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About this Item

Title

  • The lost word, or, The search for truth : oration delivered before the Grand Lodge of the Most Ancient and Honorable Fraternity of Free Masons in the Republic of Liberia, Dec. 27, 1899, Monrovia

Other Title

  • Lost word
  • Search for truth

Summary

  • Spurgeon, a 33rd degree Mason in Liberia, talks about the ceremonies, mysteries, and philosophy of Freemasonry.

Names

  • Spurgeon, James Robert
  • Freemasons. Grand Lodge of the Republic of Liberia
  • Daniel Murray Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • Monrovia, Liberia : Press of the College of West Africa, [1900].

Headings

  • -  Freemasons
  • -  Authors' presentation inscriptions--Liberia

Genre

  • Addresses--Liberia--Monrovia--1899
  • Authors' presentation inscriptions (Provenance)

Notes

  • -  LC has author's presentation copy.
  • -  Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.

Medium

  • [20], 12 p. : port. ; (8vo)

Call Number/Physical Location

  • HS878 .S77
  • E449 .D16 vol. 18, no. 3 Another copy. Inscribed by author in ink on cover: Compliments of J.R. Spurge[on].
  • E449 .D16 vol. 23, no. 20 Another copy. Title underlined in pencil on cover. Inscription in pencil on cover 1899.

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2001522663

Online Format

  • image
  • online text
  • pdf

Additional Metadata Formats

IIIF Presentation Manifest

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Credit Line: Library of Congress, Rare Book and Special Collections Division.

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Chicago citation style:

Spurgeon, James Robert, Freemasons. Grand Lodge Of The Republic Of Liberia, and Daniel Murray Pamphlet Collection. The lost word, or, The search for truth: oration delivered before the Grand Lodge of the Most Ancient and Honorable Fraternity of Free Masons in the Republic of Liberia, Monrovia. [Monrovia, Liberia: Press of the College of West Africa, 1900] Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/2001522663/.

APA citation style:

Spurgeon, J. R., Freemasons. Grand Lodge Of The Republic Of Liberia & Daniel Murray Pamphlet Collection. (1900) The lost word, or, The search for truth: oration delivered before the Grand Lodge of the Most Ancient and Honorable Fraternity of Free Masons in the Republic of Liberia, Monrovia. [Monrovia, Liberia: Press of the College of West Africa] [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2001522663/.

MLA citation style:

Spurgeon, James Robert, Freemasons. Grand Lodge Of The Republic Of Liberia, and Daniel Murray Pamphlet Collection. The lost word, or, The search for truth: oration delivered before the Grand Lodge of the Most Ancient and Honorable Fraternity of Free Masons in the Republic of Liberia, Monrovia. [Monrovia, Liberia: Press of the College of West Africa, 1900] Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2001522663/>.