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Excerpt from History of the Lodge of Edinburgh (Mary's Chapel) No. 1: Embracing an Account of the Rise and Progress of Freemasonry in Scotland I have only further to add that the task of writing this History was undertaken on the suggestion of Brother William Officer, late Master of The Lodge of Edinburgh (mary's Chapel), to whose unwearied co-operation I am largely indebted for any measure of success that may have attended my labours. 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.
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Excerpt from History of the Lodge of Edinburgh (Mary's Chapel) Although Scotland possesses the oldest authentic Masonic Records that are known to exist, great misconception prevails as to the condition of the Fraternity prior to the institution of the first Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons. This may be ascribed to the fact that the minutes of the more ancient of the Scotch Lodges have been almost totally neglected, and to a tendency on the part of early Masonic authors to represent the traditions of the Craft as historical facts, or so to embellish facts as to distort if not altogether to obliterate them. Historical sketches of several Scotch Lodges have appeared of late years in the pages of Masonic periodicals, but with the exception of my own 'Notes on Mother Kilwinning,' none of them are based on documents dating farther back than the beginning of last century. Writers who have preceded me in the examination of the minutes of the Lodge of Edinburgh (Mary's Chapel) state that they extend as far back as 1598, but contain no particular information respecting the customs and condition of the Fraternity. This is not in accordance with fact, for no other Lodge records are of equal importance in such respects. It is chiefly upon these, the oldest Lodge records in existence, that the History of Freemasonry now submitted to the Brethren is based. 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.