. G.
To Benj. B. French, Esq.,
Washington, D. C.
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The following are some of the extracts, which we

chanced to see in the Boston Freemasons' Monthly
Magazine of April, 1850, from the address of R. W.
Robert G. Scott, Past Grand Master of the Grand
Lodge of Virginia, delivered February 22d, 1850, at
the laying of the corner-stone of the Washington
Monument of Virginia, at Richmond.

“In our own loved land, it [Freemasonry] has proved itself

pure and devoted to the principles of morality and staple free
government.”
* “Neither the patronage of power nor the advance of age ever
chilled his [Washington's] ardent attachment to our ancient
Order, or made him less an active and a working Mason.”
“On the 4th of November, 1752, in Lodge No. 4, in the
town of Fredericksburg, he became one of us, my Masonic breth
ren. On the 3d of March, 1753, a Fellow Craft, and on the
4th of August, 1753, was raised to the sublime degree of Master
Mason, ever practising those charming virtues that adorn our
association.”
“When the mighty struggle came with our fatherland, when
heavily taxed by the cares of office and command, he often
devoted hours to the soft and chastening duties of Masonry.”
“Retirement to the quiet shades of Mount Vernon did not
remove Washington from his Masonic labors and usefulness.
His letters written in 1783, 1784, 1790, 1791, 1792, and 1797,
speak the language of a true, faithful, and ardent follower of
Masonry.”

Directly after seeing these, we addressed him as in

the two following letters:
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BosTON, July 8th, 1850.

Dear Sir: In your address at the laying of the corner-stone
of the Virginia Washington Monument at Richmond, as published
in the Boston Freemasons’ Monthly Magazine, April 1, 1850,
you mention that Washington's letters, written in 1783,1784,
1790, 1791, 1792, and 1797, speak the language of a true,
faithful, and ardent follower of Masonry.
In looking over the index of the twelve volumes of the “Writ
ings of George Washington,” published by Mr. Sparks, all refer
ences to Freemasonry are found in the two letters to Rev. G. W.
Snyder, September 25th, and October 24th, 1798, in one to the
Master, Wardens, and Brethren of King David's Lodge in
Newport, R.I., August 16th, 1790, and in one to the Grand
Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of the commonwealth of
Massachusetts, January, 1793. Of these four there appears to
be that only of 1790 comprehended in your list. It has been
supposed that Washington caused all his letters and addresses,
or rather answers to addresses, to be copied. The question then
arises, Did Washington omit to copy, or Mr. Sparks to publish
some of them :

It is possible, although improbable, that he might have made

some remark touching Freemasonry in some letters on another
subject, therefore not indiced as belonging to Freemasonry.
Now, sir, to correct these apparent omissions and this sup
position, will you be so good as to give me the dates and names
of persons or bodies addressed by Washington in 1783, 1784,
1791, and 1797, in which he speaks of Freemasonry directly or
indirectly as an “ardent follower” of it?
Respectfully your obedient servant, H. G.
To Robert G. Scott, Esq.,
Richmond, Virginia.
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* BosTON, July 19, 1850.

Dear Sir: —Your prompt reply of 12th inst., to my letter of
the 8th, was duly received; for which and the copy of your
Address at the laying of the corner-stone of the Virginia Wash
ington Monument, please accept my thanks.
My inquiries [which, as he hopes, weredictated merely to obtain
information and without any desire to invite a controversy,] were
made in search of and for the purpose of truth; and, as is often
the case, in getting at it there may be controversy, but not neces
sarily attended with acerbity. I am led to this because I see so
much said about Washington’s Masonry, and that so unsupported
by evidence, and so irreconcilable with his own declarations to
Rev. Mr. Snyder and in his Farewell Address.
You have answered to the years of my inquiry by referring to
pages in your Address, remarking that 1783 should be 1784, and
1792 be 1793. The first of the list, Washington’s acceptance of
Mr. Herbert's invitation to dine at the anniversary of St. John
the Baptist, is the only one which has a date. All the others with
Washington’s name are without date and place, and are not pub
lished by Mr. Sparks, his historian and depositary of all his
papers. At the close of this defective evidence you ask in your
Address, “Can more conclusive, more unqualified evidence be
adduced of the ardent and unwavering attachment of any man
to the principles of an institution of which he professed to be a
member ?” I do not learn that Washington ever, notwithstand
ing the Craft say so much about his devotion to Masonry,
volunteered a single letter or word for its advancement. All he
has said relating to it, appears to have been in answers to
addresses in a polite and complimentary manner.
One of your distinguished Masons, associates of Washington,
Judge Marshall, in a letter to Hon. Edward Everett, of July
22, 1833, wrote that he was convinced “that the institution
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ought to be abandoned, as one capable of producing much evil,

and incapable of producing any good which might not be ef.
fected by safe and open means.”
In your Address, page 51, you say, “The historian informs
us that all the Major-Generals of the revolutionary army, except
one, were Master Masons; he alone proved a traitor.” If I
may trouble you so much, please informme who this historian was.
Respectfully your obedient servant, H. G.
To Robert G. Scott, Esq.,
Richmond, Virginia.

He makes no reply, and informs us not who the

historian was who asserted that “all the Major-Gene
rals of the revolutionary army were Master Masons,
except one, and he alone proved a traitor.”
It appears that this Mr. Scott is the Past Grand
Master of the Grand Lodge of Virginia, on whose
authority it was said, in the Boston Daily Evening
Transcript of May 14, 1846, that fifty, at least, of
those who signed the Declaration of Independence,
were Masons, and that every Major-General of the
revolutionary army was a Mason, save one, and that
one was Benedict Arnold.
This was the first time the undersigned saw or
heard these declarations made. Subsequently, what
relates to Arnold was repeated by Grand Master
B. B. French, at the laying of the corner-stone of
the Washington Monument, at Washington, July 4,
1848, and now reiterated by Mr. Scott. As he
has remained so long silent and named not the
“historian,” nor shown whence he obtained the
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authority for the latter or both declarations, the conclu

sion seems unavoidable, that he alone is the originator.
Of these declarations he will find a notice and an
answer in a volume styled Antimasonic Documents, in
many libraries of this Catalogue, article, “Arnold's
escape aided by Freemasonry.” He will find there the
Place and date when Arnold was made a Mason, and
how plainly Col. Jameson's “bewilderment” is ac
counted for. -

In his Address Mr. Scott quotes the revolutionary

war as “a struggle for the equal rights of man,” uncon
scious perhaps that Antimasonry is also a struggle for
the equal rights of the “outside barbarians.” Of
Washington he says: “Frequently when surrounded
by a brilliant staff, he would part from the gay assem
blage and seek the instruction of the Lodge. There
lived, in 1842, in our sister State, Ohio, Capt. Hugh
Maloy, then ninety-three years old, who was initiated
a Mason in the marquee of Washington, he officiating
and presiding at the ceremony.” See how this declara
tion tallies with what he says in his letter to Rev. Mr.
Snyder, — that he presided over no Lodge, and had not
been in one more than once or twice since 1768. Some
Freemasons write as if they had no knowledge of Wash
ington's two letters to Mr. Snyder, proved to be genuine
by Mr. Sparks; or, meeting with a stubborn fact,
choose to obey the mandate of the late General
Grand High Priest, Edward Livingston, to observe “a
dignified silence.”
The foregoing facts and remarks are supported or
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confirmed in the volumes of this Catalogue. We come

now to something gratifying and consolatory, not
recorded in any of them. It is a vote in the House of
Representatives of the United States, touching secret
societies.

Congress, March 27, 1844.—Mr. Bower from the Commit

tee on the District of Columbia, reported bill No. 264, to incor
porate the Grand Lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fel
lows of said District. Mr. Steenrod moved that it lie on the
table. Objection being made, it was agreed to.
Mr. Bower, from same committee, reported a bill, No. 265,
incorporating the Grand Lodge [Freemasons] of the District
of Columbia. Objections being made, Mr. Hopkins moved that
it lie on the table.
It was decided in the affirmative.
The Yeas and Nays were as follow:
Affirmative. Negative.
MAINE.
Luther Severance Robert P. Dunlap.
NEW HAMPSHIRE,
Edmund Burke
Moses Norris, Jr.
John R. Reding
MASSACHUSETTS.
Amos Abbott
John Q. Adams
Osmyn Baker
Charles Hudson
Daniel P. King
Julius Rockwell
Henry Williams
Robert C. Winthrop
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Affirmative. Negative.
WERMONT.
Jacob Collamer
Solomon Foote
George P. Marsh
RHODE ISLAND.

Henry Y. Cranston
Elisha R. Potter

CONNECTICUT.

Thomas H. Seymour George S. Catlin

Samuel Simons
John Stewart
NEW YORK.

Joseph H. Anderson
Daniel D. Barnard
Charles S. Benton
Charles H. Carroll
Jeremiah E. Cary
James G. Clinton
Amasa Dana
Richard D. Davis
Chesselden Ellis
Hamilton Fish
Byram Green
William S. Hubbell
Orville Hungerford
Preston King
Moses G. Leonard
William B. Maclay
William A. Moseley
Henry C. Murphy
Thomas J. Patterson
J. Phillips Phoenix
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Affirmative. Negative.
Zadock Pratt
Smith M. Purdy
George Rathburn
Orville Robinson
Charles Rogers
Jeremiah Russell
David L. Seymour
Albert Smith
Selah B. Strong
Asher Tyler
Horace Wheaton

NEW JERSEY.

Lucius Q. C. Elmer Littleton Kirkpatrick

Isaac G. Farlee
William Wright
PENNSYLVANIA.

Benjamin A. Bidlack Richard Brodhead

James Black Joseph R. Ingersoll
Joseph Buffington
Cornelius Darragh
John Dickey
Henry D. Foster
Charles J. Ingersoll
Abraham R. McIlvaine
Alexander Ramsey
John Ritter
Andrew Stewart
Jacob J. Yost
DELAWARE.

George B. Rodney
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Affirmative. Negative.
MARYLAND.

Francis Brengle John P. Kennedy

Thomas A. Spence Jacob A. Preston
John Wethered

WIRGINIA.
Augustus A. Chapman
Walter Coles
George C. Dromgoole
George W. Hopkins
Edmund W. Hubard
George W. Summers
William Lucas
Willoughby Newton
Lewis Steenrod
NORTH CAROLINA.

Daniel M. Barringer
John R. J. Daniel
Edmund Deberry
James J. McKay
David S. Reid
Romulus M. Saunders

SOUTH CAROLINA.

James A. Black John Campbell

Armistead Burt Isaac E. Holmes
R. Barnwell Rhett
Richard F. Simpson
Joseph A. Woodward
GEORGIA.

Edward J. Black Daniel L. Clinch

Hugh A. Haralson Howell Cobb
John H. Lumpkin
William H. Stiles
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Affirmative. Negative.
ALABAMA.

Reuben Chapman William W. Payne

Felix G. McConnell
Dixon H. Lewis
MISSISSIPPI.

Jacob Thompson William H. Hammett

Robert W. Roberts

LOUISIANA.

John Slidell
Alcee Labranche.
TENNESSEE.

Julius W. Blackwell
Aaron W. Brown
Milton Brown
Alvan Cullom
Andrew Johnson
Cave Johnson
George W. Jones
William T. Senter
KENTUCKY.

Linn Boyd Geo. A. Caldwell

Garrett Davis Henry Grider
Richard French William P. Thomasson
James W. Stone John White
John W. Tibbatts

OHIO.

Jacob Brinherhoff Alexander Harper

Ezra Dean Joseph J. McDowell
Joshua R. Giddings Samuel F. Winton
Perley B. Johnson
 Affirmative. Negative.
Robert C. Schenck
Daniel R. Tilden
John J. Wanmeter
John B. Weller
Emery D. Potter
MICHIGAN.
James B. Hunt
Robert McClelland
INDIANA.

William J. Brown Caleb B. Smith

John W. Davis
Thomas J. Henley
Andrew Kennedy
Robert Dale Owen
Thomas Smith
Joseph A. Wright
ILLINOIS.

Joseph P. Hoge
John A. McClernand
John Wentworth
MISSOURI.

James M. Hughes Gustavus M. Bower

John Jameson James B. Bowlin
James R. Relfe
ARKANSAS.

Edward Cross

Of these 29 votes against laying on the table, and of course

for Odd Fellowship and Freemasonry, only four were from the
New England States, and only 16 of the whole number of States
gave any votes on this side of the question. Not one vote in
favor of these secret societies from
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New Hampshire North Carolina

Massachusetts Louisiana
Vermont Tennessee
New York Michigan
Virginia Illinois

Virginia particularly distinguished herself. Proceed

ings in both cases were arrested by two of her repre
sentatives. New York also distinguished herself; 31
of the 34, her whole representation, and all who voted,
voted against secret societies. Rhode Island, Dela
ware and Arkansas, two votes from the first, and one
each from the last two, were the only States whose
whole representation voted with the 29.
There is something cheering in this decision. It
shows that, although there must have been many Ma
sons in the majority, it was considered by them undig
nified for such a body to entertain such a question. It
gives a flattering evidence that the knowledge and
consequent condemnation of secret societies are per
vading the United States. To incorporate secret socie
ties is to create an imperium in imperio, and is at
variance with the purposes of a Legislature, the guar
dianship of the people, and the protection of their
equal rights. This vote is a help to our faith in the
stability of a republican government.
About two years after this vote in Congress, the
Legislature of Massachusetts gave a prompt and
decided negative to a petition for chartering a Lodge
of Independent Order of Odd Fellows in Boston.
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We have just now learned that there has been

another attempt in Congress, January 24, 1851, to get
incorporated the Grand Lodge of the Independent
Order of Odd Fellows of the District of Columbia.
(See National Intelligencer of January 28, 1851.)
Mr. Jones objected, and it did not succeed. This gen
tleman must be George W. Jones, the representative
from Fayetteville, Tennessee. He has our thanks and
eSteem. -

Freemasons boast of Washington, Warren, Frank

lin, and La Fayette, as members and “bright exam
ples” to be followed by their Order. We have seen
that Washington has very plainly condemned it. We
have not seen that Warren ever expressed any opinion
of it, other than to exercise the office of Grand Master.
In all Franklin's writings, except his affiliation at
Rouen, we do not find that he names Freemasonry.
“Had he considered it a noble and valuable institution,
he was not the man that would have been silent re

specting it, with all the regard he manifested for the

welfare of the rising generation in particular. Frank
lin was a political prophet, who could foresee the
operations of human nature with a prophetic ken.
This studied silence respecting Masonry by one who
dwelt on almost every other subject, is a ‘sign from
which every one may draw his own inference. In a
note in Wm. L. Stone's Letters to John Q. Adams,
page 140, it may be seen how lightly La Fayette esti
mated Freemasonry. “To-morrow,” he said, “I am to
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visit the schoools; I am to dine with the mayor; and

in the evening I suppose I am to be made very wise by
the Freemasons.” And Stone adds, “I never shall
forget the arch look with which he uttered the irony.”
We think we may challenge the whole Order of
Freemasons to produce any written article voluntarily
offered to the public by either of these four “bright
examples,” inviting its extension, encouragement, pat
romage, or legislative enactments.
We hope the Order will not forget three other
“bright examples,” Richard Rush, William Wirt, and
Josiah Quincy, late President of Harvard University.
They were Freemasons of one degree. The curtain
was drawn, and the entrance to the gulf appearing
so disgusting, they advanced no further. In them
Pope's declaration was verified:
“Vice is a monster of so frightful mien,
As, to be hated, needs but to be seen.”

In opposition to these four Masonic bright exam

ples, we will present a more numerous list of bright
examples—of men highly distinguished as citizens of
the United States, who have been or are now in ele
vated offices, who, with two or three exceptions, have
in these volumes recorded their decided condemnation
of Freemasonry, viz.:
Presidents of the United States.
John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison,
John Q. Adams.
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Vice Presidents of the United States.

John C. Calhoun, Millard Fillmore.

Governors of States.
John Hancock, Samuel Adams, Levi Lincoln, Ed
ward Everett, William Sprague, William H. Seward,
Ezra Butler, William A. Palmer, Joseph Ritner, Wm.
Slade.

Chief Justice of the United States.

John Marshall.

Senators of the United States, Secretaries, Foreign Min

isters, Representatives of the United States.
Samuel Dexter, Richard Rush, Daniel Webster,
John C. Spencer, Francis Granger, Cadwallader D.
Colden, William Wirt, Timothy Fuller, John Bailey.

Distinguished Writers against Freemasonry.

John Q. Adams, Rev. Professor Moses Stewart,
Elder David Bernard, Rev. Henry Dana Ward, My
ron Holley, Pliny Merrick, Benjamin F. Hallett, Wil
liam L. Stone, Solomon Southwick, Chancellor Wal
worth, Rev. Moses Thacher, Charles P. Sumner, Rev.
John G. Stearns, &c.
We know not where to stop.
Ward, in his volume, “Masonry by a Master Mason,”
convicts Masonry by the evidence from its own pub
lished declarations. Vice President Calhoun's opin
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ions are not in this Catalogue, but found in a letter of

his against Masonry in the American Whig of Decem
ber 10, 1835, published in Woodstock, Vt., taken
from the Boston Advocate. He says, “I have been at
all times unfavorable to Masonry, and in the habit of
expressing myself so whenever a suitable opportunity
offered. John Adams and Thomas Jefferson's disap
probation of Freemasonry may be learned from John
Q. Adams's Letters on the Masonic Institution, p. 13;
also something to corroborate the disinclination of
Washington to encourage Freemasonry, as previously
made apparent in this Preface.
Disclosures of Freemasonry, so extensive and so
well authenticated, have never been, as have re
sulted from the abduction and murder of Morgan.
They arise from discovered records, from the testimony
of numerous seceders, from Masons themselves before
judicial tribunals, and from State Legislative investi
gations, as will be seen in the books distributed to
public libraries recorded in this Catalogue. Except in
two or three instances, and those indirectly, all have
been acknowledged as having been thankfully received
by the president, librarian, or some officer of each
institution or library.
On no other subject, except that of religion and
Christianity, is there such a mass of complete evidence
and sound argument as is presented in these volumes
against Freemasonry. The unjustifiable silence of the
Press on the abduction of Morgan is placed in just
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abhorrence and condemnation by Hon. Richard Rush,

as may be found in some of his six letters, published
in 1849 in a pamphlet, with others, of 104 pages,
bound up with other documents, making many vol
umes in these distributions, lettered on the back, AN
TIMAsoNIC DocuMENTs. In this pamphlet is an article
on Benedict Arnold's escape, the consequence of his
being a Freemason.
And shall the caution and silence of the pulpit be
passed by in tenderness? On what other subject of
much less enormity would the clergy have hesitated to
preach? Elder David Bernard, however, was the
Isaiah, the Prophet that did speak. In the last arti
cle of John Q. Adams's Letters on the Masonic
Institution, page 229, he says, “To David Bernard,
perhaps, more than to any other man, the world is
indebted for the revelation of the most execrable mys
teries of Masonry; nor could he as a minister of the
word of God have performed a service to his country
and his fellow citizens more suitable to his sacred
functions.”
The Order say Freemasonry is the “handmaid of
religion,” but how it is so is not made to appear. If
there be any passage in the Scriptures which authorizes
this pretension, we wish to be directed to it. We do
not hesitate to say there is not a single one sanctioning
secret societies, but many, on the contrary, against se
crecy and hypocrisy. With sorrow we are obliged to
say, there are clergymen who belong to this Order;
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and we must ask them, if they believe it to be an

auxiliary to religion, why they do not on Sundays, from
the pulpit, inculcate to their hearers how contributory
to their salvation it would be to be a member? Chris
tianity is good-will to all mankind—is no respecter of
persons. Masonry, the handmaid, excludes women,
the old, the young and poor. Astonishing as it may
be, the Masonic clergyman preaches one doctrine out
of the pulpit, and a different one in it. O ye Masonic
ministers, how are ye better than the Pharisees, whom
the “patron and zealous member of your Order,” St.
John the Baptist, pronounced a generation of vipers?
They made broad their phylacteries, and prayed at the
corners of the streets; you, to be seen of men, parade
the Bible along the streets on a velvet cushion.
To show how rationally, naturally, and how much
alike men under no bias will speak when they first
see the oaths, obligations, and principles of Freema
sonry, an extract is annexed of a reverend doctor in
Scotland, to the subscriber, who had presented him
the Letters of Hon. John Q. Adams on the Masonic
Institution. In the appendix are the oaths of the
first three degrees, of the Royal Arch and of the Knight
Templar. Until he saw this book, it appears that he
knew nothing of Freemasonry.
The extract.—“Nothing surprises me more than that the immo
rality and the irreligious nature of such oaths and societies
should not at once be perceptible to every man endowed with
reason and moral principle; and particularly to professors of
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Christianity. Nothing in my opinion can be more inconsistent

with the principle of our holy religion, than the horrid oaths to
which I have alluded, and the deeds of darkness connected with
them; and I am astonished that any minister of the Gospel, or
professors of religion, after reflecting sincerely on the subject,
should give the least countenance to such abominations. I
consider them in no other light than as synagogues of Satan;
and I fear that with all their high pretensions, many of their
members are far from being distinguished by their morality,
piety, or Christian dispositions.”

The most extensive collection of Antimasonic books

in any one library will be found in those of the Mas
sachusetts Historical Society, of Harvard College, and
the Smithsonian Institution at Washington. Of
Col. William L. Stone's Letters, to which Hon. John
Q. Adams refers in his Letters on the Masonic Insti
tution, the writer knows of but two copies, one in his
own and the other in the Boston Library. Probably
there are many in the State and city of New York,
where they were published. He has also one of two
copies of the Rhode Island Legislative Investigation
into Masonry, between December 7, 1831, and January
7, 1832, reported by Benjamin F. Hallett, Esq., contain
ing the testimony of fifty adhering or seceding Ma
sons, with an Index. The other is in the library of
Transylvania University at Lexington, Kentucky.
This report is particularly valuable, because the Com
mittee of the Legislature in this investigation appeared
partial in the examination of Masonic witnesses, in
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refusing to put some questions, and in having made,

previously to the examination, some agreement with
Masons that certain questions should not be asked.
Among the scarce pamphlets may be included that
on the attempt to murder and afterwards to destroy
the character of Rev. George Witherell, Pastor of the
Baptist Church in Hartford, Washington county, State
of New York, a seceder from Masonry. A copy will
be found in only three libraries of this Catalogue. In
this secession will be seen the inculcated and un

quenchable vengeance of the Craft. A mock trial of

Mr. Witherell was forged, in which he and his family
were made to appear ridiculous, in order to divert
public attention from the actual outrage.
The writer of these Prefatorial Remarks is a witness
to the truth of a part of Anderton's affidavit of the
murder of Miller at Belfast, Ireland. He happened
to be in Liverpool in 1809, when Anderton said he
was there as mate in the ship Mount Vernon. He
boarded in the same house with his captain, Stevens;
was acquainted with Abiel Wood, of Wiscasset, Maine,
and at the time knew him to be the owner of this
ship.
Among the books presented to the Smithsonian In
stitution, is a quarto volume, containing the Report of
a select committee of the British House of Commons
on Orange Institutions, a secret society in Great Bri
tain and the colonies, with minutes of evidence. This
is supposed to be the only copy in the United
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States. It was transmitted and presented to the un

dersigned by the honorable Chairman, Joseph Hume.
By the investigation of this committee it was discov
ered that the Grand Master, Duke of Cumberland,
had, through its officers, the control of the whole
British army.
In the Freemason's Monthly Magazine, published
in Boston, December 1, 1850, No. II, vol. 10, is a his
torical sketch of Hiram Lodge, No. 1, New Haven,
Connecticut, by “brother Francois Turner, W. M.,”
from which this is an extract:

“In 1765, Nathan Whiting was again W. M., George Mills

S. W., Andrew Burr J. W., and Timothy Jones Secretary.
On the 16th of April, Brother Benedict Arnold, then “a good
man and true,” as may be inferred from the fact that he was
proposed for membership by the R. W. Master himself,” was
admitted a member of this Lodge. His name appears fre
quently on the record as present at the regular meetings, until
about 1772.”

This record was published in the New Haven

Herald and the Hartford Times, eight or nine years
since, as a discovery from an old book, appearing to be
Lodge records; and were it not for these two publi
cations, this historical sketch of Hiram Lodge, No. 1,
would probably never have appeared in the Freemasons’
Monthly Magazine. The fact now being established
by “Brother Francois Turner, W. M.,” that Benedict
Arnold was a Freemason, it is to be hoped that hence
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forth we shall not hear Grand Masters, nor Past Grand

Masters, declaring in their orations, that Arnold was
the only Major-General in the revolutionary army
who was not a Mason, whose eyes never beheld
“That hieroglyphic bright
Which none but Craftsmen ever saw.”

And it is to be hoped that the Past Grand Master

Scott will, as the declaration cannot be traced beyond
him, find an opportunity soon, as he was requested
19th July, 1850, to name “the historian” whom he
offered as authority, in his Address at the laying of
the corner-stone of the Washington Monument of
Virginia.
In the volume in this Catalogue, styled Antimasonic
Documents, the evidence will appear almost positive
that Freemasonry was the sole cause of Arnold's
escape. Mr. Alison, the historian previously noticed,
may now, if he thinks proper, couple this escape with
that of his relative Lt. Tytler, as a benefit resulting
from Freemasonry. The Freemason in the American
army, who, as related by Mr. Alison, withdrew the
weapon of death to save the life of Lt. Tytler, was a
traitor to his country, if not in an equal degree of
atrocity, as truly as Benedict Arnold and Colonel
Jameson.
Ex-President John Q. Adams, in his volume of Let
ters on the Masonic Institution, page 100, says, “I do
know something about the Masonic murder of Mor
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gan, and the clusters of crimes perpetrated for the sup

pression of his book.” Clusters surely; and taking for
- our authorities Wm. L. Stone's Letters to Mr. Adams,
Elder David Bernard's Light on Masonry, Whittle
sey's and Spencer's Reports, which are in this Cata
logue, and the Free Press newspaper, and a few others
not therein, we will particularize some of the crimes
and some of the perpetrators.

Convicts Punished.

Jesse French, constable of Le Roy, 1 year in Co. Jail.

Roswell Wilcox, •- Ú- - 6 mo, “ ... “
James Hulburt, - •- - 3 “ “ “ “

These three for kidnapping Miller. The last two

were in the wagon with Miller when he was taken
from Batavia.

Col. Edward Sawyer, mechanic, 1 mo, in Co. Jail.

Nicholas G. Cheseboro, hatter, 1 year “ “
Loton Lawson, farmer, •- - 2 years “ “
John Sheldon, blacksmith, - - 3 mo. “ “
John Whitney, stonecutter, - - 15 “ 66 &G

Besides 30 days and $2.50 for refusing to be sworn.

Col. Eli Bruce, sheriff, - 2 yrs, 4 mo, in County Jail.
Besides 30 days for contempt of Court.
Orsamus Turner, printer, - 90 days in County Jail.
And a fine of $2.50.
Isaac Allen, farmer, committed for contempt of Court.
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Perjured Persons.
It probably may be said without injustice, that
every Mason engaged in the abduction and murder of
Morgan, was guilty of perjury when first called to
testify. Several of them probably did testify truly,
after their own conviction, or that of friends, whom
they wished, if possible, to save. When perjury
would be of no benefit to themselves or to their
brother Mason, they seemed to be willing to testify
truly. This list embraces only the most prominent
OneS:

Solomon C. Wright, Hiram Hubbard,

David Morrison, Nicholas G. Cheseboro,
John Jackson, Col. Edward Sawyer,
Elisha Adams, Loton Lawson,
Col. Eli Bruce, William Cooper,
Sylvester Cone,
Erastus Day.
The last two refused to testify, after having sworn
to testify. William Cooper swore that John Q. Adams
was a Mason, in order to convict him of falsehood in
having answered an inquirer that “he was not a
Mason and never should be,” that he had sat with
him twice at meetings of a Lodge in Pittsfield, Mass.
He belonged to La Fayette, Oneida county, N. Y.
His affidavit is dated October 18, 1828.—(Free Press
November 14, 1828.)
The same paper contains a certificate from ten indi
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viduals of Pittsfield, contradicting Cooper. Stone

mentions the fact, pp. 357, 358, but does not give the
“poor wretch’s” name, and states the date and
county wrong.

Witnesses spirited away, or absconded.

Elisha Adams, Eli Mather,
Orson Parkhurst, Burrage Smith,
Isaac Farwell, John Whitney,
Hannah Farnsworth, James Gillis,
Prior Harris, Enos Gillis,
Lyman Aldrich, Col. Wm. King.
The last from cantonment Towson, to which place
Garlinghouse and Bates went to arrest him. Prior
Harris was the stage-driver with whom Rev. F. H.
Cumming rode west.

Died before they were brought to trial.

Col. Wm. King, David Hague, Burrage Smith.
“These three men,” as Stone says, “were doubtless
engaged in the final deed, together with Howard, who
had escaped to England.” It appears not to be any
where recorded, that more than three, except the boat
man, went in the boat to destroy Morgan, and in no
other account, to our knowledge, is it asserted that
King was one. It is most probable that he was only
a director in this deed. He and Bruce appear to have
been the Great Grand Directors in the whole proceed
ings to this “final deed.”
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DE WITT CLINTON died suddenly at Albany, Feb.

11, 1828, being then Governor of the State of New
York, Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of New
York State, and General Grand High Priest of the
General Royal Arch Chapter of the United States of
America. Stone says, “it had been evident for a num
ber of months that a disease had seized upon his con
stitution, without impairing his faculties, which threat
ened an early and sudden termination of his proud
and brilliant career.” Embarrassed as he must have

been in these two opposing offices, civil and Masonic,

it was conjectured by some to be a case of suicide;
but whether so or not, it was generally believed that
his death was hastened by mental disquietude. He
had bound himself by oath to an institution which,
as declared by the Le Roy Convention of Seceding
Masons, “requires the concealment of crime, and pro
tects the guilty from punishment.” Stone thought the
Governor's proceedings, his exalted character, and the
elevated standard of morals by which he was gov
erned, overwhelmed all suspicions [that he had parti
cipated in or taken cognizance, directly or indi
rectly, of the conspiracy to abduct Morgan. It is very
true his good character would not have been doubted,
had it not been for his connection with Freemasonry.
Freemasonry makes the character of no man better,
but decidedly worse, if he adheres to it, and is influ
enced in any manner by his oaths to it and its require
ments. It is incredible that Clinton, their chief should
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not have been consulted by Masons during the Mor

gan conspiracy, and that his mind should not have
been agitated as facts were rapidly unfolded to public
observation and nearer and nearer censure approached
him. He had knowledge of the abduction of Morgan
as early as 17th of September, 1826, and his procla
mations against the offenders came slowly and without
adequate rewards.
In a letter appended to the printed statement of
the outrage on Rev. George Witherell, James A.
Shedd, a witness in the trial of Elisha Adams, one of
the Morgan conspirators, says:

“And here I cannot forbear to relate a conversation, which

took place between Governor Clinton and Victory Birdseye,
Esq., the special counsel appointed by the government of New
York to conduct the Morgan trials. This conversation occurred
some time during the spring subsequent to the abduction of Mor
gan, and was communicated to me by Mr. Birdseye last winter;
and he remarked he supposed Clinton mistook him for a Mason.
I make this disclosure to show why this catastrophe has so long
remained concealed in clouds and darkness, and that it is prob
able a gloomy mystery will hang around it forever. The Gov
ernor stated to Mr. Birdseye, that if Morgan was drowned in
the river, none could ever be convicted of his murder; “for,”
said he, “as you lawyers know, in order to convict a person of
murder, it is first necessary that a murder should be judicially
proved; the mere absence of a man is not sufficient. A
murder must be proved either by the discovery of the dead
body, or by confession of the murderers, or by the testimony
of the witnesses who saw the murder committed. It is not prob
11
able that the body will ever be discovered, for if it was thrown
into the river, weights were doubtless attached to keep it down;
neither is it probable that the murderers will ever confess it;
and if there were witnesses standing on the bank of the river,
they could not testify so as to convict them of murder; for
Niagara river separates two distinct governments, and the divid
ing line passes through the middle of it. Now it would be im
possible for witnesses standing upon the bank in the night time, to
tell whether Morgan was murdered on this or that side of the
line; whether he was murdered in the United States or in
Canada; and until that question was determined, they could not
know what court would have jurisdiction of the crime, whether
the court of the United States or of Canada.”

The coincidence of this conversation of the Governor

with the place and the manner of the murder cannot
but be observed. If the place and the manner were not
accidental, the perpetrators were as discerning, and, in
this respect, as much lawyers as the Governor. It seems
notrational to suppose he was addressing Mr. Birdseye
under a belief that he was conversing with a Mason,
or that a Mason would have been appointed a special
attorney to prosecute Masons. He said to Mr. Birds
eye, “as you lawyers know,” and that expression, we
believe, was the artfulness of the Governor to give
instructions to protect the murderers, or to let them
know, if possible, their security. What could he have
said, more to the purpose? Why should he have
been so particular and instructive to a “lawyer who
knows,” were there not some such latent cause? As
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Governor of the State, what did Clinton do that could

have been avoided, or that he was not pressed to do?
Did he say anything against the institution of Free
masonry, which was the cause of the excitement?
Did he advise an abandonment of the Order, or call
on the brethren otherwise than in a Governor's pro
clamation, to bring the offenders to justice? Instead of
any mandate proceeding from him, the highest Masonic
officer in the United States, which must have been
potent, he beheld, oath-bound to Masonry, his brethren
conspiring and treading the laws of the State under
foot.
To this day we know of no one of the Masonic
actors in that drama, condemned or dishonored by the
Craft.
It was no compliment to the city of Boston in hav
ing, September, 1850, the triennial meeting of the
General Grand Royal Arch Chapter and General
Grand Encampment of the United States held there.
And it may be said truly that it was dishonored by the
presence of Dr. Samuel S. Butler, a delegate from Ver
mont. When a resident in Stafford, N. Y., he took
an early part in the abduction of Morgan, and when
a search for and a prosecution of the abductors com
menced, he fled as others did to Vermont. Stone
relates, pp. 539, 540, that he was selected by the
sheriff of Genessee county as foreman of the Grand
Jury, and in that office directed the jury not to let
Masons suffer. He also states that he had sundry
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depositions from respectable gentlemen in Franklin

county, Vt., the place of the Doctor's residence, that
Dr. Butler had, in repeated conversations with Ma
sons, admitted the murder of Morgan. “During an
intermission in the meeting of Mississqui Lodge, he
stated that Morgan was killed, and that Colonel Wil
liam King and two others, whose names the deponent
does not recollect, executed the penalty of his obligation,
or words to that effect.” And on another occasion at
Enosburgh, Vt., in reply to a question put to him by a
brother Mason, whether he believed that Morgan was in
fact murdered, he said, “there was not the least doubt
of it, and that he justly deserved death.” He also
checked Bruce, when about to give him the particulars
of the transaction, by saying to him; “Stop, if Morgan
was dead it was enough.” He also cautioned Bruce
to “say nothing about it to any person.”
The first renunciation of Freemasonry is that of
James Christie, of Kirk Newton, Scotland, in the year
1739, and the reasons given were similar to those of
the seceding Masons in the United States, 1830. (See
Ward's Antimasonic Magazine, Vol. 2, pp. 234, 235.)
Antimasonry existed in Scotland in 1757; in
Hamilton College, N.Y., in 1819; and in the Presby
terian Church in the United States, in 1820.
The year 1826 will ever be a memorable one in
history. It will be the Annus Lucis [year of light]
in contradistinction to the A. L. of Freemasonry. For
a considerable time after the abduction of Morgan,
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people seemed amazed, doubting, inquiring, and inac

tive. Brainard's boastings of the power of Masonry
soon became nearly verified. The progress in in
vestigating Morgan's mysterious disappearance was
slow. Every attempt to get information was opposed
by threats and insults of Masons. “Various efforts
were made to deter some of them from acting, by
friendly remonstrances, by hints of the great disadvan
tage it would be to them, by saying they would raise
up numerous and powerful enemies. Many decent
men of the Order of Masons declared that efforts to
learn the fate of Morgan would be useless—that if
we could discover the guilty, we could not get them
punished — that they had acted according to their
orders, and would be borne out—that their body had
a right to deal with their own members according to
their own laws—that if they had done anything with
him, it was no one's business but their own. They
said that the men who had determined to suppress the
book, acted in a body, and in concert; were well
organized and could act with effect, and possessed the
offices, talents, and wealth of the country; that they
understood one another, and would pursue with their
vengeance all who should interfere with them.”
In chronological order, the following are some of
the attendant occurrences and consequences of the ab
duction of Morgan:
September 11, 1826. William Morgan kidnapped
about sunrise.
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September 12, 1826. Taken from Canadaigua jail 9

o'clock, P. M.
September 14, 1826. Brought to and confined in
Fort Niagara, between midnight of 13th and
break of day, in custody of Col. Wm. King, Col.
Eli Bruce, and David Hague, a tailor of Lockport,
all Royal Arch Masons. (Stone, 385, 386, 542.)
September 18, 1826. Public notice of his abduction
in Col. David C. Miller's newspaper, exactly one
week after. (See copy in Free Press of June 20,
1828.)
September 19, 1826. William Morgan murdered,
drowned in Niagara river for having disclosed the
first three degrees in Masonry, by Freemasons,
one of whom was Howard, alias Chipperfield, who
was secreted and shipped from New York in a
ship for England. (Giddins's Narrative, pp. 21, 22.)
September 25, 1826. First county meeting [Genesee]
and a committee appointed, exactly two weeks
after the abduction. (Free Press of July 18, 1828.)
November, 1826. First movement to investigate the
abduction of Morgan by the Grand Jury of Onta
rio county.
December, 1826. Bates Cook said, although only
seven miles from the Fort, the imprisonment of
Morgan was not known at Lewiston until some of
the first days of this month.
January, 1827. The first organized attempt to inves
tigate the abduction of Morgan, by the Lewiston
Committee at Lewiston, New York.
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March 6, 1827. The Lewiston Memorial presented

to the Legislature of New York, nearly six months
after the abduction.
March 6, 1828. The first Antimasonic Convention,
Gen. William Wadsworth, President, held in the
United States at Le Roy, consisting of twelve coun
ties of New York State, viz., Chataque, Orleans,
Ontario, Erie, Monroe, Yates, Niagara, Livingston,
Seneca, Genesee, Wayne, and Tompkins. “Here,”
Stone says, “the Antimasonic party first received
avowedly its political form and pressure.”
May 19, 1828. Proposals issued for the Free Press in
Boston, the first Antimasonic newspaper in Massa
sachusetts.
June 20, 1828. First number of the Free Press is
sued, nearly two years after Morgan's abduction.
July 4, 1828. The Convention of Seceding Freema
sons, held at Le Roy, an adjournment from Feb
ruary 19, 1828. This Convention will be memorable
to all future time, for having confirmed Morgan's
disclosures of the first three degrees of Masonry,
and for having certified and published higher ones,
up to and inclusive of forty-eight degrees, in Ber
nard's Light on Masonry, establishing beyond all
question, cavil, or doubt, 1826 to be the year of
light on Masonic darkness.
The following are the names and degrees of
the seceders, who signed what they call
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Antimasonic Declaration of Independence,

As published in a supplement to the National Ob
server, March 4, 1829, at Albany, with the Speech of
Solomon Southwick at the opening of the New York
State Antimasonic Convention at Albany, February
19, 1829. This list contains twenty-six names more
than that in Bernard's Light on Masonry. They
probably were not in the Convention, but signed the
Declaration afterwards as opportunity presented.
Names. Residence. Degrees.
Solomon Southwick, Albany, 4
David Bernard, Warsaw, intimate sec., 10
W. W. Phelps, Canandaigua, 3
Isaac B. Barnum, Perrington, 4
Cephas A. Smith, Le Roy, - 21
or Thrice Illustrious Order of the Cross.
J. Van Valhenburgh, Prattsburgh, 3
Platt S. Beach, Stafford, 1
Elam Badger, Cazenovia, 3
Joseph Hart, Albion, 4
Kneeland Townsend, Jr., Lewiston, 3
Anthony Cooley, Le Roy, 21
John G. Stearns, Paris, 3
Reuben Winchell, Lockport, 3
Augustus P. Hascall, Le Roy, 21
Noble D. Strong, Auburn, 7
John Hascall, Le Roy, 21
Robert Earl, Jr., Attica, 1
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Names. Residence. Degrees.

James Ballard, Le Roy, 21
Leonard B. Rose, Castile,
Timothy C. Strong, Albion,
William Waggoner, Lebanon,
John Aumock, Le Roy,
Herbert A. Read, Le Roy, 2
W. Robinson, Springwater,
Jesse Bradock, do.,
Lemuel Cook, Lewiston,
James Gray, Le Roy,
Elijah Gray, do,
William Howe, Gorham,
Samuel Pierce, Ridgeway,
Adam Richmond, Le Roy,
George W. Harris, Batavia,
Benjamin Cooley, Stafford,
John Joslen, - Wheatland,
A. F. Albright, do.,
Fayette Cross, do.,
Elias Cooley, Le Roy,
Onley F. Rice, Gorham,
Warren Kneeland, Simpronius,
Jabez A. Beebe, Hinsdale, regular,
and honorary,
Burroughs Holmes, Clarendon,
Noah B. Denton, Covington,
Truman J. Wield, do.,
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Names. Residence. Degrees.

Edward Giddins, Rochester,
Abraham Cherry, do.,
Richard Hollister, Le Roy, 1
Amos E. Hutchins, do.,
Henry Conkling Covington,
Pascall D. Webb, Le Roy,
Daniel Rowley,
Jonathan K. Barlow, Bethany,
Mills Averill, do.,
Noah Ingersoll, Albion,
Chapman Hawley, Niagara Co.,
Auren Dabell, Prattsburgh, 10
Frederick C. Farnam, Attica,
Joel Bradner, Barre,
Robert Shadders, do.,
Jonathan K. Foster, Batavia,
Seth M. Gates, Le Roy,
David Reed, Hopewell,
Willard Smith, Adams, Jefferson Co., 1
Solomon Barker, Gates,
Orson Nicholson, Albion, Orleans Co.,
J. K. Brown, Barre,
Enos Bachelder, Le Roy,
Stephen Robinson, Springwater,
Robert McKely, Clarence,
John Law, Le Roy,
Isaac S. Fitch, Jamestown, Chataque Co.
Hiram Cornell, do., do.
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. Names. Residence. Degrees.

Asa Turner, Jamestown, Chataque Co.
Samuel Ledyard, Pultneyville
John Smith, Prattsburgh,
Benjamin F. Welles, Pultney,
Anson Hinman, Pike, Allegany Co.,
Samuel D. Greene, Batavia,
Chester Coe, Bennington,
Theodore Hooker, Dutchess Co., 1
Elijah Northup Pine Plains, Dutchess Co.
Reuben Sanborn, Painted Post,
Jarvis Swift, Auburn,
David Snow, Covington,
John Tomlinson, Stafford,
Nathan M. Mann, Wales, Erie Co.,
Nathan Townsend, Batavia,
Andrew Couse, Cazenovia,
Russell Waters, do.

Phlegmoncy Horton, do.

W. J. Edson, Batavia,
David C. Miller, do.,
Elba,
James Rolfe,
George W. Blodgett,
Uriah Slayton,
Martin Flint,
Darius Sprague,
Le Roy,
do.,
Randolph, Vermont.
do., do.
|
Joseph Cochran, do., do.

Orcutt Hyde, do., do.

William Hyde, do., do.

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Names. Residence. Degrees.

Phinehas Smith, Randolph, Vermont.
Lund Tarbox, do., do.

Hollis Platt, Le Roy, 21

Norman Bentley, Guildford,

Miles P. Lampson, Le Roy,
Willard Smith, Adams, Jefferson Co., 1

Samuel S. Haws, Ellisburgh,

Abner Morton, Adams,
Aaron Wheat, Hounsfield,
Cyrenus Forsher, Watertown,
Pelatiah Dwight, Henderson,
H. P. Dwight, Ellisburgh,
J. M. Canfield, S. Harbor,
Daniel Potter, Hounsfield,
E. G. Potter, do.,
Asher Robbins, Adams,
Elisha Fuller, Rodman,
Jos. Bacon, Jr., S. Harbor,
John Thompson, Adams,
Jared Freeman, Rodman,
Daniel Calkins, Lorraine,
Oliver Dean, Adams,
Amos Gould, Orleans,
Lucius Gould, Lorraine,
Elisha Smith, Ellisburgh,
Z. Penny, Henderson,
K. D. Read, do.,
D. Abbey, Watertown,
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Names. Residence. Degrees.

Alfred Mason, Watertown, 3
A. Thomas, do., 3
J. R. Joslin, Henderson, 3

This list we will look upon, revere, and remem

ber. They have done a service to mankind, not
inferior to that of the signers of the Declaration of
Independence of the United States of America.
Their descendants will be proud of them, and point
to them, saying, Behold our fathers! As the dis
tinguished and learned Ex-President of the United
States, John Q. Adams, wrote, October 5, 1831,
“Antimasonry is a cause as pure and virtuous as
was ever maintained by man.”
August 4, 1828. New York State, 1st Antimasonic
Convention at Utica.

September 11, 1828. Jacob Allen, of Braintree, was

the first seceder from Freemasonry in Massachusetts,
and published his renunciation, of this date, in the
Free Press of September 19, 1828, two years after
Morgan's abduction. Seth Leonard was the first
seceder in New England, as he himself said on his
placard for exhibiting Freemasonry in Newport,
R. I., September 9, 1829.
November 1, 1828. First public Antimasonic meeting
held in Massachusetts, at Fall River village, Bristol
county. Plymouth county carried Antimasonry first
to the ballot box, in Congressional election of this
month. (See Free Press of Nov. 14, 1828.)
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January 1, 1829. A meeting of Antimasons at Ded

ham. Dr. Benjamin Waterhouse was Chairman,
and addressed the meeting very effectively. (Free
Press, January 9, 1829.)
January 22, 1829. First Antimasonic meeting in
Kentucky, at Carthage. (Free Press, Feb. 20,
1829.)
February 11, 1829. Connecticut State, 1st Antima
sonic Convention, held at Hartford. (Free Press,
February 27, 1829.
February 19, 1829. New York State, 2d Antima
sonic Convention at Albany.
May 4, 1829. Hon. C. D. Colden, of New York city,
member of the Consistory, gave his opinion of Free
masonry in a letter to Col. Varick and others.
August 5, 1829. Vermont State, 1st Antimasonic
Convention at Montpelier.
September 8, 1829. Great meeting in Faneuil Hall,
“for the purpose of investigating the character of
Freemasonry. It was calculated that as many as
4,000 persons were present.” Addresses were made
by Rev. Moses Thacher, Judge Samuel W. Dexter,
Rev. Jared Reid, Sam’l D. Greene, and Rufus G.
Amory. Dr. A. R. Thompson, of Charlestown,
presided, and showed how excellently well-qualified
he was for such an office.
January, 1, 1830. Massachusetts State, 1st Antima
sonic Convention at Boston.
February 3, 1830. Connecticut State, 2d Antima
sonic Convention at Hartford.
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February 25, 1830. Pennsylvania State, 1st Antima

sonic Convention at Harrisburgh.
June 23, 1830. Vermont State, 2d Antimasonic Con
vention at Montpelier.
July 21, 1830. Ohio State, 1st Antimasonic Conven
tion at Canton. -

August 3, 1830. New York State, 3d Antimasonic

Covention at Utica.
August 24, 1830. New Jersey State, Antimasonic
Convention at New Brunswick.

August 31, 1830. Masonic riot in Faneuil Hall, Bos

ton, obstructing the proceedings of an Antimasonic
meeting to discuss this question,-‘‘Can any man
under the influence of Masonic oaths, discharge
with fidelity the duties of an important office in the
gift of the people, according to the nature of our
free institutions?”
The riot became so serious that the presence of
the Mayor, Hon. H. G. Otis, was requested by
Antimasons, and by his request, made in his pecu
liarly graceful and bland manner, after having ad
dressed the rioters, the Antimasons dissolved the
meeting. The next day a Freemason had the
effrontery to ask one of the Antimasonic Commit
tee, why the Antimasons caused such riotous pro
ceedings! The disappointment was great; but it
served to open the eyes of many spectators, as to
the character of Freemasonry. It nevertheless af.
forded some compensatory sport to Antimasons. A
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few days after, two songs were published; the

caption and first verse of each are thus:

FANEUIL HALL RIOT, OR MASONRY UNVEILED.

“Must freemen now be ruled by slaves

Bound down by obligation?
Each one to have his heart torn out
In case of violation ?”

FANEUIL HALL CONVENTION, OR MASONRY UNVEILED.

“Come, good old Hiram, lend a hand,

With mallet, plumb, and gavel,
Or this new scheme in Faneuil Hall
Will bring us to a level.”

September 11, 1830. First National Antimasonic Con

vention, eleven States represented, held at Philadel
phia. Hon. Francis Granger, President.
September 11, 1830. Adjourned Antimasonic meeting
at Cahawba, Alabama.
September 18, 1830. First Antimasonic meeting at
North River, Tuscaloosa county, Alabama.
September 27, 1830. The attempt to murder, and
afterwards to ruin the character, by a forged trial,
of Elder George Witherell, a seceder from Freema
sonry at Hartford, N. Y.
October 14, 1830. The corner-stone of the Masonic
Temple in Boston laid this day. The falsehood
on plate deposited with it, see in copies of letters
from Gov. Lincoln and Mayor Otis, pp. 35–37 of
these Prefatory Remarks.
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December 14, 1830. Rhode Island State Antimasonic

Convention this month.
January 11, 1831. Ohio State 2d Antimasonic Con
vention at Columbus.

March, 1831. Massachusetts Legislature refuse to

increase the powers of the Grand Lodge of Massa
chusetts.
April 13, 1831. Harlow D. Witherell, prosecuted
by overseers of New Berlin, N.Y., for exhibiting
the ceremonies of the first three degrees of Free
masonry.
May 4, 1831. Hon. Richard Rush, in a letter of this
date makes known his opinions of Freemasonry to
W. McIlvaine and others—a well-timed and ef
fective support to the cause of Antimasonry, as
have been also his subsequent letters on the same
subject, in some of which he has exposed the dis
graceful silence of the Press on the abduction of
Morgan.
May 19, 1831. Massachusetts 2d Antimasonic Con
vention at Boston.
September 14, 1831. Rhode Island 2d Antimasonic
Convention at Providence.
September 26, 1831. Second National Antimasonic
Convention, twelve States represented, held at Bal
timore. Hon. John C. Spencer, President.
September 28, 1831. Hon. William Wirt, of Balti
more, nominated by this convention as a candidate
for the office of President of the United States.
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July 4, 1832. Maine State Antimasonic Convention

at Augusta.
February 6, 1833. New Hampshire State Antima
sonic Convention at Concord.

Connected with these records, some notice ought to

be taken of the Freemasonry of the colored people in
the United States.
In the address to the people of the United States
by Myron Holley, Chairman of a Committee for the
purpose, appointed by the Second National Antima
sonic Convention at Baltimore, 1831, is this para
graph:
“There is a bearing of Freemasonry, not yet em
braced in this address, which is replete with the most
distressing apprehensions. There is located in Bos
ton a Masonic body, denominated the African Lodge,
which dates its origin before the American Revolution,
and derived its existence from a Scottish duke. This
body acknowledges no allegiance to any of the asso
ciations of American Masonry. Its authority is co
extensive with our Union. It has already granted
many charters to African Lodges. We are afraid to in
timate their location, to lookin upon their proceedings,
to count their inmates, or to specify their resources.”
To illustrate and to gather as many particulars as
possible concerning the existence of African Lodges,
reference was made to a gentleman, known for a good
memory, for his habit and accuracy in noting times
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and locations of events, and who has much assisted us

in the preceding pages. He very obligingly replied
as follows:–

That all secret societies must be highly injurious

to this country, will be apparent from the fact that a
large portion of the United States are slave-holding
States, and there is no known secret society of which
the blacks are not members. In the Boston Daily
Atlas of June 18, 1850, is an account of the celebra
tion of the seventy-fifth anniversary of the battle of
Bunker Hill. Connected with this celebration were
the “Prince Hall Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted
Masons, [colored,] in full regalia, and a colored Lodge
of Odd Fellows, and a white and colored section of
the Cadets of Temperance.”
It is foreign to our purpose to enter into the history
of the black “Odd Fellows,” or the black “Sons of
Temperance,” as they and all other secret societies are
unquestionably the bastard daughters of the same
infamous and shameless mother, Freemasonry; and as
she is still capable of producing many more offspring
of equally hideous and forbidding aspect, it will be
sufficient for our purpose to show that genuine Free
masonry, and consequently all its capabilities, does
exist among blacks of this country. The Hon. Cad
wallader D. Colden, in his letter dated May 4, 1829,
which was very extensively published in the newspa
pers of that day, says of the Lodges of New York city,
“all others are rivalled by the splendor of the black
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Lodges of this city.” The Boston Free Press of Oct.

16, 1829, says: “The Genius of Universal Emanci
pation,” published in Baltimore, states that a negro
was lately buried in that city in Masonic honor, and
the Ethiopian colored gentlemen who followed the
corpse to the grave, were decorated with the insignia of
the Order. In the “Proceedings of the United States
Antimasonic Convention,” held at Philadelphia Sept.
11, 1830, p. 108, it is stated that there were then in
Boston “one Lodge, one Chapter, and one Encamp
ment of blacks.” In the Free Press of March 14,
1832, it is stated, “a black Lodge exists in Provi
dence, R.I., which pays tribute to the Grand Lodge
[colored] in this [Boston] city.” The Pittsburg Ga
zette of March 10, 1843, mentions a Lodge of colored
Freemasons as existing in Baltimore, and that they
“hail from Philadelphia.” The same paper says the
Grand Jury of Baltimore presented the colored Lodge
as a nuisance, and recommended the passage of a law to
suppress its existence. In the Boston Freemasons'
Magazine for March, 1847, is found an account of
what is now called “Prince Hall Grand Lodge of Free
and Accepted [colored] Masons.” From this account
it appears that “the African Lodge of Boston received
its warrant from the Grand Lodge of England, in the
year 1784, and was numbered 459 in the Registry.
It also appears that on the 18th of June, 1827, this
African Lodge published a document in the Boston
newspapers, in which they say, among other things,
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“As people of color by ourselves, we are and ought

by rights to be free and independent of other
Lodges. We do therefore, with this belief, publicly
declare ourselves free and independent of any Lodge
from this day, and that we will not be tributary or
governed by any other Lodge than that of our own.”
The Editor of the Magazine admits “the charter was
originally genuine, but that it was forfeited to the
Grand Lodge of England and struck from the roll
about the beginning of the present century.” A care
ful perusal of this document leads to the conclusion
that the charter was confined in its benefit exclusively
to blacks, and that they, like their white brethren,
had become rather “rusty” in “the sublime art,”
until the appearance of Morgan's illustrations in 1826
enabled them by a careful study of it to become, “as
bright in the mystic art,” as their white brethren at
the time of the publication of their document, June
18, 1827; for they say, “in consequence of the
decease of the above named brothers, the institution
was for years unable to proceed for the want of one to
conduct its affairs, agreeably to what is required in
every regular and well-conducted Lodge of Masons.
It is now, however, [1827, after Morgan's publica
tion,] with great pleasure we state, that the present
age has arrived to that degree of proficiency in the art,
that we can at any time select from among us many
whose capacity to govern [read?] enables them to
preside with as much good order, dignity, and propri
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ety, as any other Lodge” &c. Believing, therefore,

that the true “Mosaic” would be better exhibited by
joining with their white brethren in public processions
on such occasions, as occurred on the 18th of June,
1850, already referred to, they probably deemed it best
to form a Grand Lodge of their own, claiming their
origin as a Lodge, but not a Grand Lodge, from the
Grand Lodge of England; in this imitating their
white brethren in our new States, who soon form
Grand Lodges of their own, and refuse to pay tribute
to or acknowledge the supremacy of any other Grand
Lodge than their own; in other words, of “fleecing”
for themselves only.
From this “African Lodge, No. 459,” chartered by
the Grand Lodge of England, and self-styled “Prince
Hall Grand Lodge,” &c., have probably sprung all
the black Lodges throughout the United States. The
Boston Courier of June 8, 1848, states, “The Prince
Hall Grand Lodge of Freemasons, composed of colored
men, accompanied by the Union Brass Band, paraded
yesterday afternoon, and marched to Faneuil Hall,
where a beautiful banner was presented to them by
Mrs. Maria Ambush, who made a very neat address
in behalf of an association of colored ladies,” &c.,
probably all Heroines of Jericho. In the Boston Free
masons' Magazine for January, 1849, it is stated that
“in 1835 the Grand Lodge of France instituted a
Lodge at Point Petre, Guadaloupe, for colored men, and
in 1845 added a Chapter.” In the same Boston Free
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masons' Magazine for December, 1850, it is stated,

“In many parts of Europe, Africa, and Asia, and
in the West India Islands, there are many colored
Masons; but in this country the initiation of blacks
has never been encouraged. There is a body of black
persons in the city [Boston,] which assumes to be a
Grand Lodge and having under its authority one or
two subordinate Lodges, but they are not recognized
by the Grand Lodge of this State; ” and adds, “there
is not a regular Lodge of black Masons in the United
States.” So much the worse; they cannot be restrained,
and they have the same machinery for all sorts of
rascality.
We have thus, we think, satisfactorily shown the
existence of black Lodges in Boston, Providence, R.I.,
New York, Philadelphia, and Baltimore; also in
Europe, Asia, Africa, and the West India Islands;
and we doubt not they exist elsewhere, but our limited
knowledge, or want of recollection whither to turn for
reference, prevents our specifying them. It is of no
avail that the Boston Freemasons' Magazine says,
“There is not a regular Lodge of black Masons in the
United States.” Every man at all acquainted with
Masonic language knows, that that does not imply
they have not taken the Masonic oaths, and are not
acquainted with Masonic ceremonies; it only implies
they are not fellowshipped with certain other Masons.
Hence we find irregular or “not regular” white
Grand Lodges in New York, Louisiana, &c., and yet
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the moment the schism is made up, they are again

admitted in full fellowship with all Masons, which
could not possibly be, unless they were previously
fully acquainted with all the secrets, oaths, ceremonies,
&c., of genuine Freemasonry. It must therefore be
admitted that the blacks, for all purposes, either good
or bad, possess all the knowledge of Freemasonry
which their white brethren possess; and should they
become “rusty,” they can send to Europe, Asia,
Africa, and the West India Islands, to procure the
necessary materials to render them “bright” again.
We now invite our fellow citizens of the South
to look coolly at the appalling facts which we have
presented to them, especially to those of them who
are Masons. The latter know by bitter experience
the horrid oaths they have swallowed in every degree;
they know, too, the weight of the fetters in which they
are bound by those very oaths. What, then, must
be the condition of their illiterate slaves, whom they
know to be proverbially superstitious! To what can
not they be led, under oaths imposed with all the
mock solemnity observed in the Lodge-room! And as
it is well known that the Masonic oaths in Vermont,
Massachusetts, and New York, differ essentially in
several respects, in consequence of additions made to
them by ambitious and cunning Masons, what is to
prevent innovations of the most dangerous and terrific
nature from being made by northern free blacks, to be
imposed upon southern free blacks, and by them upon
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southern slaves? Who or what is to prevent it? Do

you expect laws written upon parchment will do it?
If the white brethren will incur all the penalties of
the most deliberate perjury, as they repeatedly did in
New York, rather than reveal the miscalled secrets of
their wicked and abominable institution, is it to be
presumed the black brethren will be less tenacious of
the secrets and oaths communicated to them when
superstition shall have added its horrible influence to
enforce the propriety and justice of Masonic penal
ties? Let Freemasonry once spread its baneful influ
ence thoroughly amongst the slaves of our Southern
and Western States, and the scenes at St. Domingo
would be sunk into insignificance, compared with
those which would follow. The oath of the Master
Mason alone is sufficient for the purpose; but when
we consider the fact that additions not only can be
made, but that they actually have been made in the
Masonic oaths, in different States, and that, too, in the
very teeth of the obligation, not to suffer the “ancient
landmarks” to be altered, – let any reflecting man ask
himself what additions can be made, and will be very
likely to be made in the Masonic oaths, when admin
istered to an illiterate, superstitious slave, by a free
black man, and that too under the threat of Masonic
penalties in case of revelation.
We say the Master Mason's oath alone is sufficient
for this purpose. It has been repeatedly judicially
proved, that the Master Mason's oath contains this
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clause: “Furthermore do I promise and swear that a

Master Mason's secrets, given to me in charge as such,
and I knowing them to be such, shall remain as secure
and inviolable in my breast as in his own, murder and
treason evcepted, and they left to my own election.”
Now under the clause of the oath, with the negro's
superstitious dread of the horrible Masonic penalty for
violating it, conspiracies without number may be
hatched and matured. Where then does the security of
our southern and western brethren, together with that
of their wives and daughters and families exist, whilst
this accursed and blood-stained institution is suffered
to exist in any portion of our country? Who knows
whether the institution is not already slowly sapping
the existence of society in the South and West?
That such apprehensions are not idle, we refer to the
following facts: — In the Boston Free Press of March
14, 1832, it is stated, – “The fact is well known that
Walker, the author of the famous incendiary pamphlet
that produced so much disturbance at the South, was
a member of the African Lodge. He resided in this
[Boston] city, but is deceased. It has also been stated
that “General Nat, who headed the massacre in
Southampton, was a black Mason.” Who knows how
much of the machinery then used has been left among
the blacks, both free and slaves, at the South, to be
re-produced after the lapse of a certain number of
years, like their own periodical locusts?
Here ends the very full reply of the gentleman to
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whom we applied for information concerning African

Lodges; by which it appears probable they obtained
their charter from the Grand Lodge of England, and
not from a Scottish duke, as Mr. Holley has it.
This comical fact comes to our recollection at this
moment: — A Freemason of one of the slave States,
who professed to have seceded or become indifferent to
it, in conversation with a non-Mason, and who could not
quite forget some of its excellences and benefits, said,
“if some one of his slaves were a Mason, he should be
sure of being informed if there was any conspiracy
against him among them.” The non-Mason asked,
And what if all of your slaves were Masons? This was
a complete poser. He could not answer then, but would
at some future time. It has been a long time under
consideration, without reply, and we may conclude
that the answer “is not, but always to be,” given.
Whether it was in consequence of the presentment
and recommendation of the Grand Jury of Baltimore
or not, the Legislature of Maryland passed an Act,
December session, 1842, Chap. 282, against black
Lodges, which is now in force. The following is a
synopsis of the Act:
“Sec. 1. Every free negro or mulatto becoming or
continuing to be a member of any secret society what
ever, whether it hold its meetings within or without
the State, shall be deemed guilty of felony, and fined
fifty dollars; and shall, if the fine be not paid, be sold
for a sufficient term to realize the fine; and for a
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second offence, shall be sold out of the State as a slave

for life. Slaves thus offending, to be sold out of the
State or whipped thirty-nine lashes, at the discretion
of the Court.
Sec. 2. Any person forming or attempting to form
such society or association of negroes and white per
sons, or inducing or attempting to induce any negro
or mulatto to join, enter into, or be connected with
such society or association, shall be deemed guilty of
felony; and, if a white person, sentenced to the Peni
tentiary from five to ten years; and if a free negro or
mulatto, to be punished as in 1st Section.
Sec. 3. Any person owning or having charge of
land, house, &c., knowingly suffering any Masonic or
other Lodge, or pretended Lodge or secret society of
negroes or mulattoes, or any secret society formed
jointly of negroes and whites, to assemble or meet
therein,—if white, to be fined five hundred dollars or
sent to the Penitentiary from five to ten years, at the
discretion of the Court; and if a free negro or mulatto,
to be sold as a slave as under the 1st Section.”
In 1845, Chap. 284, another Act declares that free
negroes residing in Baltimore, and each paying taxes
to the amount of five dollars, may form charitable
societies and meet from time to time, their meetings and
proceedings to be subject to the inspection of a person
authorized by the mayor, who shall appoint some
police officer to attend the meeting and report next
morning to him.
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The passage of the first Act has made such an im

pression on the fears of the colored Freemasons, that
there has been no manifestation in Baltimore of the
Order since. It seems that the Legislature overlooked
the necessity to investigate or enact anything against
the Freemasonry of the whites.
Freemasons have much to say of their charitable
institution. In this department let us examine some
of their proceedings. We find them unwilling to own
some of their charities, and to display others ostenta
tiously.
The Grand Chapter of New York granted to the
Committee of Charity, “for the use of the western suf
ferers,” one thousand dollars, the money put into the
hands of Gen. Gould, and no account was rendered
showing how it was expended. (Stone,227,515 to 522.)
The Grand Lodge of New York contributed one
hundred dollars, and individuals in New York city
one hundred and fifty dollars, -making two hundred
and fifty dollars, – to Eli Bruce, in consequence of
the persecutions of Antimasons. (Stone, 265,407.)
The following charities are copied from the Appen
dix to the Report of the Joint Committee of the Legis
lature of Massachusetts, March, 1834, found in many
volumes of pamphlets in this Catalogue.
Mount Vernon Lodge, Providence, R.I., 1799 to 1834, in
clusive, — 35 years. -

Expenses and investment, - *- $12,533 00

-

Charities, - - - • - • 1,870 00
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St. John's Lodge, No. 2, Providence, 1807 to 1834,-28 years.

Expenses, - - - - - - $10,396 00
Charities, - - - - - - 1,835 00
St. John's Lodge, Newport, R.I., 1825 to 1834,-9 years.
Receipts, - - - $1,266 00- - -

Charities, - - • •- - - 43 00

Grand Lodge of Rhode Island, 1814 to 1833,-20 years.

Receipts, - - - $3,700 00
- - -

Expended, - - - 4,551 00
- - -

Charity, - - - 60 00
- - -

Of the expenses $25 was paid in 1827 to a Mason from

Canandaigua, N.Y., for Masonic purposes.
Grand Chapter of Rhode Island, 1810 to 1833,-24 years.
Receipts, - • - •- - - $1,413 00
Charity, •- - - - - - 30 00

Paid S. Tingley, per vote of the Grand Chapter,

probably for Masonic purposes, western sufferers, 50 00
St. John's Lodge, in Boston. The book and original entry were
seen by us, as follows:
Moneys received for makings, membership, fees
and quarterages in eighteen years, $1,926 91 -

Contra:

Amount of items paid on the different Lodge

nights, for refreshments, wines, liquors, &c., $984 93
For aprons, gloves, dues to Grand Lodge, print
ing, wax candles, &c., and for Tyler's fees, - 971. 48
For charity in eighteen years, - - - 35 00

Grand Royal Arch Chapter of Massachusetts.

Sept. 7, 1824, receipts for the year, $1,398.94
Expenses of the Chapter, - - 1,034.92

Balance on hand, - - - $364 02 -

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Voted, that the sum of sixty dollars be appropriated by this

Grand Chapter for charitable purposes the ensuing year.
There can be but little doubt that the twenty-five
dollars from the Grand Lodge, and the fifty dollars
from the Grand Chapter, of Rhode Island, were contri
butions to the western sufferers, or, in other words, to
the Masonic conspirators in the abduction and murder
of Morgan.
About the time of these contributions, an Antima
son, well versed in Masonic signs, grips, and pass
words, and who sometimes amused himself with the
use of them, fell in company with a person from the
westward, and in their brotherly conversation dis
covered him to be a travelling Masonic agent, solicit
ing relief from Lodges for the western sufferers.
William Morgan's disclosures and those of the Con
vention of Seceding Masons at Le Roy, unfolded to
the undersigned the iniquities of Freemasonry, and the
examination of it since has not diminished its odious

ness. The books and articles in this Catalogue, by

various eminent and literary men, will serve as a
monument to be looked at, and a reference for future
historians of the United States, or of the world. These
eventful disclosures cannot be obliterated. They are
already in history. Hammond's Political History of
New York State embraces the period of Morgan's
abduction and murder, and devotes to it as much as a
chapter and a half, apparently in a very able, candid,
and correct manner.
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Surrounded and beset as we are by Freemasons,

Odd Fellows, Cadets of Temperance, Sons of Tem
perance, Rechabites, Jesuits, &c., depredators of our
equal rights, secret associations for selfish purposes,
bound together by oaths, or by promises in the na
ture of an oath, we dread and shun conjectures on
the future history of our country. We have seen
what the Jacobines, a secret society of France, have
done, what Arnold and Burr relying on Freemasonry
have done, and the power of Freemasonry boasted of
by Brainard; and we believe the laws and the endeav
ors of the United States Government in prosecuting
the Cuban invaders have been obstructed by Freema
sonry. A nolle prosequi is entered for Gen. Quit
man; and in the two or more trials of Henderson, a
jury does not agree, indicating that he is a Freemason,
and one at least of the twelve is a Freemason.

In return for these books the undersigned has met

with civility, and apparently with gratitude, except in
one instance. In his attempt to present three volumes
to the library of Hampden, Sidney College, Prince
Edward County, Virginia, he has not met with any
civility. In a parcel addressed to Rev. Louis S. Green,
D. D., President thereof, he sent, June 26, 1849, these
volumes, requesting the favor to be informed by mail,
postage unpaid, of their receipt and whether accepted.
The parcel was committed for conveyance to a mer
chant of Boston who occasionally sent merchandise to
Richmond, to be forwarded from thence by his corre
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spondent. Being without reply February 1, 1850, he

advised the President of all these proceedings, and
again, July 25, 1850, being still without answer, he
wrote, asking to be informed if he had not received the
books. No notice whatever having been taken of these
books or letters, he wrote to President Green, Dec.
2, 1850, his fourth and last letter, postage on all paid,
that he was at a loss how to account for his silence,
unless it might be that the books reached him encum
bered with expenses from Richmond, which ought not
to attend a donation, — or that a disinclination to receive
them existed. If the latter was the preventive he was
asked to cause their return at the expense of the donor,
who assured him that he would, as it could be easily
done through the mail, remunerate him for all the
expenses, past and future. No books returned, nor
letters responsive to this day.
Lest some mistake might have taken place in ad
dressing the chief officer, it is ascertained very recently,
through a gentleman of Virginia in near neighborhood
of the college, that Rev. Lewis S. Green, D. D., is the
President thereof.
Had any disinclination to receive such books been
known or suspected, they certainly would not have been
sent. It was presumed, and it seems to be a very
rational presumption, that no President or officer of
an institution dedicated to science, truth, and Christian
ity, would undertake to set his predilections against
receiving books of certain authors, or on certain sub
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jects. If such power be assumed, and the officer of

the institution should happen to be a Hebrew, Deist,
or Sadducee, the Holy Bible might be interdicted a
place in its library.
The three volumes sent were:
1 vol. John Q. Adams's Letters on the Masonic Insti
tution.
1 vol. Odiorne's Selections of Opinions on Speculative
Masonry.
1 vol. Pamphlets, bound.
All confined to the subject of Freemasonry, and con
taining the opinions of eminently distinguished literary
and political gentlemen of our country, viz.: John
Q. Adams, Rev. Professor Stewart, Richard Rush,
Daniel Webster, John C. Spencer, Edward Everett,
Judge Marshall, Samuel Dexter, and others.
After the above was written, and while preparing
for the printer, another corner-stone, that of the exten
sion of the Capitol, has been laid. In this, as, we be
lieve, in all the public buildings in Washington, Free
masons have had some agency in laying the corner
stone. Whether some of their nauseous formalities,
or any having the least connection with Freemasonry,
were necessary or not, it seems that their effrontery and
officiousness will not abate so long as such an oppor
tunity presents to render the Craft conspicuous.
In the handwriting of Hon. Daniel Webster, Secre
tary of State of the United States, and orator on the
occasion, this is a part of the deposit:—
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“On the morning of the first day of the seventy-sixth year of

the Independence of the United States of America, in the city of
Washington, being the 4th day of July, 1851, this stone, designed
as the corner-stone of the extension of the Capitol, according to
a plan approved by the President, in pursuance of an Act of
Congress, was laid by Millard Fillmore, President of the United
States, assisted by the Grand Master of the Masonic Lodges.”

The correspondent of the New York Herald, in giv

ing an account of the ceremony, says: “The President
of the United States, after rapping round the stone,
said,—The corner-stone of the extension of the Capitol
is now laid. The Master Masons will now test it to
see that it is right.”
When the President of the United States said “it
is now laid,” why was not that the end of the cere
mony? Is it a phantom, or is it reality, that the
government of the United States is a dual one, civil
and Masonic? Or is the connection in this instance
a presage that the empire is to be divided between the
laws and Freemasonry? Why was Freemasonry per
mitted to have any part in these ceremonies, which
should have been entirely national, and as disconnected
with Freemasonry as the Act of Congress itself?
Further ceremonies were conducted by Grand Master .
B. B. French, with, as the correspondent of the Herald
has it," “the ivory gavel or mallet, and Masonic
apron used by Washington in laying the real corner
stone in 1793.” Here it is repeated that Washington
laid that stone, and here we repeat our disbelief. Produce
e • •

the witnesses, non-Masons, who saw Washington in

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that ceremony, as Master Mason, with gavel in hand

and a Masonic apronon, lay that stone. To behold the
President of the United States in such trappings, and
officiating in such a character, harlequin-like, would
have excited the displeasure, if not the disgust of most
of the spectators. In the former part of these remarks
we have given reasons for our disbelief. It is as much
a fact, and no more, that Washington laid it as that La
Fayette laid the corner-stone of Bunker Hill Monu
ment. President Fillmore, setting aside the admission
of Freemasonry, laid this corner-stone simply and
plainly, with sufficient formality, and no more than
was necessary.
The correspondent of the Herald, in speaking of the
filling up of the cavity of the stone, said, “The Masons.
then put in something, and the cap-stone was let down
upon the corner-stone.” Did the President know
what this “something” was ? Or was it put in clan
destinely, and intended to be a secret to the public,
and a vehicle of falsehood to posterity, as was practised
in the corner-stone of the Masonic Temple in Boston?
We may be very sure they made no deposit concerning
the murder of Morgan, nor of his disclosures and those
of the Convention of Seceding Masons at Le Roy, nor
of Washington's caveat concerning “combinations and
associations.”
It is gratifying to perceive that Grand Master B. B.
French, in his address on this occasion, has shown so
much respect for truth as to omit the oft-repeated false
declaration, “that every general officer in the American
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revolutionary armies, save one, was a Freemason, and

he, whose eyes never beheld
‘That hieroglyphic bright
Which none but Craftsmen ever saw,”

died a traitor to his country.” And it is to be hoped

that Freemasons will abandon many other of their
declarations, founded on no better authority, and made
purposely to ensnare the ignorant and unwary.
Having accidentally seen in some publication that
Rev. Benjamin Huntoon, Grand High Priest of the
Grand Chapter of Massachusetts, delivered an oration
at the Centennial Anniversary of Hiram Lodge, No.
1, New Haven, Connecticut, Sept. 5th, 1850, and that
the part which gave and described three degrees in
Antimasonry was approved and humorously received
by the hearers, we wrote to him soon as follows:

BoSTON, June 18, 1851.

Sir:—I have just now learned that you, in an oration at the
Centennial Anniversary of Hiram Lodge, No. 1, at New Ha
ven, 5th of September last, gave or described three degrees of
Antimasonry. I am an Antimason, and became so by a general
knowledge of Freemasonry, and never knew that there were
any degrees in Antimasonry; unless it be the first knowledge of
the disclosures of Wm. Morgan, and of the Convention of Seced
ing Freemasons at Le Roy, July, 1828, which you may possibly
denominate the Entered Apprentice Degree.
I confess that I have a great curiosity to know what those
three degrees are, and will ask the favor of you to give me a
description of them, as you gave them in the mentioned oration
at New Haven. Your letter will be sure to reach me, through
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the Post Office in Boston, where I have a letter box appropri.

ated to my use.
Respectfully I am, Reverend Sir,
Your obedient servant, H. G.
Rev. Benjamin Huntoon,
Marblehead, Mass.

In seasonable time, we received through the Post

Office, the “Yankee Nation,” a newspaper of January
25th, 1851, published in Boston, and edited by Rev.
Stephen Lovell. The favor and politeness of Mr.
Huntoon was acknowledged thus:
BosTON, July 12, 1851.
Sir:—It gives me pleasure to acknowledge your politeness in
sending me the Yankee Nation of January 25, 1851, contain
ing, according to my request, an extract from your address at
the Centennial Celebration of Hiram Lodge, at New Haven,
Conn., June, 1850, describing what you call three degrees in
Antimasonry. It is an excellent article, truth shut out of doors,
well adapted to the place and occasion.
I believe this is the Lodge" in which Benedict Arnold was
made a Mason, although it has been so often repeated in Ma
sonic addresses, that all the Major Generals of the American
revolutionary army were Freemasons, except one, and he a
traitor to his country.
Divested of your Freemasonry, I have no reason but to be,
Reverend Sir, your obedient servant, H. G.

Rev. Benjamin Huntoon,

Marblehead, Mass.

*See page 46 of this volume, and Antimasonic Documents in the Cata

logue, article, “Arnold's Escape aided by Freemasonry.”
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The following is an exact copy of the whole extract,

as published in the Yankee Nation:

EIUNTOON'S ADDRESS.

R. W. AND REv. BENJAMIN HUNTooN, of Marblehead, deliv

ered a very interesting address, in New Haven, Conn., last
June, at the Centennial Celebration of Hiram Lodge, a copy of
which he had the kindness to send us, and from which we make
the following extract, which, though it contains some poetry, has
considerable more of truth in it.

It is upon the mysterious walls of our Order, covered by the

venerable moss of antiquity, embrowned by the breath of time,
and hallowed by the observance of centuries, that the fiercest
assaults for their demolition have been made. Lest in the re
view of the past hundred years, I should not give this spirit of
Antimasonry its due consideration, I would remark, that its
periodical attacks, for it seems to have regular periods of return,
like the locusts, have recurred thrice during the last century.
Its first assault was upon the door of the old edifice, judging
that if the door could be battered down, the secrets would surely
escape, like the darkness from the Dutchman’s Church, leaving
not a shred behind. This was attempted by “The Three Knocks,”
a book published in England about a hundred years ago, pro
claiming to the world that the door of Masonry was knocked
down, and the secrets all out, and the Order annihilated. This
was the Entered Apprentice, or First Degree in the Revela
tions of Antimasonry.
The next attack was upon the pillars of the Temple, supposing
that the secrets had returned some way and were hidden in the
pillars, and if these were overturned they would surely escape,
and be scattered like the leaves of the ancient Sibyl, to the
four winds, never again to be gathered together. This was the
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famous “Jachin and Boaz,” a book published three quarters of

a century ago, strongly asserting and beautifully boasting that
now Masonry was extinct, its secrets all divulged, and that
there could be no possible use any longer for its schools, because
its Masters were all abroad, and could be read of all men—and
women too, if they only had the curiosity to learn them. “Ja
chin and Boaz” was the Second, or Fellow Craft's Degree of a
full and entire revelation by Antimasonry.
Time rolled on, and Masonry pursued the even tenor of its
way, when an event occurred in a neighboring State, which
brought about another ebullition in the tide of Antimasonry. Of
the rage and rancor of that restless sea, casting forth mire and
dirt, I need not speak, for it is familiar to you all. This
was a storm upon the whole structure, — doors, pillars, courts,
sanctuary, and all. The whole band of kindred spirits from
the “vasty deep” were evoked, and came forth to the work of
destruction. The green-eyed jealousy of power; the blind rage
of prejudice; the burning wrath of bigotry; the poisoned shafts
of slander; the bitter malice of baffled curiosity; the insane
railings of ignorance, and all the envenomed acrimoniousness
of political demagogues, hoping to be thrown up from the grave
of Masonry, and raised into the high places of honor and profit
where their own merits could never place them, arrayed in long
procession, in hostile bands and Babel tongues, and with con
fused noise of garments rolled in blood, demanded the secrets
of Masonry under the penalty of death, within a cable-tow's length
of the recusant. This was the Third Degree of Antimasonry,
and deemed final and complete. And again, for the third and
last time, the whole world was assured, that since these revel
ations,
“There’s no more occasion for level or plumb-line,
For trowel or gavel, for compass or square;”
The Temple’s demolished, Masonry's abolished,
And Morgan is greeted a martyr most rare.
*
 But still the old fabric stands. Its adamantine pillars, “se
crecy and silence,” like the granite strata of the everlasting
hills, are unmoved by the surges of ages, and its turreted bat
tlements exhibit only here and there some vestige of the strife
of its countless, misguided, forgiven, if not forgotten, foes. So,
Iween, does the geologist delight to stand on the summit of
some lofty mountain, and be able to trace there the effects gen
erated by the flood, as it made its way from the convulsed forces
of nature up to that summit, and again ran down the sides of
that mountain, and contemplate all the mighty masses of strata,
heaving below the blind forces once in action, then surging and
raging all in vain.

When we addressed Mr. Huntoon, it was solely to

gratify a curiosity to see how he had attempted a ridi
cule or caricature of Antimasonry, as we supposed it
was, by its being so well received by the Craft. It was
not in our thoughts to make an article for this pub
lication; but as a memento of the abuse, the oppro
brious and vengeful terms uttered against Antimasonry,
it is too valuable to be lost. And incredible and re
volting as it is, it should be remembered that these
reproaches and this vilification came from a minister
of the gospel. The “dignified silence” of Edward
Livingston, and this attempt to ridicule, show how
defenceless Freemasonry is. In making degrees for
Antimasonry parallel to those of Freemasonry, Mr.
Huntoon seems to have unconsciously bestowed com
mendation on the former by not adding the Masonic
penalties to those degrees, namely:
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To THE ENTERED APPRENTICE, “To have my throat

cut across from ear to ear, my tongue torn out by the
roots, &c.”
To THE FELLow CRAFT, “To have my left breast torn
open, my heart and vitals taken from thence, &c.”
To THE MASTER MASON, “To have my body severed
in two in the centre, &c.”
He might have said, and it would be truth without
any “poetry,” that the parallel could not be carried
further, because Antimasonry had no secrets to keep,
consequently no oaths nor penalties.
The editor of the Yankee Nation says, “though the
extract contains some poetry, it has considerable more of
truth in it.” It is to be regretted that he did not desig
nate the truthful part. Mr. Huntoon remarks that the
attacks of Antimasonry have regular periods of return,
like the locusts; but suppresses the fact that they have
recurred on the clear manifestation of a murder, com
mitted by Freemasons, in vengeance and in conform
ity to the penalty for the disclosure of Masonic secrets.
See how he speaks of “an event in a neighboring
State,” how the rage and rancor of Antimasonry “cast
forth mire and dirt;” the event nothing less than a
Masonic murder, and the excitement and condemna
tion of it. He calls it “an excitement for the work
of destruction,-the green-eyed jealousy of power—
the blind rage of prejudice—the burning wrath of
bigotry — the poisoned shaft of slander—the bitter
malice of baffled curiosity — the insane railings of
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ignorance—and all the envenomed acrimoniousness

of political demagogues, hoping for places of honor
and profit.” No doubt there were some in the ranks
of Antimasonry, as in most other causes of philan
thropy, who had honor and profit more in view, than
its success. But the cause remains, and will continue ,
to be, just what Hon. John Q. Adams said it was, “a
cause as pure and virtuous as was ever maintained by
man.” The reverend gentleman having been so profuse
in his censure of Antimasons, and charging them with
seeking for places of honor and profit, we may be per
mitted to ask him what are his inducements to advocate

so wicked a cause as Freemasonry, so abounding in

murderous oaths and penalties, so opposed to the doc
trine of the gospel. Does he not expect applause
and compensation for travelling far from his parish
and delivering addresses at Masonic meetings, in
“rage and rancor casting forth mire and dirt” against
Antimasonry? Did he forget, or did he choose to for
get what the Convention of Seceding Masons at Le
Roy, N. Y., disclosed, when he speaks of “bitter
malice of baffled curiosity?” What does he mean by
“demanded the secrets of Masonry under the penalty
of death, within a cable-tow's length of the recusant?”
If the R. W. [right worshipful] and Rev. Benjamin
Huntoon meant that Morgan was the recusant, and
that Antimasons demanded of him the secrets of Ma
sonry, it is a perversion of facts. Demanded the
secrets of Morgan – of him who had voluntarily dis
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closed, by publication, the first three degrees of Ma

sonry, and for which he was abducted, imprisoned and
murdered by Freemasons!
We are pleased to find that Mr. Huntoon at the
close of this extract has become more composed. He is
willing to forgive, but not to forget the countless mis
guided foes of Freemasonry. In this temperament,
we would ask him to step to the library of the Colum
bian Society in his parish, and read, in Hon. John Q.
Adams's Letters on the Masonic Institution, the letters
to Edward Livingston, particularly page 160, where
he says, the Masonic oaths, obligations and penalties
are not reconcilable “to the laws of morality, of
Christianity, or of the land.” If he estimates this
declaration as he has probably estimated those of Mr.
Adams on most other subjects, it is to be hoped he
will no longer think Antimasons misguided. We
will now take our leave of Mr. Huntoon, thanking
him for the acknowledgment, that the foes of Free
masonry are so numerous as to be countless.
The writer and compiler of the preceding remarks
seeks no notoriety, or refuge from responsibility. If his
proper name be desired, it is easily obtained by his
being the distributer of these books, and the acknowl
edgments of the receipts being made to him. He
therefore signs himself
One of the State of Massachusetts Antimasonic
Committee of 1829, called the
Suffolk Committee.
 CATALOGUE OF B00KS
Presented to the following named Public Libraries, all of which
have been acknowledged as received, except in two or three
instances, and these indirectly. The dates affixed are those
of their transmission or receipt.

MAINE.

BOWDOIN COLLEGE.

BRUNSWICK, DECEMBER 15, 1841.

1 Vol. Freemasonry by a Master Mason.

1 “ Allyn's Ritual of Freemasonry.
1 “ Odiorne's Selection of Opinions on Speculative
Masonry.
1 “ Rev. J. C. Stearns's Inquiry into the Nature and
Tendency of Speculative Masonry.
1 “ Antimasonic Review, (two volumes in one,) by
Henry Dana Ward.
1 “Pamphlets, bound, containing, viz.:
National Antimasonic Convention at Philadelphia,
1830.
National Antimasonic Convention at Baltimore,
1831.
Massachusetts 1st Antimasonic Convention at Bos
ton, 1830.
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Massachusetts 2d Antimasonic Convention at Bos

ton, 1831.
1 Vol. Pamphlets, bound, containing, viz.:
Conventions of Delegates opposed to Freemasonry,
at Le Roy, N.Y., Feb. 19, and July 4, 1828.
Rev. Joseph Emerson’s Letters to Members of the
Genesee Consociation, July 26, 1828.
Reply to the same by the Consociation.
Solomon Southwick’s Speech at the Antimasonic
Convention at Albany, February 19, 1829.
Hon. Cadwallader D. Colden's Letter on Masonry,
to Col. Richard Warick and others, May 4, 1829.
Sheriff C. P. Sumner's Letter on Masonry, Oct. 19,
1829.

Hon. Pliny Merrick's Letter on Masonry, Decem

ber 17, 1829.
Anderton’s Affidavit of a Masonic Murder in Bel

fast, Ireland, before J. W. Quincy, Justice of

the Peace, in Boston, March 15, 1830.
Report of Directors of Bunker Hill Monument
Association.
Rev. Henry Tatem’s Reply to a Summons of the
Royal Arch Chapter of Rhode Island, March
22, 1832.
Memorial to the Legislature of Massachusetts.
Investigation into Freemasonry by a Joint Commit
tee of the Legislature of Massachusetts, with a
valuable Appendix of records and testimony.
Judge Marshall's Opinions of Freemasonry.
Gov. Ritner's Vindication of Gen. Washington
from the stigma of adherence to secret societies.
Hon. Daniel Webster's Letter on Freemasonry,
November 20, 1835.
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Rev. Joseph S. Christmas's Renunciation of Ma

sonry.
Hon. John Q. Adams's Letter to James Morehead.
1 Vol. Pamphlets, bound, containing, viz.:
Illustrations of Freemasonry, by Wm. Morgan.
Narrative of Facts and Circumstances relating to
the Kidnapping of Wm. Morgan.
Solomon Southwick’s Oration before a Convention
of Seceding Masons, July 4, 1828.
Rev. Moses Thacher's Address to Montgomery
Lodge. -

Rev. Moses Thacher's Address to a Brother in the

Church.

Rev. E. B. Rollins's Renunciation of Masonry.

Hiram B. Hopkins's Renunciation of Masonry.
Freemasonry in Reply to Antimasonry.
Anderton’s Affidavit of a Masonic Murder.
Hon. John Q. Adams's etters on the Entered
Apprentice’s Oath.
Hon. John Q. Adams's Letters to Edward Livings.
ton, General Grand High Priest of the General
Royal Arch Chapter of the United States.
Marshall's, Chief Justice of the United States,
Opinion of Freemasonry.
1 Vol. Hon. John Q. Adams's Letters on the Masonic
Institution, presented October 19, 1847.

9 Wol.
1 Pamph. Letters on Freemasonry, in chronological order,
104 pages, with Index. See Harvard College,
page 139.
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WATERWILLE COLLEGE.

WATERVILLE, JANUARY 25, 1848.

1 Vol. Hon. John Q. Adams’ Letters on the Masonic
Institution.
1 Vol. Odiorne’s Selection of Opinions on Speculative
Masonry.
1 Pamph. Letters on Freemasonry, in chronological order, 104
pages, with Index. See Harvard College, p. 139.

PORTLAND ATHENAEUM,

PoRTLAND, MAY 31, 1848.

1 Vol. Hon. John Q. Adams's Letters on the Masonic
Institution.

1 “ Odiorne's Selection of Opinions on Speculative

Masonry.
1 Pamph. Letters on Freemasonry, in chronological order, 104
pages, with Index. See Harvard College, p. 139.

BANGOR THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY.

BANGOR, DECEMBER 18, 1848.

1 Vol. Hon. John Q. Adams's Letters on the Masonic
Institution.

1 “ Odiorne's Selection of Opinions on Speculative

Masonry.
.1 “Pamphlets, viz:
Hon. Samuel Dexter's Letter on Masonry, 1798.
New York State Antimasonic Convention at Alba
ny, 1829.
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C. D. Colden's Letter to Richard Warick and

others, May 4, 1829. -

Debates in Massachusetts 1st Antimasonic Con

vention, 1830.
Massachusetts 3d, 4th, and 5th Conventions in
1832, 1833, and 1834.
Anderton’s Affidavit of a Masonic Murder.
Antimasonic Review, Nos. 1–9 of Vol. 2.
Rev. Henry Tatem’s Reply to a Masonic Summons.
Judge Marshall’s Opinion of Freemasonry.
Gov. Ritner's Windication of General Washington
from the stigma of adherence to secret societies.
Hon. Daniel Webster's Letter on Freemasonry,
November 20, 1835.
Rev. Joseph S. Christmas's Renunciation of Ma
sonry.
Trial, Markly vs. Zook, Illustration of Odd Fel
lowship.

3 Wols.

1 Pamph. Letters on Freemasonry, in chronological order,

104 pages, with Index. See Harvard College,
p. 139.

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 NEW HAMPSHIRE.

DARTMOUTH COLLEGE.

HANovER, OCTOBER 14, 1840.

1 Vol. Bernard's Light on Masonry.
1 “ Allyn's Ritual of Freemasonry.
1 “ Ward's Antimasonic Review, (2 vols. in one.)
1 “ Freemasonry by a Master Mason.
1 “ Odiorne's Selection of Opinions on Speculative
Masonry.
1 “ Rev. John G. Stearns's Inquiry into the Nature and
Tendency of Freemasonry.
1 Massachusetts Antimasonic Conventions for five
successive years, beginning with 1830.
1 ‘Proceedings of National Antimasonic Conventions
held at Philadelphia, 1830.
1 “Pamphlets, bound, viz.:
Solomon Southwick’s Speech.
C. D. Colden's Letter to Col. Varick and others.
Reply of Genesee Consociation to Rev. J. Emerson.
Oration of Hon. William H. Seward.
Anderton's Affidavit of a Masonic Murder in
Ireland.
Rev. Henry Tatem's Reply to Summons of Rhode
Island Royal Arch Chapter.
Rev. Moses Thacher's Address at Maine State
Convention.
Address to the People of Massachusetts.
Reply to Declaration of Twelve Hundred Masons.
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Investigation into Freemasonry by a Joint Commit

tee of the Legislature of Massachusetts, with a
valuable Appendix of records and testimony.
A voice from the Green Mountains.
A Freeman on Freemaso ry.
1 Vol. Pamphlets, bound, viz.:
Morgan's Three Degrees of Masonry.
Giddins's Narrative of Facts relating to the Con
finement of Wm. Morgan in Fort Niagara.
Rev. M. Thacher's Address to Montgomery Lodge.
Rev. M. Thacher’s Address to Church in Wren
tham.

Rev. M. Thacher's Address to Convention of Ply

mouth County.
Rev. R. Sandborn’s Address to Convention in Read
ing, Massachusetts.
Correspondence with Harvard College and Andover
Theological Institution concerning the Antiquity
of Masonry.
Hiram B. Hopkins's Renunciation of Masonry.
Hon. J. Q. Adams's Letters on the Entered Ap.
prentice’s Oath.
Hon. J. Q. Adams's Letters to Edward Livingston,
Grand High Priest.
Sprague's Report to Legislature of Rhode Island.
Ecclesiastical Record.
1 “ Hon. John Q. Adams's Letters on the Masonic
Institution, September 23 1847.

11 Vols.
1 Pamph. Letters on Freemasonry, in chronological order,
104 pages, with Index. See Harvard College,
p. 139.
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NEW HAMPSHIRE HISTORICAL SOCIETY.

CoNCORD, N. H., AUGUST 24, 1848.

1 Vol. Hon. J. Q. Adams's Letters on the Masonic Insti
tution.

1 “ Odiorne's Selection of Opinions on Speculative

Masonry.
1 “Pamphlets, bound, viz.:
Two National Antimasonic Conventions held at
Philadelphia, 1830, Baltimore, 1831.
Address to the People by Myron Holley.
Anderton's Affidavit, referred to in page 14 of
Philadelphia Convention.
Governor Ritner's Windication of Gen. Washington
from the stigma of adherence to secret societies.
Hon. Daniel Webster's Letter on Freemasonry.
Rev. Joseph S. Christmas's Renunciation of Free
masonry.

3 Wols.
1 Pamph. Letters on Freemasonry, in chronological order,
104 pages, with Index. See Harvard College,
page 139.
 WERMONT.

HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF WERMONT.

MoNTPELIER, FEBRUARY 2, 1845.

1 Vol. Masonry by a Master Mason.
1 “ Odiorne's Selection of Opinions on Speculative
Masonry.
1 “Pamphlets, viz.:
National Antimasonic Convention at Philadelphia,
1830.

Myron Holley's (Chairman) Address to the People

of the United States.
Anderton's Affidavit, referred to in page 14 of Pro
ceedings of Philadelphia Convention.
National Antimasonic Convention at Baltimore,
1831.
Judge Marshall's Opinions of Freemasonry.
Gov. Ritner's Windication of Gen. Washington, &c.
Hon. Daniel Webster's Letter on Masonry.
Rev. Joseph S. Christmas's Renunciation of
Masonry.
1 “ Pamphlets, viz.:
Hon. Samuel Dexter's Letters on Masonry, 1798.
New York State Antimasonic Convention at Albany,
1829.
Proceedings and Debates of Massachusetts 1st
Antimasonic Convention at Boston, 1830.
Whittlesey's Report of Abduction of Wm. Morgan.
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Anderton's Affidavit of a Masonic Murder in Ire

land.

Rev. Henry Tatem’s Reply to Summons of Rhode

Island Royal Arch Chapter.
Reply to Declaration of Twelve Hundred Masons.
Judge Marshall's Opinion of Freemasonry.
Massachusetts 4th and 5th Antimasonic Convention,
1833, 1834.
Report of Joint Committee of Legislature of Massa
chusetts on Freemasonry, with a valuable Ap
pendix.
1 Vol. Pamphlets, viz.:
Morgan's Disclosures of Masonry.
Giddins's Narrative of Treatment of Morgan at Fort
Niagara.
Hiram B. Hopkins's Renunciation of Masonry.
Masonic Oaths impose no Obligations.
Antimasonic Almanac by Avery Allyn, 1832.
Hon. J. Q. Adams's Letters on the Entered Ap
prentice's Oath.
Hon. J. Q. Adams's Letters to Edward Livingston,
Grand High Priest.
Gov. Ritner's Windication of Gen. Washington, &c.
Hon. Daniel Webster's Letter on Freemasonry, and
presented July 26, 1847.
1 “ Ward's Antimasonic Review, (2 vols in one.)
1 “ Hon. J. Q. Adams's Letters on the Masonic In
stitution.

7 Wols. *

1 Pamph. Letters on Freemasonry, in chronological order,

104 pages, with Index. See Harvard College,
p. 139.
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NORWICH UNIVERSITY.

NoRwICH, JULY 26, 1847.

1 Vol. Hon. J. Q. Adams's Letters on the Masonic Insti
tution.

Odiorne's Selection of Opinions on Speculative

Masonry.
1 Pamph. Letters on Freemasonry, 104 pages, with Index.
See Harvard College, p. 139.

UNIVERSITY OF WERMONT.

BURLINGTON, NovEMBER 20, 1847.

1 Vol. Hon. J. Q. Adams's Letters on the Masonic In
stitution.
1 66
Odiorne's Selection of Opinions on Speculative
Masonry.
1 Pamph. Gov. Ritner's Windication of Gen. Washington, &c.
Letters on Freemasonry, in chronological order, 104
pages, with Index. See Harvard College, p. 139.

MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE.

MIDDLEBURY, NovEMBER 20, 1847.

1 Vol. Hon. J. Q. Adams's Letters on the Masonic In
stitution.

Odiorne's Selection of Opinions on Speculative

Masonry.
Gov. Ritner's Windication of Gen. Washington, &c.
Letters on Freemasonry, in chronological order, 104
pages, with Index. See Harvard College, p. 139.
 MASSACHUSETTS.

AMHERST COLLEGE.

AMHERST, September 15, 1831.

1 Vol. Freemasonry by a Master Mason.
1 44
Bernard's Light on Masonry.
1 44
Ward's Antimasonic Review, (2 vols. in one.)
1 44
Allyn's Ritual of Freemasonry.
1 44
Odiorne's Selection of Opinions on Speculative
Masonry.
1 “ National Antimasonic Convention at Philadelphia,
1830.
1 46
Rev. John G. Stearns's Inquiry into the Nature
and Tendency of Freemasonry.
1 “Pamphlets, viz.:
Massachusetts 1st and 2d Antimasonic Conven
tions, 1830 and 1831.
Richard Rush's Letter to York Committee.
Timothy Fuller's (President of Convention) Letter
to Richard Rush.

Richard Rush's Reply, June 30, 1831.

Hon. John Q. Adams's Letters on the Masonic In
stitution, November 23, 1847.

9 Wols.
1 Pamph. Letters on Freemasonry, in chronological order,
104 pages with Index. See Harvard College,
p. 139.
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HARWARD COLLEGE.

CAMBRIDGE, NovEMBER 15, 1831.

1 Vol. Ward's Antimasonic Review, (2 vols. in one.)
46
Allyn's Ritual of Freemasonry.
66
Odiorne's Selection of Opinions on Speculative
Masonry.
46
Rev. John G. Stearns's Inquiry into the Nature and
Tendency of Speculative Freemasonry.
46
National Antimasonic Convention at Philadelphia,
1830.
1 “Pamphlets, viz.:
Massachusetts 1st and 2d Antimasonic Conventions,
1830 and 1831.
Hon. Timothy Fuller's, (President of Convention)
Address to Hon. Richard Rush of Philadelphia.
Attempt to Murder Elder George Witherell, Pastor
of the Baptist Church at Hartford, Washington
County, N.Y., and the Masonic attempt, by a
forged trial, to rid Freemasonry of the guilt.
G&
Pamphlets, presented January 6, 1842.
Hon. John C. Spencer's (Special Counsel) Report
to the Senate of New York, on the Abduction of
Wm. Morgan. -

Anderton's Affidavit of a Masonic Murder.

Rhode Island Legislative Investigation of Masonry.
Richard Rush's Letter to York County Committee.
Timothy Fuller's Oration in Faneuil Hall.
Reply to Declaration of Twelve Hundred Masons.
Judge Marshall's Opinion of Freemasonry.
Report of a Joint Committee of Legislature of Mas.
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sachusetts on Freemasonry, with a valuable Ap

pendix of records and testimony.
1 Vol. Pamphlets, viz.: -

Solomon Southwick’s Oration before a Convention

of Seceding Masons, July 4, 1828.
Rev. E. B. Rollins's Renunciation of Masonry.
Candid Reply to Rev. Alfred Ely, a Freemason.
Hiram B. Hopkins's Renunciation of Masonry.
Anderton’s Affidavit of a Masonic Murder.
Freemasonry in Reply to Antimasonry.
Hon. J. Q. Adams's Letters on the Entered Ap
prentice's Oath.
Hon. J. Q. Adams's Letters to Edward Livingston,
Grand High Priest of the General Grand Royal
Arch Chapter of the United States.
Judge Marshall's Opinion of Freemasonry.
New England Antimasonic Almanacs, 1833 and
1835.
Gov. Ritner's Windication of Gen. Washington from
the stigma of adherence to secret societies.
Hon. Daniel Webster's Letter on Masonry.
Rev. Joseph S. Christmas's Renunciation of Ma
sonry.
1 “Pamphlets, viz.:
Rev. Joseph Emerson's Letter to Genesee Conso
ciation.

Reply to same by Genesee Consociation.

New York State Antimasonic Convention at Albany,
1829.
Colden’s Letter to York Committee.
Sheriff Sumner's Letter on Masonry.
Pliny Merrick's Letter on Masonry.
Richard Rush's Letter on Masonry.
 139

Report on Bunker Hill Monument Association, by

the Directors.

Rev. Henry Tatem's Reply to Summons of Royal

Arch Chapter of Rhode Island.
Reply to Declaration of Twelve Hundred Masons.
Memorial to Legislature of Massachusetts.
Massachusetts 4th and 5th Antimasonic Conven
tions, 1833 and 1834.
Investigation into Freemasonry by a Joint Com
mittee of the Legislature of Massachusetts,
1834, with a valuable Appendix of records and
testimony.
Report on Secret Societies and Monopolies, in which
is an account of the suppression by the British
Parliament of the Society of Orangemen.
Gov. Ritner's Windication of Gen. Washington, &c.
Hon. Daniel Webster's Letter on Masonry.
Rev. J. S. Christmas's Renunciation of Masonry.
1 Vol. Hon. John Q. Adams's Letters on the Masonic In
stitution. Presented August 28, 1847.

10 Wols.

1 Pamph. Letters on Freemasonry, in chronological order,

104 pages, with Index, thus:
Hon. John C. Spencer's Letter to a Committee at Page

Coosada, Ala., July 15, 1830, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Hon. Richard Rush's Letter to Antimasonic Committee
of Correspondence for York County, Pennsylvania,
May 4, 1831,. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Hon. Richard Rush's Letter to the Officers of the State
Antimasonic Convention of Massachusetts, June 30,
1831, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 26

Hon. Richard Rush's Letter to Antimasonic Citizens of

Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, August 31, 1831, 44
 140

Hon. Richard Rush's Letter to Hon. J. C. Spencer,

November 8, 1831, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Rev. Henry Tatem's Reply to the Summons of the

Rhode Island Royal Arch Chapter, March 22, 1832, 64
Hon. Richard Rush's Letter to Committee of the Young
Men's Antimasonic Convention of the State of Penn
sylvania, August 10, 1833, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Hon. Richard Rush's Letter to the Secretary of the
Senatorial Convention at Meadville, Pennsylvania,
September 11, 1833, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Arnold's Escape aided by Freemasonry, . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Hon. Edward Everett's Opinion of Secret Societies,... 102
Index, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104

THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY.

ANDovER, NovEMBER 17, 1831.

1 Vol. Freemasonry by a Master Mason.
Bernard’s Light on Masonry.
Allyn's Ritual of Freemasonry.
Odiorne's Selection of Opinions on Speculative
Masonry.
1 46
Rev. John G. Stearns's Inquiry into the Nature and
Tendency of Freemasonry.
1. 66
National Antimasonic Convention at Philadelphia,
1830.

1 “Pamphlets, viz.:
Massachusetts 1st and 2d Antimasonic Conventions,
1830 and 1831.
Richard Rush's Letter to Wm. McIlvaine and
others.

Timothy Fuller's (President) Letter to Richard

Rush.

Richard Rush's Reply, June 30, 1831.

 141

Attempt to murder Elder Geo. Witherell, a Seceder

from Masonry, and Pastor of the Baptist Church
at Hartford, Washington County, N. Y., and
the attempt to injure his character by a forged
trial.
1 Vol. Hon. J. Q. Adams's Letters on the Masonic Insti
tution, September, 1847.

8 Wols.
1 Pamph. Letters on Freemasonry, in chronological order, 104
pages, with Index. See Harvard College, p. 139.

BOSTON LIBRARY.

BoSTON, APRIL 28, 1832.

1 Vol. Bernard’s Light on Masonry.
Freemasonry by a Master Mason.
1 4%
Ward's Antimasonic Review, (2 vols. in one.)
Two National Antimasonic Conventions in Philadel.
phia, 1830, in Baltimore, 1831.
1 4%
William L. Stone's Letters to Hon. John Q. Adams,
on Freemasonry, to whom Mr. Adams addressed
letters on the Entered Apprentice’s Oath.
Odiorne's Selection of Opinions on Speculative
Masonry.
Hon. John Q. Adams's Letters on the Masonic Insti
tution, July 15, 1847.
Antimasonic Documents, viz.: July 5, 1849.
Hon. John C. Spencer's Letter to Committee at
Coosada, Ala.
Hon. Richard Rush's six Letters on Masonry.
 142

Rev. Henry Tatem’s Reply to Summons of Rhode

Island Royal Arch Chapter.
Arnold's Escape aided by Freemasonry.
Hon. Edward Everett's Opinion of Secret Societies.
National Antimasonic Convention at Philadelphia,
1830.
Anderton's Affidavit of a Masonic Murder, referred
to in page 14 of Proceedings of the Convention.
Myron Holley’s (chairman of a committee) Ad
dress to the People of the United States.
Gov. Ritner's Windication of Gen. Washington, &c.
Hon. Daniel Webster's Letter on Masonry.

8 Wols.

MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL SOCIETY.

NovEMBER 27, 1838.

1 Vol. Freemasonry by a Master Mason.
44
Ward's Antimasonic Review, (2 vols in one.)

SEPTEMBER 30th, 1841.

44
Odiorne's Selection of Opinions on Speculative Ma
sonry.
66
Rev. John G. Stearns's Inquiry into the Nature
and Tendency of Speculative Freemasonry.
66
Avery Allyn's Ritual of Freemasonry.
: 66

&c.
Elder David Bernard's Light on Masonry.
National Antimasonic Conventions held in Philadel
phia, 1830; in Baltimore, 1831.
&
Five several and successive Antimasonic Conven
tions of Massachusetts.
 143

1 Vol. Pamphlets, viz.:

Sheriff Sumner's Letter on Freemasonry.
Pliny Merrick's Letter on Freemasonry.
Anderton’s Affidavit of a Masonic Murder.
Attempt to murder Elder George Witherell, a
Seceder from Masonry, and Pastor of the Baptist
Church at Hartford, Washington County, N.Y.,
and the attempt to injure his character by a
forged trial.
Richard Rush's Letter to York Committee.
W. H. Seward’s Oration at Syracuse.
Rhode Island Investigation into Freemasonry.
Memorial to the Legislature of Massachusetts for
the Repeal of the Charter of the Grand Lodge.
Report of a Joint Committee of the Legislature of
Massachusetts on Freemasonry, with a valuable
Appendix of records and testimony.
Rev. M. Thacher's Address before Antimasonic
Convention at Augusta, Maine.
Reply to Declaration of Twelve Hundred Masons.
Judge Marshall's Opinion of Freemasonry.
1 “Pamphlets, viz.:
Hon. Samuel Dexter's Letter to the Grand Master
of the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts, 1798.
Trial of Eleven of the Kidnappers of Wm. Morgan.
New York State Antimasonic Convention at
Albany, 1829. -

Address at Meeting of Opponents to Masonry at

Philadelphia.
C. D. Colden's Letter to Col. Varick and others.
Genesee Consociation's Reply to Rev. J. Emerson:
S. Southwick's Speech in Albany Convention, 1829.
 144

New York State Antimasonic Convention at Utica,

1830.

Rev. Henry Tatem's Reply to Summons of Rhode

Island Royal Arch Chapter.
Report of President and Directors of Bunker Hill
Monument Association.

Report on Secret Societies by Committee of Penn

sylvania Legislature.
Gov. Ritner's vindication of Gen. Washington, &c.
Daniel Webster's Letter on Freemasonry.
Rev. Jos. S. Christmas's Renunciation of Masonry.
1 Vol. Pamphlets, viz.:
Illustrations of Masonry by Wm. Morgan.
Candid reply to Rev. A. Ely, a Freemason.
Anderton’s Affidavit of a Masonic Murder.
William Sprague's Report to Legislature of Rhode
Island.

Hon. J. Q. Adams's Letter on the Entered Appren

tice’s Oath.
Hon. J. Q. Adams's Letter to Edward Livingston,
Grand High Priest of the General Grand Royal
Arch Chapter of the United States.
Giddins’s Antimasonic Almanac for 1833.
Thoughtson Excitement, in Reply to Edward Everett.
Trial of Eben. Clough for Embracery.
Defence of John the Baptist from Slander of Free
ImaSOnS.

1 “ Pamphlets, viz.:
Narrative of the Kidnapping and Murder of
Morgan.
Sol. Southwick’s Oration before Seceding Masons,
July 4, 1828.
Dow's Sermon on Freemasonry.
 145

Rev. E. B. Rollins's Renunciation of Freemasonry.

Hiram B. Hopkins's Renunciation of Freemasonry.
Nathaniel Very's Renunciation of Freemasonry.
Reply to Antimasonry, referring to American
Quarterly Review.
Antimasonic Almanacs, 1831, 1832, 1833.
1 Vol. Hon. J. Q. Adams's Letters on the Masonic Insti
tution. July 19, 1847.

13 Wols.

ANTIQUARIAN HALL.

WoRCESTER, APRIL 28, 1842.

1 Vol. Masonry by a Master Mason.
1 “ Odiorne's Selection of Opinions on Speculative
Masonry.
1 “ Two National Antimasonic Conventions in Philadel
phia, 1830, in Baltimore, 1831.
1 * Five several Antimasonic Conventions of the State
of Massachusetts, 1830 to 1834, inclusive.
1 “Pamphlets, viz.:
Illustrations of Masonry by William Morgan.
Solomon Southwick’s Oration before a Convention
of Seceding Masons at Le Roy, N.Y., July 4,
1828.
Giddins's Account of Treatment of Morgan in Fort
Niagara.
Hiram B. Hopkins's Renunciation of Masonry.
Reply of Genesee Consociation to Rev. Joseph
Emerson.

19 |
 146

Anderton’s Affidavit of the Masonic Murder of Mil

ler, at Belfast, Ireland.
Hon. John Q. Adams's Letters on the Entered Ap
prentice's Oath.
Hon. John Q. Adams's Letters to Edward Livings
ton, Grand High Priest.
Hon. John Q. Adams's Reply to a Committee of
Vermont State Antimasonic Convention.
Giddins's Antimasonic Almanac, 1833.
Judge Marshall's Opinion of Freemasonry.
Gov. Ritner's Windication of Gen. Washington, &c.
Hon. Daniel Webster's Letter on Freemasonry.
Rev. Jos. S. Christmas's Renunciation of Masonry.
1 Vol. Pamphlets, viz.:
Masonic Lecture by Wm. F. Brainard, a Royal
Arch Mason, at New London, Conn.
New York State Antimasonic Convention, Feb.,
1829.
Solomon Southwick’s Speech in said Convention.
C. D. Colden’s Letter to Richard Varick and others.
Sheriff Sumner's Letter against Masonry.
Pliny Merrick's Letter against Masonry.
Anderton's Affidavit of a Masonic Murder.
Richard Rush's Letter to York County Committee.
Rhode Island Legislative Investigation of Masonry,
December, 1831.
Report of President and Directors of Bunker Hill
Monument Association.
Rev. M. Thacher's Address before the Antimasonic
Convention of State of Maine, at Augusta.
Reply to Declaration of Twelve Hundred Masons.
Judge Marshall's Opinion of Freemasonry.
 147

Memorial to the Legislature of Massachusetts.

Report of a Joint Committee of the Legislature of
Massachusetts on Freemasonry, with a valuable
Appendix of documents.
Gov. Ritner's Windication of Gen. Washington, &c.
Hon. Daniel Webster's Letter on Freemasonry.
Rev. J.S. Christmas's Renunciation of Freemasonry.
1 Vol. Hon. John Q. Adams's Letters on the Masonic Insti
tution, July, 1847.

7 Wols.

1 Pamph. Letters on Freemasonry, in chronological order, 104

pages, with Index. (See Harvard College,
page 139.)

BOSTON ATHENAEUM.

BosTON, JULY 30, 1847.

1 Vol. Hon. J. Q. Adams's Letters on the Masonic Institu
tion.

OCTOBER 27, 1849.

1 “ Odiorne's Selection of Opinions on Speculative

Masonry.
1 “Antimasonic Documents, viz.:
Hon. John C. Spencer's Letter to Committee at
Coosada, Alabama.
Hon. Richard Rush's six Letters on Masonry.
Rev. H. Tatem's Reply to Summons of Rhode
Island Royal Arch Chapter.
Arnold's Escape aided by Freemasonry. . .
Hon. Edward Everett's Opinion of Secret Societies.
 148

National Antimasonic Convention at Philadelphia,

1830.

Anderton's Affidavit referred to in page 14 of

Proceedings of said Convention.
Address of Myron Holley, Chairman of Committee,
to the People of the United States.
Gov. Ritner's Vindication of Gen. Washington, &c.
Hon. Daniel Webster's Letter on Masonry.

3 Wols.

SW ENGLAND HISTORICAL AND GENEALOGICAL

SOCIETY.

BosTON, NovKMBER 8, 1847.

1 Vol. Hon. John Q. Adams's Letters on the Masonic
Institution.

1 Pamph. Letters on Freemasonry, in chronological order,

104 pages, with Index. (See Harvard College,
page 139.)

MECHANICS INSTITUTE.

WoRCESTER, NovKMBER 16, 1847.

1 Vol. Hon. J. Q. Adams's Letters on the Masonic Insti

tution.

WILLIAMSTOWN COLLEGE.

WILLIAMSTowN, NoveMBER 23, 1847.

1 Vol. Hon. J. Q. Adams's Letters on the Masonic Insti
tution.
 149

1 Vol. Odiorne's Selection of Opinions on Speculative

Masonry.

2 Wols.
1 Pamph. Letters on Freemasonry, in chronological order,
104 pages, with Index. (See Harvard College,
page 189.)

MERCANTILE LIBRARY ASSOCIATION.

BosTON, NovKMBER 29, 1847.

1 Vol. Hon. John Q. Adams's Letters on the Masonic

Institution.

1 “ Odiorne's Selection of Opinions on Speculative

Masonry.
2 Wols.

LAWRENCE ACADEMY.

GROTON, JANUARY 13, 1848.

1 Vol. Hon. John Q. Adams's Letters on the Masonic

Institution.

ATHENAEUM.

BROOKFIELD, JANUARY 18, 1848.

1 Vol. Hon. J. Q. Adams's Letters on the Masonic Insti.

tution.
 150

1 Pamph. Letters on Freemasonry, in chronological order,

104 pages, with Index. (See Harvard College,
page 139.)

STATE LIBRARY.

STATE House, JANUARY 18, 1848.

1 Vol. Hon. J. Q. Adams's Letters on the Masonic Insti
tution.

ATHENAEUM.

NANTUCKET, JANUARY 27, 1848.

1 Vol. Hon. J. Q. Adams's Letters on the Masonic Insti

tution.
1 “ Odiorne's Selection of Opinions on Speculative
Masonry.

2 Wols.
1 Pamph. Letters on Freemasonry, in chronological order,
104 pages, with Index. (See Harvard College,
page 139.)

ATHENAEUM.

SALEM, JANUARY 31, 1848.

1 Vol. Hon. J. Q. Adams' Letters on the Masonic Insti
tution.
 151

1 “ Odiorne's Selection of Opinions on Speculative Ma

sonry.

2 Wols.

1 Pamph. Letters on Freemasonry, in chronological order,

104 pages, with Index. (See Harvard College,
page 139.)

NEWTON THEOLOGICAL INSTITUTION.

NEWTON, FEBRUARY 1, 1848.

1 Vol. Hon. J. Q. Adams's Letters on the Masonic Institu
tion.

1 “ Odiorne's Selection of Opinions on Speculative

Masonry.

2 Wols.

1 Pamph. Letters on Freemasonry, in chronological order,

104 pages, with Index. (See Harvard College,
p. 139.)

SOCIAL LIBRARY.

NEW BEDFORD, FEBRUARY 2, 1848.

1 Vol. Hon. J. Q. Adams's Letters on the Masonic Insti
tution.

1 “ Odiorne's Selection of Opinions on Speculative

Masonry.

2 Wols.
 152

1 Pamph. Letters on Freemasonry, in chronological order,

104 pages, with Index. (See Harvard College,
page 139.)

QUINCY LYCEUM.

QUINCY, OCTOBER 31, 1849.

1 Vol. Hon. J. Q. Adams's Letters on the Masonic In

stitution.

1 Vol. Odiorne's Selection of Opinions on Speculative

Masonry.
1 “ Antimasonic Documents. (To save repetition, see the
articles in this volume, particularized in that of
Boston Library, page 141.)

3 Wols.

FRANKLIN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION.

LAWRENCE, FEBRUARY 18, 1850.

1 Vol. Hon. J. Q. Adams's Letters on the Masonic Insti
tution.
1 “ Antimasonic Documents, viz.:
Hon. John C. Spencer's Letter to Committee at
Coosada, Ala.
Hon. Richard Rush's six Letters on Masonry.
Rev. Henry Tatem's Reply to Royal Arch Chapter
of Rhode Island.

Arnold's Escape aided by Freemasonry.

Hon. Edward Everett's Opinion of Secret Societies.
 153

National Antimasonic Convention at Philadelphia,

1830. -

Anderton's Affidavit of a Masonic Murder, referred

to in page 14 of Proceedings of the Convention.
Address of Myron Holley to the People of the
United States.

Gov. Ritner's Windication of Gen. Washington, &c.

Hon. Daniel Webster's Letter on Masonry.
2 Wols.

ESSEX INSTITUTE.

SALEM, FEBRUARY 19, 1850.

1 Vol. Hon. J. Q. Adams's Letters on the Masonic Insti
tution.

1 Pamph. 104 pages, with Index, containing:

Hon. J. C. Spencer's Letter to Committee at
Coosada, Ala.
Hon. Richard Rush's six Letters on Masonry.
Rev. H. Tatem's Reply to Royal Arch Summons.
Arnold's Escape aided by Freemasonry.
Hon. Edward Everett's Opinion of Secret Societies.

COLLEGE OF THE HOLY CROSS.

WoRCESTER, Nov. 21, 1850.

1 Vol. Hon. J. Q. Adams’ Letters on the Masonic Insti
tution.

1 Pamph. Letters on Fremasonry, with Index, pp. 104. (See

Harvard College, p. 139.)
20
 154

COLUMBIAN SOCIETY.

MARBLEHEAD, SEPT. 3, 1851.

1 Vol. Hon. J. Q. Adams's Letters on the Masonic Insti
tution.

1 “ Antimasonic Documents. (See Boston Library,

p. 141.)
2 Wols.

WAYLAND LIBRARY.

WAYLAND, SEPTEMBER 8, 1851.

1 Vol. Hon. J. Q. Adams's Letters on the Masonic Insti

tution.
1 Pamph. Letters on Freemasonry, with Index, 104 pages.
 RHODE ISLAND.

BROWN UNIVERSITY.

FEBRUARY 15, 1842.

1 Vol. Masonry by a Master Mason.
1 46
Rev. John G. Stearns's Inquiry into the Nature
and Tendency of Freemasonry.
1 6%
Allyn's Ritual of Freemasonry.
1 66
Odiorne's Selection of Opinions on Speculative
Masonry.
1. 6%
Two National Antimasonic Conventions at Philadel
phia, 1830, at Baltimore, 1831.
1 46
Five several and successive Antimasonic Conven
tions of State of Massachusetts, 1830 to 1834,
inclusive.

1 “Pamphlets, viz.:
Revelation of Freemasonry by Lewiston Committee.
Sol. Southwick’s Oration before a Convention of
Seceding Masons at Le Roy, July 4, 1828.
Candid Reply to Rev. Alfred Ely, a Mason.
New England Antimasonic Almanacs, 1829 to
1832, inclusive.
Freemasonry in Reply to Antimasonry in American
Quarterly Review.
Edward Giddins's Account of Treatment of Morgan
in Fort Niagara.
Hiram B. Hopkins's Renunciation of Masonry.
Ecclesiastical Record of Baptist Church, South
Reading, Mass.
Rev. Amariah Chandler on Freemasonry.
 156

Rev. Henry Jones's (a Seceder) Letter on Freema

sonry.
1 Vol. Pamphlets, viz.:
New England Almanac and Masonic Calendar.
James A. Shedd, a Masonic Witness, Trial of
Elisha Adams.

Attempt to murder Elder Geo. Witherell, a Seceder

from Masonry and Pastor of the Baptist Church
at Hartford, Washington County, N.Y., and the
attempt to injure his character by a forged trial.
Edward Giddins's Antimasonic Almanac, 1833.
Rev. E. B. Rollins's Renunciation of Freemasonry.
Hon. John Q. Adams's Letters on the Entered Ap
prentice's Oath.
Hon. John Q. Adams's Letters to Edward Livings
ton, Grand High Priest.
Reply of the Genesee Consociation to Rev. J.
Emerson.
Wm. Sprague’s, Jr., Report on Masonry to Legis
lature of Rhode Island.
Benj. F. Hallett's Report of the Trial of Ebenezer
Clough for Embracery.
New York State Antimasonic Convention, 1829.
First number of Antimasonic Review, by H. D.
Ward.
1 “ Pamphlets, viz.:
Gov. Ritner's Vindication of Gen. Washington, &c.
Hon. Daniel Webster's Letter on Freemasonry,
November, 20, 1835.
Remarks on Masonic Celebration at Portsmouth,
New Hampshire.
 157

JUNE 24, 1841.

Rev. Joseph S. Christmas's Renunciation of Ma

sonry.
Anderton's Affidavit of a Masonic Murder.
Reply to Declaration of Twelve Hundred Masons,
Jan. 1, 1833.
Wm. T. Brainard's Masonic Lecture at New Lon
don, 1825.
Report of President and Directors of Bunker Hill
Monument Association, 1831.
A Freeman on Freemasonry.
Vermont State Antimasonic Convention.
Rev. M. Thacher's Address before Maine State
Antimasonic Convention at Augusta.
Memorial to Legislature of Massachusetts, on Ma
sonic Oaths.
Report of J. C. Spencer to Senate of New York.
Timothy Fuller's Oration in Faneuil Hall.
Sheriff Sumner's Letter on Freemasonry.
Pliny Merrick's Letter on Freemasonry.
Solomon Southwick's Speech at New York State
Antimasonic Convention at Albany, 1829.
Judge Marshall's Opinion of Freemasonry.
Whittlesey's Report on the Abduction of William
Morgan.
Address to the People of Massachusetts, by the
Antimasonic Convention at Worcester, Septem
ber, 1832.
Rev. Henry Tatem's Reply to Summons of a Royal
Arch Chapter.
C.D. Colden’s Letter to Richard Varick and others.
Report of a Joint Committee of the Legislature of
 158

Massachusetts on Freemasonry, with a valuable

Appendix of records and testimony.
Investigation of Freemasonry by Legislature of
Rhode Island.
1 Vol. Hon. John Q. Adams's Letters on the Masonic Insti
tution, Sept. 21, 1847.

10 Vols. . -

1 Pamph. Letters on Freemasonry, in chronological order,

104 pages, with Index. (See Harvard College,
page 139.)

HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF RHODE ISLAND.

DECEMBER 24, 1847.

1 Vol. Hon. J. Q. Adams's Letters on the Masonic Insti
tution.

ATHENAEUM.

PROVIDENCE, NovEMBER 15, 1849.

1 Vol. Hon. J. Q. Adams's Letters on the Masonic Insti
tution.

1 “ Odiorne's Selection of Opinions on Speculative

Masonry.
1 “ Antimasonic Documents. (See Boston Library,
p. 141.)
 CONNECTICUT.

YALE COLLEGE.

'NEW HAVEN, DECEMBER 23, 1840.

1 Vol. Freemasonry by a Master Mason.
1 “ Odiorne's Selection of Opinions on Speculative
Masonry.
1 “ Rev. John G. Stearns's Inquiry into the Nature and
Tendency of Speculative Masonry.
1 “ Allyn's Ritual of Freemasonry.
1 * Two National Antimasonic Conventions in Philadel
phia, 1830, in Baltimore, 1831, with Anderton's
Affidavit, referred to on page 14 of the former.
1 “ Massachusetts five several and successive Antima
sonic Conventions.
Rhode Island Legislative Investigation into Masonry.
1 * Pamphlets, viz.:
Hon. Samuel Dexter's Letter to the Grand Master
of the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts, 1798.
William F. Brainard's Lecture in Union Lodge,
New London.
Rev. Joseph Emerson's Letter to Genesee Conso
ciation.

Reply to same by Genesee Consociation.

Solomon Southwick's Speech.
Hon. C. D. Colden’s Letter.
Sheriff Sumner's Letter on Speculative Masonry.
Pliny Merrick's Letter on Speculative Masonry.
Rev. Moses Thacher's Address at Weymouth.
 160

IIon. Richard Rush's Letter on Masonry.

Hon. Timothy Fuller's Address in Faneuil Hall.
Rev. Henry Tatem's Reply to Summons of Royal
Arch Chapter.
Report of President and Directors of Bunker Hill
Monument Association, showing the influence
and deception of Masonry.
Rev. Moses Thacher's Address before Maine State
Antimasonic Convention at Augusta.
Reply to the Declaration of Twelve Hundred
Masons.

Judge Marshall's Opinion of Masonry.

A Voice from the Green Mountains, by Sam. Elliot.
Report of a Joint Committee of the Legislature of
Massachusetts on Freemasonry, with a valuable
Appendix of records and testimony.
1 Vol. Pamphlets, viz.:
Giddins's Narrative concerning the Abduction of
Morgan.
Facts and Illustrations of Masonry.
Rev. Moses Thacher's Letters on Masonry.
Rev. E. B. Rollins's Renunciation of Masonry.
Candid Reply to Rev. A. Ely, of Munson, Mass.
Rev. M. Thacher's Address before Montgomery
Lodge, at Medway, Mass.
Anderton's Affidavit of a Masonic Murder.
Hiram B. Hopkins's Renunciation of Masonry.
Nathaniel Very's Renunciation of Masonry.
Masonic Oaths impose no Obligation.
Ecclesiastical Record.
Judge Marshall's Letter on Masonry.
Hon. J. Q. Adams's Letters on the Entered Ap.
prentice's Oath.
 161

Hon. J. Q. Adams's Letters to Edward Livingston,

Grand High Priest.
Narrative of Proceedings in Bank Street Church,
Philadelphia, concerning Freemasonry.
1 Vol. Hon. John Q. Adams's Letters on the Masonic
Institution, September 9, 1847.
1 “ Ward's Antimasonic Review, (2 vols. in one.)

10 Wols.
1 Pamph. Letters on Freemasonry, in chronological order,
104 pages, with Index. (See Harvard College,
p. 139.)

CONNECTICUT HISTORICAL SOCIETY.

DECEMBER 27, 1847. -

1 Vol. Hon. J. Q. Adams's Letters on the Masonic In

stitution.

1 “ Odiorne's Selection of Opinions on Speculative

Masonry.

2 Wols.
1 Pamph. Letters on Freemasonry, in chronological order, 104
pages, with Index. (See Harvard College, p.
139.)

WESLEYAN. UNIVERSITY.

MIDDLETowN, JUNE 20, 1848.

1 Vol. Hon. John Q. Adams's Letters on the Masonic
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 162

1 Vol. Odiorne's Selection of Opinions on Speculative

Masonry.

2 Wols.
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Hon. Richard Rush's Letter to York County Com

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Rev. Henry Tatem's Reply to Summons of Royal

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 164

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Hiram B. Hopkins's Renunciation of Masonry.
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Hon. J. Q. Adams's Letters on the Entered Ap
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Reply to Declaration of Twelve Hundred Masons.
Judge Marshall’s Letter on Masonry.
Gov. Ritner's Windication of Gen. Washington, &c.
Hon. Daniel Webster's Letter on Masonry.
 165

Rev. Joseph S. Christmas's Renunciation of Ma

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 171

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1 66
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Solomon Southwick’s Speech at said Convention.

C. D. Colden’s Letter to Richard Varick and others.
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Judge Marshall's Opinion of Freemasonry.

 174

Memorial to Legislature of Massachusetts on Extra

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Gov. Ritner's Windication of Gen. Washington, &c.
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Rev. Joseph S. Christmas's Renunciation of Ma
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Reply of the Genesee Consociation to Rev. J.
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Hiram B. Hopkins's Renunciation of Masonry.

New England Antimasonic Almanac, 1831.
Hon. John Q. Adams's Letters on the Entered Ap
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Hon. John Q. Adams's Letters to Edward Livings
ton, Grand High Priest.
Trial of Ebenezer Clough for Embracery, a sup
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104 pages, with Index. (See Harvard College,
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Anderton's Affidavit, referred to in Proceedings
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Hon. Daniel Webster's Letter on Masonry.
Rev. Joseph S. Christmas's Renunciation of Ma
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New York State Antimasonic Convention, 1829.
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Rev. Henry Tatem's Reply to a Masonic Summons.

Massachusetts 3d, 4th, and 5th Antimasonic Con
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 177

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Judge Marshall's Opinion of Masonry.
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Hon. Daniel Webster's Letter on Masonry.
Rev. Joseph S. Christmas's Renunciation of Ma
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Rev. Henry Tatem’s Reply to a Masonic Summons.
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Memorial to the Legislature of Massachusetts.
Report of a Joint Committee of the Legislature of
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 & 179

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Hon. Daniel Webster's Letter on Masonry.
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Rev. H. Tatem’s Reply to a Masonic Summons.
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Anderton’s Affidavit, referred to on page 14 of

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National Antimasonic Convention at Baltimore,
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Gov. Ritner's Windication of Gen. Washington, &c.
Hon. Daniel Webster's Letter on Masonry.
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1 Vol. Hon. John Q. Adams's Letters on the Masonic In
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 182

1 Vol. Odiorne's Selection of Opinions on Speculative

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Morgan's Illustrations of Masonry, 1827.
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Hon. Samuel Dexter's Letter on Masonry, 1798.

Morgan’s Illustrations of Masonry, 1827.
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Anderton’s Affidavit of a Masonic Murder in
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Antimasonic Review, Nos. 1 to 7 of Vol. 2.

Gov. Ritner's Windication of Gen. Washington, &c.
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Hon. J. Q. Adams's Letters to Edward Livingston.
1 “ Pamphlets, viz.:
National Antimasonic Convention at Philadelphia,
1830.

Myron Holley's (Chairman) Address to the People

of the United States.

Anderton's Affidavit, referred to in page 14 of

the Proceedings of the Philadelphia Convention.
National Antimasonic Convention at Baltimore,
1831.

Judge Marshall's Opinion of Masonry.

Gov. Ritner's Vindication of Gen. Washington, &c.
Hon. Daniel Webster's Letter on Masonry.
1 “ Pamphlets, viz.: - -

Hon. Samuel Dexter's Letter on Masonry, 1798.

New York State Antimasonic Convention at Al
bany, 1829.
Massachusetts 1st Antimasonic Convention at Bos
ton, Jan. 1, 1830.
 189

Anderton’s Affidavit of a Masonic Murder.

Hon. Richard Rush's Letter to York County Com
mittee.
Rev. Henry Tatem’s Reply to a Masonic Summons.
Reply to Declaration of Twelve Hundred Masons.
Judge Marshall’s Opinion of Freemasonry.
Massachusetts 4th and 5th Antimasonic Conven
tions, 1833, 1834.
Memorial to Legislature of Massachusetts, 1834.
Report of a Joint Committee of the Legislature of
Massachusetts on Freemasonry, with a valuable
Appendix of documents and testimony.
Gov. Ritner's Windication of Gen. Washington, &c.
Hon. Daniel Webster's Letter on Freemasonry.
1 Vol. Hon. J. Q. Adams’s Letters on the Masonic Insti
tution, Aug. 21, 1847.
1 “ Ward's Antimasonic Review, (2 vols. in one.)
Jan. 22, 1847.

7 Wols.

LIBRARY COMPANY, ALLAS ATHENAEUM.

BALTIMORE, Nov. 23, 1847.

1 Vol. Hon. J. Q. Adams's Letters on the Masonic In

stitution.

1 “ Odiorne's Selection of Opinions on Speculative

Masonry.
2 Wols.

2 Pamphlets. Massachusetts 4th and 5th Antimasonic Conven

tions, 1833, 1834.
 190

ST. JOHN'S COLLEGE, - -

ANNAPOLIS, MARCH 25, 1850.

1 Vol. Hon. John Q. Adams's Letters on the Masonic

Institution.

1 * Odiorne's Selection of Opinions on Speculative

Masonry.
1 “Pamphlets, viz.:
Hon. Samuel Dexter's Letter on Masonry, 1798.
Morgan's Illustrations of Masonry.
New York State Antimasonic Convention at Al
bany, 1829.
Antimasonic Review, No. 6 of Wol. 1.
United States Antimasonic Convention at Philadel
phia, 1830.
Anderton's Affidavit, referred to in page 14 of Pro
ceedings of Philadelphia Convention.
Myron Holley's Address to the People of the
United States.
Massachusetts 3d, 4th, and 5th Antimasonic Con
ventions, 1832, 1833, 1834.
Judge Marshall's Opinion of Freemasonry.
Gov. Ritner's Windication of Gen. Washington
from the stigma of adherence to secret societies.
Hon. Daniel Webster's Letter on Masonry.
Rev. Joseph S. Christmas's Renunciation of Ma
sonry.

3 Wols.
1 Pamph. Letters on Freemasonry, in chronological order,
104 pages, with Index. (See Harvard College,
in this Catalogue, page 139.)
 191

MARYLAND STATE LIBRARY.

ANNAPOLIS, MD., JULY 31, 1850.

1 Vol. Hon. John Q. Adams's Letters on the Masonic

Institution.

1 “ Odiorne's Selection of Opinions on Speculative Ma

sonry.
1 “ Antimasonic Documents. (For particulars, see Bos
ton Library, in this Catalogue, p. 141.)
3 Wols.

ST. MARY'S COLLEGE.

BALTIMORE, Nov. 27, 1850.

1 Wol. Hon. John Q. Adams's Letters on the Masonic

Institution.

1 Pamph. Letters on Freemasonry, in chronological order,

104 pages, with Index. (See Harvard College,
page 139.)
 VIRGINIA.

"UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA.

CHARLOTTESVILLE, JUNE 12, 1843.

1 Vol. Freemasonry by a Master Mason.
Bernard’s Light on Masonry.
National Antimasonic Convention held at Philadel
phia, 1830.
Anderton's Affidavit, referred to in page 14 of
the Proceedings.
Myron Holley's (Chairman) Address to the People
of the United States.
National Antimasonic Convention at Baltimore,
1831.
Odiorne's Selection of Opinions on Speculative
Masonry.
1 “Pamphlets, viz.:
New York State Antimasonic Convention at Albany,
1829.

Solomon Southwick's Speech in New York State

Antimasonic Convention at Albany.
C. D. Colden's Letter to Varick and others, 1829.
Massachusetts 1st Antimasonic Convention, 1830.
Hon. Richard Rush's Letter to York County Com
mittee.

Rev. Henry Tatem's Reply to a Masonic Summons.

Massachusetts 4th and 5th Antimasonic Conven
tions, 1833, 1834.
Memorial to Legislature of Massachusetts, against
Masonic Oaths.
 193

Report of a Joint Committee of the Legislature of

Massachusetts on Freemasonry, with a valuable
Appendix of documents and testimony, 1834.
Report of a Joint Committee of the Legislature
of Mass. on Secret Societies and Monopolies, giv
ing an account of Proceedings in the British
Parliament against Orange Societies, 1836.
1 Vol. Pamphlets, viz.:
Narrative of Facts relating to the kidnapping of
Morgan, &c.
Giddins's Account of the Treatment of Morgan in
Fort Niagara.
Hiram B. Hopkins's Renunciation of Masonry.
Reply of the Genesee Consociation to Rev. J.
Emerson.
Anderton’s Affidavit of a Masonic Murder.
New England Antimasonic Almanac, 1831.
Hon. John Q. Adams's Letters on the Entered Ap
prentice’s Oath.
Hon. J. Q. Adams's Letters to Edward Livingston.
Judge Marshall's Opinion of Freemasonry.
Gov. Ritner's Windication of Gen. Washington, &c.
Hon. Daniel Webster's Letter on Masonry.
1. 44
Hon. J. Q. Adams’s Letters on the Masonic Insti
tution, Feb. 1, 1848.
1 “ Ward's Antimasonic Review, (2 vols. in one.) Feb.
1, 1848.

8 Wols.

1 Pamph. Letters on Freemasonry, in chronological order, pp.

104, with Index. (See Harvard Coll., p. 139.)
25
 194

WASHINGTON COLLEGE

LEXINGTON, APRIL 6, 1849.

1 Vol. Hon. J. Q. Adams's Letters on the Masonic Insti

tution.
1 “ Odiorne's Selection of Opinions on Speculative
Masonry.

2 Wols.
1 Pamph. Letters on Freemasonry, in chronological order,
104 pages, with Index. (See Harvard College,
p. 139.)

RANDOLPH-MACON COLLEGE.

BoyDTON, MARCH 15, 1850.

1 Vol. Hon. John Q. Adams's Letters on the Masonic
Institution.

1 “ Odiorne's Selection of Opinions on Speculative

Masonry.
1 “ Antimasonic Documents. (For contents, see Boston
Library, page 141.)

3 Wols.
 NORTH CAROLINA.

UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA.

CHAPEL HILL, APRIL 2, 1844.

1 Vol. Freemasonry by a Master Mason.

1 “ Bernard’s Light on Masonry.
1 “ Odiorne's Selection of Opinions on Speculative
Masonry.
1 “Pamphlets, viz.:
National Antimasonic Convention at Philadelphia,
1830.

Anderton’s Affidavit, referred to on page 14 of

Proceedings of Philadelphia Convention.
Myron Holley's (Chairman) Address to the People
of the United States.

National Antimasonic Convention at Baltimore,

1831.

Gov. Ritner's Windication of Gen. Washington, &c.

Hon. Daniel Webster's Letter on Freemasonry.
Rev. Joseph S. Christmas's Renunciation of Free
masonry.
1 “ Pamphlets, viz.:
Hon. Samuel Dexter's Letter on Freemasonry,
1798.

Whittlesey's Report on Abduction of Wm. Morgan.

Wm. F. Brainard's (Royal Arch Mason) Lecture.
Letter from a Lady of Cazenovia, N.Y., to a Cler
gyman.
Rev. H. Tatem's Reply to Summons of a Royal
Arch Chapter.
 196

Report of President and Directors of Bunker Hill

Monument Association.
Rev. M. Thacher’s Address before the Antimasonic

Convention of State of Maine, at Augusta, July

4, 1832.
Reply to Declaration of Twelve Hundred Masons.
A Voice from the Green Mountains, by Sam. Elliot.
Memorial to Legislature of Massachusetts.
Report of a Joint Committee of the Legislature of
Massachusetts on Freemasonry, with a valuable
Appendix of documents and testimony.
1 Vol. Pamphlets, viz.:
Giddins's Account of Treatment of Morgan at Fort
Niagara.
Solomon Southwick’s Oration before Convention

of Seceding Masons, July 4, 1828.

Hiram B. Hopkins's Renunciation of Masonry.
Anderton's Affidavit of a Masonic Murder in Ireland.
Gov. Ritner's Windication of Gen. Washington, &c.
Hon. Daniel Webster's Letter on Masonry.
New England Antimasonic Almanac, 1831.
Hon. John Q. Adams's Letters on Entered Appren
tice’s Oath.
Hon. John Q. Adams's Letters to Edward Livings
ton, Grand High Priest of the General Grand
Royal Arch Chapter of the United States.
Judge Marshall’s Opinion of Freemasonry.
1 “ Hon. J. Q. Adams's Letters on the Masonic Insti
tution, Feb. 16, 1849.
7 vols. |

1 Pamph. Letters on Freemasonry, in chronological order, pp.

104, with Index. (See Harvard Coll., p. 139.)
 SOUTH CAROLINA.

SOUTH CAROLINA COLLEGE.

CoLUMBIA, AUG. 28, 1843.

1 Vol. Freemasonry by a Master Mason.
1 “ Bernard’s Light on Masonry.
1 “ Odiorne's Selection of Opinions on Speculative
Masonry.
1 “ Pamphlets, viz.:
National Antimasonic Convention at Philadelphia,
1830.
Anderton's Affidavit, referred to on page 14 of
Proceedings.
Address to the People of the United States, by
Myron Holley, Chairman of a Committee.
National Antimasonic Convention at Baltimore,
1831. -

Gov. Ritner's Windication of Gen. Washington, &c.

Hon. Daniel Webster's Letter on Freemasonry.
Rev. Joseph S. Christmas's Renunciation of Free
masonry.
1 “ Pamphlets, viz.:
Narrative of Facts and Circumstances relating to
the Kidnapping and presumed Murder of Mor
gan.
Giddins's Account of the Treatment of Morgan in
Fort Niagara.
Solomon Southwick’s Oration before a Convention
of Seceding Masons, July 4, 1828.
 198

Anderton's Affidavit of a Masonic Murder.

Hiram B. Hopkins's Renunciation of Masonry.
New England Antimasonic Almanac, 1831.
Hon. John Q. Adams's Letters on Entered Appren
tice’s Oath.

Hon. John Q. Adams's Letters to Edward Livings

ton.

Judge Marshall's Opinion on Freemasonry.

Gov. Ritner's Windication of Gen. Washington, &c.
Hon. Daniel Webster's Letter on Freemasonry.
1 Vol. Pamphlets, viz.:
Hon. C. D. Colden’s Letter on Freemasonry.
New York State Antimasonic Convention, Feb.,
1829.
Massachusetts 1st Antimasonic Convention at Bos
ton, 1830.
Rev. Henry Tatem’s Reply to a Masonic Summons.
Hon. Richard Rush's Letter to McIlvaine and
others.
Massachusetts 4th and 5th Antimasonic Conven
tions, 1833, 1834.
Reply to Declaration of Twelve Hundred Masons.
Judge Marshall's Opinion of Freemasonry.
Memorial to the Legislature of Massachusetts.
Report of a Joint Committee of the Legislature of
Massachusetts on Freemasonry, with a valuable
Appendix of documents and testimony.
Gov. Ritner's Windication of Gen. Washington from
the stigma of adherence to secret societies.
Hon. Daniel Webster's Letter on Freemasonry.
Ward’s Antimasonic Review, (2 vols. in one.) Nov.
1847.
 199

1 Vol. Hon. J. Q. Adams's Letters on the Masonic Insti

tution, Nov., 1847.

8 Wols.
1 Pamph. Letters on Freemasonry, in chronological order, pp.
104, with Index. (See Harvard Coll., p. 139.)

APPRENTICES’ LIBRARY SOCIETY.

CHARLESTON, OCTOBER 1, 1847.

1 Vol. Hon. J. Q. Adams's Letters on the Masonic Insti

tution.

1 “ Odiorne's Selection of Opinions on Speculative

sonry.

2 Wols.
1 Pamph. Letters on Freemasonry, in chronological order, pp.
104, with Index. (See Harvard Coll., p. 139.)

CHARLESTON LIBRARY SOCIETY.

CHARLESTON, OCT. 1, 1847.

1 Vol. Hon. J. Q. Adams's Letters on the Masonic Insti
tution.

1 “ Odiorne's Selection of Opinions on Speculative

Masonry.

2 Wols.

1 Pamph. Letters on Freemasonry, in chronological order, pp.

104, with Index. (See Harvard Coll, p. 139.)
*
 200

ERSKINE COLLEGE.

ABBEVILLE DISTRICT, Nov. 1, 1849.

Hon. John Q. Adams's Letters on the Masonic

Institution.

Odiorne's Selection of Opinions on Speculative Ma

sonry.
Antimasonic Documents. (For particulars in this
volume, see Boston Library, in this Catalogue,
page 141.)
1 “Pamphlets, viz.:
Hon. Sam. Dexter's Reply to Josiah Bartlett,
Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Massa
chusetts, 1798.
Morgan's Illustrations of Masonry, 1827.
Ward's Antimasonic Review, Nos. 1 to 7, and 9 of
Wolume 2.
Anderton’s Affidavit of a Masonic Murder in Ire.
land.
Massachusetts 3d, 4th and 5th Antimasonic Con
ventions, 1832, 1833, 1834.
Trial, Markley vs. Zook. (Odd Fellowship.)
Gov. Ritner's Windication of Gen. Washington, &c.
Hon. Daniel Webster's Letter on Freemasonry.
Rev. Joseph S. Christmas's Renunciation.

4 Wols.
 .GEORGIA.

UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA.

ATHENS, Nov. 9, 1843.

1 Vol. Freemasonry by a Master Mason.
Bernard's Light on Masonry.
1 46
Odiorne's Selection of Opinions on Speculative Ma
sonry. -

1 66
Two National Antimasonic Conventions in Philadel
phia, 1830; in Baltimore, 1831.
1 “ Pamphlets, viz.:
Hon. Samuel Dexter's Letter on Masonry, 1798.
Morgan’s Illustrations of Masonry, 1827.
Antimasonic Magazine, No. 2.
Massachusetts 1st Antimasonic Convention at Bos
ton, 1830.
Anderton’s Affidavit of a Masonic Murder in
Ireland.

Hon. Richard Rush's Letter to York County Com

mittee.
Massachusetts 3d Antimasonic Convention at Wor
cester, Sept. 5, 1832.
Rev. Henry Tatem's Reply to Summons of Rhode
Island Royal Arch Chapter.
Judge Marshall's Opinion of Freemasonry.
Reply to Declaration of Twelve Hundred Masons.
Trial of Ebenezer Clough for Embracery.
Gov. Ritner's Windication of Gen. Washington, &c.
Hon. Daniel Webster's Letter on Freemasonry.
26
 202

Rev. Joseph S. Christmas's Renunciation of Ma

sonry.
1 Vol. Hon. John Q. Adams's Letters on the Masonic
Institution, July 10, 1848.

6 Vols.

SAWANNAH LIBRARY.

SAVANNAH, FEBRUARY 22, 1848.

1 Vol. Hon. J. Q. Adams's Letters on the Masonic In

stitution.

1 “ Odiorne's Selection of Opinions on Speculative

Masonry.

2 Wols.

1 Pamph. Letters on Freemasonry, in chronological order, 104

pp., with Index. (See Harvard College, p. 139.)

OGLETHORPE COLLEGE,

MILLEDGEVILLE, MARCH 14, 1850.

1 Vol. Hon. John Q. Adams's Letters on the Masonic
Institution.
1 “ Odiorne's Selection of Opinions on Speculative
Masonry.
1 “ Antimasonic Documents. (For particulars in this
volume, see Boston Library, in this Catalogue,
page 141.)

3 Wols.
 ALABAMA.

UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA.

TUSCAL00SA, JUNE 17, 1843.

1 Vol. Freemasonry by a Master Mason.
Bernard’s Light on Masonry.
Odiorne's Selection of Opinions on Speculative
Masonry.
1 66
Two National Antimasonic Conventions at Philadel
phia, 1830; at Baltimore, 1831.
1 “Pamphlets, viz.:
Hon. Samuel Dexter's Letter in reply to Grand
Master Josiah Bartlett, of the Grand Lodge of
Massachusetts, 1798.
New York State Antimasonic Convention, 1829.
Solomon Southwick’s Speech at New York State
Antimasonic Convention, 1829.
Letter of a Lady to a Clergyman, both of one
church.

Whittlesey's Report concerning the Abduction of

Morgan.
Reply to the Declaration of Twelve Hundred
Masons.
Massachusetts 4th and 5th Antimasonic Conven
tions, 1833, 1834.
Memorial to Legislature of Massachusetts, against
Extra Judicial Oaths.
Report of a Joint Committee of the Legislature of
Massachusetts on Freemasonry, with a valuable
Appendix of documents and testimony.
 204

A Voice from the Green Mountains, by Sam’l Eliot.

1 Vol. Pamphlets, viz.:
Sol. Southwick’s Oration before a Convention of
Seceding Masons at Le Roy, July 4, 1828.
Giddins's Account of Treatment of Morgan at
Fort Niagara.
Hiram B. Hopkins's Renunciation of Freemasonry.
Anderton's Affidavit of a Masonic Murder in Ire
land.
Antimasonic Almanac for 1831.
William Sprague, Jr.’s, Official Report to Legisla
ture of Rhode Island on Freemasonry. -

Hon. John Q. Adams's Letters on the Entered Ap

prentice’s Oath.
Hon. J. Q. Adams's Letters to Edward Livingston,
Grand High Priest of the General Grand Royal
Arch Chapter of the United States.
Judge Marshall’s Letter on Masonry.
Gov. Ritner's Windication of Gen. Washington
from the stigma of adherence to secret societies.
Hon. Daniel Webster's Letter on Freemasonry.
Rev. Joseph S. Christmas's Renunciation of Free
masonry.
1 “ Hon. J. Q. Adams's Letters on the Masonic Insti
tution, Dec. 2, 1848.

7 Wols.

1 Pamph. Letters on Freemasonry, in chronological order, pp.

104, with Index. (See Harvard Coll., p. 139.)
 205

LA GRANGE COLLEGE.

LA GRANGE, JULY 21, 1848.

1 Wol. Hon. John Q. Adams's Letters on the Masonic

Institution.

1 “ Odiorne's Selection of Opinions on Speculative

Masonry.

2 Wols.
1 Pamph. Letters on Freemasonry, in chronological order,
104 pages, with Index. (See Harvard College,
page 139.)
 MISSISSIPPI.

OAKLAND COLLEGE.

OAKLAND, JAN. 8, 1845.

1 Vol. Freemasonry by a Master Mason.
Bernard's Light on Masonry.
1 66
Odiorne's Selection of Opinions on Speculative
Masonry; and, bound in this volume,
Hon. J. Q. Adams's Letters on the Entered Ap
prentice’s Oath.
Hon. John Q. Adams's Letters to Edward Livings
ton.
1 “Pamphlets, viz.:
National Antimasonic Convention at Philadelphia,
1830.

Anderton’s Affidavit, referred to in page 14 of

the Proceedings.
Address to the People of the United States, by
Myron Holley, Chairman of the Committee.
National Antimasonic Convention at Baltimore,
1831.

Judge Marshall’s Letter on Freemasonry.

Gov. Ritner's Vindication of Gen. Washington, &c.
Hon. Daniel Webster's Letter on Freemasonry.
Rev. Jos. S. Christmas's Renunciation of Masonry.
1 “Pamphlets, viz.:
Hon. Samuel Dexter's Reply to Grand Master
Bartlett.

Morgan's Illustrations of Masonry.

 207

Hon. C. D. Colden’s Letter to Richard Varick and

others.
New York State Antimasonic Convention at Al
bany, 1829.
Massachusetts 1st Antimasonic Convention at Bos.
ton, January 1, 1830.
Hon. Richard Rush's Letter to York County Com
mittee.
Rev. Henry Tatem’s Reply to Summons of the
Royal Arch Chapter of Rhode Island,
Massachusetts 3d Antimasonic Convention at Wor
cester, 1232.
Reply to the Declaration of Twelve Hundred Ma
SOnS.

Massachusetts 4th Antimasonic Convention at Bos

ton, 1833.
Trial of Ebenezer Clough for Embracery.
Massachusetts 5th Antimasonic Convention at Bos
ton, 1834.
Gov. Ritner's Windication of Gen. Washington, &c.
Hon. Daniel Webster's Letter on Masonry.
1 Vol. Hon. John Q. Adams's Letters on the Masonic In
stitution, June 27, 1848.
1 “ Ward's Antimasonic Review, (2 vols. in one.) June
27, 1848.

7 Wols. -

1 Pamph. Letters on Freemasonry, in chronological order,

104 pages, with Index. (See Harvard College,
page 139.)
 TENNESSEE.

UNIVERSITY OF NASHWILLE.

NASHVILLE, OCT. 26, 1844.

1 Vol. Bernard’s Light on Masonry.

1 “ Freemasonry by a Master Mason.
1 “ Odiorne's Selection of Opinions on Speculative
Masonry; and, bound in this volume,
Hon. J. Q. Adams's Letters on the Entered Ap
prentice’s Oath. -

Hon. J. Q. Adams's Letters to Edward Livingston.

1 “Pamphlets, viz.:
National Antimasonic Convention at Philadelphia,
1830.

Anderton's Affidavit, referred to in page 14 of Pro

ceedings.
Address to the People of the United States by
Myron Holley, Chairman of a Committee.
National Antimasonic Convention at Baltimore,
1881.

Judge Marshall's Letter on Freemasonry.

Gov. Ritner's Windication of Gen. Washington from
the stigma of adherence to secret societies.
Hon. Daniel Webster's Letter on Freemasonry.
Rev. Joseph S. Christmas's Renunciation of Free
masonry.
1 “ Pamphlets, viz.:
Hon. Samuel Dexter's Reply to Grand Master
Bartlett.
 209

New York State Antimasonic Convention at Alba

ny, 1829.
Solomon Southwick’s Speech at New York State
Antimasonic Convention at Albany, 1829.
Massachusetts 1st Antimasonic Convention at Bos
ton, 1830.
Anderton’s Affidavit of a Masonic Murder.
Hon. Richard Rush's Letter to York County Com
mittee. -

Whittlesey's Report of the Abduction of Morgan.

Rev. Henry Tatem's Reply to a Masonic Summons.
Reply to Declaration of Twelve Hundred Ma.
SOImS.

Judge Marshall's Letter on Freemasonry.

Massachusetts 4th and 5th Antimasonic Conven
tions, 1833, 1834.
Samuel D. Greene's Appeal.
Memorial to Legislature of Massachusetts, 1834.
Report of a Joint Committee of the Legislature of
Massachusetts, on Freemasonry, with a valuable
Appendix of documents and testimony.
Gov. Ritner's Windication of Gen. Washington, &c.
Hon. Daniel Webster's Letter on Freemasonry.
1 Vol. Hon. J. Q. Adams's Letters on the Masonic Insti
tution, June 27, 1848.
1 & Ward's Antimasonic Review, (2 vols. in one.)
June 27, 1848.

7 Wols.
1 Pamph. Letters on Freemasonry, in chronological order,
104 pages, with Index. (See Harvard College,
in this Catalogue, page 139.)
27
 210

EAST TENNESSEE UNIVERSITY.

KNOXVILLE, MARCH 1, 1849.

1 Vol. Hon. John Q. Adams's Letters on the Masonic In
stitution. -

1 “ Odiorne's Selection of Opinions on Speculative Ma

sonry.
1 “Pamphlets, viz.:
Hon. Samuel Dexter's Letter on Masonry, 1798.
National Antimasonic Convention at Philadelphia,
1830.
Anderton's Affidavit, referred to in page 14 of
Proceedings.
Address to the People of the United States, by
Myron Holley, Chairman of the Committee.
Report of a Joint Committee of the Legislature of
Massachusetts, on Freemasonry, with a valuable
Appendix of documents and testimony.
Governor Ritner's Windication of Gen. Washington
from the stigma of adherence to secret societies.
Hon. Daniel Webster's Letter on Freemasonry.
Rev. Joseph S. Christmas's Renunciation of Ma
sonry.

3 Wols. -

1 Pamph. Letters on Freemasonry, in chronological order,

104 pages, with Index. (See Harvard College,
p. 139.)
 KENTUCKY.

TRANSYLVANIA UNIVERSITY.

LEXINGTON, OCT. 31, 1842.

1 Vol. Freemasonry by a Master Mason.
1 “ Pamphlets, viz.:
National Antimasonic Convention at Philadelphia,
1830.

Anderton's Affidavit, referred to in page 14 of Pro

ceedings.
Address to the People of the United States, by
Myron Holley, Chairman of the Committee.
National Antimasonic Convention at Baltimore,
1831.

1 “ Bernard's Light on Masonry.

1 “ Odiorne's Selection of Opinions on Speculative
Masonry.
1 “Pamphlets, viz.:
Hon. Samuel Dexter's Reply to Grand Master
Bartlett, 1798.
New York State Antimasonic Convention at
Albany, 1829.
Solomon Southwick’s Speech at New York State
Antimasonic Convention, Albany, 1829.
Hon. C. D. Colden’s Letter to Richard Varick and
others.
Whittlesey's Report on the Abduction of William
Morgan.
Rhode Island Legislative Investigation into Free
masonry, December 7, 1831, to January 7, 1832,
 212

containing the testimony of fifty adhering or se

ceding Masons, with an Index. (Very valuable.)
Rev. Henry Tatem’s Reply to the Summons of the
Rhode Island Royal Arch Chapter.
Report of the President and Directors of Bunker
Hill Monument Association.
Reply to Declaration of Twelve Hundred Masons.
Memorial to Legislature of Massachusetts on Extra
Judicial Oaths.
Report of a Joint Committee of the Legislature of
Massachusetts, on Freemasonry, with a valuable
Appendix of documents and testimony.
A Voice from the Green Mountains, by S. Eliot.
Appeal of Samuel D. Greene.
Gov. Ritner's Windication of Gen. Washington
from the stigma of adherence to secret societies.
Hon. Daniel Webster's Letter on Freemasonry.
Rev. Joseph S. Christmas's Renunciation of Ma
sonry.
1 Vol. Hon. John Q. Adams's Letters on the Masonic
Institution, April, 1848.
Ward's Antimasonic Review, (2 vols in one.) April,
1848.

7 Wols.

1 Pamph. Letters on Freemasonry, in chronological order,

104 pages, with Index. (See Harvard College,
page 139.)

GEORGETOWN COLLEGE.

GEORGETown, SCOTT CoUNTY, JUNE 29, 1849.

1 Vol. Hon. J. Q. Adams's Letters on the Masonic Insti
tution.
 213

1 Vol. Odiorne's Selection of Opinions on Speculative

Masonry.
1 “Pamphlets, viz.:
One Pamphlet, 104 pages, with Index, containing
Letters from Hon. J. C. Spencer, Hon. Richard
Rush, Rev. Henry Tatem, Arnold’s Masonry
and Escape, and Hon. Edward Everett's Opinion
of Secret Societies.
Hon. Samuel Dexter's Letter on Masonry, 1798.
Morgan's Illustrations of Masonry, 1827.
Extracts from Proceedings in Convention at Phila
delphia, 1830.
Antimasonic Review, Nos. 3, 4 and 5 of Wol. 2.
Massachusetts 4th and 5th Antimasonic Conven
tions, 1833 and 1834.
Anderton’s Affidavit of a Masonic Murder.
Appeal of Samuel D. Greene.
Gov. Ritner's Windication of Gen. Washington, &c.
Hon. Daniel Webster's Letter on Masonry.

3 Wols.

CENTRE COLLEGE.

DANVILLE, MARCH 23, 1850.

1 Vol. Hon. John Q. Adams's Letters on the Masonic
Institution.

Odiorne's Selection of Opinions on Speculative

Masonry.
Antimasonic Documents. (For particulars, see
Boston Library, in this Catalogue, p. 141.)
3 Wols.
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BRACKEN ACADEMY.

AUGUSTA, MARCH 18, 1850.

1 Vol. Hon. J. Q. Adams's Letters on the Masonic Insti
tution.

1 “ Odiorne's Selection of Opinions on Speculative

Masonry.
1 “ Antimasonic Documents. (For contents, see Bos
ton Library, page 141.)

3 Wols.
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LANE SEMINARY.

CINCINNATI, APRIL 17, 1843.

1 Vol. Freemasonry by a Master Mason.
46
Two National Antimasonic Conventions, at Phila
delphia, 1830, at Baltimore, 1831.
66
Odiorne's Selection of Opinions on Speculative
Masonry.
&4
1 Allyn's Ritual of Freemasonry.
1 “ Pamphlets, viz.:
Narrative of Facts and Circumstances in the
Kidnapping and supposed Murder of William
Morgan.
Solomon Southwick’s Oration before a Convention
of Seceding Masons at Le Roy, July 4, 1828.
Reply of the Genesee Consociation to Rev. J.
Emerson.

Giddins's Account of the Treatment of Morgan in

Fort Niagara.
Hiram B. Hopkins's Renunciation of Masonry.
Anderton’s Affidavit of a Masonic Murder.
New England Antimasonic Almanac, 1831.
William Sprague, Jr.'s, Official Report on Free
masonry to Legislature of Rhode Island, Jan.
20, 1832.
Hon. J. Q. Adams's Letters on the Entered Ap
prentice’s Oath.
Hon. John Q. Adams's Letter to Benjamin Cowell.
 216

Hon. J. Q. Adams's Letters to Edward Livingston,

Grand High Priest.
Hon. John Q. Adams's Letter to Committee of
Vermont Antimasons.
Judge Marshall’s Letter against Freemasonry.
Gov. Ritner's Windication of General Washington
from the stigma of adherence to secret societies.
Hon. Daniel Webster's Letter on Freemasonry.
1 Vol. Hon. John Q. Adams's Letters on the Masonic In
stitution, Aug., 1847.

6 Vols.
1 Pamph. Letters on Freemasonry, in chronological order, pp.
104, with Index. (See Harvard College, p. 139.)

WESTERN RESERVE COLLEGE.

HUDSON, MAY 19, 1845.

1 Vol.Freemasonry by a Master Mason.
1 44
Odiorne's Selection of Opinions on Speculative
Masonry; and, bound in this volume,
Hon. J. Q. Adams's Letters on the Entered Ap
prentice's Oath.
Hon. J. Q. Adams's Letters to Edward Livingston,
Grand High Priest.
1 “Pamphlets, viz.:
National Antimasonic Convention at Philadelphia,
1830.

Anderton's Affidavit, referred to in page 14 of Pro

ceedings.
Address to the People of the United States, by
Myron Holley, Chairman of the Committee.
 217

National Antimasonic Convention at Baltimore,

1831.

Judge Marshall's Opinion of Freemasonry.

Gov. Ritner's Windication of Gen. Washington from
the stigma of adherence to secret societies.
Hon. Daniel Webster's Letter on Freemasonry.
1 Vol. Pamphlets, viz.:
Hon. Samuel Dexter's Reply to Grand Master
Bartlett, 1798.
New York State Antimasonic Convention, 1829.
Massachusetts 1st Antimasonic Convention at Bos
ton, 1830. -

Anderton’s Affidavit of a Masonic Murder.

Whittlesey's Report of the Abduction of William

Morgan.
Rev. Henry Tatem’s Reply to Summons of the
Royal Arch Chapter of Rhode Island,
Reply to Declaration of Twelve Hundred Masons.
Judge Marshall's Opinion of Freemasonry.
Samuel D. Greene's Appeal.
A Voice from the Green Mountains, by S. Eliot.
Gov. Ritner's Windication of Gen. Washington, &c.
Hon. Daniel Webster's Letter on Freemasonry.
Rev. Joseph S. Christmas's Renunciation of Ma
sonry.
Hon. John Q. Adams's Letters on the Masonic
Institution, Nov., 1847.
Ward's Antimasonic Review, (2 vols in one.) Nov.
1847.

6 Wols.
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1 Pamph. Letters on Freemasonry, in chronological order,

104 pages, with Index. (See Harvard College,
page 139.)

YOUNG MEN'S MERCANTILE LIBRARY ASSOCIATION.

CINCINNATI, MARCH 8, 1848.

2 Vols. Two copies Hon. John Q. Adams's Letters on the

Masonic Institution.

1 Vol. Odiorne's Selection of Opinions on Speculative

Masonry.
3 Wols.
1 Pamph. Letters on Freemasonry, in chronological order,
104 pages, with Index. (See Harvard College,
page 139.)

MLAMI UNIVERSITY.

OxFoRD, JULY 26, 1849.

1 Vol. Hon. John Q. Adams's Letters on the Masonic
Institution.

1 “ Odiorne's Selection of Opinions on Speculative

Masonry.
1 “ Pamphlets, viz.:
One pamphlet, 104 pages, with Index, containing
Letters from Hon. J. C. Spencer, Hon. Richard
Rush, Rev. Henry Tatem, Arnold's Masonry
and Escape, and Hon. Edward Everett's Opinion
of Secret Societies.
Hon. Samuel Dexter's Letter on Masonry, 1798.
 219

Morgan’s Illustrations of Masonry, 1827.

New York State Antimasonic Convention at Al.
bany, 1829.
Hon. C. D. Colden's Letter on Masonry, 1829.
Extracts of Proceedings of the Convention at Phil
adelphia, 1830.
Anderton’s Affidavit of a Masonic Murder.
Massachusetts 4th and 5th Antimasonic Conven
tions, 1833, 1834.
Trial “Markley vs. Zook.” (Odd Fellowship.)
Gov. Ritner's Windication of Gen. Washington, &c.
Hon. Daniel Webster's Letter on Freemasonry.

3 Wols.

MARIETTA COLLEGE.

MARIETTA, JANUARY 30, 1850.

1 Vol. Hon. John Q. Adams's Letters on the Masonic
Institution.
Odiorne's Selection of Opinions on Speculative
Masonry. •

1 “ Pamphlets, viz.:
One pamphlet, 104 pages, with Index, containing
Letters from Hon. J. C. Spencer, Hon. Richard
Rush, Rev. Henry Tatem, Arnold's Masonry
and Escape, and Hon. Edward Everett's Opinion
of Secret Societies.

Hon. Samuel Dexter's Letter on Masonry, 1798.

Morgan’s Illustrations of Masonry, 1827.
New York State Antimasonic Convention at Alba
ny, 1829.
 220

Hon. C. D. Colden’s Letter to Richard Warick and

others, May 4, 1829.
Extracts of Proceedings of the Convention at Phil
adelphia, 1830.
Anderton’s Affidavit of a Masonic Murder.
Hon. T. Fuller's Oration in Faneuil Hall.
Massachusetts 4th and 5th Antimasonic Conven
tions, 1833, 1834.
Gov. Ritner's Windication of Gen. Washington, &c.
Hon. Daniel Webster's Letter on Freemasonry.

3 Wols.

MARIETTA LIBRARY.

MARIETTA, MARCH 30, 1850.

1 Vol. Hon. J. Q. Adams's Letters on the Masonic In
stitution.

1 “ Odiorne's Selection of Opinions on Speculative

Masonry.
1 “ Antimasonic Documents. (For particulars in this
volume, see Boston Library, in this Catalogue,
page 141.)
3 Wols.

OBERLIN COLLEGE.

OBERLIN, MAY 22, 1850.

1 Vol. Hon. John Q. Adams's Letters on the Masonic
Institution.
1 “ Odiorne's Selection of Opinions on Speculative
Masonry.
1 Vol. Pamphlets, viz.:
One pamphlet, 104 pages, with Index, containing
Letters from Hon. J. C. Spencer, Hon. Richard
Rush, Rev. Henry Tatem, Arnold's Masonry
and Escape, and Hon. Edward Everett's Opin
ion of Secret Societies.

National Antimasonic Convention at Philadelphia,

1830.

Anderton's Affidavit, referred to in page 14 of

the Proceedings.
Address to the People of the United States, by
Myron Holley, Chairman of the Committee.
Gov. Ritner's Windication of Gen. Washington, &c.
Hon. Daniel Webster's Letter on Freemasonry:

3 Wols.

OHIO UNIVERSITY.

ATHENS, MARCH 23, 1850.

1 Vol. Hon. John Q. Adams's Letters on the Masonic

Institution.

1 “ Pamphlets, viz.:
One pamphlet, 104 pages, with Index, Letters in
chronological order.
Hon. Samuel Dexter's Letter on Masonry, 1798.
Antimasonic Review, Nos. 3, 4, and 5 of Vol. 2.
Extracts of Proceedings of the Convention at
Philadelphia, 1830.
Anderton's Affidavit of a Masonic Murder in Ire
land.
 222

Massachusetts 4th and 5th Antimasonic Conven

tions, 1833, 1834.
Chief Justice John Marshall's Opinions of Ma
sonry.
Gov. Ritner's Windication of Gen. Washington, &c.
Hon. Daniel Webster's Letter on Freemasonry.
2 Wols.

GRAN WILLE COLLEGE.

GRANVILLE, MARCH 23, 1850. b

1 Vol. Hon. J. Q. Adams's Letters on the Masonic Insti

tution.

1 “ Antimasonic Documents. (See Boston Library, page

141.)

2 Wols.

STEUBENVILLE CITY LIBRARY.

AUGUST 27, 1851.

1 Wol. Hon. John Q. Adams's Letters on the Masonic
Institution.

ST. XAVIER.

CINCINNATI, DECEMBER 11, 1851.

1 Vol. Hon. John Q. Adams's Letters on the Masonic
Institution.

1 Pamph. Letters on Freemasonry, in chronological order,

104 pages, with Index. (See Harvard College,
page 139.)
 INDIANA.

INDIANA UNIVERSITY.

BLOOMINGTON, JUNE 24, 1844.

1 Vol. Bernard’s Light on Masonry.

1 “ Freemasonry by a Master Mason.
1 “ Pamphlets, viz.:
National Antimasonic Convention at Philadelphi
1830.

Address to the People of the United States, by

Myron Holley, Chairman of the Committee.
Anderton’s Affidavit, referred to on page 14 of
Proceedings of Philadelphia Convention.
National Antimasonic Convention at Baltimore,
1881.

Gov. Ritner's Windication of Gen. Washington, &c.

Hon. Daniel Webster's Letter on Freemasonry.
Rev. Joseph S. Christmas's Renunciation of Free
masonry.
1 “ Odiorne's Selection of Opinions on Speculative Ma
sonry; and, bound with this volume,
Hon. J. Q. Adams's Letters on the Entered Ap
prentice’s Oath.
Hon. John Q. Adams's Letters to Edward Livings
ton, Grand High Priest.
1 “Pamphlets, viz.:
New York State Antimasonic Convention at Al
bany, 1829.
Hon. C. D. Colden's Letter to Richard Warick and
others.
 224

Reply of the Genesee Consociation to Rev. J.

Emerson.
Massachusetts 1st Antimasonic Convention at Bos
ton, January 1, 1830.
Hon. Richard Rush's Letter to York County Com
mittee.
Massachusetts 3d, 4th, and 5th Antimasonic Con
ventions, 1832, 1833, 1834.
Reply to the Declaration of Twelve Hundred
Masons.

Trial of Ebenezer Clough for Embracery, which

produced disclosures in Freemasonry.
1 Vol. Hon. John Q. Adams's Letters on the Masonic
Institution, Feb. 15, 1849.

6 Wols.

MONROE COUNTY LIBRARY.

BLOOMINGTON, MAY 18, 1849.

1 Vol. Hon. J. Q. Adams's Letters on the Masonic Insti

tution.
1 66
Odiorne's Selection of Opinions on Speculative
Masonry.
1 Pamph. 104 pages, with Index, containing Letters from
Hon. J. C. Spencer, Hon. Richard Rush, Rev.
Henry Tatem, Arnold's Masonry and Escape,
and Hon. Edward Everett's Opinion of Secret
Societies.
1. 4%
Gov. Ritner's Windication of Gen. Washington, &c.
 225

Hon. Daniel Webster's Letter on Freemasonry.

Rev. Joseph S. Christmas's Renunciation of Free
masonry.

2 Wols. 2 Pamphlets.

WABASH COLLEGE.

CRAWFORDSVILLE, JULY 20, 1849.

1 Vol. Hon. John Q. Adams's Letters on the Masonic

Institution.

1 “ Odiorne's Selection of Opinions on Speculative

Masonry.
1 “ Antimasonic Documents. (For particulars in this
volume, see Boston Library, in this Catalogue,
page 141.)

3 Wols.

HANOWER COLLEGE.

SouTH HANovER, MARCH 19, 1850.

1 Vol. Hon. J. Q. Adams's Letters on the Masonic Insti

tution.

1 “ Odiorne's Selection of Opinions on Speculative

Masonry.
1 “ Antimasonic Documents. (For contents, see Bos
ton Library, page 141.)

3 Wols.

29
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INDIANA ASBURY UNIVERSITY.

GREENCASTLE, MARCH 23, 1850.

1 Vol. Hon. John Q. Adams's Letters on the Masonic

Institution.

1 “ Odiorne's Selection of Opinions on Speculative

Masonry.
1 “ Antimasonic Documents. (For particulars, see
Boston Library, page 141.)

3 Wols.
 ILLINOIS.

ILLINOIS COLLEGE.

JACKSONVILLE, JUNE 28, 1847.

1 Vol.Freemasonry by a Master Mason.

1 “ Odiorne's Selection of Opinions on Speculative
Masonry.
1 “ Ward's Antimasonic Review, (2 vols. in one.)
1 “ Pamphlets, viz.:
National Antimasonic Convention at Philadelphia,
1830.

Anderton's Affidavit, referred to on page 14 of

the Proceedings.
Address to the People of the United States, by
Myron Holley, Chairman of the Committee.
National Antimasonic Convention at Baltimore,
1831.
Gov. Ritner's Windication of Gen. Washington from
the stigma of adherence to secret societies.
Hon. Daniel Webster's Letter on Freemasonry.
Rev. Joseph S. Christmas's Renunciation of Free
masonry.
1 “ Pamphlets, viz.:
Hon. Samuel Dexter's Reply to Grand Master
Bartlett, 1798.
Morgan’s Illustrations of Masonry, 1827.
Hon. C. D. Colden’s Letter to Richard Warick and
others.

Rev. Henry Tatem's Reply to a Masonic Summons.

 228

Massachusetts 1st and 2d Antimasonic Conven

tions, 1830, 1831.
Massachusetts 4th and 5th Antimasonic Conven
tions, 1833, 1834.
Report of a Joint Committee of the Legislature of
Massachusetts on Freemasonry, with a valuable
Appendix of documents and testimony, 1834.
Report of a Joint Committee of the Legislature
of Mass. on Monopolies and Secret Societies,
with an account of Proceedings in the British
Parliament against Orange Societies.
1 Vol. Hon. J. Q. Adams's Letters on the Masonic Insti
tution, Feb., 1849.

6 Wols.

1 Pamph. Letters on Freemasonry, in chronological order, 104

pages, with Index. (See Harvard College, p.
139.)

SHURTLEFF COLLEGE.

UPPER ALTON, MARCH 2, 1849.

1 Wol. Hon. J. Q. Adams's Letters on the Masonic In
stitution.

Odiorne's Selection of Opinions on Speculative

Masonry.

2 Wols.

1 Pamph. Letters on Freemasonry, in chronological order,

104 pages, with Index. (See Harvard College,
page 139.)
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KNOX COLLEGE.

GALESBURG, AUGUST 1, 1850.

1 Vol. Hon. J. Q. Adams's Letters on the Masonic Insti
tution.
1 “ Antimasonic Documents.
1 “ Odiorne's Selection of Opinions on Speculative
Masonry. - -

3 Wols.
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MISSOURI HISTORICAL SOCIETY.

JEFFERSON CITY, SEPT. 26, 1845.

1 Vol. Freemasonry by a Master Mason.

1 “ Odiorne's Selection of Opinions on Speculative
Masonry; and, bound with this volume,
Hon. John Q. Adams's Letters on the Entered
Apprentice’s Oath.
Hon. John Q. Adams's Letters to Edward Livings
ton, Grand High Priest.
1 “ Pamphlets, viz.:
National Antimasonic Convention at Philadelphia,
1830.

Anderton’s Affidavit, referred to on page 14 of

Proceedings.
Address to the People of the United States, by
Myron Holley, Chairman of the Committee.
National Antimasonic Convention at Baltimore
1831.

Hon. Samuel Dexter's Letter on Masonry, 1798.

New York State Antimasonic Convention at Alba
ny, 1829.
Judge Marshall's Opinion of Freemasonry.
Rev. Henry Tatem's Reply to Rhode Island Royal
Arch Chapter.
Gov. Ritner's Windication of Gen. Washington
from the stigma of adherence to secret societies.
Hon. Daniel Webster's Letter on Masonry.
 231

Rev. Joseph S. Christmas's Renunciation of Ma

sonry.
1 Vol. Pamphlets, viz.:
Hon. Samuel Dexter's Reply to Grand Master
Bartlett, 1798.
New York State Antimasonic Convention at Al
bany, 1829.
Massachusetts 1st Antimasonic Convention at Bos
ton, 1830.
Anderton’s Affidavit of a Masonic Murder in Ireland.
Fred. Whittlesey's Report of the Abduction of Wm.
Morgan.
Maynard's Report of the Effect of Masonry on
Christian Religion.
Rev. H. Tatem’s Reply to a Masonic Summons.
Judge Marshall's Opinion of Freemasonry.
Massachusetts 4th and 5th Antimasonic Conven
tions, 1833, 1834.
Report of a Joint Committee of the Legislature of
Massachusetts on Freemasonry, with a valuable
Appendix of documents and testimony.
Gov. Ritner's Windication of Gen. Washington, &c.
Hon. Daniel Webster's Letter on Freemasonry:
Ward's Antimasonic Review, (2 vols. in one.) Jan
uary, 1847.
Hon. J. Q. Adams's Letters on the Masonic Insti
tution, Aug., 1847.

6 Wols.
1 Pamph. Letters on Freemasonry, in chronological order, pp.
104, with Index. (See Harvard Coll., p. 139.)
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MISSOURISTATE UNIVERSITY.

CoLUMBIA, JAN. 25, 1848.

1 Vol. Freemasonry by a Master Mason.

Hon. John Q. Adams's Letters on the Masonic
Institution.

Antimasonic Review, (2 vols in one,) by H. D.

Ward.

Odiorne's Selection of Opinions on Speculative

Masonry.
1 “ Pamphlets,
p viz.:
Hon. Samuel Dexter's Reply to Grand Master
Bartlett, 1798.
New York State Antimasonic Convention at Alba
ny, 1829.
Massachusetts 1st Antimasonic Convention at Bos
ton, 1830.
National Antimasonic Convention at Philadelphia,
1830.

Anderton's Affidavit, referred to on page 14 of

Proceedings.
Address to the People of the United States, by
Myron Holley, Chairman of the Committee.
Rev. Henry Tatem's Reply to a Masonic Summons.
National Antimasonic Convention at Baltimore,
1831.

Judge Marshall's Opinion of Freemasonry.

Massachusetts 4th and 5th Antimasonic Conven
tions, 1833, 1834.
Gov. Ritner's Windication of Gen. Washington from
the stigma of adherence to secret societies.
 233

Hon. Daniel Webster's Letter on Freemasonry.

Rev. Joseph S. Christmas's Renunciation of Free
masonry.

5 Vols.

1 Pamph. Letters on Freemasonry, in chronological order,

104 pages, with Index. (See Harvard College,
page 139.)

ST. LOUIS LYCEUM,

ST. LOUIs, AUGUST 2, 1848.

1 Vol. Hon. John Q. Adams's Letters on the Masonic

Institution.

1 “ Odiorne's Selection of Opinions on Speculative

Masonry.
Pamphlets, viz.:
Whittlesey's Report on Abduction of Morgan, and
Maynard's Report.
Massachusetts 4th Antimasonic Convention, 1833.
Massachusetts 5th Antimasonic Convention, 1834.
Anderton's Affidavit of a Masonic Murder.
Trial “Markley vs. Zook.” (Illustration of Odd
Fellowship.)
Gov. Ritner's Windication of Gen. Washington, &c.
Hon. Daniel Webster's Opinion of Freemasonry.

2 Wols. 6 Pamphlets.
80
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ST. LOUIS UNIVERSITY.

ST. LOUIs, NoveMBER 1, 1848.

1 Vol. Hon. John Q. Adams's Letters on the Masonic

Institution.

1 Pamph. Letters on Freemasonry, in chronological order,

104 pages, with Index. (See Harvard College,
p. 139.)

ST. LOUIS MERCANTILE LIBRARY ASSOCIATION.

ST. LOUIs, NovEMBER 1, 1848.

1 Vol. Hon. John Q. Adams's Letters on the Masonic
Institution. -

1 “ Odiorne's Selection of Opinions on Speculative

Masonry.

2 Wols.
1 Pamph. Letters on Freemasonry, in chronological order,
104 pages, with Index. (See Harvard College,
page 139.)

UNION HALL, MISSOURI UNIVERSITY,

COLUMBIA, NovEMBER 1, 1848.
1 Vol. Hon. John Q. Adams's Letters on the Masonic
Institution.
1 “ National Antimasonic Convention at Philadelphia,
1830.

1 “ Odiorne's Selection of Opinions on Speculative Ma

sonry.
 235

Pamphlets, viz.:
Illustrations of Masonry, by William Morgan.
Anderton’s Affidavit of a Masonic Murder in Ire.
land.
Massachusetts 4th Antimasonic Convention, 1833.
Massachusetts 5th Antimasonic Convention, 1834.
Gov. Ritner's Windication, &c. Hon. Daniel Web
ster's Letter.
Trial, “Markley vs. Zook.” (Illustration of Odd
Fellowship.)

3 Wols. 6 Pamphlets.

APPRENTICES’ LIBRARY ASSOCIATION.

ST. LOUIs, Nov. 1, 1848.

1 Vol. Hon. J. Q. Adams's Letters on the Masonic Insti

tution.

1 “ Odiorne's Selection of Opinions on Speculative

Masonry.
1 “Pamphlets, viz.:
Hon. Samuel Dexter's Letter on Freemasonry,
1798:

National Antimasonic Convention at Philadelphia,

1830.

Anderton's Affidavit, referred to on page 14 of Pro

ceedings.
Address to the People of the United States, by
Myron Holley, Chairman of the Committee.
Investigation into Freemasonry by a Joint Commit
tee of the Legislature of Massachusetts, with a
valuable Appendix of documents and testimony.
 236

Judge Marshall's Opinion of Freemasonry.

Gov. Ritner's Windication of Gen. Washington, &c.
Hon. Daniel Webster's Letter on Freemasonry.

3 Wols.

1 Pamph. Letters on Freemasonry, in chronological order,

104 pages, with Index. (See Harvard College,
p. 139.)

ST. MARY'S SEMINARY.

PERRYVILLE, NovEMBER 1, 1848.

1 Vol. Hon. John Q. Adams's Letters on the Masonic

Institution.

1 “ Odiorne's Selection of Opinions on Speculative

Masonry.

2 Wols.
1 Pamph. Letters on Freemasonry, in chronological order,
104 pages, with Index. (See Harvard College,
p. 139.)
 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

LIBRARY OF CONGRESS.

WASHINGTON, MARCH 6, 1848.

1 Vol. Hon. J. Q. Adams's Letters on Freemasonry.

1 Pamph. Letters on Freemasonry, in chronological order,
104 pages, with Index. (See Harvard College,
p 139.)

FEBRUARY 15, 1851.

1 Vol. Hon. John Q. Adams's Letters on Freemasonry.

(Duplicate.)
1 “ Odiorne's Selection of Opinions on Speculative
Masonry.
1 “ Ward's Antimasonic Review, (2 vols. in one.)
1 “ Antimasonic Documents.

5 Wols.

SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION.

WASHINGTON, SEPT. 30, 1848.

1 Vol. Freemasonry by a Master Mason.

1 “ Hon. J. Q. Adams's Letters on the Masonic Insti
tution.

1 “ Ward's Antimasonic Review. (2 volumes in one.)

 238

1 Vol. Bernard's Light on Masonry.

1 Odiorne's Selection of Opinions on Speculative
Masonry.
1 “Pamphlets, viz.:
National Antimasonic Convention at Philadelphia,
1830.
Anderton's Affidavit, referred to on page 14 of Pro
ceedings.
Address to the People of the United States, by
Myron Holley, Chairman of the Committee.
Investigation into Freemasonry, and Report of a
Joint Committee of the Legislature of Massa
chusetts, with a valuable Appendix of documents
and testimony.
National Antimasonic Convention at Baltimore,
1831.

1 “Pamphlets, viz.:
Hon. Samuel Dexter's Reply to Grand Master
Bartlett, 1798.
New York State Antimasonic Convention at Alba
ny, 1829.
Hon. C. D. Colden’s Letter to Richard Varick and
others.
Massachusetts 1st Antimasonic Convention, 1830.
Massachusetts 3d Antimasonic Convention, 1832.
Massachusetts 4th Antimasonic Convention, 1833.
Massachusetts 5th Antimasonic Convention, 1834.
Anderton's Affidavit of a Masonic Murder in Ire
land.

Rev. Henry Tatem's Reply to the Summons of the

Rhode Island Royal Arch Chapter.
Rev. M. Thacher’s Address before Maine State An
timasonic Convention at Augusta, July 4, 1832.
 239

Judge Marshall's Letter on Freemasonry.

Gov. Ritner's Windication of Gen. Washington
from the stigma of adherence to secret societies.
Hon. Daniel Webster's Letter on Freemasonry.
Rev. Joseph S. Christmas's Renunciation of
Masonry.
1 Vol. Report of a Select Committee of the British House
of Commons on Orange Institutions in Great
Britain and her Colonies, with Minutes of Evi
dence, Sept. 7, 1835. Joseph Hume, Chairman.
1 “Pamphlets, viz.:
One pamphlet, 104 pages, with Index, thus:
Hon. John C. Spencer's Letter,. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . *:
Hon. Richard Rush's Six Letters, . . . . . . 6, 26, 44, 55, 82, 96
Rev. Henry Tatem's Reply to Masonic Summons,. . . . 64
Arnold's Escape aided by Freemasonry, . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Hon. Edward Everett's Opinion of Secret Societies, 102

And in addition to the above pamphlet,

National Antimasonic Convention at Philadelphia,
1830.

Anderton’s Affidavit, referred to on page 14 of

Proceedings.
Gov. Ritner's Windication of Gen. Washington, &c.
Hon. Daniel Webster's Letter on Freemasonry.

9 Wols.
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GEORGETOWN COLLEGE.

GEORGETowN, JANUARY 7, 1851.

1 Vol. Hon. John Q. Adams's Letters on the Masonic
Institution.

1 “ Antimasonic Documents. (See Boston Library, page

141.)
2 Wols.

COLUMBIAN COLLEGE.

WASHINGTON, APRIL 22, 1851.

1 Vol. Hon. John Q. Adams's Letters on the Masonic
Institution.
1 “ Odiorne's Selection of Opinions on Speculative
Masonry.
1 “ Antimasonic Documents. (For particulars in this
volume, see Boston Library, in this Catalogue,
page 141.)

3 Wols.

EXECUTIVE LIBRARY OF THE UNITED STATES.

WASHINGTON, JUNE 27, 1851.

1 Vol. Hon. John Q. Adams's Letters on the Masonic In
stitution.

1 Pamphlet. Letters on Freemasonry, in chronological order,

two bound in one volume in Turkey morocco,
gilt, and lettened on front cover, United States
Executive Library.
 MICHIGAN.

MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY.

ANN ARBOR, MAY, 1848.

1 Vol. Hon. J. Q. Adams's Letters on the Masonic lnsti

tution. -

1 “ Ward's Antimasonic Review, (2 vols. in one.)

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Masonic Institution. He answered promptly in the affirmative, on the

28th of same month, and said: “The subject of Mr. Adams is second in
importance to none. I should have written upon it, but when I found
leisure here, I found also that I had lent and lost the books I wanted.”
On the 17th of October, 1849, the parcel containing these volumes was
prepared and forwarded by the next steamboat from Boston. He died on
the 1st day of December, 1849, and probably never read nor saw them.
The initials C. L. R. were annexed to his name by his direction, probably
because he was so well known in England as the Corn Law Rhymer.
This was his humility, although his abilities and poetry were highly esti
mated by his cotemporary poets. Had he lived, we might have expected
something caustic on the subject of Freemasonry.

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 [The following Appendix is an exact copy of the one to the Hon.
John Q. Adams's Letters on the Masonic Institution.]

APPENDIX.

THE following are exact copies of the oaths, obligations and penalties
of the first three degrees in Masonry—the Entered Apprentice, the Fel
low Craft, and the Master Mason—extracted from the old manuscript
mentioned in Col. William L. Stone's Letters on Masonry and Anti
masonry, Letter 7, p. 67; and in the appendix, p. 3, where it is said
that while Morgan was at Rochester, these papers were there, and
already written to his hands.
ENTERED APPRENTICE’S OBLIGATION.

I, A. B., do, of my own free will and accord, in the presence of

God, and of this right worshipful lodge, erected to God, and dedicated
to holy St. John, hereby and hereon most solemnly and sincerely
promise and swear.
That I will always hail, forever conceal, and never reveal, any of
the secret or secrets of Masons or Masonry, which at this time, or at
any time hereafter, shall be communicated to me as such, except it be
to a true and lawful brother, or within the body of a just and regular
lodge, him or them whom I shall thus find to be, after strict trial and
due examination.
I furthermore promise and swear that I will not write them, print
them, stamp them, stain them, cut them, carve them, mark them, work
or engrave them, nor cause them so to be done, upon any thing
movable or immovable under the canopy of heaven, capable of bearing
the least visible sign, mark, character or letter, whereby the mysteries
of Masonry may be illegally obtained.
All this I solemnly and sincerely swear, with a full and hearty
resolution to perform the same, without any evasion, equivocation or
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mental reservation, under no less penalty than to have my throat cut

across from ear to ear, my tongue plucked out by the roots, and
buried in the rough sands of the sea, a cable's length from shore, where
the tide ebbs and flows twice in twenty-four hours. So help me God,
and keep me steadfast in this my obligation of an Entered Apprentice.
K. once—[kiss the Bible once.]

FELLOW CRAFT'S OBLIGATION.

I, A. B., do, of my own free will and accord, in the presence of

God, and this right worshipful lodge, erected to God, and dedicated to
holy St. John, hereby and hereon most solemnly and sincerely promise
and swear that I will always hail, forever conceal, and never reveal,
any of the secret part or parts, mystery or mysteries, of a Fellow
Craft to an Entered Apprentice; nor the part of an Entered Appren
tice, or either of them, to any other person in the world, except it be
to those to whom the same shall justly and legally belong.
I furthermore promise and swear that I will relieve all poor and
indigent brethren, as far as their necessities require, and my ability
will permit.
I furthermore promise and swear that I will obey all true signs,
tokens, and summonses, sent me by the hand of a Fellow Craft, or
from
lengththeofdoor of a just
my cable and regular Fellow Craft's lodge, if within the
of tow. A.

All this I solemnly and sincerely swear, with a full and hearty reso
lution to perform the same, without any evasion, equivocation or men
tal reservation, under no less penalty than to have my heart taken
from under my naked left breast, and carried to the valley of
Jehosaphat, there to be thrown into the fields to become a prey to the
wolves of the desert, and the vultures of the air. So help me God,
&c. Kiss [the Bible] twice.

MASTER MASON'S OBLIGATION.

I, A. B., do, of my own free will and accord, in the presence of God,
and of this right worshipful lodge, erected to God, and dedicated to holy
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St. John, hereby and hereon most solemnly and sincerely promise and
swear, that I will always hail, forever conceal, and never reveal, the
secret part or parts, mystery or mysteries, of a Master Mason to a
Fellow Craft, or those of a Fellow Craft to an Entered Apprentice, or
them or either of them to any other person in the world, except it be
to those to whom the same shall justly and legally belong.
I furthermore promise and swear that I will not be present at the
making of a Mason of a woman, of a madman, or of a fool; that I will
not defraud a brother knowingly or willingly; that I will not give the
Master's words above breath, nor then except within the five points of
fellowship; that I will not violate the chastity of a Mason's wife or
daughter, knowing them to be such.
I furthermore promise and swear, that I will attend a brother barefoot,
if necessity requires, to warn him of approaching danger; that on my
knees I will remember him in my prayers; that I will take him by
, the right hand and support him with the left in all his just and lawful
undertakings; that I will keep his secrets as safely deposited in my
breast as they are in his own, treason and murder only excepted, and
those at my option; that I will obey all true signs, tokens, and
summonses, sent me by the hand of a Master Mason, or from the door
of a just and regular Master Mason's lodge, if within the length of my
cable tow.
All this I most solemnly and sincerely promise and swear, with a
full and hearty resolution to perform the same, without any evasion,
equivocation or mental reservation, under no less penalty than to have
my body cut across, my bowels taken out and burnt to ashes, and
those ashes scattered to the four winds of heaven; to have my body
dissected into four equal parts, and those parts hung on the cardinal
points of the compass, there to hang and remain as a terror to all those
who shall presume to violate the sacred obligation of a Master Mason.
Kiss [the Bible] thrice.
These three penalties, the Master of the Lodge, immediately after
administering this oath to the recipient Master Mason, declares to him,
were executed upon the three Tyrian Fellow Crafts, at the building of
Solomon’s temple, and have ever since remained the standing penal.
ties in the three first degrees of Masonry.
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The following form of the Royal Arch Oath, and that of the Knight
Templar, are taken from the Boston edition of Avery Allyn's Ritual
of Freemasonry, printed in 1831, pp. 143,236.

ROYAL ARCH OATH.

I, A. B., of my own free will and accord, in presence of Almighty

God, and this Chapter of Royal Arch Masons, erected to God, and
dedicated to Zerubbabel, do hereby and hereon most solemnly and
sincerely promise and swear, in addition to my former obligations, that
I will not reveal the secrets of this degree to any of an inferior de
gree, nor to any being in the known world, except it be to a true and
lawful companion royal arch Mason, or within the body of a just and
legally constituted chapter of such; and never unto him or them
whom I shall hear so to be, but unto to him and them only whom I
shall find so to be, after strict trial and due examination, or lawful in
formation given. -

I furthermore promise and swear, that I will not wrong this chapter
of royal arch Masons, or a companion of this degree, out of the value
of any thing, myself, or suffer it to be done by others, if in my power
to prevent it.
I furthermore promise and swear, that I will not reveal the key to
the ineffable characters of this degree, nor retain it in my possession,
but will destroy it whenever it comes to my sight.
I furthermore promise and swear, that I will not speak the grand
omnific royal arch word, which I shall hereafter receive, in any
manner, except in that in which I shall receive it, which will be in
the presence of three companion royal arch Masons, myself making one
of the number; and then by three times three, under a living arch,
and at low breath.
I furthermore promise and swear, that I will not be at the exaltation
of candidates in a clandestine chapter, nor converse upon the secrets of
this degree with a clandestine made Mason, or with one who has been
expelled or suspended, while under that sentence.
I furthermore promise and swear, that I will not assist, or be present
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at the exaltation of a candidate to this degree, who has not received

the degrees of entered apprentice, fellow craft, master mason, mark
master, past master, and most excellent master.
I furthermore promise and swear, that I will not be at the exaltation
of more or less than three candidates, at one and the same time.
I furthermore promise and swear, that I will not be at the forming
or opening of a chapter of royal arch Masons, unless there be present
nine regular royal arch Masons, myself making one of that number.
I furthermore promise and swear, that I will not speak evil of a
companion royal arch Mason, behind his back, nor before his face, but
will apprise him of all approaching danger, if in my power.
I furthermore promise and swear, that I will support the constitution
of the general grand royal arch chapter of the United States of
America, together with that of the grand chapter of this State, under
which this chapter is holden; that I will stand to, and abide by all
the by-laws, rules, and regulations of this chapter, or of any other
chapter of which I may hereafter become a member.
I furthermore promise and swear, that I will answer and obey all
due signs and summonses, handed, sent, or thrown to me from a chapter
of royal arch Masons, or from a companion royal arch Mason, if within
the length of my cable-tow.
I furthermore promise and swear, that I will not strike a companion
royal arch Mason, so as to draw his blood in anger.
I furthermore promise and swear, that I will employ a companion
royal arch Mason, in preference to any other person, of equal qualifi
cations.

I furthermore promise and swear, that I will assist a companion

royal arch Mason, when I see him engaged in any difficulty, and will
espouse his cause so far as to extricate him from the same, whether he
be RIGHT" or WRONG.
I furthermore promise and swear, that I will keep all the secrets of
a companion royal arch Mason, (when communicated to me as such, or
I knowing them to be such,) without exceptions.
I furthermore promise and swear, that I will be aiding and assistin
all poor and indigent,companion royal arch Masons, their widows and
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orphans, wheresoever dispersed around the globe; they making appli

cation to me as such, and I finding them worthy, and can do it without
any material injury to myself or family. To all which I do most
solemnly an 1 sincerely promise and swear, with a firm and steadfast
resolution, to keep and perform the same without any equivocation,
mental reservation, or self-evasion of mind in me whatever; binding
myself under no less penalty, than to have my skull smote off, and my
brains exposed to the scorching rays of the meridian sun, should I
knowingly or wilfully violate or transgress any part of this my
solemn oath or obligation of a royal arch Mason. So help me God,
and keep me steadfast in the due performance of the same. [Kissing
the book seven times.]

KNIGHT TEMPLAR'S OATH.

I, A. B., of my own free will and accord, in the presence of Al

mighty God, and this encampment of knights templars, do hereby and
hereon most solemnly promise and swear that I will always hail, forever
conceal and never reveal, any of the secret arts, parts or points apper
taining to the mysteries of this order of knights templars, unless it be
to a true and lawful companion sir knight, or within the body of a
just and lawful encampment of such; and not unto him or them until
by due trial, strict examination, or lawful information, I find him or
them lawfully entitled to receive the same.
Furthermore do I promise and swear, that I will answer and obey
all due signs and regular summonses which shall be given or sent to me
from a regular encampment of knights templars, if within the distance
of forty miles, natural infirmities and unavoidable accidents only
excusing me. -

Furthermore do I promise and swear, that I will help, aid and

assist with my counsel, my purse, and my sword, all poor and indigent
knights templars, their widows and orphans, they making application
to me as such, and I finding them worthy, so far as I can do it without
material injury to myself, and so far as truth, honor, and justice may
warrant. .
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Furthermore do I promise and swear, that I will not assist, or be

present, at the forming and opening of an encampment of knights

templars, unless there be present seven knights of the order, or the
representatives of three different encampments, acting under the
sanction of a legal warrant.
Furthermore do I promise and swear, that I will go the distance of
forty miles, even barefoot and on frosty ground, to save the life, and
relieve the necessities of a worthy knight, should I know that his
necessities required it, and my abilities permit.
Furthermore do I promise and swear, that I will wield my sword
in the defence of innocent maidens, destitute widows, helpless
orphans, and the Christian religion.
Furthermore do I promise and swear, that I will support and main.
tain the by-laws of the encampment of which I may hereafter become
a member, the edicts and regulations of the grand encampment of the
United States of America, so far as the same shall come to my knowl.
edge. To all this I most solemnly and sincerely promise and swear,
with a firm and steady resolution to perform and keep the same, without
any hesitation, equivocation, mental reservation or self evasion of
mind in me whatever; binding myself under no less penalty than to
have my head struck off and placed on the highest spire in Christen.
dom, should I knowingly or willingly violate any part of this my
solemn obligation of a knight templar. So help me God, and keep
me steadfast to perform and keep the same. [He kisses the book.]

FIFTH LIBATION.

This part of the ceremony attending the creation of the Knight

Templar is deemed interesting in connection with the obligation. -

Address of the Master.

Pilgrim, the fifth libation is taken in a very solemn way. It is
emblematical of the bitter cup of death, of which we must all, sooner
or later, taste; and even the Saviour of the world was not exempted,
notwithstanding his repeated prayers and solicitations. It is taken of
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pure wine, and from this cup. [Exhibiting a human skull, he pours
the wine into it and says,.] To show you that we here practise no
imposition, I give you this pledge. [Drinks from the skull.] He
then pours more wine into the skull, and presents it to the candidate,
telling him, that the fifth libation is called the sealed obligation, as
it is to seal all his former engagements in Masonry.
If the candidate consents to proceed, he takes the skull in his hand,
and repeats after the most eminent, as follows:
This pure wine, I take from this cup, in testimony of my belief of
the mortality of the body and the immortality of the soul; and as the
sins of the whole world were laid upon the head of our Saviour, so
may the sins of the person whose skull this once was, be heaped upon
my head, in addition to my own; and may they appear in judgment
against me, both here and hereafter, should I violate or transgress any
obligation in Masonry, or the orders of knighthood which I have
heretofore taken, take at this time, or may hereafter be instructed in.
So help me God. [Drinks the wine.]

The following extracts are referred to in Mr. Adams's fourth letter

to Mr. Livingston, page 158.
Extracts from the Report made to the General Assembly of the State of Louisi
ana on the Plan of a Penal Code for the said State. By Edward Liv
ingston.

“Legislators, in all ages and in every country, have, at times,

endangered the lives, the liberties, and fortunes of the people by in
consistent provisions, CRUEL oR DISPROPORTIONED PUNISHMENTS, and

a legislation weak and wavering.”

“Executions [in England] for some crimes were attended with
BUTCHERY THAT would DISGUST A sAVAGE.”
“Acknowledged truths in politics and jurisprudence can never be
too often repeated.”
 “Publicity is an object of such importance in free governments,
that it not only ought to be permitted, but must be secured by a
species of compulsion.” -

“If he [the culprit] be guilty, the state has an interest in his con
viction; and whether guilty or innocent, it has a higher interest that
the fact should be fairly canvassed before JUDGES INACEssIBLE To
INFLUENCE AND UNBIASSED BY ANY FALSE VIEWS OF OFFICIAL DUTY.”
“It is not true therefore to say, that the laws do enough, when
they give the choice (even supposing it could be made with delibera
tion) between a fair and impartial trial and one that is liable to the
strongest objections. They must do more, they must restrict that
choice, so as not to suffer an ill-advised individual to degrade them
into instruments of ruin, though it should be voluntarily inflicted,
or of death, though that death should be suicide.”
“The English mangle the remains of the dead [by suicide.] The
inanimate body feels neither the ignominy nor the pains. The mind
of the innocent survivor alone is lacerated by THIS USELEss AND SAV
AGE BUTCHERY, and the disgrace of the execution is felt exclusively
by him, although it ought to fall on the laws which inflict it.”
“The law punishes, not to avenge, but to prevent crimes. No
punishments, greater than are necessary to effect this work of pre
vention, let us remember, ought to be inflicted.”
“Although the dislocation of the joints is no longer considered
as the best mode of ascertaining innocence or discovering guilt;
although offences against the Deity are no longer expiated by the
burning fagot; or those against the majesty of kings avenged by the
hot pincers and the rack and wheel; still many other modes of pun
ishment have their advocates, which, if not equally cruel, are quite as
inconsistent with the true maxims of penal law.”
“As to the authority of great names, it loses much of its force,
since the mass of the people have begun to think for themselves.”
“Where laws are so directly at war with the feelings of the people
whom they govern, as this and many other instances prove them to
be, these laws can never be wise or operative, AND THEY oUGHT To
BE ABOLISIIED.”
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Extracts from detached parts of the projected Code.

“No act of legislation can be, or ought to be, immutable.”

“Wengeance is unknown to the laws. The only object of punish
ment is to prevent the commission of offences.”
“Penal laws should be written in plain language, clearly and unc
quivocally expressed, that they may neither be misunderstood nor
perverted.”
“The law should never command more than it can enforce. There
fore, whenever, from public opinion or any other cause, a penal law
cannot be carried into execution, it should be repealed.”
“The legislature alone has a right to declare what shall constitute
an offence.” ... Kö J
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