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Antiquarian Library - Worcestershire Museum of Freemasonry
A Pocket Companion for Free-Masons. 1735
Date:- 1735 -
UGLE Classification:- BR 98 SMI - :
WMLMT Classification:- Handbooks
Country of Origin:- Ireland -
Order:- Craft (& Freemasonry General)
Details
Containing— 1.—History of Masonry. 11.—The charges of a Free-mason, &c.111.—General Regulations for the use of the Lodges in and about the city of Dublin.IV.—T he manner of constituting a New Lodge, according to the antient usage of Masons.V.—A Short Charge to be given to a new admitted Brother.VI.—A Collection of the Songs of Masons, both Old and New.VII.—Prologues and Epilogues spoken at the theatres in Dublin and London, for the Entertainment of Freemasons. VIII.—A List of the Warranted Lodges in Ireland, Great Britain, France, Spain, Germany, East and West Indies. Approved of and recommended by the Grand Lodge. Deus Nobis Sol et Scutum. Dublin; Printed by B. Rider, and sold at the Printing Office, in George’s Lane; T. Jones, in Clarendon Street; and J. Pennel, at the Hercules, in St. Patrick Street, MDCCXXXV. Price 8d. With Frontispiece, with inscription underneath: “This Plate is dedicated to the Right Hon. Henry Barnwall, Lord Vist. Kingsland, Grand Master of ye most Ancient and Right WorshipfullFraternity of Free and Accepted Masons.” A work of great rarity and value. It is much sought after in England and America, because of its List of Lodges for this country, Ireland, &c. These are all numbered consecutively and grouped together, but deducting those for Ireland, which are first enumerated, the No. 79 for Gb. of England has a Lodge noted for Philadelphia, U.S.A., which so far has not been satisfactorily explained. The problem is one most difficult to solve, and all the more so becanse in no other list of the kind is such a Lodge registered. The particulars substantially accord with a Lodge held in that City with Records from 1731, but so far evidence points to the fact that it was never on the English Register. The Roll of Lodges should be compared with my facsimile of 1734. (Engraved List.)
Properties
pp. (6). 79. 7½”x4½”. Dublin, 1735.
