The history of freemasonry : its legends and traditions, its chronological history (1906)
Mackey, Albert Gallatin, 1807-1881, Hughan, William James, 1841-1911, Singleton, William Reynolds, 1819-1901. History of the symbolism of freemasonry, the Ancient and Accepted Scottish rite and the Royal Order of Scotland · New York : Masonic History Co. · leaf 163
-diluvian Freemasonry, he is equally in error ; forthat theory, it has heretofore been shown, can not be sustained, andhis statement that Noah and his three sons were all Masons true is one for which there is no historical support, and which greatlylacks an element of probability. It is better,… … CHAPTER XLIII THE LEGEND OF HIRAM ABIF HIS is the most important of all the legends ofFreemasonry. It will therefore be consideredin respect to its origin, its history, and its mean-ing. Before, however, proceeding to the discus-sion of these important subjects, and the inves-tigation of the truly…