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Revolutionary Brotherhood : Freemasonry and the Transformation of the American Social Order, 1730-1840.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Published by the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture and the University of North Carolina Press SeriesPublisher: Chapel Hill : Omohundro Institute of Early American History & Culture, 1996Copyright date: ©1996Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (442 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9798890874023
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Revolutionary BrotherhoodDDC classification:
  • 366/.1/0973
LOC classification:
  • 95-39554 [HS]
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- List of Illustrations -- List of Tables -- Introduction. Understanding Salem Town's Fraternity -- Part One. Colonial Masonry -- Chapter One: Newton and Necromancy: The Creation of the Masonic Fraternity -- I. The Remains of the Mysterys of the Ancients -- II. The Augustan Style -- III. An Honour Much Courted of Late -- Chapter Two: The Appearance of So Many Gentlemen: Masonry and Colonial Elites, 1730-1776 -- I. The United Party for Virtue -- II. The Greatest Order and Regularity -- III. A Very Harmless Sort of People -- Part Two. The Revolutionary Transformation -- Chapter Three: Where Is Honour? The Rise of Ancient Masonry, 1752-1792 -- I. The Good Old Way -- II. The Mason's Arms -- III. The Country People -- Chapter Four: According to Their Rank: Masonry and the Revolution, 1775-1792 -- I. Great Trubles amonge Masons -- II. Free and Independent -- III. The Cares and Fatigues of the Soldier's Life -- Part Three. Republican Masonry -- Chapter Five: A New Order for the Ages: Public Values, 1790-1826 -- I. Temples of Virtue -- II. The Great Instrument of Civilization -- III. Around the Enlightened World -- Chapter Six: An Appearance of Sanctity: Religion, 1790-1826 -- I. Neutral Ground -- II. Dedicated to the Worship of God -- III. Spiritual Masonry -- IV. Cavils, Objections, and Calumnies -- Chapter Seven: Preference in Many Particulars: Charity and Commerce, 1790-1826 -- I. The Most Charitable and Benevolent of the Human Race -- II. Bound to Regard You as a Mason -- Chapter Eight: In Almost Every Place Where Power Is of Importance: Politics, 1790-1826 -- I. The Most Influential and Respectable Men -- II. We Have Nothing to Do with Politics -- III. Men of All Parts of the Union Mingling Together -- Chapter Nine: Into the Secret Place: Organization and Sacrilization, 1790-1826 -- I. The Lodge of Instruction.
II. The Rugged Road -- III. The Thick Veil -- Part Four. Masonry and Democracy -- Chapter Ten: The Lion and the Crows: Antimasonry, 1826-1840 -- I. The Concentration of Great Numbers on a Single Point -- II. A Stupendous Mirror -- III. These Desperate Fanatics -- Epilogue. Losing the Right to Reverence: Masonry's Decline and Revival -- A Note on Masonic Sources -- Notes -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.
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Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- List of Illustrations -- List of Tables -- Introduction. Understanding Salem Town's Fraternity -- Part One. Colonial Masonry -- Chapter One: Newton and Necromancy: The Creation of the Masonic Fraternity -- I. The Remains of the Mysterys of the Ancients -- II. The Augustan Style -- III. An Honour Much Courted of Late -- Chapter Two: The Appearance of So Many Gentlemen: Masonry and Colonial Elites, 1730-1776 -- I. The United Party for Virtue -- II. The Greatest Order and Regularity -- III. A Very Harmless Sort of People -- Part Two. The Revolutionary Transformation -- Chapter Three: Where Is Honour? The Rise of Ancient Masonry, 1752-1792 -- I. The Good Old Way -- II. The Mason's Arms -- III. The Country People -- Chapter Four: According to Their Rank: Masonry and the Revolution, 1775-1792 -- I. Great Trubles amonge Masons -- II. Free and Independent -- III. The Cares and Fatigues of the Soldier's Life -- Part Three. Republican Masonry -- Chapter Five: A New Order for the Ages: Public Values, 1790-1826 -- I. Temples of Virtue -- II. The Great Instrument of Civilization -- III. Around the Enlightened World -- Chapter Six: An Appearance of Sanctity: Religion, 1790-1826 -- I. Neutral Ground -- II. Dedicated to the Worship of God -- III. Spiritual Masonry -- IV. Cavils, Objections, and Calumnies -- Chapter Seven: Preference in Many Particulars: Charity and Commerce, 1790-1826 -- I. The Most Charitable and Benevolent of the Human Race -- II. Bound to Regard You as a Mason -- Chapter Eight: In Almost Every Place Where Power Is of Importance: Politics, 1790-1826 -- I. The Most Influential and Respectable Men -- II. We Have Nothing to Do with Politics -- III. Men of All Parts of the Union Mingling Together -- Chapter Nine: Into the Secret Place: Organization and Sacrilization, 1790-1826 -- I. The Lodge of Instruction.

II. The Rugged Road -- III. The Thick Veil -- Part Four. Masonry and Democracy -- Chapter Ten: The Lion and the Crows: Antimasonry, 1826-1840 -- I. The Concentration of Great Numbers on a Single Point -- II. A Stupendous Mirror -- III. These Desperate Fanatics -- Epilogue. Losing the Right to Reverence: Masonry's Decline and Revival -- A Note on Masonic Sources -- Notes -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.

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