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Memorials of the Masonic Union of A.D. 1813, (Hughan, W. J.), 1874.

Author:- Hughan, W. J.

Date:- 1813 -

UGLE Classification:- BE 50 HUG - History & Philosophy of Freemasonry: History, General works, comprehensive

WMLMT Classification:- History

Country of Origin:- England -

Order:- Craft (& Freemasonry General)

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consisting of an introduction on Freemasonry in England; the Articles of Union; Constitutions of the United Grand Lodge of England A.D. 1815, and other official documents. A List of Lodges under the Grand Lodges of England, with their numbers, immediately before and after the Union; compiled and arranged by WILLIAM JAMES HUGHAN, Past Senior Grand Deacon of England, representative of the Grand Chapter of Pennsylvania, &c., &c., &c. Also an exact reprint of Dr. Dassigny’s “Serious and Impartial Inquiry,” which contains the earliest known reference to Royal Arch Masonry. London: Chatto and Windus, Piccadilly; Truro: William Lake, Princes Street, Philladelphia (U.S.A.): Charles Eugene Meyer, 722 Arch Street. 1874. In this volume, of which only 200 were published at 10/6 each, will be found a reprint of Dr. Dassigny’s work (of Dublin), published in 1744, and is the first that refers to the Royal Arch Degree. ‘there is only one copy of the original known, which I parted with to my friend Robert Farmer Bower, whose library, on his lamented decease, was purchased by the Grand Lodge of Iowa, and added to its magnificent collection. The “Articles of Union” of December, 1813, are also reprinted.

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pp. 119. 9¾”x7¼”. Chatto & Windus, London, &c., 1874.