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  • The 1723 Constitutions
    • The Main Takeaway
    • The Frontispiece
    • The Traditional History
    • The Charges
      • A More Detailed Analysis
    • The General Regulations
    • The Endpiece – Masonic Songs
    • The Old Charges
    • Further Reading
  • The Context
    • The Enlightenment
      • The Royal Society
      • John Locke
      • Sir Isaac Newton, PRS
      • Martin Folkes, PRS
      • Académie des Sciences de France
      • René Descartes
      • Charles-Louis, Baron Montesquieu
      • Freemasonry and Science
    • ‘The King Over the Water’
      • The Jacobite Threat
      • The Jacobites in France
      • Britain’s Intelligence Response
        • The Secret Dept. of the Post Office
        • 1717: Gyllenborg & the Jacobites
        • 1719: Attempted Invasion
        • 1721: The Atterbury Plot
    • The Huguenot Diaspora
    • European Conflict
      • The Duchy of Lorraine
      • Stuart Masonic Influence in France
      • English Masonic Influence in France
  • The Protagonists
    • The Authors
      • Dr Jean Theophilus Desaguliers
      • George Payne
      • Rev. James Anderson
    • The Publishers: Senex & Hooke
    • The Engraver: John Pine
    • The Noble Grand Masters
      • John, 2nd Duke of Montagu
      • Philip, Duke of Wharton
      • Francis Scott, 5th Earl of Dalkeith
      • Charles Lennox, Duke of Richmond
    • The Grand Officers
      • William Cowper, DGM, Secretary
      • Nathaniel Blackerby, DGM, Treasurer
      • Martin Folkes, DGM
      • Alexander Chocke, DGM
      • Thomas Batson, DGM
      • Hon. George Carpenter, GW
  • Britain, Ireland & Empire
    • The Constitutions: A Timeline
    • The Working Tools
    • Ireland
      • Edward Spratt’s Irish Constitutions
      • Irish Miscellenea
    • Scotland
    • The Antients & Laurence Dermott
      • Laurence Dermott
      • Ahiman Rezon
    • The Empire & Beyond
      • Military Lodges
      • India
      • The Caribbean
      • The Eastern Archipelago
  • America
    • The Thirteen Colonies
      • Pennsylvania
      • Massachusetts & New England
      • New York & New Jersey
      • The Carolinas
      • Georgia
      • Virginia
      • Slavery in 18th-century America
    • The Irish in North America
    • The Scottish in North America
    • Prince Hall Freemasonry – Origins
      • Prince Hall after the Civil War
    • Revolution & Independence
    • The Declaration of Independence & the U.S. Constitution
    • Freemasonry on the Frontier
      • The American West
      • The Morgan Affair
      • California
    • Latin America
      • Simón Bolívar
      • José de San Martin
      • Brazil
    • America – Further Reading
  • Europe
    • France
      • The Lodges at Paris & Aubigny
      • Villeroy-Coustos Lodge
      • Les Neuf Soeurs
    • Germany & Austria
      • Habsburgs & Esterházys
      • The Holy Roman Empire
    • The Netherlands
    • Sweden
    • Denmark & Norway
    • Portugal and Spain
    • Italy
  • Conference & Events
    • Especial Meeting of Grand Lodge
    • Conference, Queens' Cambridge
    • Exhibition: ‘Inventing the Future’
    • 'Inventing the Future: the Book
    • Merchandise & Memorabilia
    • USA - GWMNM
  • Contact Us

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