ABSTRACT
Like Anderson and most masonic writers, Edmondes claims to trace the history of Masonry from Genesis via King Hiram and King Solomon, while highlighting the moral virtues of eighteenth-century Freemasons. While tradition gives legitimacy to Freemasonry but modernity is invoked to account for its relevance and guarantee its future. A Grand O cer is speaking, rst as the Grand Warden of Grand Master Earl Ferrers, and four years later as the Deputy Grand Master of Lord Blayney.
