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.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Freemasons. Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania 31448

Contributor:

Smith, William, 1727-1803

Dermott, Laurence, 1720-1791

Standardized Title:

Ahiman Rezon. Abridgement

Language:

English

Physical Description:

xvi, 166, [2] p., [1] leaf of plates : coats of arms ; 8°.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : Printed by Hall and Sellers, M,DCC,LXXXIII. [1783]

Notes:

Attributed to Laurence Dermott by Shipton & Mooney.

Dedicated to George Washington.

Frontispiece signed: B. Scot Hall, sculp. Printed by Kinnan & Leacock.

"A collection of Masons songs."--p. [115]-144.

"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).

Local Notes:

Library copy: -blank

HSP in LCP.

Cited in:

Evans 17915; Bristol B 5800; Shipton & Mooney 44455; Hildeburn, C.R. Pennsylvania, 4267