[Rarebooks] FS: Scottish Rite Freemasons in the American South

[Joslin Hall Rare Books]

TITLE: "Valley of the Craftsmen: A Pictorial History: Scottish Rite
Freemasonry in America's Southern Jurisdiction, 1801-2001"

Edited by William L. Fox.
Published by The Supreme Council 33. Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of
Freemasonry, Southern Jurisdiction: 2001.

DISCUSSION: “George Washington was made an Entered Apprentice Mason in the
lodge at Fredericksburg, Virginia, in 1752, and used a Masonic gavel to
lay the cornerstone of the U.S. Capitol four decades later. Benjamin
Franklin not only printed the first Masonic publication in colonial
America, he was also a member of the Lodge of the Nine Muses in Paris,
along with his good friend Voltaire. Two centuries later, Buzz Aldrin
carried a Banner of the Supreme Council of the Scottish Rite, Southern
Jurisdiction, to the moon on Apollo 11. Heavily illustrated with color and
black and white photographs of stately temples and humble meetinghouses,
august personages, ceremonial artifacts, and key documents and images,
this history follows the founding and growth of the first,
Charleston-based chapter of the "Scottish Rite" of Freemasons in America,
and removes much of the obfuscation that has often inspired paranoia about
the secret fraternal society.”

DESCRIPTION:  Hardcover. 10.5”x12”, 269 pages, profusely illustrated in
black & white and color, dust jacket.

CONDITION NOTES: Light wear, minor soil.

PRICE: $50-

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