Confidential Circular

Confidential Circular

Pro-Masonic circular. "Solicitation to help the Masonic periodical the Craftsman, edited by E.J. Roberts in Rochester, N.Y. The Craftsman was begun in Feb. 1829 to defend Freemasonry. This circular proposes that loans of $25 - $100 be made available to the newspaper, to be repaid over 3 years or taken in subscriptions. Signed Vincent Mathews and 9 others. The last number of the Craftsman was issued in Feb. 1831." - Kent Walgren, Freemasonry, Anti-Masonry and Illuminism in the United States, 1734-1850: A Bibliography (Worcester, MA: American Antiquarian Society, 2003), cat. no. 3277.

This copy addressed to the Secretary of Harmony Lodge, Northfield, Massachusetts.

Collection of Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library, Lexington, Massachusetts.

MA 001.324

1830 04 28

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English

A2006/057/1

Walgren 3277

1 document; 26 x 21 cm.

Gift of Maria C. Rogers.