Charleston, March 9th, 1809 : Worshipful Sir, and brethren, We the corresponding committee of St. John's Lodge, No. 31, Ancient York Masons, beg leave to address you more fully on the subject of the ancient craft, and our disapprobation to the union that has taken place between Ancient and Modern Masons.
| Author/creator | Ancient York Masons |
| Other author | Darby, John. |
| Other author | Freemasons. Grand Lodge of South Carolina. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | [Charleston, S.C.] : [publisher not identified], [1809] |
| Description | 2 pages, 2 unnumbered pages |
| Supplemental Content | Shaw-Shoemaker Digital Edition |
| Subjects |
| Series | Early American imprints. Second series no. 17565. ^A575643 |
| General note | Reinforcing the corresponding committee's circular of Jan. 7, 1809 (Shaw & Shoemaker no. 17564), which opposed the union of South Carolina's grand lodges of Ancient York Masons and Modern Masons, and recommending reorganization of the Grand Lodge of Ancient York Masons. Includes copy of a resolution of the Grand Lodge of South Carolina, dated January 28, 1809. Cf. Walgren, K.L. Freemasonry, no. 1103. |
| General note | Signed on p. 2: John Darby [and four others], committee. |
| General note | Followed by two resolutions of St. John's Lodge, No. 31, dated March 1, 1809, and signed by Morris Goldsmith, secretary. |
| General note | Last two pages blank. |
| References | Shaw & Shoemaker 17565 |
| References | Walgren, K.L. Freemasonry, 1103 |
| Other forms | Microform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series. |
| Reproduction note | Electronic 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. 17565). |
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