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Today I’m going to tell you a remarkable story involving Benjamin Franklin. This story includes the the accidental death of a man, human branding, murder charges, public fights in the newspaper, and a whole lot of questionable behavior. It’s a story about a serious attack on Benjamin Franklin &...

https://forthright.space/2020/03/28/two-grand-masters-on-the-eve-of-the-civil-war/

-Before I start, I wish to say that the history presented here belongs more to the Scottish Rite. The York Rite arrived later to Puerto Rico. There are no lodges from the Swedish Rite in Puerto Rico. Moreover, the lodges name will be written in Spanish as most are called in such language.- The...

I often use this publication of 1898, do others ? I find it's normally fairly accurate for Australia and such, but this might be because later Masonic writers rely on it. Do you use it, does it do justice your local Freemasonry in your area ?

http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20161209-secret-history-of-the-freemasons-in-scotland

At the suggestion of correspondents, I've posted this thread. It has a particular Masonic significance as British Grand Lodges and some lodges have grants. Heraldry is both a science, and an art. It has a language of its own in which the design is described in a blason; rules regarding the...

http://www.mormonnewsroom.org/article/freedmen-bureau-database-national-museum-african-american-history-culture

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-northamptonshire-21577807 Canons Ashby 'masonic' chamber discovered after 400 years 25 February 2013 From the section Northampton Image captionThe entrance to the secret room was found inside a cupboard in a panelled room A secret chamber, hidden for 400...