If the New-England Illuminati proceed unheeded and uncontrolled, this nation will constantly experience the pernicious effects of discord and popular discontent. Wars at home, tumults abroad, the degradation of legislatures, judges and jurors, will be our daily portion…. To dissolve or abolish those societies or clubs would not be to infringe upon therights of conscience: to counteract them is to establish law and peace.[962]
If the New-England Illuminati proceed unheeded and uncontrolled, this nation will constantly experience the pernicious effects of discord and popular discontent. Wars at home, tumults abroad, the degradation of legislatures, judges and jurors, will be our daily portion…. To dissolve or abolish those societies or clubs would not be to infringe upon therights of conscience: to counteract them is to establish law and peace.[962]
Such was Ogden’s effort to brand the Standing Order of New England with the hateful mark of the Illuminati.[963]His endeavor was supplemented by the oratorical and literary effusions of Connecticut’s most shrewd and impudent Democrat, Abraham Bishop, of New Haven. In the course of a year, beginning with September, 1800, Bishop delivered, and later expanded and printed, three orations,[964]in each of which he drew heavily upon his by no means meagreresources of logic, wit, irony, and boldness, to arraign Connecticut Federalism as a hideous conspiracy against the peace of the state and the liberties of the people.
The first of these orations had something of a history, not very extraordinary to be sure, and yet unique enough to throw some light upon the mettle of the man and the nature of the opposition that inflamed his passion. The Phi Beta Kappa Society of Yale College appointed Bishop its orator for the year 1800, in connection with the commencement exercises of the college, then held in the month of September. Exercising the traditional right of selecting his own subject, Bishop elected to prepare an oration on “The Extent and Power of Political Delusion,” instead of writing on “broken glass, dried insects, petrifactions, or any suchliterarythemes,” as he afterwards intimated the Federalists doubtless had expected.[965]The labor of composition completed, Bishop showed his manuscript to the secretary of the society, only to be informed later that on account of the political character of his effort his appointment as orator had been rescinded by the society. Not to be routed by any such expert generalship on the part of the enemy, Bishop rallied his Democratic friends, procured a hall, and on the evening of the Phi Beta Kappa exercises, held forth in the presence of an audience of very gratifying proportions.[966]
And what had Abraham Bishop to say on “The Extent and Power of Political Delusion” which in the view of the Phi Beta Kappas amounted to an abuse of “the confidence of the Society, … involving the members in that political turmoil which disgraces our country”?[967]Much in every way. He devoted several scores of pages to an exposition of the delusive arts of the “friends of order,” which, being interpreted, meant the knavery of the Federalists throughout the country in general and in Connecticut in particular. The major portion of his “argument” need not detain us, since Bishop ran the full gamut of political crimination, charging upon the Federalists an amount of deception and chicanery truly appalling. One item only is of interest to us. Among the endless “delusions” that he cited as evidence of the hypocrisy of the Federalists was the clergy’s habit of waiving the sacerdotal functions, descending from their high seats made venerable by the respect of the people for religion, and imposing upon their auditories political sermons based upon texts drawn from Robison and Barruel.[968]Happily, he continued, the people were able to penetrate this stratagem, along with the rest.
Robison and Barruel can deceive us no more. The 17 sophistical work-shops of Satan have never been found: not one illuminatus major or minor has been discovered in America, though their names have been published, and though their existence here is as clearly proved as was their existence in Europe.[969]
Robison and Barruel can deceive us no more. The 17 sophistical work-shops of Satan have never been found: not one illuminatus major or minor has been discovered in America, though their names have been published, and though their existence here is as clearly proved as was their existence in Europe.[969]
But Bishop’s thought upon the subject of the Illuminati had not yet fully ripened.[970]The circumstances under whichthis virgin effort of his was executed added considerably to his reputation; so much so that when at the end of the following winter the Democrats of Wallingford adopted the irreverent suggestion of holding a public thanksgiving to celebrate the election of Thomas Jefferson to the presidency, Bishop was asked to be one of the mouthpieces of their joy on that occasion. The ground over which Bishop traveled in the Wallingford oration was much the same as before. Again the “friends of order” were arraigned for their impostures and their oppressions. Such were “blind guides,” “a generation of vipers,” dispensers of hypocrisy to children in their cradles, “arch impostors and prime movers” of iniquitous works.[971]They were great sticklers for “steady habits”; but what meant their cry of “steady habits” but mortal hostility to republicanism in every form?[972]
These self-styled “friends of order,” it should not be forgotten, were not thepeople. They were the commercial aristocrats who insisted that ours was a blessed government becausetheywere all becoming rich, plus the clergy, the bench, the bar, and the office-seeking and office-holding” class in general.[973]They united church and state, made religion play a game against civil rights, and strove to make the object of the American Revolution appear impossible of full realization.[974]Affecting to respect and serve the rights of man, they imposed upon the people the fundingsystem, the alien and sedition acts, and the unwarranted enlargement of the navy.[975]They stirred up the animosity of the people against the French, excited the X. Y. Z. mania, and scattered over the country the “arabian talesof Robison and Barruel.”[976]With respect to religion, they had developed more hypocrisy in New England than existed in any other equal portion of the globe.[977]They had cried aloud that atheism prevailed in New England and infidel books were plentiful; but neither atheists nor infidel publications were actually to be found, unless in the latter case the writings of Robison and Barruel and the sermons preached against infidelity were to be called such.[978]The grave fault of the clerical “friends of order” was that they had not preached the Gospel. Instead, they had insulted the intelligence of the people by revamping the fables of a Scotch monarchist and a Catholic abbé. They imputed infidelity to the Democrats, while they themselves caused infidelity to abound. They directed all their darts of “democratic infidels” and “infidel philosophy” against one man, Thomas Jefferson, and in this way caused their enemies to blaspheme and say, “Where is your God?”[979]
And so on through a hundred pages less one. In a tirade of such interminable length the idea of a Federalist conspiracy against the best interests of the people of New England was worked out in more than ample detail. All that was needed was to apply the term “Illuminati,” and the catalogue of incriminations would be complete. This application Bishop proceeded to make in his third oration, which appeared sometime within the year 1802.
Bishop’s last effort surpassed all that he had previously achieved in the way of boldfaced and reckless assertion. Constant reiteration and an awkward effort to fashion his composition on the form that Robison and Barruel supplied him, gave to the pamphlet abundant suggestions of insincerity and political rant. The union of church and state in New England was presented as a constant, powerful, and efficient enemy against Christianity and the government of the United States.[980]Thus the true Illuminatists were the political clergy and the Federalist leaders.[981]The charge of infidel conspiracy brought against the Democrats a few years previous constituted nothing more nor less than a specious accusation brought forward “to prostrate the public mind.”[982]Robison and Barruel were miserable mixtures of falsehood and folly.[983]The Federalists were well aware of this when they launched their charge of infidel philosophy against Thomas Jefferson and the party that supported him. The Federalists were simply desperate. They were determined to go to any lengths to keep Jefferson out of the presidency. All their works were saturated with sacrilege and impiety. Their public fasts were kept for political purposes.[984]Their cry, “The church is in danger!” was hollow and insincere.[985]Their praise of the Federal administration had no other object than to effect the abasement of the Democrats.[986]Their “Church and StateUnion” freely sacrificed the highest interests of religion and government to the cause of party.[987]
A more extended report of Bishop’s waspish and bitter harangue would neither strengthen his indictment nor elucidate his “proofs.” His pamphlet has significance only as an outburst of triumphant but still indignant New England Democracy as it reflected upon the exasperating obstacles which the opposition had thrust in its way as it had pressed forward to power. Nothing could be clearer than that the word “Illuminati” had lost all serious and exact significance and had become a term for politicians to conjure with;[988]or if not that, to give point to the general charge of calloused villainy which Democrats lodged against Federalists at the turn of the eighteenth century.
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With an Appendix, designed to illustrate some parts of the discourse; exhibiting proofs of the early existence, progress, and deleterious effects of French intrigue and influence in the United States.Boston, 1798.Morse, Jedediah,A Sermon, Exhibiting the Present Dangers, and Consequent Duties of the Citizens of the United States of America. Delivered at Charlestown, April 25, 1799, the day of the national fast.Charlestown, 1799.[Osgood, David],The Wonderful Works of God are to be remembered. A sermon delivered on the day of the annual thanksgiving, November 20, 1794.Boston, 1794.Osgood, David,A Discourse, delivered February 19, 1795. The day set apart by the President for a general thanksgiving throughout the United States.Boston, 1795.Osgood, David,Some facts evincive of the atheistical, anarchical, and in other respects, immoral principles of the French republicans, stated in a sermon delivered on the 9th of May, 1798. Boston, 1798.Osgood, David,The Devil let loose; or the Wo occasioned to the inhabitants of the earth by his wrathful appearance among them. Delivered on the day of the national fast, April 25, 1799.Boston, 1799.Packard, Hezekiah,Federal Republicanism, displayed in two discourses, preached on the day of the state fast at Chelmsford, and on the day of the national fast at Concord, in April, 1799. Boston, 1799.Payson, Seth,A Sermon, at the consecration of the Social Lodge in Ashby, and at the installation of its officers, June 24, A. D. 1799. Amherst, N. H., 1800.Prentiss, Caleb,A Sermon delivered before Mount Moriah Lodge; at Reading in the County of Middlesex; at the celebration of St. John; June 24th, A. D. 1799. Leominster (Mass.) … Anno Lucis 5799.[Sherman, Josiah],A Sermon to Swine: From Luke xv: 16 … Containing a concise, but sufficient answer to General Allen’s Oracles of Reason. Litchfield, 1787.Strong, Nathan,A Sermon, preached on the state fast, April 6th, 1798. Published at the request of the hearers.Hartford, 1798.Strong, Nathan,Political Instruction from the Prophecies of God’s Word,—a sermon preached on the state thanksgiving, Nov. 29, 1798. Hartford, 1798.Tappan, David,A Sermon delivered to the first congregation in Cambridge, and a religious society in Charlestown, April 11, 1793. Boston, 1793.Tappan, David,Christian Thankfulness explained and enforced. A sermon delivered at Charlestown, in the afternoon of February 19, 1795. Boston, 1795.Tappan, David,A Discourse delivered in the Chapel of Harvard College, June 19, 1798, occasioned by the approaching departure of the Senior Class from the University. Boston, 1798.Taylor, John,A Sermon, delivered on the day of public thanksgiving, at Deerfield; Nov. 29, ’98. Greenfield, (n. d.).Thayer, John,A Discourse, delivered at the Roman Catholic Church in Boston on the 9th of May, 1798, a day recommended by the President for humiliation and prayer throughout the United States. Boston, 1798.Weld, Ezra,A Discourse, delivered April 25, 1799; being the day of fasting and prayer throughout the United States of America. Boston, 1799.ORATIONS ANDADDRESSESBeedé, Thomas,An Oration, delivered at Roxbury, July 4, 1799. In commemoration of American Independence. Boston, 1799.Bentley, William,A Charge delivered before the Morning Star Lodge, in Worcester, Massachusetts, upon the festival of Saint John the Baptist, June 25, A. L. 1798. Worcester, June A. L. 1798.Bishop, Abraham,Connecticut Republicanism. An Oration on the Extent and Power of Political Delusion. Delivered in New-Haven, on the evening preceding the public commencement, September, 1800.Philadelphia, 1800.Bishop, Abraham,Oration delivered at Wallingford, on the 11th of March, 1801, before the Republicans of the State of Connecticut, and their general thanksgiving for the election of Thomas Jefferson to the Presidency and of Aaron Burr to the Vice Presidency of the United States of America. New-Haven, 1801.Bishop, Abraham,Proofs of a Conspiracy, against Christianity, and the Government of the United States; exhibited in several views of the union of church and state in New-England. Hartford, 1802.Brown, William,An Oration spoken at Hartford … on the anniversary of American Independence, July 4th, A. D. 1799. Hartford, 1799.Collins, Alexander,A Masonic Oration, pronounced on the festival of St. John the Evangelist, December 26, 1799…. In Middletown. Middletown, 1800.Crawford, John,An Address, delivered at the Grand Convention of the Free Masons of the State of Maryland; held on the 10th May, 1802,—in which the observance of secrecy is vindicated, and the principal objections of Professor Robison against the institution, are candidly considered. Baltimore, 1802.Dwight, Theodore,An Oration spoken at Hartford, in the State of Connecticut, on the anniversary of American Independence, July 4th, 1798. Hartford, 1798.Edmond, David,An Oration delivered at Ridg[e]field on the Fourth of July, 1799, before a large concourse of people, assembled to commemorate their National Independence. Danbury, MDCCXCIX.Gardiner, John, Esq.,The Speech of, delivered in the House of Representatives. On Thursday, the 26th of January, 1792…. Boston, 1792.[Harris, Thaddeus Mason],The Fraternal Tribute of Respect paid to the Masonic Character of Washington, in the Union Lodge, in Dorchester, January 7th, A. L. 1800. Charlestown, 1800.Hodge, Michael,An Oration pronounced before the Right Worshipful Master & Brethren of St. Peter’s Lodge, at the Episcopal Church in Newburyport, on the festival of St. John the Baptist, June 24th, 1802. Newburyport, … 1802.Lewis, Zechariah,An oration, on the Apparent and the Real Political Situation of the United States, pronounced before the Connecticut Society of the Cincinnati, assembled at New-Haven, … July 4th, 1799. New-Haven, 1799.Lisle, Henry Maurice,An Address, delivered before the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts, on the festival of St. John the Evangelist, Dec. 27th, A. L. 1805…. Boston, 1805.Jackson, Charles,An Oration, delivered before the Right Worshipful Master and Brethren of St. Peter’s Lodge, at the Episcopal Church in Newburyport, Massachusetts, on the festival of St. John the Baptist; celebrated June 25, 1798. Newburyport, March A. L. 1799.Lowell, John, Junior,An Oration, pronounced July 4th, 1799, at the request of the inhabitants of the town of Boston, in commemoration of the anniversary of American Independence. Boston, 1799.Mann, James,An Address, delivered December 18, 1799. Before the Brethren of Montgomery Lodge; at their Masonic Hall in Franklin…. Wrentham, 1800.Parish, Elijah,An Oration, delivered at Byfield, July 4, 1799. Newburyport, (n. d.).Smith, John C.,An Oration, pronounced at Sharon, on the anniversary of American Independence, 4th of July, 1798. Litchfield, (n. d.).Stoddard, Amos,An Oration, delivered in the meeting house of the First Parish in Portland, Monday, June 24th, 1799 … in celebration of the anniversary festival of St. John the Baptist…. Portland, 1799.Stoddard, A[mos],An Oration, delivered before the citizens of Portland … on the Fourth of July, 1799…. Portland, 1799.PAMPHLETSBackus, Isaac,An Appeal to the Public for Religious Liberty. Against the Oppressions of the Present Day. Boston, 1773.Backus. Isaac,Government and Liberty Described: and Ecclesiastical Tyranny Exposed. Boston, 1778.[Cheetham, James],An Answer to Alexander Hamilton’s letter, concerning the public conduct and character of John Adams, Esq., President of the United States. By a Citizen of New York.New York, 1800.Cobbett, William,A Bone to Gnaw, for the Democrats; or Observations on a Pamphlet entitled “The Political Progress of Britain”. Philadelphia, 1795.[Ogden, John Cosens],A View of the New England Illuminati: who are indefatigably engaged in destroying the religion and government of the United States; under a feigned regard for their safety—and under an impious abuse of true religion. (2nd edition). Philadelphia, 1799.Pseud: Effects of the Stage on the Manners of a People: and the Propriety of Encouraging and Establishing a Virtuous Theatre. By a Bostonian.Boston, 1792.[Russell, Jonathan],To the Freemen of Rhode-Island, etc.(n. d.).[Sullivan, James],The Altar of Baal thrown down: or, the French Nation defended, against the pulpit slander of David Osgood, A. M., pastor of the church in Medford. Par Citoyen de Novion.Boston, 1795.The Pretensions of Thomas Jefferson to the Presidency examined and the charges against John Adams refuted.1796.The Rights of the Drama: or, an Inquiry into the Origin, Principles, and Consequences of Theatrical Entertainments. By Philo Dramatis.1792.[Wood, John],A Full Exposition of the Clintonian Faction, and the Society of the Columbian Illuminati; with an account of the writer of the narrative, and the characters of his certificate men, as also remarks on Warren’s Pamphlet. By J—— W——.Newark, 1802.MISCELLANEOUSWORKSAllen, Ethan,Reason the Only Oracle of Man, etc.Bennington, State of Vermont, 1784.Aufrere, Anthony,The Cannibal’s Progress; or the Dreadful Horrors of the French Invasion, etc.(Tr. from the German.) Portsmouth, New-Hampshire, 1798.Barruel, Augustin,Memoirs of Jacobinism. 4 vols. London, 1797.Chauncy, Charles,Seasonable Thoughts on the State of Religion in New England. Boston, 1743.Chauncy, Charles,The Salvation of All Men the Grand Thing aimed at in the Scheme of God. London, 1784.Cunningham, Abner,Practical Infidelity Portrayed and the Judgments of God made Manifest. (3rd edition). New York, 1836.Du Pan, J. Mallet,The History of the Destruction of the Helvetic Union and Liberty. Boston, 1799.Dwight, Timothy,Theology: Explained and Defended. 5 vols. Middletown, Conn., 1818.Eulogium and Vindication of Masonry. Selected (and Improved) from Various Writers.Philadelphia, 1792.Evans, Charles,American Bibliography. Vols. i-viii published. Chicago, 1903–15.Harris, Thaddeus Mason,Discourses, delivered on public occasions, illustrating the principles, displaying the tendency, and vindicating the design of Freemasonry. Charlestown, 1801.Payson, Seth,Proofs of the Real Existence, and Dangerous Tendency, of Illuminism, etc.Charlestown, 1802.Robison, John,Proofs of a Conspiracy against all the Religions and Governments of Europe, carried on in the Secret Meetings of the Free Masons, Illuminati, and Reading Societies. (3rd edition). London, 1798.Stedman (Edmund Clarence) and Mackay (Ellen Hutchinson),A Library of American Literature. 11 vols. New York, 1888–1890.The Freemason’s Monitor; or Illustrations of Masonry.In Two Parts. By a Royal Arch Mason. Albany, 1797.The Maryland Ahiman Rezon of Free and Accepted Masons …. Baltimore, 1797.The Vocal Companion, and Masonic Register.Boston, 1802.Trumbull, James Hamond,List of Books Printed in Connecticut, 1709–1800. Hartford, 1904.Webster, Noah,The Revolution in France considered in respect to its progress and effects. New York, 1794.Wise, John,A Vindication of the Government of New-England Churches, and The Churches Quarrel Espoused. Boston, 1860.Wolfstieg, August,Bibliographie der freimaurerischen Literatur. 2 vols. and Register. 1911–13.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
In addition to the principal works made use of in this investigation and listed below, special bibliographies may be found on pages 75–76, dealing with answers to Thomas Paine’sAge of Reason, and on pages 185–186, dealing with the European Illuminati. The sections devoted to sermons, orations and addresses, and pamphlets contain only such titles as indicate significant sources; titles of less important compositions of this character will be found in the text or in the foot notes.
MANUSCRIPTCOLLECTIONS
Bentley MSS., American Antiquarian Society Collection.
Ebeling MSS., Harvard University Collection.
Ford Collection, New York Public Library.
Pickering Papers, Massachusetts Historical Society Collection.
Wolcott Papers, Connecticut Historical Society Collection.
NEWSPAPERS
American Mercury, Hartford.
Aurora General Advertiser, Philadelphia.
Columbian Centinel, Boston.
Commercial Advertiser, New York.
Connecticut Courant, Hartford.
Connecticut Journal, New Haven.
Constitutional Telegraph, Boston.
Independent Chronicle, Boston.
Massachusetts Mercury, Boston.
Massachusetts Spy, Worcester.
Newburyport Herald, Newburyport, Mass.
Porcupine’s Gazette, Philadelphia.
Russell’s Gazette, Boston.
Salem Gazette, Salem, Mass.
The Bee, New London, Conn.
Western Star, Stockbridge, Mass.
COLLECTEDWORKS
Adams, John,Works … with a life of the author, notes and illustrations, (ed. by Charles Francis Adams). 10 vols. Boston, 1850–56.
Ames, Fisher,Works, with a selection from his speeches and correspondence, (ed. by Seth Ames). 2 vols. Boston, 1854.
Hamilton, Alexander,Works, (ed. by Henry Cabot Lodge). 9 vols. New York and London, 1886–7.
Jefferson, Thomas,Writings, (col. and ed. by Paul Leicester Ford). 10 vols. New York and London, 1892–99.
Paine, Thomas,Writings, (col. and ed. by Moncure Daniel Conway). 4 vols. New York, 1902–8.
Washington, George,Writings, (ed. by Jared Sparks). 12 vols. Boston, 1837.
AUTOBIOGRAPHIES, BIOGRAPHIES, ANDDIARIES
Beecher, Lyman,Autobiography, Correspondence, etc., (ed. by Charles Beecher). 2 vols. New York, 1864–5.
Bentley, William,Diary. 4 vols. Salem, 1905–11.
Bernard, John,Retrospections of America, 1797–1811. New York, 1887.
Breck, Samuel,Recollections, with Passages from his Note-Books, 1771–1862, (ed. by Horace Elisha Scudder). Philadelphia, 1877.
Channing, William Ellery,Memoir, with Extracts from his Correspondence and Manuscripts. 3 vols. Boston, 1848.
Christie, Francis A.,The Diary of an Old New England Minister. In Harvard Theological Review, January, 1916, pp. 84–107.
Conway, Moncure Daniel,The Life of Thomas Paine. 2 vols. New York and London, 1893.
Dexter, Franklin Bowditch,Biographical Sketches of the Graduates of Yale College, with Annals of the College History. 6 vols. New York (vol. vi, New Haven), 1885–1912.
Field, David Dudley,Brief Memoirs of the Members of the Class Graduated at Yale College in September, 1802. Printed for private distribution, 1863.
Gibbs, George,Memoirs of the Administrations of Washington and John Adams. 2 vols. New York, 1846.
Green, Ashbel,Life, (ed. by Joseph J. Jones). New York, 1849.
Hovey, Alvah,A Memoir of the Life and Times of the Rev. Isaac Backus. Boston, 1858.
Morison, Samuel Eliot,The Life and Letters of Harrison Gray Otis, Federalist. 2 vols. Boston and New York, 1913.
Morse, Edward Lind,Samuel F. B. Morse: His Letters and Journals. Boston and New York, 1914.
Morse, John Torrey,John Quincy Adams. Boston, 1882.
Sprague, William Buel,Annals of the American Pulpit. 9 vols. New York, 1857–69.
Sprague, William Buel,The Life of Jedidiah Morse. New York, 1874.
Stiles, Ezra,Literary Diary, (ed. by Franklin Bowditch Dexter). 3 vols. New York, 1901.
Willard, Sidney,Memories of Youth and Manhood. 2 vols. Cambridge, 1855.
TRAVELS
Brissot de Warville, J. P.,New Travels in the United States of America, performed in 1788. Second edition, corrected. London, 1794.
Dwight, Timothy,Travels: In New-England and New-York. 4 vols. New-Haven, 1821–2.
La Rochefoucauld Liancourt, François Alexandre Frédéric, duc de,Travels through the United States of North America, the Country of the Iroquois, and Upper Canada, in the Years 1795, 1796, and 1797. (Tr.) 4 vols. London, 1799.
Weld, Isaac, Jun.,Travels through the States of North America, and the Provinces of Upper and Lower Canada, during the Years 1795, 1796, and 1797. London, 1799.
HISTORIES
A.General
Channing, Edward,A History of the United States. Volumes i-iv published. New York, 1905–17.
Hildreth, Richard,The History of the United States of America. 6 vols. New York, 1856.
Macdonald, William,Documentary Source Book of American History, 1608–1898. New York, 1908.
McMaster, John Bach,A History of the People of the United States. 8 vols. New York, 1883–1913.
Palfrey, John G.,A Compendious History of New England, etc.4 vols. Boston, 1873.
B.Special
Aulard, A.,Le culte de la Raison et de l’Être suprême. Paris, 1904.
Aulard, A.,The French Revolution: a Political History, 1789–1804. (Tr. from the French). 4 vols. New York, 1910.
Baldwin, Ebenezer,Annals of Yale College, in New Haven, Connecticut, from its foundation, to the year 1831, etc.New Haven, 1831.
Bassett, John Spencer,The Federalist System, 1789–1801. New York and London, 1906.
Bishop, James Leander,A History of American Manufactures from 1608 to 1860. 3 vols. Philadelphia, 1861–66.
Byington, Ezra Hoyt,The Puritan in England and New England. Boston, 1896.
Clark, Victor Selden,History of Manufactures in the United States, 1607–1860. Washington, 1916.
Duhr, Bernhard,Geschichte der Jesuiten in den Ländern deutscher Zunge im 16. Jahrhundert. Freiburg, 1907.
Duniway, Clyde Augustus,The Development of Freedom of the Press in Massachusetts. New York, 1906.
Dunlap, William,History of the American Theatre. 2 vols. London, 1833.
Dutton, Samuel W. S.,The History of the North Church in New Haven. New Haven, 1842.
Earl, Alice Morse,Stage-Coach and Tavern Days. New York, 1900.
Engel, Leopold,Geschichte des Illuminaten-Ordens. Ein Beitrag zur Geschichte Bayerns.Berlin, 1906.
Fiske, John,A Century of Science and Other Essays. Boston, 1899.
Forestier, R. Le,Les Illuminés de Bavière et la Franc-Maçonnerie allemande. Paris, 1915.
Hatch, Louis Clinton,The Administration of the American Revolutionary Army. New York, 1904.
Hazen, Charles Downer,Contemporary American Opinion of the French Revolution. Baltimore, 1897.
Johnson, Allen,Union and Democracy. Boston, New York, and Chicago, 1915.
Johnston, Alexander,American Political History, 1763–1876. 2 vols. New York and London, 1905.
Johnston, Alexander,Connecticut: A Study of a Commonwealth-Democracy. Boston and New York, 1891.
Lipowsky, Felix Joseph,Geschichte der Jesuiten in Baiern. 2 vols. München, 1816.
Love, William DeLoss,The Colonial History of Hartford, gathered from the original records. Hartford, 1914.
Love, William DeLoss,The Fast and Thanksgiving Days of New England. Boston and New York, 1895.
Luetscher, George Daniel,Early Political Machinery in the United States. Philadelphia, 1903.
Madden, Richard Robert,The United Irishmen, Their Lives and Their Times. 12 vols. New York, 1910.
Morse, Anson Ely,The Federalist Party in Massachusetts to the Year 1800. Princeton, 1909.
Mounier, Jean-Jacques,De l’influence attribuée aux Philosophes, aux Francs-Maçons et aux Illuminés sur la Révolution Française. Paris, 1822.
One Hundred Years of Temperance.New York, 1886.
Parker, Edwin Pond,History of the Second Church of Christ in Hartford, 1670–1892. Hartford, 1892.
Quincy, Josiah,The History of Harvard University. 2 vols. Cambridge, 1840.
Riley, Isaac Woodbridge,American Philosophy: The Early Schools. New York, 1907.
Riley, Isaac Woodbridge,American Thought from Puritanism to Pragmatism. New York, 1915.
Robinson, William Alexander,Jeffersonian Democracy in New England. New Haven, 1916.
Ruttenber, E. M.,History of the County of Orange, with a History of the Town and City of Newburgh …Newburgh, N. Y., 1875.
Sawyer, Timothy Thompson,Old Charlestown: Historical, Biographical, Reminiscent. Boston, 1902.
Seilhamer, George O.,History of the American Theatre. 3 vols. Philadelphia, 1888–91.
Sierke, Eug.,Schwärmer und Schwindler zu Ende des 18. Jahrhunderts.Leipzig, 1874.
Sketches of Yale College, with numerous anecdotes …New York, 1843.
Sloane, William Milligan,The French Revolution and Religious Reform. New York, 1901.
Snow, Caleb H.,A History of Boston, the Metropolis of Massachusetts, from its origin to the present period …Boston, 1825.
The Proceedings of the Society of United Irishmen of Dublin.Philadelphia, 1795.
Treudley, Mary,The United States and Santo Domingo, 1789–1866. (Doctoral dissertation, Clark University). Reprinted from The Journal of Race Development, vol. vii, No. 1, July, 1916.
Weeden, William Babcock,Early Rhode Island: A Social History of the People. New York, 1910.
Weeden, William Babcock,Economic and Social History of New England, 1620–1789. 2 vols. Boston and New York, 1890.
Winsor, Justin (editor),The Memorial History of Boston, including Suffolk County, Massachusetts, 1630–1880. 4 vols. Boston, 1880–1.
C.Ecclesiastical.
Acts and Proceedings of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America, May 17, 1798.Philadelphia, 1798.
Backus, Isaac,A History of New England. With Particular Reference to the Denomination of Christians called Baptists. (2nd edition). 2 vols. Newton, Mass., 1871.
Beardsley, Eben Edwards,The History of the Episcopal Church in Connecticut. 2 vols. New York, 1866.
Blake, S. Leroy,The Separates or Strict Congregationalists of New England. Boston, 1902.
Burrage, Henry Sweetser,A History of the Baptists in New England. Philadelphia, 1894.
Buck, Edward,Massachusetts Ecclesiastical Law. Boston, 1866.
Christie, Francis A.,The Beginnings of Arminianism in New England. In Papers of the American Society of Church History, Second Series, vol. iii, New York and London, 1912, pp. 151–172.
Cobb, Sanford Hoadley,The Rise of Religious Liberty in America. New York, 1902.
Cooke, George Willis,Unitarianism in America: A History of its Origin and Development. Boston, 1902.
Dexter, Henry Martyn,The Congregationalism of the Last Three Hundred Years, as seen in its literature. New York, 1880.
Dorchester, Daniel,Christianity in the United States from the First Settlement down to the Present Time. Revised edition. New York, 1895.
Ford, David Barnes,New England’s Struggles for Religious Liberty. Philadelphia, 1896.
Foster, Frank Hugh,A Genetic History of the New England Theology. Chicago, 1907.
Goddard, Harold Clarke,Studies in New England Transcendentalism. New York, 1908.
Greene, Maria Louise,The Development of Religious Liberty in Connecticut. Boston and New York, 1905.
Hayward, John,The Religious Creeds and Statistics of Every Christian Denomination in the United States and British Provinces. Boston, 1836.
Herzog, J. J. and Plitt, G. L.,Real-Encyklopädie für protestantische Theologie und Kirche. 2. Aufl.18 vols. Leipzig, 1877–1888.
Herzog, J. J. and Hauck, A.,Realencyklopädie für protestantische Theologie und Kirche. 3 Aufl.24 vols. Leipzig, 1896–1913.
Lauer, Paul E.,Church and State in New England. In Johns Hopkins University Studies in Historical and Political Science, Tenth Series, ii-iii, Baltimore, 1892, pp. 83–188.
Reed, Susan Martha,Church and State in Massachusetts, 1691–1740. Urbana, Ill., 1914. In University of Illinois Studies in the Social Sciences, iii, 4.
Swift, Lindsay,The Massachusetts Election Sermons. In Publications of the Colonial Society of Massachusetts, i, Transactions, 1892–94, pp. 388–451. Reprinted as Swift, Lindsay,The Massachusetts Election Sermons: An Essay in Descriptive Bibliography. Cambridge, 1897.
Walker, Williston,The Creeds and Platforms of Congregationalism. New York, 1893.
Walker, Williston,A History of the Congregational Churches in the United States. New York, 1894. (American Church History Series).
D.Masonic
(See also Masonic material listed under Sermons, Orations and Addresses, and Miscellaneous Works)
An Abstract of the Proceedings of the Anti-Masonic State Convention of Massachusetts, held in Faneuil Hall, Boston, Dec. 30 and 31, 1829, and Jan. 1, 1830.Boston, 1830.
By-Laws of King Solomon’s Lodge, Charlestown, etc.Boston, 1885.
By-Laws of St. John’s Lodge, adopted May 15, A. L. 5843.Boston, 1844.
By-Laws of Tyrian Lodge of Ancient, Free, and Accepted Masons, Gloucester.Salem, 1874.
Hayden, Sidney,Washington and His Masonic Compeers. New York, 1867.
Heard, J. A.,A Historical Account of Columbian Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons, of Boston, Mass.Boston, 1856.
Historical Sketch and Centennial Anniversary of Washington Lodge A. F. & A. M., Roxbury, Mass.Roxbury, 1896.
Mackey, Albert Gallatin,The History of Free Masonry. 7 vols. New York, 1898.
McCarthy, Charles,The Anti-Masonic Party, 1827–1840. In Annual Report of the American Historical Association, 1902, pp. 365–574.
Myers, E. M.,History of Free Masonry and Its Progress in the United States. Petersburg, Va., 1887.
Proceedings of the Anti-Masonic State Convention[Vermont],holden at Montpelier, June 23, 24 & 25, 1830. Reports and Addresses.Middlebury, 1830.
Sachse, Julius Friederich,Washington’s Masonic Correspondence. Philadelphia, 1915.
Storer, E. G., (compiler),The Records of Free Masonry in the State of Connecticut, etc.2 vols. New Haven, 1859–61.
Surette, L. A.,By-Laws of Corinthian Lodge, of Ancient, Free, and Accepted Masons, of Concord, Mass.Concord, 1859.
Waterman, T., (compiler),By-Laws of St. Andrew’s Royal Arch Chapter, Boston. Boston, 1859.
PUBLIC ANDOTHERRECORDS
American State Papers, Class I: Foreign Relations, 1789–1828.6 vols. Washington, 1832–1859.
Annual Reports of American Historical Association, for 1894, 1896, 1902, and 1912. Washington.
Acts and Laws of the State of Connecticut in America.Hartford, 1786.
Acts and Laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.13 vols. Boston, 1890–1898.
Acts and Resolves, Public and Private, of the Province of the Massachusetts Bay.5 vols. Boston, 1869–1886.
Benton, Thomas Hart,Abridgement of the Debates of Congress, from 1789to1856. 16 vols. New York, 1857–61.
Charter Granted by Their Majesties King William and Queen Mary, to the Inhabitants of Massachusetts-Bay in New-England.Boston, 1726.
Charters and “Acts and Laws” of the Province of Massachusetts-Bay, with Appended Acts and Laws.Boston, 1726–35.
Connecticut, Colonial Records of, (ed. by C. J. Hoadly and J. Hammond Trumbull). 15 vols. Hartford, 1894–5.
Connecticut Historical Society Collections.8 vols. Hartford, 1860–1902.
Dedham Historical Register.14 vols. Dedham, Mass., 1890–1902.
Essex Institute[Salem, Mass.],Historical Collections. 53 vols. Salem, 1859–1917.
Laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, from November 28th, 1780, to February 28th, 1807, etc.3 vols. Boston, 1801–7.
Massachusetts Historical Society Collections, 1792–1918.74 vols. Boston.
New Haven Colony Historical Society Papers.6 vols. New Haven, 1865–1900.
The Debates and Proceedings in the Congress of the United States, etc.(Gales and Seaton). 42 vols. Washington, 1834–56.
United States Statutes at Large.
SERMONS
Abbot, Abiel,A Memorial of Divine Benefits. In a sermon, delivered at Exeter, on the 15th, and at Haverhill, on the 29th of November, 1798, days of public thanksgiving, in New-Hampshire and Massachusetts. Haverhill, Massachusetts, 1798.
Bartlett, Josiah,A Discourse on the Origin, Progress and Design of Free Masonry. Delivered at the meeting-house in Charlestown, in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, on the Anniversary of St. John the Baptist, June 24, A. D. 1793. Boston, 1793.
Belknap, Jeremy,A Sermon, delivered before the convention of the clergy of Massachusetts, in Boston, May 26, 1796. Boston, 1796.
Bradford, Ebenezer,The Nature and Manner of Giving Thanks to God, Illustrated. A sermon, delivered on the day of the national thanksgiving, February 19, 1795. Boston, 1795.
Clark, Abraham L.,The Secrets of Masonry Illustrated and Explained; in a discourse, preached at South-Kingston, before the Grand Lodge of the State of Rhode-Island, etc., September 3d, A. L. 5799. Providence, 1799.
Cumings, Henry,A Sermon preached at Billerica, November 29, 1798, being the day of the anniversary thanksgiving throughout the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Boston, 1798.
Cummings, Abraham,The Present Times Perilous. A sermon, preached at Sullivan, on the national fast, April 25, 1799. (n. d.).
Dana, Daniel,Two Sermons, delivered April 25, 1799; the day recommended by the President of the United States for national humiliation, fasting and prayer. Newburyport, 1799.
Dana, Joseph,A Sermon, delivered February 19, 1795, being a day of general thanksgiving throughout the United States of America. Newburyport, 1795.
Dwight, Timothy,The Duty of Americans in the Present Crisis. Illustrated in a discourse, preached on the Fourth of July, 1798 … at the request of the citizens of New-Haven.New-Haven, 1798.
Dwight, Timothy,A Discourse on some events of the last century, delivered in the Brick Church in New Haven, on Wednesday, January 7, 1801. New Haven, 1801.
Eckley, Joseph,A Discourse, delivered on the public thanksgiving day, November 29, 1798. Boston, 1798.
Emmons, Nathaniel,A Discourse, delivered on the national fast, April 25, 1799. Wrentham, Mass., 1799.
French, Jonathan,A Sermon, delivered on the anniversary thanksgiving, November 29, 1798, with some additions in the historical part. Andover, 1799.
Harris, William,A Sermon delivered at Trinity Church in Boston, before the annual convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church in Massachusetts, on Tuesday, the 28th of May, 1799. Boston, 1799.
Kirkland, John Thornton,A Sermon, delivered on the 9th of May, 1798. Being the day of a national fast, recommended by the President of the United States.Boston, 1798.
Lathrop, Joseph,A Sermon, on the Dangers of the Times, from Infidelity and Immorality; and especially from a lately discovered Conspiracy against Religion and Government, delivered at West-Springfield and afterward at Springfield. Springfield, September, 1798.
Miller, Samuel,A Discourse delivered in the New Presbyterian Church, New York: before the Grand Lodge of the State of New York…. June 24th, 1795. 1795.
Morse, Jedidiah,The Present Situation of Other Nations of the World, Contrasted with our Own. A sermon, delivered at Charlestown, in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, February 19, 1795; being the day recommended by George Washington, President of the United States of America, for publick thanksgiving and prayer.Boston, 1795.
Morse, Jedidiah,A Sermon, delivered at the New North Church in Boston, in the morning, and in the afternoon at Charlestown, May 9th, 1798, being the day recommended by John Adams, President of the United States of America, for solemn humiliation, fasting and prayer. Boston, 1798.
Morse, Jedediah,A Sermon delivered before the Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, at a public installation of the officers of Corinthian Lodge, at Concord … June 25, 1798. (n. d.)
Morse, Jedediah,A Sermon, preached at Charlestown, November 29, 1798, on the anniversary thanksgiving in Massachusetts. With an Appendix, designed to illustrate some parts of the discourse; exhibiting proofs of the early existence, progress, and deleterious effects of French intrigue and influence in the United States.Boston, 1798.
Morse, Jedediah,A Sermon, Exhibiting the Present Dangers, and Consequent Duties of the Citizens of the United States of America. Delivered at Charlestown, April 25, 1799, the day of the national fast.Charlestown, 1799.
[Osgood, David],The Wonderful Works of God are to be remembered. A sermon delivered on the day of the annual thanksgiving, November 20, 1794.Boston, 1794.
Osgood, David,A Discourse, delivered February 19, 1795. The day set apart by the President for a general thanksgiving throughout the United States.Boston, 1795.
Osgood, David,Some facts evincive of the atheistical, anarchical, and in other respects, immoral principles of the French republicans, stated in a sermon delivered on the 9th of May, 1798. Boston, 1798.
Osgood, David,The Devil let loose; or the Wo occasioned to the inhabitants of the earth by his wrathful appearance among them. Delivered on the day of the national fast, April 25, 1799.Boston, 1799.
Packard, Hezekiah,Federal Republicanism, displayed in two discourses, preached on the day of the state fast at Chelmsford, and on the day of the national fast at Concord, in April, 1799. Boston, 1799.
Payson, Seth,A Sermon, at the consecration of the Social Lodge in Ashby, and at the installation of its officers, June 24, A. D. 1799. Amherst, N. H., 1800.
Prentiss, Caleb,A Sermon delivered before Mount Moriah Lodge; at Reading in the County of Middlesex; at the celebration of St. John; June 24th, A. D. 1799. Leominster (Mass.) … Anno Lucis 5799.
[Sherman, Josiah],A Sermon to Swine: From Luke xv: 16 … Containing a concise, but sufficient answer to General Allen’s Oracles of Reason. Litchfield, 1787.
Strong, Nathan,A Sermon, preached on the state fast, April 6th, 1798. Published at the request of the hearers.Hartford, 1798.
Strong, Nathan,Political Instruction from the Prophecies of God’s Word,—a sermon preached on the state thanksgiving, Nov. 29, 1798. Hartford, 1798.
Tappan, David,A Sermon delivered to the first congregation in Cambridge, and a religious society in Charlestown, April 11, 1793. Boston, 1793.
Tappan, David,Christian Thankfulness explained and enforced. A sermon delivered at Charlestown, in the afternoon of February 19, 1795. Boston, 1795.
Tappan, David,A Discourse delivered in the Chapel of Harvard College, June 19, 1798, occasioned by the approaching departure of the Senior Class from the University. Boston, 1798.
Taylor, John,A Sermon, delivered on the day of public thanksgiving, at Deerfield; Nov. 29, ’98. Greenfield, (n. d.).
Thayer, John,A Discourse, delivered at the Roman Catholic Church in Boston on the 9th of May, 1798, a day recommended by the President for humiliation and prayer throughout the United States. Boston, 1798.
Weld, Ezra,A Discourse, delivered April 25, 1799; being the day of fasting and prayer throughout the United States of America. Boston, 1799.
ORATIONS ANDADDRESSES
Beedé, Thomas,An Oration, delivered at Roxbury, July 4, 1799. In commemoration of American Independence. Boston, 1799.
Bentley, William,A Charge delivered before the Morning Star Lodge, in Worcester, Massachusetts, upon the festival of Saint John the Baptist, June 25, A. L. 1798. Worcester, June A. L. 1798.
Bishop, Abraham,Connecticut Republicanism. An Oration on the Extent and Power of Political Delusion. Delivered in New-Haven, on the evening preceding the public commencement, September, 1800.Philadelphia, 1800.
Bishop, Abraham,Oration delivered at Wallingford, on the 11th of March, 1801, before the Republicans of the State of Connecticut, and their general thanksgiving for the election of Thomas Jefferson to the Presidency and of Aaron Burr to the Vice Presidency of the United States of America. New-Haven, 1801.
Bishop, Abraham,Proofs of a Conspiracy, against Christianity, and the Government of the United States; exhibited in several views of the union of church and state in New-England. Hartford, 1802.
Brown, William,An Oration spoken at Hartford … on the anniversary of American Independence, July 4th, A. D. 1799. Hartford, 1799.
Collins, Alexander,A Masonic Oration, pronounced on the festival of St. John the Evangelist, December 26, 1799…. In Middletown. Middletown, 1800.
Crawford, John,An Address, delivered at the Grand Convention of the Free Masons of the State of Maryland; held on the 10th May, 1802,—in which the observance of secrecy is vindicated, and the principal objections of Professor Robison against the institution, are candidly considered. Baltimore, 1802.
Dwight, Theodore,An Oration spoken at Hartford, in the State of Connecticut, on the anniversary of American Independence, July 4th, 1798. Hartford, 1798.
Edmond, David,An Oration delivered at Ridg[e]field on the Fourth of July, 1799, before a large concourse of people, assembled to commemorate their National Independence. Danbury, MDCCXCIX.
Gardiner, John, Esq.,The Speech of, delivered in the House of Representatives. On Thursday, the 26th of January, 1792…. Boston, 1792.
[Harris, Thaddeus Mason],The Fraternal Tribute of Respect paid to the Masonic Character of Washington, in the Union Lodge, in Dorchester, January 7th, A. L. 1800. Charlestown, 1800.
Hodge, Michael,An Oration pronounced before the Right Worshipful Master & Brethren of St. Peter’s Lodge, at the Episcopal Church in Newburyport, on the festival of St. John the Baptist, June 24th, 1802. Newburyport, … 1802.
Lewis, Zechariah,An oration, on the Apparent and the Real Political Situation of the United States, pronounced before the Connecticut Society of the Cincinnati, assembled at New-Haven, … July 4th, 1799. New-Haven, 1799.
Lisle, Henry Maurice,An Address, delivered before the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts, on the festival of St. John the Evangelist, Dec. 27th, A. L. 1805…. Boston, 1805.
Jackson, Charles,An Oration, delivered before the Right Worshipful Master and Brethren of St. Peter’s Lodge, at the Episcopal Church in Newburyport, Massachusetts, on the festival of St. John the Baptist; celebrated June 25, 1798. Newburyport, March A. L. 1799.
Lowell, John, Junior,An Oration, pronounced July 4th, 1799, at the request of the inhabitants of the town of Boston, in commemoration of the anniversary of American Independence. Boston, 1799.
Mann, James,An Address, delivered December 18, 1799. Before the Brethren of Montgomery Lodge; at their Masonic Hall in Franklin…. Wrentham, 1800.
Parish, Elijah,An Oration, delivered at Byfield, July 4, 1799. Newburyport, (n. d.).
Smith, John C.,An Oration, pronounced at Sharon, on the anniversary of American Independence, 4th of July, 1798. Litchfield, (n. d.).
Stoddard, Amos,An Oration, delivered in the meeting house of the First Parish in Portland, Monday, June 24th, 1799 … in celebration of the anniversary festival of St. John the Baptist…. Portland, 1799.
Stoddard, A[mos],An Oration, delivered before the citizens of Portland … on the Fourth of July, 1799…. Portland, 1799.
PAMPHLETS
Backus, Isaac,An Appeal to the Public for Religious Liberty. Against the Oppressions of the Present Day. Boston, 1773.
Backus. Isaac,Government and Liberty Described: and Ecclesiastical Tyranny Exposed. Boston, 1778.
[Cheetham, James],An Answer to Alexander Hamilton’s letter, concerning the public conduct and character of John Adams, Esq., President of the United States. By a Citizen of New York.New York, 1800.
Cobbett, William,A Bone to Gnaw, for the Democrats; or Observations on a Pamphlet entitled “The Political Progress of Britain”. Philadelphia, 1795.
[Ogden, John Cosens],A View of the New England Illuminati: who are indefatigably engaged in destroying the religion and government of the United States; under a feigned regard for their safety—and under an impious abuse of true religion. (2nd edition). Philadelphia, 1799.
Pseud: Effects of the Stage on the Manners of a People: and the Propriety of Encouraging and Establishing a Virtuous Theatre. By a Bostonian.Boston, 1792.
[Russell, Jonathan],To the Freemen of Rhode-Island, etc.(n. d.).
[Sullivan, James],The Altar of Baal thrown down: or, the French Nation defended, against the pulpit slander of David Osgood, A. M., pastor of the church in Medford. Par Citoyen de Novion.Boston, 1795.
The Pretensions of Thomas Jefferson to the Presidency examined and the charges against John Adams refuted.1796.
The Rights of the Drama: or, an Inquiry into the Origin, Principles, and Consequences of Theatrical Entertainments. By Philo Dramatis.1792.
[Wood, John],A Full Exposition of the Clintonian Faction, and the Society of the Columbian Illuminati; with an account of the writer of the narrative, and the characters of his certificate men, as also remarks on Warren’s Pamphlet. By J—— W——.Newark, 1802.
MISCELLANEOUSWORKS
Allen, Ethan,Reason the Only Oracle of Man, etc.Bennington, State of Vermont, 1784.
Aufrere, Anthony,The Cannibal’s Progress; or the Dreadful Horrors of the French Invasion, etc.(Tr. from the German.) Portsmouth, New-Hampshire, 1798.
Barruel, Augustin,Memoirs of Jacobinism. 4 vols. London, 1797.
Chauncy, Charles,Seasonable Thoughts on the State of Religion in New England. Boston, 1743.
Chauncy, Charles,The Salvation of All Men the Grand Thing aimed at in the Scheme of God. London, 1784.
Cunningham, Abner,Practical Infidelity Portrayed and the Judgments of God made Manifest. (3rd edition). New York, 1836.
Du Pan, J. Mallet,The History of the Destruction of the Helvetic Union and Liberty. Boston, 1799.
Dwight, Timothy,Theology: Explained and Defended. 5 vols. Middletown, Conn., 1818.
Eulogium and Vindication of Masonry. Selected (and Improved) from Various Writers.Philadelphia, 1792.
Evans, Charles,American Bibliography. Vols. i-viii published. Chicago, 1903–15.
Harris, Thaddeus Mason,Discourses, delivered on public occasions, illustrating the principles, displaying the tendency, and vindicating the design of Freemasonry. Charlestown, 1801.
Payson, Seth,Proofs of the Real Existence, and Dangerous Tendency, of Illuminism, etc.Charlestown, 1802.
Robison, John,Proofs of a Conspiracy against all the Religions and Governments of Europe, carried on in the Secret Meetings of the Free Masons, Illuminati, and Reading Societies. (3rd edition). London, 1798.
Stedman (Edmund Clarence) and Mackay (Ellen Hutchinson),A Library of American Literature. 11 vols. New York, 1888–1890.
The Freemason’s Monitor; or Illustrations of Masonry.In Two Parts. By a Royal Arch Mason. Albany, 1797.
The Maryland Ahiman Rezon of Free and Accepted Masons …. Baltimore, 1797.
The Vocal Companion, and Masonic Register.Boston, 1802.
Trumbull, James Hamond,List of Books Printed in Connecticut, 1709–1800. Hartford, 1904.
Webster, Noah,The Revolution in France considered in respect to its progress and effects. New York, 1794.
Wise, John,A Vindication of the Government of New-England Churches, and The Churches Quarrel Espoused. Boston, 1860.
Wolfstieg, August,Bibliographie der freimaurerischen Literatur. 2 vols. and Register. 1911–13.