RECOMMENDED READINGS
ABOUT FREEMASONRY IN AMERICA
The following books deal with Freemasonry in America.
A Republic for the Ages by Donald R. Kennon
Colonial Freemasonry by Louis C. Wes Cook Early Freemasonry in Pennsylvania by Henry S. Borneman, Philadelphia,
1931.
Freemasons at Gettysburg by Sheldon A. Munn - Story of the Friend to Friend monument at Gettysburg.
Freemasonry and American Culture by Lynn Dumenil
Freemasonry in
American History by Allen E. Roberts / Hardback
Allen Roberts has taken the history of Freemasonry and the history of the United
States and woven them tightly together. He hasn't fallen into any of the traps
which so many inexperienced Masonic historians do, such as trying to make our
Fraternity the prime mover of all that is good in our country. He has worked the
history of Freemasonry into the actual history of the United States. This book
is not a history, written by a historian for other historians. It is an easily
readable book about Freemasonry, written by a Freemason for the benefit of other
Freemasons. This book is valuable to the Masonic student and will become more
valuable in the years to come. It is valuable to the general reader and to the
newly made mason who wishes to receive more light about the Order to which he
belongs. Freemasonry and
Democracy - It's Evolution in North America by Allen E. Roberts and
Wallace McLeod- Discusses role of the Fraternity in the development of the U. S. and
Canada.
Freemasonry in
Pennsylvania, 1727-1907 by Morris S. Barratt & Julius F. Sachse, Philadelphia, 1908, 1909, 1919 (3 Vols.)
Freemasonry in the Thirteen Colonies by J. Hugo Tatsch
Freemasonry and the Presidency by Ray Vaughn Denslow
Freemen and Freemasons by James W. Beless
History of Lodge No. 43, F&AM, Lancaster, PA, by George R. Welchans
Contains history of the revolt of the country lodges, as well as
Buchanan Masonic material.
House Undivided: The
Story of Freemasonry & the Civil War by Allen E. Roberts / Hardcover
Learn a unique historical account of Freemasonry during the 1860's and its
impact on the Civil War.
House Reunited by Allen E. Roberts Let There Be Light (A History of
Freemasonry in Louisiana 1763-1989) by H. Glenn Jordan
Masonry in the Formation of Our Government by Philip A. Roth
Masonic Americana:
Vol. 1 & 2 by Knights Templar Magazine
Masonic Membership of
the Founding Fathers by Ronald E. Heaton, 1965
Biographies of Masons involved with the Declaration of Independence,
the American Revolution and the Constitution.
Masons Who Helped Shape Our
Nation by Henry C. Clausen
Material Culture of the American
Freemasons by John D. Hamilton
Miracle
at Philadelphia by Catherine Drinker Bowen, 1966
New York Freemasonry, Bicentennial History by Ossian Lang &
Herbert Singer Old Masonic Lodges of PA, Moderns and
Ancients, 1730-1800 by Julius F. Sachse,Philadelphia, 1912, 1913, (2 Vols.).
Our
Masonic Presidents by L. Randall Rogers
Revolutionary
Brotherhood: Freemasonry and the Transformation of the American Social Order,
1730-1840 by Steven C. Bullock / Hardback
Steven Bullocks traces Freemasonry through its first century in America. He
follows the order from its origins in Britain and its introduction into North
America in the 1730s to its near-destruction by a massive anti-Masonic movement
almost a century later and its subsequent reconfiguration into the brotherhood
we know today. Stalwart Builders - The Grand Lodge of
Masons in Mass.: 1730-1970 by Thomas S. Roy, Boston, 1971.
The Anti-Masonic Party in the United
States, 1826-1843 by William P.Vaughn. The Beginnings of Freemasonry in
America by Melvin M. Johnson, Kingsport, Tenn. 1924.
The Master Builders: A History of the
Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of Pennsylvania, (Three
Vols.), 1986-1988-1989 by Wayne A. Huss.
Two Crowns for America
by Katherine Kurtz
Historical novel about Freemasonry and the Revolutionary War. Offer of
kingship of America to Bonnie Prince Charles.
What Law There Was by Al Dempsey, Al, Tor Paperback,
1991.
A wonderful story that reads like a novel but has base in fact of the
"wild west" and start of the Fraternity in Montana. It is recommended for
those wanting light reading of a western book.
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