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Ahiman rezon abridged and digested : as a help to all that are, or would be Free and Accepted Masons. : To which is added, a sermon, preached in Christ-Church, Philadelphia, at a general communication, celebrated, agreeable to the constitutions, on Monday, December 28, 1778, as the anniversary of St. John the Evangelist. Published by order of the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania, by William Smith, D.D.

Author/creator Freemasons. Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania
Format Electronic and Book
Publication InfoPhiladelphia : Printed by Hall and Sellers, M,DCC,LXXXIII. [1783]
Descriptionxvi, 166 pages, 2 unnumbered pages, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates : coats of arms ; 20 cm (4to and 8vo)
Supplemental Content Evans Digital Edition
Supplemental Content Evans Digital Edition
Subject(s)
Other author/creatorDermott, Laurence, 1720-1791.
Other author/creatorSmith, William, 1727-1803.
Other author/creatorWashington, George, 1732-1799 dedicatee.
Other author/creatorHall, B. Scot, engraver.
Series Early American imprints. First series ; no. 17915. ^A478749
General noteAttributed to Laurence Dermott by Shipton & Mooney.
General noteDedicated to George Washington.
General noteFrontispiece signed: B. Scot Hall, sculp. Printed by Kinnan & Leacock.
General note"A collection of Masons songs."--p. [115]-144.
General note"A sermon, preached in Christ-Church, Philadelphia, (for the benefit of the poor) ... by William Smith ..."--p. [145]-166, with separate title page (Bristol B5800, Shipton & Mooney 44455). Includes a "... short account of the procession ..." (p. 163); "A grand symphony" (p. 164); and "A prayer, by William Smith" (p. 165-166).
References Evans 17915
References Bristol B5800
References Shipton & Mooney 44455
References Hildeburn, C.R. Pennsylvania, 4267
Other formsMicroform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series.
Reproduction noteElectronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2002-2004. Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 17915).
Reproduction noteElectronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2002-2004. Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 44455).
Genre/formSermons 1778.
Genre/formPrayers.
Genre/formSongs.