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The two difficulties facing historians are the paucity of written material, even down to the 19th century, and the misinformation generated by masons and non-masons alike from the earliest years. Freemasonry's long history includes its early development from organised bodies of operative stonemasons to the modern system of speculative lodges ...
Masonic membership rolls grew rapidly in the first quarter of the 19th century, especially in the Northeast. Nationwide in 1800 there were 11 Grand lodges, 347 subordinate lodges, and about 16,000 members.
The George Washington Masonic National Memorial is an example of one of the monumental buildings sponsored by the Freemasons during the "Golden Age of Fraternalism.". The earliest fraternal societies, the Freemasons and the Odd Fellows, had their roots in 18th century America.
During the 19th and 20th century Ottoman Empire, Masonic lodges operated widely across all parts of the empire and numerous Sufi orders shared a close relationship with them. Many Young Turks affiliated with the Bektashi order were members and patrons of Freemasonry.
Mid 19th Century Revival style [3] During the first twenty years of its existence, the building served many different purposes, operating as a photography studio, a jewelry and watch store, tailor shop and finally as the Fashion Saloon. It was purchased by Masons in August 1873 for $220, and they renovated it for use as a Masonic Hall.
The first documented presence of Freemasonry in New York dates from the mid-1730s, when Daniel Coxe Jr. (1673–1739), was appointed by Charles Howard, 10th Duke of Norfolk, the Grand Master of the Premier Grand Lodge of England, known to historians as the "Moderns", to act as a Provincial Grand Master for the provinces of New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania.
Studied and rediscovered since the mid-19th century, these approximately 130 texts are grouped under the generic term of Old Charges, or Ancient Devoirs.Most of them are manuscripts, and some versions were engraved or printed, spanning from the late 14th century to the mid-18th century.
By the 19th century, over 1,200 Masonic lodges worked under the Grand Lodge of Scotland. [8] Scottish immigrants helped spread the rite across the British Empire and into the Americas. [3] The rite also inspired new rites like the York and American Rites. [3] Today, elements of the Scottish Rite can be seen across regular Freemasonry worldwide.