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 44
evidence, but a great many historical facts to contradict its proba-bility. The theory, therefore, that Freemasonry owes its origin to OliverCromwell, who invented it as a means of forwarding his designstoward obtaining the supreme power of the state, is simply a fable,the invention of a clerical… … CHAPTER XXXIII THE ROYAL SOCIETY AND FREEMASONRY I HE hypothesis that Freemasonry was institutedin the 17th century and in the reign of Charlesn., by a set of philosophers and scientists whoorganized it under the title of the Royal So-ciety, is the last of those theories which attemptsto connect…
