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FREDERICK W. HAMILTON'S HISTORY OF MASSACHUSETTS FREEMASONRY

M. W. Frederick W. Hamilton, Grand Secretary and Honorary Past Grand Master of Massachusetts, had for many years in progress a history of the Craft in Massachusetts. At the time of his death in 1940 it remained unfinished, and a number of prominent Grand Lodge permanent members such as M. W. Joseph Earl Perry and R. W. (later M. W.) Samuel Wragg concluded that the material was simply not in a publishable condition. A manuscript of this work, along with a looseleaf notebook of annotations, has been in the possession of the Grand Lodge Library ever since.

The following text is a corrected version of the manuscript. Corrections are merely typographic; no attempt is made to confirm assertions or rectify inaccuracies. Also bear in mind that this material was written at least 80 years ago, and lacks both immediacy and contemporary sensibility - it was written in another time, by someone from that era. No attempt is being made to "clean up" the text in that respect.

After a certain point in the manuscript there are no chapter breaks; separations have been included to organize the document into rough sections. At the end of the manuscript, supplementary material provided by Past Grand Master Johnson completes the text in accordance with Dr. Hamilton's original intentions, as explained.

• Chapter 1: The Beginnings
• Chapter 2: The Authorities
• Chapter 3: Henry Price and his Commission
• Chapter 4: The Commissions of the Grand Masters in the Colonial Period
• Chapter 5: Tomlinson and Oxnard
• Chapter 6: Gridley and the Ancients
• Chapter 7: John Rowe and the Revolution
• Chapter 8: The Ancients and the Revolution
• Chapter 9: Independence
• Chapter 10: The Coming of Negro Masonry Chapter 11 in the manuscript
• Chapter 11: Reconstruction Chapter 12 in the manuscript
• Chapter 12: Peace and Progress Chapter 13 in the manuscript
• Chapter 13: A Quarter Century of Growth (Part 1) Chapter 14 in the manuscript
• Chapter 14: A Quarter Century of Growth (Part 2) Chapter 14 in the manuscript
• Chapter 15: A Quarter Century of Growth (Part 3) Chapter 14 in the manuscript
• Chapter 16: Francis Oliver, Samuel Fay and a Grand Lodge for Maine Unnumbered Chapter in the Manuscript
• Chapter 17: John Dixwell Unnumbered Chapter in the Manuscript
• Chapter 18: John Abbot and John Soley Unnumbered Chapter in the Manuscript
• Chapter 19: Storm and Stress Unnumbered Chapter in the Manuscript
• Chapter 20: Reconstruction (Part 1) Unnumbered Chapter A in the Manuscript
• Chapter 21: Reconstruction (Part 2) Unnumbered Chapter A in the Manuscript
• Chapter 22: George Randall Unnumbered Chapter B in the Manuscript
• Chapter 23: Winslow Lewis Unnumbered Chapter B in the Manuscript
• Chapter 24: John T. Heard Unnumbered Chapter B in the Manuscript
• Chapter 25: The Coming of War Unnumbered Chapter B in the Manuscript
• Chapter 26: Era of Expansion Unnumbered Chapter B in the Manuscript
• Chapter 27: New Horizons (Part 1) Unnumbered Chapter C in the Manuscript
• Chapter 28: New Horizons (Part 2) Unnumbered Chapter C in the Manuscript
• Chapter 29: New Horizons (Part 3) Unnumbered Chapter C in the Manuscript
• Chapter 30: A Difficult Passage Unnumbered Chapter C in the Manuscript
• Chapter 31: A New Century Unnumbered Chapter C in the Manuscript
• Chapter 32: Melvin M. Johnson Unnumbered Chapter C in the Manuscript
• Chapter 33: War and Peace Unnumbered Chapter C in the Manuscript
• Chapter 34: The Nineteen Twenties Unnumbered Chapter C in the Manuscript
• Chapter 35: Melvin Johnson's Supplement

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