Anti-Masonic movements

Letter is addressed to Jacob Loomis of Andover, Connecticut from T. O. Loomis. Among other family news T. O. Loomis mentions that Green (probably Elder Caleb Green) had spoken in Westfield on Anti-Masonry. The letter was written during the height of the Anti-Masonic movement.

This letter to Lewis M. Norton from B. [Hiltrix] concerns the development of an anti-masonic policy of a church near Batavia, New York, which would prevent Masons from becoming members of the church.

Manscript letter to Secretary of Middlesex Lodge, Framingham, Mass. from Elisha Thayer, Past Master, Middlesex Lodge, Framingham. The letter concerns the survival of Middlesex Lodge during the period of AntiMasonry and Thayer's congratulations.

This notice from Jonathan Slade (Secretary, Troy [Fall River], MA) certifies the selection of Reverend Levi Chase (a former Mason) as a delegate to the Bristol County Anti-Masonic Party's political convention held on August 23, 1832, at Taunton, Massachusetts. Written while at Fall River, Massachusetts, and dated August 20, 1832.

Broadside, Twelfth National Convention National Christian Association: "Opposed to Secret Societies." Illustrated lectures on Masonry. Broadside proclaims "Freemasonry is a sworn conspiracy against the Christian religion degrading in its pagan ceremonies and a positive insult to common sense." Verso contains anti-Masonic quotations by John Quincy Adams, Daniel Webster, William H. Seward, Charles Sumner, and others.

A satirical and anti-Masonic account of the celebration of the Festival of Saint John the Baptist held by Freemasons in Boston. Written by Joseph Green, a poet, merchant, and British Loyalist, based on an account published in the July 2, 1739 edition of the Boston Gazette

The following topics are mentioned: John H. Cowles, Romania, Richard Walter John Hely-Hutchinson, 6th Earl of Donoughmore, Mexico, Italy, anti-masonic sentiment, Mussolini, Cerneau bodies, South America