GOULD’S HISTORY OF FREEMASONRY
THROUGHOUT THE WORLD


VOLUME 1


CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS NEW YORK


REVISED BY DUDLEY WRIGHT

EDITOR OF THE MASONIC NEWS




THIS EDITION IN SIX VOLUMES EMBRACES NOT ONLY AN INVESTIGATION OF RECORDS OF THE ORGANIZATIONS OF THE FRATERNITY IN ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, IRELAND, THE BRITISH COLONIES, EUROPE, ASIA, AFRICA AND SOUTH AMERICA, BUT INCLUDES ADDITIONAL MATERIAL ESPECIALLY PREPARED ON EUROPE, ASIA, AND AFRICA, ALSO CONTRIBUTIONS BY DISTINGUISHED MEMBERS OF THE FRATERNITY COVERING EACH OF THE FORTY-EIGHT STATES, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA AND THE POSSESSIONS OF THE UNITED STATES

THE PROVINCES OF CANADA AND THE

COUNTRIES OF LATIN AMERICA

UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF

MELVIN M. JOHNSON
Past Grand Master of Masons in Massachusetts, and M \ P\ Sovereign Grand Commander of the Supreme Council, 33° for the Northern Masonic Jurisdiction of the United States

AND

J. EDWARD ALLEN
Foreign Correspondent and Reviewer Grand Lodge, Grand Chapter, Grand Council, Grand Commandery of North Carolina and the Grand Encampment K. T. of the United States

ILLUSTRATED