The History of Freemasonry in Virginia

This book, a product of collaboration and cooperation between two non-Masonic historians and the Grand Lodge of Virginia, is an objective, comprehensive study of the history of Freemasonry in the state of Virginia.

Foreword

vii

(2)

Preface

ix

(2)

Acknowledgments

xi

1 The Mists of History

1

(18)

2 Masonic Myths and Legends

19

(10)

3 A Light Arises in the East

29

(16)

4 Laying a Proper Foundation

45

(8)

5 Tiling the Lodges, Part I

53

(30)

6 Tiling the Lodges, Part II

83

(32)

7 Laying the Cornerstone of the Nation

115

(18)

8 Leveling the Cornerstone

133

(22)

9 Soldiers, Intellectuals, and Clergymen

155

(20)

10 An Apprentice among Nations

175

(16)

11 Freemasonry and the Arts

191

(24)

12 Surveying Eastern Virginia

215

(18)

13 Traversing the Transmontane

233

(12)

14 That Morgan Matter

245

(8)

15 Morganism and Other Manias

253

(12)

16 The Grand Lodge and Other Bodies

265

(10)

17 The Age of Romanticism

275

(10)

18 The Reform Impulse

285

(14)

19 Era of the Civil War

299

(20)

20 Not by Bread Alone

319

(10)

21 "A Lodge on Wheels"

329

(14)

22 Roads More and Less Traveled

343

(14)

23 Men Who Lead Useful Lives

357

(16)

24 Democracy and Masonry Put to the Test

373

(12)

25 Virginia Freemasonry in the Modern Era, 1947-1997

385

(30)

Appendix A: Virginia Grand Masters, 1778-1997

415

(8)

Appendix B: Living Past Grand Masters, 1997

423

(2)

Appendix C: Virginia Membership by Lodge, 1801-1850

425

(8)

Appendix D: Membership of Grand Lodge of Virginia, 1800-1950

433

(2)

Notes

435

(92)

Bibliography of Sources Cited

527

(24)

Index

551

(12)

About the Authors

563

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