Author: Benjamin Franklin HallettPublisher:
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Category : Anti-masonry
Languages : en
Pages : 102
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A Legislative Investigation Into Masonry
Author: Benjamin Franklin HallettPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Anti-masonry
Languages : en
Pages : 102
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A Legislative Investigation Into Masonry
Author: Benjamin Franklin HallettPublisher:
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Languages : en
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A Legislative Investigation Into Masonry
Author: B. F. HallettPublisher:
ISBN: 9781436736145
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Languages : en
Pages : 92
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Legislative Investigation Into Masonry
Author: Benjamin Franklin HallettPublisher:
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An Investigation Into Freemasonry, [a Report] by a Joint Committee of the Legislature of Massachusetts... [also, Appendix Containing the Testimony and Documents Received in Evidence by the Committee
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Author: Massachusetts. General Court. Joint Committee to Investigate FreemasonryPublisher:
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Languages : en
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An Investigation Into Freemasonry by a Joint Committee on the Legislature of Massachusetts
Author: Freemasons. Mass. G.L.Publisher:
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Category : Anti-masonry
Languages : en
Pages : 76
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An Investigation Into Freemasonry by a Joint Committee of the Legislature of Massachusetts ... March, 1834
Author: Massachusetts. General Court. Joint Committee on FreemasonryPublisher:
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Category : Freemasonry
Languages : en
Pages : 130
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An investigation into Freemasonry by a joint committee of the Legislature of Massachusetts, etc
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Letters on Freemasonry
Author: John Quincy AdamsLetters on Masonry and Anti-Masonry, Addressed to the Hon.
Author: William L. StonePublisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9781330278871
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 585
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Excerpt from Letters on Masonry and Anti-Masonry, Addressed to the Hon.: John Quincy Adams Prosecution of the trials by Mr. Spencer - Indictments in Genesee - Embarrassments from absence of witnesses - Case of Harris - Of Orson Parkhurst - Oyer and Termiuer in Monroe - Romantic Incident- Devotion and heroic conduct of a woman to save her husband- Rev. Francis H. Cuming – Clamour abates - Elections of 1829. Trial of Elihu Mather, before Judge Gardiner - Challenges of Masonic Jurors - Testimony as to the nature of the Obligations - Exclusion of Masons - Mather acquitted - Motion for a new trial denied by the Supreme Court. Legislature of 1830 - Message of the Acting Governor - Report of the Special Counsel - Gives offence to the Masons in the Legislature - Debates - Judge Gardiner directed to bring up the case of Mather - Another Anti-masonic State Convention - Inquiry respecting the conduct of the Grand Chapter - Legislative Proceedings - Report of the Attorney General - Anti-masonry becomes thoroughly political - Political feelings in the Legislature - Mr. Spencer's Resignation, and reasons - The Governor's vindication - Publication of Spencer's private correspondence - Appointment of Mr. Birdseye - Review of the conduct of Governor Throop. Means adopted for prolonging the excitement - Extraordinary case of reported Masonic murder in Belfast - Investigation of this case - Reasons why it is not to be believed. Special Circuit of Niagara, - Judge Marcy - Trial of Ezekiel Jewett - Testimony on the Nature of Masonic Obligations - Decision of Judge Marcy upon this Question - Unexampled Conduct of Masonic Witnesses - Contempt of Court, and Imprisonment of Turner - The same of Eli Bruce - Conduct of John Jackson - His Equivocal Testimony - Conduct of William P. Daniels - Acquittal of Jewett. Trial of Solomon C. Wright and Jeremiah Brows - Unaccountable Acquittal of the Defendants - Lemuel De Forest - His strange story respecting the Death of Loring Simonds. Establishment of a Paper at Rochester by the Masons - Its Course - Indicted for a Libel on a Jury - Case of the Cooks, at Fort Ann - Conduct of the Masons thereon - Elections of 1830 - Results in the great increase of Anti-masonry - Mysterious case of Elder Witherell - Interesting Letter from Washington County, detailing the whole History of that remarkable case - Second Trial and Acquittal of James Gillis - Session of the Legislature of 1831 - Message of Governor Throop - Report of the Special Counsel - Refusal of Judge Gardiner to try any more of the Morgan Conspirators - Compliment to Mr. Whiting. Special Circuit of Niagara in February and March, 1831 - Judge Nelson presides - Trials of Elisha Adams, and of Parkhust Whitney and others - Difficulty of Obtaining Jurors - Nature of Masonic Obligations - Loton Lawson sworn as a Witness - John Whitney, the same - Orsamus Turner - A new and Important witness in the person of James A. Shed - Edward Giddings - His Infidelity - Alteration of the Law of Evidence - Giddings sworn as a Witness - His damning testimony highly important - Jury disagrees in the Case of Adams, and also in the other case. Trial of Norman Shepherd and Timothy Maxwell - Rev. Lucius Smith - Conduct of Bethany Chapter - Committees sent to Canandaigua, Rochester, Lockport, and Buffalo, to concert measures for suppressing Morgan's Book - John Jackson again - Proceedings in the Lodge Room at Lockport - Abandonment of the Prosecution - Last Message of the Governor, and final Report of the Special Counsel upon this subject. Masonic Exhibitions - Amusing case in Chenango - Harlowe C. Witherell - Nature of Masonic Ceremonies and Obligations - Trial and acquittal of Solomon C. Wright, for Perjary - Case of Gould against Weed, for Libel - Disposition of the money voted by the Grand Chapter in 1827 - More proved than General Goulds friends could have wished - Most important features of the Libel left uni...