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A Pocket Companion for Free Mason (Smith, William) 1764

Author:- Smith, William

Date:- 1764 -

UGLE Classification:- BE 98 SMI - Government and Organisation of the Craft: Early pocket Companions

WMLMT Classification:- Handbooks

Country of Origin:- England -

Order:- Craft (& Freemasonry General)

Details

including— I -The History of Masonry.ll.—The Charges of a Freemason, Sic. Ill—General Regulations for the use of the Lodges in and about the city of Dublin IV.—The 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. V1.—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, &c. Approved of and recommended by the Grand Lodge. “Dens nobis sol et scutium.” The Fifth Edition. Belfast: Printed by and for James Magee, at the Bible and Crown, in Bridge Street. MDCCLX1V. The Belfast Companion is scarce, but not of value for the period from an English point of view, as the List of Lodges for England does not come down later than 1733.

Properties

pp. vi. 94 (pp. 95, 96 inserted in MS.) 6¼”x3¾”. Belfast, 1764.