Franklin in 1734, and was a reprint of a work by james anderson who is identified as the author in an appendix printed in london in 1723. Frontispiece engraved by john pine in aldersgate street london. An american facsimile of the first edition of 1723 was issued at new york city in 1855, and there. Constituciones compilacion historica y analisis doctrinario. The architects of eighteenth century english freemasonry, 1720. Staffordshire were via his mother, elizabeth swynfen, and his wife, margery. Des maitres, surveillants, compagnons et apprentis. Constitutions texte anglais devoirs seulement constitutions texte anglais regulations seulement partie devoirs fichier.
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. Les constitutions d anderson comprennent 4 parties. Anderson, as he states in constitutions 1738, that the earl of st. Powered by create your own unique website with customizable templates. He can be regarded as the first communist and an advocate of popular sovereignty and participatory democracy. The text of the 1723 edition was reset and published in philadelphia by m. 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.