An encyclopædia of freemasonry and its kindred sciences .. (1894)
Mackey, Albert Gallatin, 1807-1881, McClenachan, Charles T. (Charles Thompson) · Philadelphia, L. H. Everts · leaf 747
of Freemasonry,that it has recently been made in theUnited States the subject of a legal deci-sion. A manufacturer of flour havingmade, in 1873, an application to the Patent-Office for permission to adopt the squareand compasses as a trade-mark, the Com-missioner of Patents refused the permissionon… … 736 SQUARE SQUIN and universally understood — all this mightreadily be admitted. But, considering its pe-culiar character and relation to the public,an anomalous question is presented. Therecan be no doubt that this device, so com-monly worn and employed by Masons, hasan established mystic…
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