Until a full transcription of the 1723 edition is completed, researchers are directed to the text of the 1734 edition, transcribed by paul royster, university of nebraskalincoln, february 14, 2006. An american facsimile of the first edition of 1723 was issued at new york city in 1855, and there. A variety of stories and irregularities exist about its legitimacy and its foundation, yet, it remains an early canon of masonic history. Anderson, as he states in constitutions 1738, that the earl of st. Frontispiece engraved by john pine in aldersgate street london. This is the seminal work of american masonry, edited and published by one of the founding fathers, and of great importance to the development of colonial society and the formation of the republic. Le document dans son integralite fut edite a londres en 1723. Powered by create your own unique website with customizable templates. Anderson s constitution is the basis of modern freemasonry and its foundation of operation. Andersons constitutions of 1723 freemason information. He can be regarded as the first communist and an advocate of popular sovereignty and participatory democracy. Les constitutions d anderson comprennent 4 parties. The architects of eighteenth century english freemasonry, 1720.
Des maitres, surveillants, compagnons et apprentis. The enterd prentices song, the masters song, the wardens song y the fellowrafts song. Article 1er en 1723, 1738, 18 attention sortie du site. Marxists internet archive library, complete index of writers. Staffordshire were via his mother, elizabeth swynfen, and his wife, margery. Constitutions texte anglais devoirs seulement constitutions texte anglais regulations seulement partie devoirs fichier. Constituciones compilacion historica y analisis doctrinario.