1869 Proceedings of the Grand Lodge of Vermont - Burlington Freemasons For Sale

Free and Accepted theGRAND LODGE

of the State of Vermont
at its annual communicationBurlington, (Vermont) January A.L. 5869

Printed in Rutland by
Tuttle & Co., : Very Good or better.Overall, clean and mostly complete.Missing a little of the spine cover (nothing printed)
A little light water staining to covers and lower
corner of first few reports of the Vermont Grand Lodge of Free Masons,
for the year of 1868 (being reported in January of 1869)Includes lists of all Vermont Lodges, including officers and dues status.Different from the 1857 report I have listed,
this one gives full listing of officers and members of 92 lodges across Vermont.Also reports from the leaders of the 12 districts of Vermont,
and their reports on the activities of the lodges in their juristiction.Has other reports from other State Lodges,
as well as a brief report from Canada, the District of Columbia,
New Brunswick and Washington will be listing many more Masonic books in the next
few weeks - so keep an eye on my listings.

Thanks for Looking !!!

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Freemasonry or Masonry refers to fraternal organizations that trace their origins to the local guilds of stonemasons that, from the end of the 13th century, regulated the qualifications of stonemasons and their interaction with authorities and clients. Freemasonry has been the subject of numerous conspiracy theories throughout the years. Modern Freemasonry broadly consists of two main recognition groups:

Regular Freemasonry insists that a volume of scripture be open in a working lodge, that every member profess belief in a Supreme Being, that no women be admitted, and that the discussion of religion and politics be banned.

Continental Freemasonry consists of the jurisdictions that have removed some, or all, of these restrictions.

The basic, local organisational unit of Freemasonry is the Lodge. These private Lodges are usually supervised at the regional level (usually coterminous with a state, province, or national border) by a Grand Lodge or Grand Orient. There is no international, worldwide Grand Lodge that supervises all of Freemasonry; each Grand Lodge is independent, and they do not necessarily recognise each other as being legitimate.

The degrees of Freemasonry retain the three grades of medieval craft guilds, those of Entered Apprentice, Journeyman or fellow (now called Fellowcraft), and Master Mason. The candidate of these three degrees is progressively taught the meanings of the symbols of Freemasonry and entrusted with grips, signs, and words to signify to other members that he has been so initiated. The degrees are part allegorical morality play and part lecture. Three degrees are offered by Craft (or Blue Lodge) Freemasonry, and members of any of these degrees are known as Freemasons or Masons. There are additional degrees, which vary with locality and jurisdiction, and are usually administered by their own bodies (separate from those who administer the Craft degrees).