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The Grand Lodge of New Jersey Free & Accepted Masons is the official governing body of New Jersey Masonic Lodges [1] as recognized by other Grand Jurisdictions throughout the world. As early as 1730, New Jersey was one of the first states with active Freemasonry. [2] : 51 The Grand Lodge of NJ was formally established in 1787.
All Men Free and Brethren: Essays on the History of African American Freemasonry (Cornell UP, 2013). Kantrowitz, Stephen. " 'Intended for the Better Government of Man': The Political History of African American Freemasonry in the Era of Emancipation." Journal of American History 96#4, (2010), pp. 1001–26. online. Mackey, Albert Gallatin.
New Jersey Job Grand Lodge [123] [124] Int. FM: United States New Jersey King William Grand Lodge of New Jersey [125] United States New Jersey Oriental Grand Lodge A. F. & A. M. of New Jersey [125] [126] United States New Jersey Prince Hall Grand Lodge of New Jersey [10] [127] 1848 [20] 52 [21] 3,145 PHCGM, PHA: United States New Jersey Regular ...
Robert Vance (24 April 1828)–28 November 1899), congressman from North Carolina. Grand Master of North Carolina in 1868 to 1869. [ 558] Zebulon Vance (13 May 1830 – 14 April 1894), Confederate military officer in the American Civil War, the 37th and 43rd governor of North Carolina, and U.S. senator.
v. t. e. Prince Hall Freemasonry is a branch of North American Freemasonry created for African Americans founded by Prince Hall on September 29, 1784. Prince Hall Freemasonry is the oldest and largest (300,000+ initiated members) predominantly African-American fraternity in the United States. [ 1] There are different organizations that purport ...
The history of Freemasonry encompasses the origins, evolution and defining events of the fraternal organisation known as Freemasonry.It covers three phases. Firstly, the emergence of organised lodges of operative masons during the Middle Ages, then the admission of lay members as "accepted" (a term reflecting the ceremonial "acception" process that made non-stone masons members of an operative ...
Author of The Constitutions of the Free-Masons (1723) and The New Book of Constitutions of the Antient and Honourable Fraternity of Free and Accepted Masons (1738) [36] Joseph Anderson (1757–1837), U.S. senator from Tennessee and first comptroller of the U.S. Treasury. Military Lodge No. 19 of Pennsylvania and Lodge No. 36 in the New Jersey ...
Freemasonry in the United States. Freemasonry in the United States is the history of Freemasonry as it was introduced from Britain and continues as a major secret society to the present day. It is a fraternal order that brings men together (and women through its auxiliaries) to gain friendship and opportunity for advancement and community progress.