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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.

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