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The genius of masonry, or, A defence of the order

containing some remarks on the origin and history, the uses and abuses of the science, with some notices of other secret societies in the United States : in three lectures

Also known as The genius of Masonry, or a defence of the order, containing some remarks on the origin and history; the uses and abuses of the science

by Samuel L. Knapp & Samuel Samuel Lorenzo Knapp

  • First published:
  • 19th century
  • Language: English
  • Content type: Primary source
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[iii],iv-ix,[2],12-107p. 19cm

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Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Initiatory orders and secret societies.

  • Initiatory orders and secret societies

    Controlled discovery queries from internet-archive and openlibrary-historical matched “Freemasonry”. Retained metadata contains “Secret societies” in the subtitle, “Freemasonry” in the subject metadata, and “Secret societies” in the edition subtitle.

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    • “Freemasonry”· via Open Library
    • “Secret societies”· in subtitle
    • “Freemasonry”· in subject
    • “Secret societies”· in edition subtitle

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containing some remarks on the origin and history, the uses and abuses of the science, with some notices of other secret societies in the United States : in three lectures

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1828Cranston & Marshall; Providence [R.I.] : Cranston & Marshall, printersEnglish—Public

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  • Contributing institution: University of California Libraries
  • Digitization sponsor: MSN
  • Discovery required Internet Archive search metadata to report a PDF format; the exact direct-file URL is added only after the item's file listing confirms an unrestricted PDF filename.
  • Internet Archive institutional collection: americana
  • Open Library reports 2 editions; this snapshot catalogs one representative edition and preserves work-level ISBN, date, and publisher aggregates.
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openlibrary-work:OL2134309W
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