Item #55365 The secrets of Masonry illustrated and explained; in a discourse, preached at South-Kingstown, before the Grand Lodge of the State of Rhode-Island; convened for the installation of Washington-Lodge, September 3d, A.L. 5799. Abraham Lynsen Clarke, Providence, Rector of St. John's Church.
The secrets of Masonry illustrated and explained; in a discourse, preached at South-Kingstown, before the Grand Lodge of the State of Rhode-Island; convened for the installation of Washington-Lodge, September 3d, A.L. 5799

The secrets of Masonry illustrated and explained; in a discourse, preached at South-Kingstown, before the Grand Lodge of the State of Rhode-Island; convened for the installation of Washington-Lodge, September 3d, A.L. 5799

Providence: printed by Brother Bennett Wheeler, [1799]. First edition, 8vo, pp. 15, [1]; 20th-century brown cloth-backed marbled boards, gilt-lettered direct on spine; title page guarded, small stain in the top gutter margin throughout; all else very good. On the verso of the last leaf: "Benjamin J. Sheffield his book bought December 23 AD 1799 price P. 4½." This discourse by a clergyman indicates the comfort of the clergy with Masonry at the turn of the century. Alden 1614; Bartlett, p. 77-8; Evans 35310. Item #55365

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