A History of Lodge No. 61, F. And A. M., Wilkesbarré, Pa: Together With a Collection of Masonic Addresses, an Account of the Anti-Masonic Crusade, and Extended Biographical Sketches of Prominent Memb

Excerpt from A History of Lodge No. 61, F. And A. M., Wilkesbarre, Pa: Together With a Collection of Masonic Addresses, an Account of the Anti-Masonic Crusade, and Extended Biographical Sketches of Prominent Members of the Lodge, With Portraits A very eminent Mason Of ancient times once said, He who collects materials for a history Of this Society [of Free Masons] acts a more important part than all the monkish chroniclers put together, who have left so many journals of the pious inactivity Of their brethren. A belief that there was much Of truth in this saying, impelled the writer to embark a long time ago in an undertaking, the results of which he now presents. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.