Charleston, January 7th 1809; and of Masonry, 5809 : Worshipful Sir, and brethren. We the committee of correspondence of Saint John's Lodge, No. 31. Ancient York Masons, do inform you, that our representatives at the meeting of the Grand Lodge of A.Y. Masons, held on the evening of the 17th Dec. 1808, did use their utmost endeavors to prevent the convention of A.Y. and Modern Masons, from being carried into effect.

Author/creator Ancient York Masons
Other author Darby, John.
Format Electronic
Publication Info[Charleston, S.C.] : [publisher not identified], [1809]
Description2 unnumbered leaves.
Supplemental ContentShaw-Shoemaker Digital Edition
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SeriesEarly American imprints. Second series no. 17564. ^A575643
General noteOpposing the union of South Carolina's grand lodges of Ancient York Masons and Modern Masons. "This circular, the opening salvo in the unraveling of the week-old union, sought to encourage the 'country' lodges to align themselves against the Charleston lodges." Cf. Walgren, K.L. Freemasonry, no. 1102.
General noteSigned: John Darby [and four others]. Committee.
General notePrinted on recto of first leaf only.
References Shaw & Shoemaker 17564
References Walgren, K.L. Freemasonry, 1102
Other formsMicroform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series.
Reproduction noteElectronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2004-2007] Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 17564).

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