The history of freemasonry : its legends and traditions, its chronological history . THE HISTORY of FREEMASONRY ITS LEGENDS AND TRADITIONSITS CHRONOLOGICAL HISTORY By ALBERT GALLATIN MACKEY, , 33? THE HISTORY OF THE SYMBOLISM OF FREEMASONRY THE ANCIENT AND ACCEPTED SCOTTISH RITE AND THE ROYAL ORDER OF SCOTLAND By WILLIAM R. SINGLETON, 33° WITH AN ADDENDA »*. • • • • •» ?••, • • ?• > • • a f „ • « » ,»?«,•• * • » t , t , • . • »•••» 7 -. By WILLIAM JAMES HllCHAN P.*. S.\ G.\ D.\ of G.\ L.\ of England— S.\ G.\ W.\ of Egypt, etc. Volume Four »?.•.- * • 21S5D2 PUBLISHED BY THE MASONIC HI
The history of freemasonry : its legends and traditions, its chronological history . THE HISTORY of FREEMASONRY ITS LEGENDS AND TRADITIONSITS CHRONOLOGICAL HISTORY By ALBERT GALLATIN MACKEY, , 33? THE HISTORY OF THE SYMBOLISM OF FREEMASONRY THE ANCIENT AND ACCEPTED SCOTTISH RITE AND THE ROYAL ORDER OF SCOTLAND By WILLIAM R. SINGLETON, 33° WITH AN ADDENDA »*. • • • • •» ?••, • • ?• > • • a f „ • « » ,»?«,•• * • » t , t , • . • »•••» 7 -. By WILLIAM JAMES HllCHAN P.*. S.\ G.\ D.\ of G.\ L.\ of England— S.\ G.\ W.\ of Egypt, etc. Volume Four »?.•.- * • 21S5D2 PUBLISHED BY THE MASONIC HISTORY COMPANY New York and London I* * »•* • # » * • • » € COPYRIGHTED 1898 & 1906 BY ™ h a v r? i! o vini 0SB2IIEWP. Photogravures Printing Color by f and binding ^Reproductions by # by ,(bo \ TR0WC°.^ ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. PHINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA CHAPTER XXIX. ORGANIZATION OF THE GRAND LODGE OF ENGLAND E have now reached the most interesting portionof the history of Freemasonry. We are gettingaway from the regions of legend and tradition,and are passing into the realm of authenticrecords. And though at this early period thereis a sparseness of these records, and sometimesa doubtfulness about their meaning, which willoccasionally compel us to build our hypothesis on the foundation ofplausible conjecture and reasoning, still, to whatever conclusionswe may come, they will, of course, be more satisfactory to the mindthan if they were wrought out of mere mythical and traditionary nar-ratives. It has already been shown that the Guild or Fraternity of Free-masons from the earliest period of its history had admitted into itsconnection persons of rank and influence who were not workmenof the Craft. In this usage it followed the example of the Roman Collegesof Artificers, whose patrons were selected to secure to the corpora-tions a protection often n
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