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	Book and Microform
Publication Info	Philadelphia : Printed by Hall and Sellers, M,DCC,LXXXIII. [1783]
Description	xvi, 166 pages, 2 unnumbered pages, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates : coats of arms ; 20 cm (4to and 8vo)
Subject(s)	Freemasons--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Other author/creator	Dermott, Laurence, 1720-1791.
Other author/creator	Smith, William, 1727-1803.
Other author/creator	Washington, George, 1732-1799 dedicatee.
Other author/creator	Hall, B. Scot, engraver.
Series	Early American imprints. First series ; no. 17915 Early American imprints. First series ; no. 17915. ^A478749
General note	Attributed to Laurence Dermott by Shipton & Mooney.
General note	Dedicated to George Washington.
General note	Signatures: [a]⁴ b⁴ A-X⁴ (X4 blank).
General note	Frontispiece 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 B 5800
References	Shipton & Mooney 44455
References	Hildeburn, C.R. Pennsylvania, 4267
Reproduction note	Joyner- Microfiche. [New York : Readex Microprint, 1985] 11 x 15 cm. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 17915; 44455).
Genre/form	Sermons 1778.
Genre/form	Prayers.
Genre/form	Songs.

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