BOSTON

EM ARKS ON SOME MASONIC BOOK PLATES T~~~R OWNERS

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MIN N EAr)\.. LIS. MINN.

No. ____ _

II Parts IV to VII

By A. WINTHROP POPE

NINETEEN HUNDRED AND ELEVEN

Remarks on Some Masonic Book Plates in America and their Owners

By Brother A. Winthrop Pope, of Rabboni Lodge, Boston

P. O. AddreslI , Newton, Mass.

Parts IV to VII

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F OR PRI VrlTE ClRCU LAT/ OX

M. C. Nr. XI.

Copyright, 1910-1911, by A. Winthrop Pope. All rights reserved

Two HUNDRED J\ND FIFTY COP I ES

Reprinted from

The New Engla.nd CraftslIla.n

List of Masonic Book Plates in America

In Parts I to III. Pages 1 to 32

Issued In the August, September and October, 1908 numbers of the

New England Craftsman ,

THE BUSBY COLLECTION. JOHN FISKE NASH.

ALCIDE CHAUSSE. THEODORE SUTTON PARVIN, 33° .

THE COLLINS COLLECTION. THE PIKE LIBRARY.

DANFORTH. ALEXANDER VVI NT IIROP POPE, 32°.

SAMUEL W. FRENCH, 32°. ROBERT FLinCliER ROGERS, 32°.

MaVIN H. HAPGOOD. S. M. SENER.

GRAND LODGE OF IOWA. DAVID McNEELY STAUFFER.

GENERAL WASHINGTON JOHNSTON. SUPREME COUNCI!;, . 33°, Northern JurisdictiofL

SILAS KETCH U M . SUPREME COUNCI!"., 33°, Southern Jurisdiction.

KINGSTON. L. M. TAYLOR, 33°.

MASONIC LIBRARY ASSOCIATION OF SAN FRAN- DAVID B. WHEELER.

CISCO. S. STACKER WILLIAMS, ::tao.

"

List of Masonic Book Plates in America

In Parts IV to VII

Issued III the October, November, December 1910, and April 1911 numbers

of the New England Craftsm an.

ALFRED A. ASHM.\N . Los ANGELES .\1.\ SONIC LIBRARY .

. \1\l'IENT ST. JOIl1\' 5 LODGE ~O. 3, Kingston, Los ANGELES CONSISTORY NO.3.

Canada (Seal). Los ANGELES SCOTT ISH RITE LIBRARY.

:\ORH IS ST.\NIYY I L\I{ IL\TT, 3:2 °. MASON1 C HO~IE OF MASSACHUSETTS ( I n p r e-

\VILLI.\M BARROLL. paration).

PnER A. BROWNE. JOSEPH E. MORCOMIJE.

f. LDER~I.\N BOND. D. H. M CPHERSON.

CHARLES D. BlNGHAM, 33° . .\IIASONI C PLATE (No name).

A. E. BA CHERT, 32°. \VILLlA~[ rLncHER i\lcNUT'r, M . D.

GEORGE E. COLLINS. '\IARK NOR RIS, 33° .

DR. GEORGE CMIEL L, Richmond , Va. O~[AHA .\f.\ SONI C LIBRARY.

VVARREN B. ELLIS. LO UIS A. OLNEY.

H. BERT ELLIS , .\1. D., :32°. FR.\NCIS .\I.\RION PERKINS, 32° .

GRAND LOUGE PENN SY LVANI.\. r:DWARn OT IS PERKIN,'. H2° .

OMER R. GILLETT, 32°. RAVENS\\'OOD LODGE No. 777, Chicago.

GR.\ND LOD(;E OF Tow.\ (In preparation). IJENJAi\lIN Vv. ROWELL, 33 °.

TIMOTHY HALL. !\LLEN J. S~ILTH , .\,[, D.

CHARLES HENRY I INGSTON. 33 °. JOHN GOC(;H \VARR .

TlIOM .\S [(I'm, 83 ° . (;EORGE VVII.I.I.\MSO N.

Remarks on Some Masonic Book Plates in America and their Owners

Part IV.

Ancient Saint John's Lodge, No. 3, Kingston, Canada.

Seato/Ancient St. John's Lodge No.3 Kingston, Canada.

A vesica-shaped tablet, on which is the figure of Saint John the Evanae­list holding an open Bible on which are the square and compasses. On his right are the sq uare, level and plumb, and on his left an eaglc, the ecclesiasti­cal symbol, in the Anglican and Roman Church, of Saint John the Evanae­list. On one side of the figure is No. and on the other, 3. Below the saint ~n three lin es, Kingston, Canada, 1794; 111 the border of the shield, Sancti Johant1is Evangelistae Sio-illum Col­legi Latom orum (Seal of the Masonic Lodge of St. John Evangelist, No.3) : at the top, separat ing the words is a five-pointed star, and a sprig of ~cacia at the foot of the seal between the initial and ultimate letters of the 111-

scription. 33

In the August, 1908, number of "The Craftsman," I referred to a book­plate mentioned in Charles Dexter All en 's "American Bookplates," Num­ber 459, as follow s (I quote as there printed without correcting his evident errors) :

"Kingston, Canada. Santa J ohanis Evangelistae Sigilum Collegi Lato­morum , Kingston, Canada, 1 7 94 . Vesica-shaped shield, on which a robed figure holds an open book, which shows "Masonic emblems on its pages."

Since that date I have received in­formation from the Secretary of this ancient Lodge who says :-"The de­s ign mentioned is not a Bookplate ; it is the offic ial seal of the L odge; while it would make a very appropriate bookplate, it has neve r, as far as I know, been used in that way."

A dispensation for a L odge to be hclel at Kingston was i. sued by Wm. Jarvis, Provincial Grand Master, and the Lodge,-Number 6, but without a name,-was instituted on the 7th August, 1794; a warrant was granted on th e 20th N ovembcr, 1795. This Lodge has been in existence ever s in ce, with the exception of ten years, 1833 to 1843, during which period it was closed, large ly owing to the Anti­Masoni·c sentiment which ovcrran the country about that time; it is now known as Ancient St. J ohn's No.3.

The members are very proud of the fact that all the records are complete; at least two Grand Maste rs have been elected from its members, and it is one of two Lodges in the jurisdiction per­mitted to wear gold jewels and trim-mll1gs.

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Dr. George Cabell of Virginia.

Two sprigs of acacia, crossed and tied at the bottom by a bow of ribbon, enclose a par·cel of ground, on which lies a foul anchor, the stock to the right; on the centre of its shaft is a flaming heart; three small trees in the back-ground. At the top are three small rosettes from which a garland of roses falls to meet the sprigs o f acacia. Below the central rosette is the All-seeing eye in clouds, rays from which illuminate the emblems; across

~ct/"!J= ?3alelL RICHMOND g;rIR 6J.~

Book Plate 0/

Dr. George Cabell (Allen 124) Supposed to be engraved by Brooks.

the rays is a sem i-circular band in­scr ibed SPES MEA IN DEO (My hope is in God) . At the bottom, in two lin es, the first in script letter, the second in ita li c capitals:-

Doctr Geo. Cabell

Richmond, Virg.a

vVidth, two and one-quarter inches; height, three and one-eighth inch es.

Broth er Geo rge Cabell, so n of

Colonel Nicholas and Hannah Car­ring ton Cabell, was born Octo'ber 5, 1774, at vVarminster, Virginia, and died February 22, 1827. He studied medicine in Lynchburg, under Dr. George Cabell, Senior, his fir st cousin, and completed hi s education in the Med ical Department of the U niversity of Pe nn sylvania. His father, Colonel Nicholas Cabell, was a distinguished gentl eman and a prominent Mason; he was a ·constant attendant at the Grand Lodge, in which he fill ed many posi­tions of trust and honor. In 1796 he presided ove r the Grand Lodge of Virginia as Acting Grand Master. He introducecl Free Masonry into his sec­tion of Virginia. In 1791 "The Georges Lodge" was chart ered by the Grand Lodge, to be held in the town of \ Varmin ster, and in 1794-1795 a ?I'lasonic hall was e rected in tha t town. His sons were all Masons.

The subject of our sketch moved to Richmond in 1817; lik e his father he was a zealous Mason, be·com ing a member of l<.ichmond Ran dol ph Lodge No . 19 ; he frequently repre­sented that Lodge in the cOl11m uni ca­tions of th e Grand Lodge, where he se rved on many i m portan t comm i t­tees. In 1820-21 he was District Deputy G)-and Maste r , and in 1822 Senior Grand \ i\Tarden pro tem. His grand-nephew is at the present time Senior Grand Deacon in the same Grand L odge.*

I am fortunate in being ab le to bor­rowan impression of thi s very appro­priate a nd . rare bookplate of Dr. Charl es E . Clarke, a noted collector.

':' For fu rth er inform ation concern­ing Dr. Cabell refe rence is made to Alexa nd er Brow n's "The Cabells and their Kin," pp. 258 ~t seq. (Boston, 1895), to whi·ch I am indebted for the data g iven. Bishop Meade's "Old Churches, Ministers a nd Fam ilies of Virginia ," II: GO-G2, does not agree in all respec ts; I have followed the later au thority .

MASONIC BOOK PLATES 3.'5

Ravenswood Masonic Libra.ry. Chicago, Illinois.

Within an oblong frame of about four by two and three-quarter inches are three tablets; on that at the top in two lines,

RAVENSWOO D :MASONIC LIBRARY.

On the central one, which is square, are the square and compasses enclos­ing G, and the field is irradiated by the All-seeing eye above; under the square, at the left, is a gavel, and at the right a trowel, its point upward. These working tools are placed be­tween two pillars which are sur­mounted by globes; on th e pedestal of

NENSW@DMASONI~1 ' •• > • LIBRA~Y . . ,JA1

W Be\origll'isto . . .. : ... "'RAVENSWOOD LODGE N0.777 AF&AM . CI'\ICA CtO ]llINOIS

. 1",,!u,""dbyWor.BrQ, Ch~ul\cey ftnl\k Newkirk Dec.9 1~o7~ VOL NO.

Book Plate 0/ Ravenswood 111 asonic Library Designed by Walter R. Corlett. Chicago.

the left pillar is a level, and on that of the other a plU111 b; these are pla·cerY diagonally . On the lower tablet is the inscription in six lines:

Belonging to

RAVENSWOOD LODGE No. 777 AF & AM CHICAGO ILLINOIS

Inaugurated by

Wor. Bro. Chauncey Frank Newkirk Dec. 9 1907

VOL NO.

Presented by· ___________ ~_

Ravenswood Lodge is one of the largest of the Ch icago s ub u r ban lodges, having a mem bersh ip of ap­proximately fiv e hundred and twenty.

The Lodge was in st ituted in 1885, a nd chartered in 1886. It has, I think, the uniqu e distinction of owning ex­clusively its Masonic building. Be­yond having been known as one of the most corre·ct exe mplifiers of the stand­ard work in Illin ois, th ey claim no par­tiCldar distinction for the Lodge, ex­cept, possibly, for th e fact that its his­to ry has bee n replete with continuous harmony.

The Library, vvhich was inaugurat­ed in 1907, now contains about one hundred volumes, to which additions are made from time to time, and it is sys tematically cared for by 'vV. Brother \I\Talter S. Syrett, the Li­brarian.

Warren B. Ellis, Past Grand High Priest o/the Grand R. A.

Chapter 0/ il{assa chuseUs.

Past Master and S ecretary 0/ ill/t. Lebanon Lodge. Founder and Editor of th e N. E. Craftsman.

Between two Ioni·c pillars hang veils, partly withdrawn, from the junc­tion of which drops a plumb-line over a pile of three books,- the upper vol­ume open; on the edge of th e second is EX and on that of the lower, LIB­RIS. The pillars support a frieze and an arch with key-stone inscribed H T W SST K S; in the pediment are the square and compasses enclos­ing the letter G. On the frieze is a tablet bearing the mot to FIDE ET FORTITVDINE (By faith and forti­tud e). The podium rests on an ornate

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Book Plate 0/

Warren B. Ellis

bracket, and th e dado is in scribed with the owner's name, VI/ ARREN B. ELLIS.

Broth er E llis des ig ned hi s own Bookpla te.

George Williamson, of Ossining, New York.

George VV illiamson was born in U tica, N ew York, June 3, 18.27. H e passed out of thi s life, Aug ust 13, 1886.

He was initiated into P ree Masonry in 1853, and became a mem'ber of vVest-chester Lodge, No. 180, Sing Sing (now Ossining), New York. Be-

tween that time and 1871, he became a member of Buckingham Chapter, No. 174, of King Solomon Council No. 31, and a K night Templar in \iVestchester CO l11mandery No. 42. In 1882, he was ad mitted a Masonic Veteran.

Broth er \ iV ilJial11son, without the advan tage of a college education, was considered one of th e ri pes t scholars in bibliography and history in his sec­tion of the country. H is library, while not large, con tain ed ma ny ra re and curiOll S works, fo r he was ever on the lookout for such . An old book-shop was a treasure hOll se to him . H e was an authority on fir st editi ons, auto­g raph copies, etc.

T he Masonic pa rt of his treasures num be red about fi ve hundred volumes.

He adopted a Masoni c bookpla te de­scr ibed as follows:

A key-stone on whi ch is a circle in­scri bed w ith eig ht Hebrew characters, appa rently the eq uivalent of the Ro­man letters used in Nl ark Lodges in th e U nited States. \Vithin th e circle is an open book on which a re th e let­ters S ST, probably the "Nlark" of George \Villiamson, S ing Sing, N. Y.,

Book Plate 0/ George W illiamsotJ

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whose name above and residence be­low the circle show its ownership. Above the ring of the key-stone is the motto "Sua cui que Voluptas" s igni­fyin g each one has his own pleasure.

Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania.

The Library of the Grand Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons of Penn­sylvania, has a ·collect ion of over twenty-five thousand volumes of Pro­~eedings of various bod ies and about ten thousand books on Masoni c and kindred subj ects; it is second to none in thi s country. The Masonic Mu­seUI11 ope ned in the Temple in Phila­delphi a in 1008 is beyond anythin g of s imilar character thus far installed in the U nited Slates, if not in the world.

The first efforts to establish a Grand Lodge Library were made in 1781, when the present Ahiman Rezon was adopted; further resolutions we r e

No. Class--~

MASONIC TEMPLE, PHILADELPHIA

Book Plate 0/ th e

Grand Lodge 0/ Pennsylvallia

passed in 1787, and subseq uently, in 1816, and the Library was in good shape by March, 1817. The burning o f the Chestnut Street Hall,-March 9, 1819,-the baneful effects of the Anti­Masonic excitement, together with fi­nancial troubl es, prevented any atten­tion being paid to the gathered treas­ures, and it was not until June, 1871, that the scattered remnants of the col­lection were brought together and a renewed effort made to establish a proper Masonic Library in the new Temple.

This Library is rich in early P ro­vincial and Revolutionary man u -scrip ts. This important coll ection is being carefully catalogued and in­dexed under the watchful eye of th e skilful Librarian and Curator, Dr. J u I i us F. Sachse. It is managed by a Committee composed of members of the Grand Lodge appointed by the Grand Master, who serve during his term of office, and it is supported by an appropriation made by the Grand Lodge. The books a re purchased and cared for by the Librarian, who has two assistants. It is for members of the fr ate rn ity, 'but being a reference library no books are lent.

Its Bookplate may be described as follows:

\ iVit hin a buckl ed garter, on which are the words, LIBRARY, GRAND LODGE, F. & A. M., OF PENN­SYL VANIA, are the square and com­passes enclosing a burning lamp of an­tique shape; in the upper left corner No. -- and in the right corner Class

Beneath, l\,fASONIC TEM­PL E, PHILADELPHIA in two lines .

Joseph E. Morcombe, Editor of "The American Freemason," a monthly Masonic Journal, published at Storm Lake, Iowa.

Jacobean in des ign , the centre has an illus·tration of the motto "These Conquer Thee, Oh Time," which ap­pears on a sc roll above, indicat­ing that books outlive all ages. The

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Book Plate 0/

Joseph E. 111orcombe

the picture, with snakes at their base and an hour-glass dropped by Time, who clings to his scythe. The summit is made up of Jacobean panels, having the square and compasses in one, and the forty-seventh problem of Euclid in the other. The point of the shield is made up of scroll work, within which is seen a Death's head and cross-bones, with a ribbon transfixed with a sword ornam ented with a<cacia, upon which is inscribed in two lines EX LIBRIS and J OS. E. IVIORCOlVIBE ; an ancient lamp is burning above the shield, and there are two smoking tripods be­hind th e cherubim.

shield, of which this illustration forms the centre, is decorated on either side with cherubim with wings arched over

The design of this bookplate in its fir st form was the owner's id ea, skil­fully elaborated by a geniu s named \1'/ erckle, and execut ed by NIr. Cyrus Fosmire, now illu st ra tor for "The I-Iousekeeper." It i a co nglomera­tion, denoting that the owner has al­lowed his imagination and his knowl­edge of symbolism to run riot, Father Time being ove rwh elm ed by falling books.

John Gough Warr.

Book Plate 0/

John Goug/t WaIT

PART V. Francis Marion Perkins, 32°,

of Lawrence, Kansas.

Book flaie 0/

Francis M a)'ion Perkins, 320

Desig1led by illrs. Aimee Rudiger Perki1ls, 1909

apple with leaves proper. Between the arms and volume a ribbon lettered K. C. EX LIBRIS C. H. Beneath the vo lume F. M. Perkins, in black-letter.

The owner, a distinguished F\;e j\/Iason of Lawrence, Kansas, was born in Caledonia,VV isco nsin , in 184(i, and ed ucated at Be loit Coll ege. In 1875 he moved to Kansas, where at the age of thirty-three he became interested 1n .f ree :Ylasonry. He was made a Mas­ter Mason in October, 1870; in De­ce mber of th e sa me year he was elect­ed Junior Warden of his Lodge (Law­rence Lodge No . G), and was in­stall ed into that o ffic e by Past Grand :\[ast er Owen . Bassett. lie hecamc Master of the Lodge in 18fl6, and was installed by th e same I ast Grand Ma:, ­tel'. In the Lawrence Royal Arc h Chapter, \:0. ·k he has held all of the principal o ffic es, and in 1889 was elec t­ed l-ligh P ries t. He is a member of De l\Iolay Co mmand ery No. 4, where hc has always taken an active inter­es t, and in "8!1O-nl was Its Emin ent COlllmander.

He did not become in te res ted in the Scott ish Rrite bodies until 1897', aft er whic h he took as active a part as he had done in the York Rite; in the Lodge of Perfection he has se rved as Orator, Junior and Senior \Va rd en and as Venerable Master. In the Rose Cmix Chapter he has held the offices of O rator, Junior \ Vard en and \!\f ise Maste r. He first took th e Consistory

An open volume, on th e left page of Degrees in Topeka Co nsistory, No. 1. which is the doubl e-headed cagle of where he held many important posi­the 32d grade A. A. S. R., with it tions. but climitted to become a Char­scroll beneath bearing the motto ter ~Vle l11'b e r of Lawrence Consistory. SPES NrEA r N DEO EST; a tr i- ?\ o. 6, in November, 100!J. He was angle in scribed ;~2 between the eagle'" elected by the Supreme Council of th e heads. O n the page at the rig ht is a :1:1 ° a Knight Comm and er of th e Comt Roman cross, on th e long bar of whlich of Honor, Octo'ber 24th, 1907. is a cross patee lettered I~ HOl: Brother P erkins is a promi nent SIGl\O VI~CES and surm ounted hy mem ber of Trinity P rotestant Episco­a crown. Ove r the hook are the Per- pal Church of Lawrence, Kansas, hav­kins Arms; O r, a Fess c1an cettee er· ing se rved for ma ny yea rs as a vestry­mine between ten billet s erm1ine s, four, man . He is now Senior \i\Ta rd en, and three. two and one. Crest, a pine- has held that position contlintl ou,: ly for

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six years. He is head of the firm of Perkins a nd Company, Fin an cia I Brokers; Secretary of the Atlas Build­ing and Loan , As soCiia tion, which he organized sixteen years ago; and has two sons in the bu siness with him . Hi s library is a large on e, and contaill s many volumes on F ree :"lasonry.

H. Bert Ellis,

of Los Angel es, Callifo rnia.

Book Pla te of

H. Bert Ellis, Los A llgeies, California D esig1l ed by Mrs. Aro/i1l e E . Baco1l

In a way this is :"ifasonicJ as th e owner 'is ev id ently a ":.Johle of t he Mystic Shrin e," as is show n by t he combined scimitar, cresce nt wit h sphinx 's head. a nd star, forming the badge of the O rd er. There is a rule that no one can beco me a "Nobl e" un ­less he has received th e thirty-second degree, or, is a K night T emplar: th e "emblems of mortality" no doubt a l­lud e to that g rade.

The book plate is as follows :-Be­tween two Chtippenda le scrolls is a book - rack containin g books, s u r­mounted by an owl, and the base partly concealed by a ci rcle within which is the skull and crossb ones (){ T emplar Masonry. The Shrine em­blem appears at the left of the book­rack, while that of the Benevolent

Pro tective Order o f E lk s is at the rig ht. U ndern eath all is a parchment scroll superscnibed with the auto­g raph o f .H . Bert Ellis on eac h plate.

Brother H. Bert E llis was born in Lin coln, Main e, in 1863. H e wa s grad­ua ted from Acadia Coll ege, vVolie­ville, ?\ ova ~cotia, in 188-1:, and from th e College o f Medi cine. Uni ve rsity of Southern Cal ifo rnia, in 1888. Later he stlldted at Gottin gen a nd Venice. F or many years he has practiced his pro fess ion in Los Angeles. Callifornia, and lis a P rofesso r in th e Coll ege of Yledicin e, U nive rs itv- of South ern Cali­forni a. B e has rece1ived a ll the de­g rees in F ree :"laso nry, both in the York a nd Scot t ish Ri tes.

D. H. McPherson.

Book Plate of

D. H. McPherson

T his beautifully eng raved book pla te is purely and simply Masonic; it was a welcom e addlition to my collec­tion throug h the kindness of the well know n coll ec tor , ~/Ir . vValter C. Pres­cott, of Newton Centre, Mass. It is certa inly a n ideal Masonlic book-plate, a model of its kind, and its meaning is evident to the craft .

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QUATUOR CORONATI LODGE, No . 20'16.

DI':AR Sm AX)) BnoTln:n, I take this means of bringiug before yon personally, It matter which lies very close to my heart.

Our Lodge , the first of its kind, was stArted upon its wonderfnl career nearly twelve years ago, and e"er .inee that time it has been the great desire of the mombers to SHe it established in its own domicile, with rooms for its now valuable Library where studellts may work and consult, where members may r ead and write, its meetings be helel, its lIIuseum properly displayed and cared for, its oflices located and its Secretary more necessible to nil than at present ,

Sneh a desirahle consummation, ho\\'e\'er, cculd only he attained by a "ery lar!!,e increase of OU1'

Correspondence Circle, in order to provide an adequl1,te income, I believe that with 2,000 or 3,VOO adcliliona l members the proiect could be carried out. There ought to be nothing very diflieult in this , It only rrquir('s tlmt ('aeh of our presen t membPrs should secure two neW subscribers during the present year; but as possibly all might not succeed, despite enl'ncst effort, in illtl'oducing two new mentber", let us not limit our ambition to thi s numbel', hut cnch one of l," endeavour to procl1ro at least six,

J no\\' aclcll'e~s ~'ou as )'0111' W,l\L, anel urge YOll to gi,-e mc your pf'Tsonul assistAnce in placing th fl capstone on onr edifice h,l" !/ MLJ'"e1f sending J1S at least six, 01' more if you cun, good men and true who are 1ikel~' to remain interested in our work, There must be thousands of MasoLls who, if they only kn ew tbe splendid return to be del'ived from our small snbscript ion of half-a-guinca, wonld be delighted to join us,

fn "cnciillg you my Greeting on the St. John's Card I showpcl ~trong reasons for looking upon this year as the great .TUB[L }; I': of the Craft, and it is upon snch occasions tllat !!,l'cat upeds and good works UI'P to be wrol1ght, Let llS then make a specin 1 rosol\'o to arrulige during this auspicious year for putting the Quutuor COl'on:di Lod!!,e ill possp s~ion of its Central Head-quurters,

With e\'('r), frntC'l'llal goorl wi.h for n happy ancl prosperous Xuw Year, Belie ve me, denr Silo and Brother,

Y0l11'S sincerply and fra t ernolly ,

SYDNEY '1', KLEI~,

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Alderman George Bond, of St. John, N. B.

Book Plate of

Alderman George Bond, St. John, N. B. From the collection of Miss Maria Girard Messenger

O n an oblong field are two squ'are pedestals, panelled, and each su .... -mounted by a lyre, Th ese pedestal:; form the ends of a tabl e or platform­one can hardly call it an altar, thoug h that is suggested by som~ of the ac­cessonies-in front of which falls a draped curtain (certainly not an al­tar-cloth), on which, beneath the square and compasses above, and the date 1845 below, is the ow ner's nam e and title, ALDERMAN BO ID, in a semi-circular line 'curving- upward. On the 'centre of the top of the table and restling on the drapery is a large, open music-book crossin g a trumpet. behind which ri ses a Roman cross. Over this two winged and flyil lg cherubs are holding a radiant Eastern crown; the beams from which il­lumine the field around the cross. The moon, surrounded by seven stars, is shining in the upper right corner; the remainder of the background is filled with dark clouds. Behind the table on the left lis ~een the upper por­tion of a harp. Four closed books are shown beside the pedestal on the

right, resting on the drapery, and one o f them leans against the top of the pedestal. Width o f the plate,--­inches; height, two and five-eighths inches.

By the kiind permission of the author, NIr. D. R. Jack, the foIlowjng extract 'concerning Alderman Bond is taken from "Acadienses," a quarterly journal published in St. J ohn, N . B.

Alderman George Bond was a mem­ber of the Council of the City of St. John from 1803 to 1849. An English­man by birth, he came out from Ports­mouth tin a frigate which had been a man-of-war, landing near where the present Custom I-l ouse stands, there being no wharves in those days. lIe married a widow named Coram, but never had any children. He was a mill-owner, operating the tide-miil from which the present miII pond at Charleton takes its name. This mill was for the sawing of lumber, and the power wa s supplied by the rise and faJ1 of the tide. The mill wheel used ,,,·as what was known as a flutter wheel, built like a cart wheel, wtith a

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larg-e hub and spokes, the latter ha \'­ing- paddles or buckets attached, the pressure of water fr0111 the tide causing: the wheel to rotate with great veloc-· ity. The lower wheel with the timbe~'s and part of the frame, though und er water for eighty years, were found in , tact when that part of the St. John harbor was c1redg-ed for the construc­tion of the prese nt deep water facili ­tlies, within the past five years (date of article, April, lDOl ). A ge nera l store wa s kept by Alderman Bond near this 111 ill , from which the mill-hane]:; and general public were able to ob taill th eir supplies.

:'Ir. Bond and his wife wen: orig-in­ally 'Methodists, hut held V\iews no! entirely in aocordance with the di s­cipline of that denomination; accord-­ingl )' a l'ittl e meet ing-h ouse wa s bu:lt at Sand Point. and here, Jew or Gen­til e. Christian or barbarian, was ~ t liberty to enter th e pulpit and preach as the spiri t mO\'ed hiim . This fr ee­dom of worship does not appear tl) Itave been very generallY tak en ~1 ·1 -yantage of, to r it lis rela ted that it was customary on Sundays for i\hs. Bond to mount th e pUlpit and preac h, whil e th e Alderman played the orga n. That instrum ent be'ing what is known as a barrel organ , did not require th e skill of an accomplished musician!

:'Ir. B0 1~wh en a member of the City Council, was noted for hi s easy mann er. neve r d,isagreeing with hi s fel­low Ald erm en. but obtalining his point when poss ibl e by persuasion, rather than by force of a rg ument. He was a man of smoothn ess . hence the nam e h y which he was ge nerally known, th~ "Smoothing Iron."

H e "vas both an O rangeman and a Free mason. 'but the writer is unable to lea rn of hi s having held any promi nent offic e in eith er body . He al so held two qr three minor l11uniclipal or pro­vincial offi ces. That he was a man o i some literary abiflty and taste is ap­parent frol11 th~ fact that he left quite a large and valuable library, whlich was dis posed o f soon after his death , which occuri'ed on the 4th of January, IS5? at the age of sixty-two.

Edward Otis Perkins, 32°, of Lawrence. Kansas.

Book Plate 0/ Edward Otis Perkins, Lawrence, Kansas

Desitned by Mrs. Aimee Ruditer Perkins. 1909

Drother Perkins . who is a son of F rancis M. Perkiins, "vas born in Law­rence. Kansas. in l SiD. He was edu­cated in the 11igh Sc hool o f hi s native city and at the State U 11livers ity o i Kansas. He received his fir s t clegTe ~' in Free :'I aso nry in 1 !lO;); li e is a me1l1-ber of La wrence L oc1g-e, :\fo. 6, and o f Lawrence Co nsisto ry :.10. 5, where he received the 3;2° in l !lOD; he lis also a member of Lawrence Roya( Arch Chapter No. 4.

\ Vi thout reference to cadency, he adopts th e A rm s and 'crest of Perkin~. over which is a sc roll lettered E. OTIS PERKINS; beneath th e arms is the badg-e of his college fraternity, Phi Gamma Delta, over the eagle of the 32° degree ; the two between two con­ven t lO nalized trees, the pot of that on the left lettered EX and of the other LIRRIS; all within a rul e border.

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Benjamin Winslow Rowell, 33°.

PAm BENT Ii ,",un""" ,", r SO~[ TRUSTING TRl fND ~'" LEN T.

OR KEEPS I! OVER lONG, OR SCRUPLES NOT TO lIT ITS DUE RHURNING BE fORGOT ; THE MAN WHO GU~R05 HIS BOOKS WIlli "!S!1ll CAllE AA~ DOES NOT JOY TO lEND THEM. AND TO SHARE ; THE MAN WHO LOOKS ON lIHRAlURE AS HEWS. A~O 6U5 HIS CUllURE fROH THE BOOK R[\'I[\liS , WHO BUYS HIS BOOKS TO DECORATE THE SHELf.

l OR GIVES A&OOK HE HAS NOT READ HIMSElf ; . WHO READS fROM PRTGGISH MOTIVES, OR fOR lOOKS. OR AMY REASON SAVE THE LOVE Of 8001\\ -6ifAT LDRD.WHDJUDGlST SINS Of AllDEGRElS, IS THERl NO PRIVATE HELl fOR TH£5E ?

Book Plate of

Benjamin W illslow Rowell 33°

A shield s imilar in fo rm to th e head of a bat tl e axe of th e ancient T em­plars, a cross th e top of which iis a scro ll eac h end o f w hi ch is sustained by th e hilt o f a T em pla r' s Sword; un·, dern eath th e sc roll is an ellipse co n­taining th e own er 's autograph ; on th e sc ro ll is th e insc riptio n: T his Pook i ~ th e P roperty; on th e ellipse o f B. \,11/ . Rowell. O n th e ma in body of th e shield, be loyv t he ellipse is an oblong panel with a long poe ti c inscI1ip t ion re­la ting to th e bor row in g and lendling of hook". I mm ed ia tely above t he scroll is th e cres t ; a dexte r hand ma il ed and holding a cross cross let fit chee (t he cross o f the' thirty -third g rade).

nroth er Rowell was born in 1846 in Chicheste r, ?\ew Hampshire, where his parents had a temporary resi­dence. They return ed to th eir native hom e in Lynn, :VJassachu setts, during the sam e year, and there our brother

has contlinued to reside, as his ances­tors did from 1636, when Thomas Rowell settled in o r near that place. He became affiliated with F reemason­ry in 1877, when he joined St. Paul's Lodge in South Boston, and immedi­atelyl5egan to take an acti ve linteres t in t he ins ti t u tion. Ih the s hort peroiod o f t welve yea rs he received all th e M a­sonic degrees. A fter hav ing se rveu as T hrice Potent Grand ~1 a ster of Lafaye tte Lodge o f Perfecbion, in Bo!:>­ton, he was, in 1892, elec ted the E mi­nent Commander of O li ve t Command­ery, of Lynn. As ea rly as 1884 he was Secretary of th e Coun cil of Princes a nd Chapter o f R ose Croix, a nd short­ly a ft er he was elected Sec retary of a ll th e oth el' Scot t ish Rite bod ies, w hi ch hold mee tlings in t he Tem ple in Bos­ton. H is va !1ious Masonic duties in­creased so ra pidl y th at in ] 890 he re­tired from th e b usi ness life, he had follo wed slin ce boy hood, retain ing on 1 y his conn ection wit h the Boston :\i[ utudl L ife I nsuran ce Compa ny, wh ere fo r ,wehre years he held- th e position of Treasllrer, and \ hen he res ig nd from tha t pos ition he was elected Co mp­tro ller o f this Com pa ny, in which he has been a Director for fi ftee n years, in o rd er to devote hi s entire time to :\fasonic affa irs.

I n addrit ion to the above he is-now the Record er of th e Grand Command­erv of }Iassach use tt s and R hode L, ­la nd : t he R eco rd er of Aleppo T empl e y fvs ti c Shrine; Imperia l R ecorder of th e Imperial Coun cil of th e same or­gani zation, Grand Sec reta ry of th e Supreme Counci l of th e O rd er of th e Knig hts of th e R ed Cross o f Ro me a nd Constantin e.

TIrother Rowell occupies a pl ea sant sl1 ite of o ffi ces on the second fl oor of the :\fasonic Temple, ove rlooking t he C0 111 mon. T hese o ffi ces a re con­ve ni entlY arranged so t ha t th e vol­umin Oll s amoun t of work fo r whi ch he is responsibl e goes on lin a simple and rapid mann er. He is a genial gentle­man. very popula r , and probably has th e large st acq ua intance among 1\1;-.­sons in th e worl el.

PART VI. WILLIAM FLETCHER McNUTT, the foreground are four sc rolls tied

M. D. with ,cords. In the corresponding corner at the left are two closed vol-

Of San Francisco, California. ullles and two sc rolJ s partia,lly un­

Book Plate of

W. F. McNutt, M. D. Desitned by himself and prepared for the engraver

by Mrs. Fairfax Wheelan .

r lIed, upon which rests an hour-glass surmounted by a large owl, facing. At the top of the casement is a ribbon scroll inscribed .\D :\ STRA (To the stars). L\ t the base ,is an othe r ribbon scro ll, in scri bed \ V. F . McN UTT; just above it is EX LIBRIS and beneath it, on an orn ame nta l projection , M. D. From the ends of the scroll spring two thistle-branches with leaves and a si ngle flower on eac h. The Masonic cha ra cter is suggested rath e" than proclaimed by the el11'blems mentioned; the ladder, of "unsubstantial fabric," with its numerous rounds t hrough wh ich the tree-tops and the backs of the book are clear ly een, is perhaps int encled to allude to that which "Jacob in hi s vision awe-tendi ng from earth to heaven " but the "three prin cipal rounds," so fam'iliar to the Cra.ft, are not to be distingu ished from the rest . Height four and a quarter inches; width three inche, .

This plate shows an open caseme~t Brother vVil liam F. :-1c;\T utt was throlJO'h wh ich are seen tree-tops 11- born in Nova Scotia. in 1839; edu­lumin~ted 'by the "starry-decked cated at Dal'hou sie U nivers ity, Hali­heaven s'" the crescent moon at the fax, N. S. He rece ived his medical left and 'ten stars a re partially COI1- eclucat ion at the U nivers ity ()f Ver-

~::I~~d f~~l11toh:n s~I~~~~u:h;~:~l ;U~~~ ~~~ mont, the Royal 'College of Surgeons, window-sill aot the right. In the cen- Ed inbor.o', and th e Royal Coll ege of tre 'be low the siIJ are two shelves filled Physicians, Edinboro'; he also studied with books, in fron~ of which l:ises a at Harva rd Uni~ersity, the College of transparent ladder, Its base restIng on Physicians and Surgeons, New Y()rk, a closed volu me; it has sixteen rounds, and at Paris and, London. For many and its summit reaches ,to a small clus- years he was P rofe SOr of the Princi­ter of three stars at the top,-one star pIes and Practice of Medicine at the resting on each of the sides of the lad- Univers ity of Cali fornia. At the pres­der with ,the third between them. In ent time 'he is pmprietor of the Mc­the'r io'ht corn er space 'beneath the sill is a c~set (?) w ith desk-top, on which N utt Hosp ita l, San F rancisco. Dr. rests an open volume; bees are crawl- lvlcN utt was made a Royal Arch Ma­ing up the board s beneath it, and in son and Knight Templar in 1882.

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~"I SONIC BOOK PLATES 45

CHARLES HENRY KINGSTON

Book Plate 0/ Charles Henry Kingston

Beneath th e jewel of the thirty-third and last degree o f the Anci ent Ac­cepted Scotti sh Ri te (fu lly de cribed in the Augu st IlU111 her of th e New Eng­land Craftsman) is the o wn er' s name, Chades H . Kingston, in old English letters, It is a nicely engraved little plate, about on e inch square, and is printed with purpl e ink, l'he symbolic color 0 f the grade,

nrother harl es IT enry Kings ton was born May 27, 1826, in Philadelphia, ancl there he died February 21, 1801: he was an honorary member of the Supreme Council ' of Sovereign, Gra nd rll~p ecto r-Genera l of the thirty-t'hird degree, N. M. T. , u. S. A .. having receiv ed that deg ree December 6th, 1870. Du ring the years 1875-76 he served as Right Emi l~ent Grand Com­mander of the Grand Com mandery of Knights Templar of Pen nsylvania.

O:'lIER RAND GILLETT,

A landscape showing a snow-capped mountain rising in the di'stance be­tween two lower hill s covered with forests, through which a 1110untaill­brook makes its way, falling in a cas­cade between them, to the lower edge of the elliptical outline which sur­rounds the view; two barren trees on the bank at the right. Thi'S ellipse is bordered by two flaming torches, with slender stems placed perpendicularly; between the flames at the top is a scroll inscribed Ex libris, with No. on the central fold of the scroll. At the base is a three-fold scroll, the central fold rising in a se mi-circle, and inscribed Omer on the left; Rand. on the centre, and Gillett on the right, in Old English

B ook Plate 0/ Omer Rand Gillett 32° Designed by C. Valentine Kirby

letters. In the centre, beneath th e fold o f the scroll, is a skull , fronting, rest­ing on an open book, the right leaf of which is partly concealed 'by chemical apparatu s, a retort, etc.; beneath in very small letters c. v. k. at the left, and ot at the right. At the left, above Omer, is the double-headed eag le of the 32cl gracie, A. A. S. rite, holding the sword and ribbon with the motto SPES MEA IN DEO E ST (In God is Illy hope) ; above the eagle is the crown of the 33d g rade; on his breast the triangle with 32. On the right, over Gillet, is a shi eld, E rmin e 0), a bend sable on which seem to 'be three pike's heads, 1)ut so indistinctly engraved

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that the charges are not easily distin­guished. Crest, a similar head, erect. Motto, on a ribbon, SPES IN DEO. Height , four and a quarter inches; width, two and a half inches.

Brother Gi'll et t was born at La Salle, Illinois, in 1874. He is a physician and s urgeon, living at Colorado Springs, Colorado. He received the 32d degree in Freemasonry in 1D07.

MARK KORRIS,

Book Plate of

Mark Norris DeS:j!Ded by C. Valentine Kirby, 1907

This contains the owner's name, TVIARK NORRIS, beneath EX LIB­RIS arranged in two lin es and enclo ed 'in a foliated escutcheon; at the right a nd left apex are open books, presum­ably Bibles; between th ese, enclosed in a panel, are two geese flying to the left, by moonlight; resting on the lower portion of the esc utcheon is the Ma­sonic ring of a thirty-third degree 1\1a on. A ll enclosed within a border. and hearing the name (If the des igner.

C. Valentine Kirby, in the lower left {:orner and the date, 1907, in the right.

Mark Norris graduated from the University of Michigan in the class of 1879, and from the Law School of the same institution in that of 1882; from 'that time 'hehas been a practicing lawyer in Grand Rapids, Michigan. He was made a Mason in York Lodge, No. 410, January 19, 1DOO, since that elate he has received all the other de­grees in Masonry, and was 'crowned in the thirty-third degree, Septem'ber 17, 1907, having held many offices in the various bodies. He became the Master of his Lodge in 1D04; Eminent Com­mander of De ~Iolay Commandery 1\0. 5, Knig'hts Templar in 1D07. He was elected Grand vVarden of the Grand Commandery of the State of ~!Jichigan in June, 1D09; Deputy Grand Ylaster in Cyrus Council, Princes of Jerusalem' since 1906 ; and at present is Second Lieutenant Commander of De \ iVitt Clinton Consistory of the above named city.

H is library consists of abou t twenty­five hundred volumes, the larger part of which has come to him as an inherit­ance from a long line of Puritan ances­tors; the remainder has been the result o f the purchase of a book here and an­other there, as reading was desired. It contains .a considerable amount of theology from the sermons of the old Puritan clergy men down to the latest editions of Emanuel Sweden'borg's works. There are also a considerable number of volumes relating to history and travel, as well as to :'I!Jasonic litera­ture.

CHARLES D. BINGHA~II,

This plate is an oblong frame-border with curving head; it encloses a tablet with a bow-shaped top, at the sides and over which are branches of conven­tional olive-leaves. \ iVithi n the tablet Ex Libris in script letters above three closed books which are surmounted bv a n ope n book. Diagonally across tile open volul1le is a fac-simile of the

:-IASOI'\IC BOOK PLATES 47

Book Plate of Charles D. Bingham

Desi~ned by C. ValeDline Kirby

O\mer's sig nature, Chas. D. Bingham; the number of the grade 33° in the lower right , and the cross of the rite in the upper left of the pages. In the lower left corner 'of the tablet, in very small letters, is the mune of the de­signer, C. V. Kirby, and in the right corner, 1909. There are three small square tablets on the curvil,!g top of the frame: that at the left encloses the governor of a steam-engine ; that in the centre, the crowned double~headed eagle with the usual motto and acces­sories of t,he grade; and that on the right, a lyre entwined with a scroll inscribed MUSIC in very small letters. The width of this plate is two inches, and the height three.

Brother Bingham was born in Carth­age, New York, in 1846; he is a son of the late Rev. Dr. Isaac S. Bingham, of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He received his education at Rome (N ew York) Academy, and Failey Seminary at Fulton, a Methodist insti­tution. In August, 1864, at the age of eighteen, he enlisted as a member of Battery iVI, 3d i'lew York Volunteer Artillery; he served in this battery

until he was ml1stered out at the close of the war. In 1870 he moved to \Vat­ertown, N . Y., and was in the hardware business l1ntil 1877, when he became Secretary of the Eames Vacuum Brake Company, continuing in that position until 1883, at which time he accepted a position with the Sun loire Insurance Co mpany. In 1887 the Insurance Com­pany moved from \ Vatertown, but Brother Bingham preferring to con­tinue his residence there, entered the employ of the Bagley & Sewall Com­pany, builders of paper and pulp-mak­ing machinery, where he has since re­mained, and at the present time is treasurer of this corporation.

I-T e was lVlayor of the City of \11/ ater­town in 1904 and 1905. I-T e was made a Mason in 1871; jo in ed a Royal Arch Chapter in 18,{'2, and became a Knight Tcmplar in 1873; he received the thirty­second degree, .A. A. S. Rite, in 1879, and the. t'hirty-third degree was con­ferred on him at Pittsburi!:, September },'i. 1806. He was High Priest of \\ 'ate rtow n Chaptcr No. 59, R. A. M., 1880-1881; Eminent Commander of \.\'atertown Commandery, No. 11, Knights Templar, 1890-1891; and in 1903 he received the highest honor in the gift of the Knights Templar in the State of New York, when he was elected Grand CO lllmander of the Grand Commandery of the State,

His library contains about fifteen hundred volumes. and beside numerous books of Freemasonry, standard fic­tion, prose and poetry, is largely made up of technical works, mostly on mechanics.

C. VALENTINE KIRBY Of Buffalo, New York.

The designer of th e last three plates was born in New York State in 1875; he has had extensive experience in the prar.tical and artistic features of draw­ing. He was educated in Union Col­lege, N. Y. For four years he studied at the Art Students' League in New York City and in schools in Phila­delphia, and after filling a position as instructor of drawing in Philadelphia

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was called to Denver to conduct a summer course in arts at the Denver Normal School.

For the past eleven years Mr. Kirby has 'been engaged in art, educational and manual-training work in the sc'hools of Denver. He has edited the industrial art department of the State School Journal of Colorado, and has .contributed to various educational and art publications.

He has recently received the appoint­ment of Director of Art Instruction in the Schools of Manual Training, Buf­falo, New York. One hundred and fifty bookplates have been designed L-­him, bu t his Masonic plates are not at all representative of his decorative work. To be a successful designer of such plates it is important to know the Masonic significance of the emblems of the Craft, and Brethren will discover occasional errors in some of the plates illustrated in this article; to have this information it is of course necessary to be a member, and it is pleasant to know that Brother Kirby has made a start in that direction.

OMAHA :MASONIC LIBRARY.

CLASS, __ _ BOOK No. __ _

®maba .ffla~onic

lLibrarp ACCESSION No. _ __ _

Book Plate oj

Omaha Masonic Library

A simple plate arranged from type, with the square and compasses en­closing the letter G, needing no elabor­ate des'cription; the name of the Lib­rary in two lines, the upper curving. surrounds the emblems.

THE MASONIC LIBRARY, Los Angeles, California.

In consequence of certain letters in the "Los Angeles Freemason," a paper devoted entirely to the interests of Freemasonry and its concordant Or­ders, now in its fourteenth year of publication, and of comments by the editor of that paper, resolutions were brought before the various Lodges in the city in favor of the establishment of a Library and Museum of Masonic relics, curios and books relat5ng to :vIasonry.

Favorable action was taken by the oldest three Lodges, and a Committee appointed to undertake the work; monthly donations of two cents per member were also voted to carryon the financial end of the program. This was about nine years ago. The Tem­ple Building Association provided suit­able rooms for the reception of book shelves, and simple furniture for the accommodation of those wishing- to avail themselves of the privilege of the Library. By a careful conservation of the funds, the Committee were soon a bl e to purchase a com pI ete set of

. handsome book cases, and a better and more 'comfortable class of furniture and appointments.

In the meantime the Committee went to work to obtain donations of books, curios and like matters, and as funds accumulated, books of all kinds, w'hether relating to Masonry or not, but which seemed suitable, principally historical, geographical and scientific, wi th some of the novels of the best writers, were obtained, and today have a very handsome Library, richly fur­nished. and with between two and three thousand volumes on its shelves.

From this small beginning, the Library has developed into a very use­ful and ornamen tal accessory to the

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Masonic Temple, a place where Ma­sonic students may find material for their studies; secretaries may consult copies of most of the proceedings of the various Grand bodies of the coun­try, a very valuable and useful factor in their work; a nd the general reader

A bookcase with curtain partly with­drawn, on which is an open book and two other volumes closed, and an an­tique lamp emitting a cloud of smoke above, on which, within a circle, is the lette r G within the square and com­passes; below th e circ le, in three lines,

Ut intrantes videant lumen

~asonic Library Los Angeles, Cal.

Book Plate 0/

The Masonic Librm'y, Los Angeies, California

pass a pleasant hour in the company of the "great of the earth,"

It sh ould be mentioned that this is the second Masonic Library whic'h has been established in the city, The first, with a valuable collection of early Masonic and other works, was de­stroyed in the fire that consumed the old "Masonic Hall, corner of First and Spring Streets.

MASONIC LIBRARY

Los Angel es,

Cal.

and two lines; below which is No.--;

above the circle, the motto "Ut in­

trantes videant lumen" (That those

who enter see light).

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PROFESSOR ALLEN J. SMITH.

EX rnmOJ LIBRl!:~

Book Plate of

Pro/. Allen J. Smith

This i ' an oblong plate, two and a quarter in ches wide and three and a half high. On the sides and base it has a border of the leaves and fruit of th e pomcgranate conventionalized, o n a lace back-ground, and which allude to the ornam en tation of the "pillars of the porch." This border encloses the Chapter Mark of Brother Smith, which is a radiant star of five points, with as many clusters of formal rays emerging from between the points, and fil1ing a square field . O n the centre of the star is a key-stone with the familiar letters in a circle enclosi ng a cipher of Brother Smith 's initials, A. J. S. At the top in two lines EX LIBRIS three open vol­umes following the first word, and one preceding the las t. Beneath the device is the owner's name in two lines, fol­lowed by No. on the left, and an open book, si mli lar to those above, at the right ; on its right-hand page is a mono-

g ram of L. S., the initials of the de­signer, Louis Schmidt, now of the Rockfel1 er Institute, but formerly con­nected with the Art Department of the Un iversity of Pennsylvania.

The central device which is recorded as Brother S mith 's .Mark in the books of San Fi lipe de Aust in R. . Chapter, in Galveston, Texas, and which com­bines the emblem of the State of Texas (the "Lone Star") with that of the "'Keystone State," Pennsylvania, has an a llu sion to the profess ional life of the ow ner, he hav in g been conn ected with the U nivers iti es of both those States. It is certainly a ta steful de­sign, simpl e yet ful1 of s ignificance to Breth ren of the fraternity.

Drother Smit'h was born in York, Pennsy lvania, in 1863, graduated from Pennsy lvania College, at Gettysburg, in 1883, receivi ng the degrce of A. M. in 1886. Afte r grad uating from the medical department of the Un iversity of Penn sylvania in 1886, he became an Ass ista nt in Pathology in thi s school, and served in that office from 1887 to 1891; in the latter year he was elected Professor of Pathology in the U niver­sity of Texas, which position he held until 1903, 'when he was elected Pro­fessor of Pathology in the U niversity of Pen nsylvan ia, and still 'ho lds that office. For a number of years he was Dean of the U n'iversity of Texas, and now is Dean of the Department of Med icine of th e U nive rsity of Pennsyi­vania.

He is the author of Lessons and Laboratory Exercises in Bacteriology, and also of very many articl es in medi­cal journals, etc.

It was in 1895 or 1896 that he joined th e F reemasons in Ga lveston, Texas, and became a member of Tucker Lodge No. 297 there, and also of San Filipe de Austin R. A. C hapter, No.2. H is professional life has-been such a busy one that he 'has never had time to hold ?vlasonic offic e, except occa­sionally as a substitute.

MASONIC BOOK PLATES ':;1

A. E. BACHERT.

Book Plate 0/

A. E. Bachert DesiQned by the owner

The book plate o f M r. Bachert is a singular combination of heraldic de­vices wifh the instruments of an en­gineer. Its form is that o f a shield, which bears a Greek cross, on the horizontal arms of which are shown a draughtsman's square, an inkstand and a triangular scale Or ruler on the left, and compasses on the right of a per­pendicular tablet, the latter placed on the upright arm s of the cross; the ends of the ruler are shown on each side of this tabl et, and the points of a second pair of compasses project 'below it. On the tablet is a cipher of the owner's initials, A. E . B.; the A is made by a level-rod and two marking rods, crossed by a small telescope; a theo­dolite forms the perpendicular bar of

the B, which is completed by two con­ventional curving figures, the ends of which touch a triangular square, sur­mounted by a small pair of compasses placed horizontally upon it, and its apex meets the legs of the theodolite. The E is formed by a steel tape and ree'l curv1ing in coils about the other letters: from the upper end of th~ tape line is s u spend~d a plumb. In th e fo ur spaces outside the cross are as many armorial devlices. l. In the upper left quarter, Gul es, a cross arg­ent between four eig ht-pointed sta rs of the last (an ancient French flag); on an escutcheon azure, three fleurs­de-li s argent, two over one, and ove r the esc utcheon is a coronet. 2. In th e upper right quarter Per fess, o r and sable: on an escut­cheon argent, en wreathed with two laurel branches t ied in base 'by a bow of ribbon, a bull's head cabossed, pro­per. 3. In the lowe r left quarter, P er fess, azure and arge nt; in chief, the VVestern hem isphere which rests upon a turtl e, proper, in :base ; a ribbon, arg­ent, falls o n either sid e of the globe in chief, which is lettered LENNO on the dexter and LEN APE qn the sinister fold. (The allu sion is ev idently to the totem of the L enni-Lenape or Dela­wa re Indians, and their t ribal tradition that the turtle, th eir emblem, suppo,rts the world. See Cooper's "The Last of the Mohicans.") 4. In the last quar­ter, Az ure, a cross saltire, argent, with a' circle on the junction of the arms en­closing a thistle encompassed by the word s NEMO ME LVIPU~E LACES­SIT. (The well-known motto of Scot­land , "No one insults me with im­punity.") In place of a crest an ellip­tical tablet surmounts the shield, on \·vhich is a portrait-bust of the owner, facing. and wearing the fez and badge of a " :-JO'ble of the Mystic Shrine." This ellipse is supported by two grif­fins rampant, crowned and holding battle-axes. Over the top, curving, EX LIBRIS and beneath the sh ield a fac­simile of the owner's autograph.

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Height, four inches; width, two and three-quarters inches.

'While the arms are not in strict accord with the laws of Continental heraldry, they hav e definite allusions to t11e genealogical descent of Brother Bachert, for in him is mingled Danish, French, Swiss, German , Scotch and American-Indian blood. The dragons with crow ns and battle-axes refer to Denmark; the second quarter, with the bull's -head, shows the arms of th e Swiss canton Uri; the significance of the third and fourth quarters is evident from the desc ripti ons above. The en­gineering inst rum ents arranged to form a cipher of hi s nam e serve also to make his Masonic " mark."

Brother Bachert was born on a farm in Rush T ownshi p, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, in 1862. At the age of twelve years he commenced his career as a 'civil and mining engineer as Chainman and on instrument work 0 11

property surveys in various counti es lin Pennsylvania. F rom 1876 to 1885 he made property surveys and attending the Millersv ille State Normal School, Pennsylvania, and the Ohio Northern U niversity, graduating at the latter as Civil Engineer in 1885. Since that time his experience has been of a diversified character in mining anth­racite and bituminous coals as well as in all branC'hes of civil engineering. In 1909 he opened an engineering 0 ce at Tyrone, Pennsylvania for Civil and Mining E ngineering, where he is no\v located.

His library is composed of over four thousand volumes, whi,ch he has been collecting for over thirty years, by watching the auction sales and con­tinuous "nosing" in second-hand stores he -has acquired many rare and valuable items of a diversified charac­ter. The Masonic sec ti on being on a par with the balance, and includes a History of the Knights of Malta

(Ita'lian), published in the latter part of the XVI Century, about 1580.

II e is a Freemason of at least the fourth generation, although thus far he has been unabl e to verify his great­g rca t-grandfath er's membership in any particular lodge. IIis name was :\1 icholas Bac her, and a Revolutionary soldi er, and it is believed he was a member of one of the army or travel­ling lodges.

Brother Bachert is a life member of IIazle Lodge, ::\10. 327, Hazleton, Pa., and belongs to all the oth er Masonic bodies; he is also a member of the Correspondence Circl es of the English Lodge Quatuor Coronati , and the Lodge of Research. He is a Past Com­mand er a nd Ex-Depu ty Grand Com­mander of the Anci ent and Illiu strious O rder of the Knights of Malta. In addition to his Masonic affiliation he is a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers, A merican Institute of Mining E ngineers, E ng in ee rs ' Society of Pennsylvania, and American Elec­trochemical Society.

J OSEPH \N. FELLOvVS 33°.

Judge Fellows, a distingu ished Ma­son and one o f the best known mem­bers of the New Hampshire Bar, who was a resident of Manchester for nearly half a century, was bo rn in An­dover, . H., January 15, 1835, and di ed at his home April 26, 1906. All of hi s Masonic books and rituals were given to the Grand Commandery of Knights Templar of the State of New Hampshire, for the use of the Masonic fraternity on condition that on the cover of each book there should be a label reading as foll ows:

"Presented by Joseph W . Fellows, Past Right Eminent Grand Command­er, 1874-1875."

Up to the present time no book plate has been adopted for this Library.

PART VII-. WILLIAM BARROLL Lodge No.8, and in 17D l, he was

Book Plate 0/

William Barrol! (Allen's American Book Plates No. 59)

From the collection of Mr. Frederick J. Libbie .

"Depu ty" (proxy) from the same lodge to the Grand L odge.

PETER A. BROW N E, LL. D .

Beneath an All-Seeing Eye irradiat­ed, in the cen tre near the top of an ob­long engraved plate five and a quarter inches wtide, a nd th ree ,and a half inches high, on a large square library t alble, is an open volum e on the left, and three closed volumes on the right. Between them is another large book standing on ~ts front edge; in front of the latter is a tablet bearing the own­er's name engraved Ijn sc ript. Over th ese books is a circular wreath formed by two brantC'hes of laurel. The motto, "Fiat Justitia" (Let jus tice be done) , appears on the front edge and the skull and crossbones appear on two legs of tlhe tabl e. The plate is signed,

An elliptical tablet the style showing Engraved by James Akin (this artist the influence of the French art of the engraved five other plates). period. The tablet rests on two Pelter A. Browne, LL. D., was a branches, the stems of which are di stinguished Phi-ladelphlia lawyer and crossed below, of palm on th e left and a prominent citizen in his day. He olive (?) on the right. The tablet is died January 7, 1860, at the age of draped with a nibbon. Above is the ra- seventy-eight years. He was admit­diant All-Seeing Eye aris ing from ted to the Philadelphia Bar March 7, clouds. On the ellipse in three lines is 1803. Being a very able man, hlis law the. name ·WILLIAM BARROLL (in practice was large and important. SCript letters) , CHESTERTOvVN Mr. Browne is the author of the 1795. T'his is a scarce plate and th~ following law books: impression from which the above de- A SUl11'mary of the Law of Penn­scription is made was taken after the sylvania, Securing to Mechanics, and plate was badly worn. Others, Paymenlt for their Labour, and

Brother Barroll was present as a Materials, etc. representative at a meeting 'held April Browne's Reports, Vol. I , 1811; Vol. 17th, 1787, for the purpose of forming II, 1813. the Grand Lodge of Mary'land, and In his later years he was known was a regular attendant at its meet- rather as a man of science than as a ings for several years. In 1788, the lawyer. His researches with the mi­Lodge Elk of Elktown, under dispen- croscope exctjted a good deal of inter-

est and led to much discussion. His sat ion authorized him to receive from I efforts were chiefly directed to the t' le Grand Lodge a warrant for that encouragement of greater care in the lodge. In 1789, he was Master of raising of wool, Ithough his inquiries

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Book Plate 0/

Peter A. Browne

Engraved by James Akin (Allen's American Book Plate. No. 113)

From the collection of Miss Maria Girard Messenger

led incidentally to the discusSiion of the differences between the great races of the human family. It may be remembered that, from an examination of a lock of his hair, he declared posi­tively against the claims of the Rev. Eleazer VlTilliams to be "the lost Bour­bon," and we 'have heard that he even went so far as to ,cons'ider the hair an index of character.

He was a leading spirit in the 'build­ing of the Philadelphia "Arcade" on the north side of Chestnut Street, west of Sixth; also took an active part in the erection of the "Pagoda," a pleas­ure garden located near FaJirmount \i\T ater vVorks, one of the attractions being a Chinese pagoda. As a joke his friends sp;oke of him as Pagoda Arcade Browne. It is doubtful if elither of the ventures proved a financial success.

He received the 2nd and 3rd de­grees in Free Masonry September 2d, 1804, after receiving the 1st degree t'he month previous lin Lodge No. 91. Having resigned from this lodge De-

cember 5th, 1807, he was admitted into Lodge No. 115, October 1st, 1811, and served as Secretary of this lodge in 1813, as Treasurer in 1814, and as Worshipful Master in 1815, resigning his connection W1ith it August 3rd, 1819. Both of these lodges held their meetings in Philadelphia.

ALFRED A. ASHMAN

Bro. Ashman is a member of Joseph We'bb Lodge, St. Paul's Royal Arch Chapter, Boston Council, Joseph War­ren Commandery, Aleppo Temple, A. A. N. M. S., and the Williams Club, com posed of Joseph Webb Lodge members joined together to perpetuate the memory of the late Vli11iam H. Williams. He resides at Braintree, Massachusetts.

The principal feature of his book­plate is a six-pointed star, formed by two equilateral triangles interlaced, the'ir points intersected 'by c.. circle; the space between the central portions of the two triangles, whlich forms a hex-

MASONIC BOOK PLATES

N9 __ Date ___ --

Book Plate of

AI/red A. Ashman

Designed by Mrs. Ashman.

agon, contains a Icube or perfect ashlar, on the front of which are the square and compasses endosing the letter G. The upper point touches the base of a ri'b'bon scrolI inscribed Magna est Veritas et praevaicbit ("Tmth is mighty and will preva:il," the well­known motto of the Ordei' of the Red Cross). Under the central device is another scroll with EX on the left and LIBRIS on the right fold. Be­neath is the owner's name, ALFRED A. ASHMAN, and in another line be­low, No. --- DaJte ---.

vVhile this plate has the beauty of simplicity it clearly lindicates that its owner had received the Lodge, Chap­ter and Commandery degrees. Its height is three and three-quarter inch­es, and its width two and one-half.

LOUIS ATWELL OLNEY

A Key Stone; the emblems taken collectively within the circle upon it, furm 'hlis mark; which is chiefly de­signed to portray his profession, that of a chemist. The hexagon with a C-H at each of the six points, and with six lines radiating from these points toward the center, represents the structural formula of a molecule of benzene C6H6 which is the foundation compound to w'hich practically all of the thousancls of coa'l-tar derivatives, including the artificial clyestuffs, are directly related. It i known to chem­ists as the "benzen e ring." The em­hlems lin the six sec·tions which are naturally formed within this benzine r;n g represent six important working

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lEx LnlblJllS

LOUIS ATWEL~ OLNEY

B ook Plate 0/

Louis A lweI! Ollley

agencies of the chcm ist . T he tri angle is constantly used 'by the chemi st as th e sy mbol fo r Heat. T he sun is in­troduced as th c sy mbol of" Light. The lightnin g for E lec tri Ciity. The still and wo rm condense r as representi ng the Ic hemi"t's 111 0St use ful process-D is­tilrlation. The ncxt fi gure represents the chemi st's 1110st usefu l in strument, the Balance. The last fi gu re, 'wh ich is not qui te as clea r as th e others, rep­resents a chemljst 's beilker wi th a solu­t ion and crysta ls in t he bottom , and is reprcsentative of t wo more csse n­tia l processes of the chemist, Solution and Crystallizati on. The whole is sur­round ed by the serpe nt swallowing his tail whi ch is t'he Akhemlis t's sign of E ternity, and a t th e center is The All ­Seeing E ye which radi ates o ver the whole. Above th e circle, E x Libri s, and below it, L ouis At"ve ll Olney, in three lines. Thlis is a nea t little pl ate, three in ches hi g h and two "vtide.

Brother O lney was born in Provi­dence, R. I., A pril 21 , 1874 ; g raduated from the Providence High School in 1891, Bryant and Stratton's Business Co l'lege in 1892, L ehigh University, 1896, receliving th e deg ree of M. S. 1908. He was instructor in chemistry at Brown University 1896-97, and has

been professor of chemistry and head of th e departm ent of tex t il e chemistry and dye ing a t the L owell Textile School sin ce 1891' : 'he ha s se rved as exp ert chemi st in num erous Comt Cas­es, and is consulting chcmi t for sev­eral Lowell <corporations; he has also made spec ial in vcstigat ions and writ­ten upon Textil e Chemi st ry and Tex­til e Colorin g, Coal Tar, and F ucls. He is especia lly in te rested Ijn philately and photography.

Besides be ing- a membc r of several Chcmi ca l Soc ieti es and CIl1b s, in cluding th e lVlasoni c Club of Lowcll , he is a Scotti ~ h Ri te Maso n and a K nights Tc mplar, and r cs'jdes in Lowcll , Mass.

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.'\ ft er 111y manu sc ript had been handcd to the editor my at tent ion was call ed to the next two p la tcs which wcre g iven in a li tt le book ent itled "A n Early Conn ec ti cut E ng rave r and H is Ii\<' o rk," b y A lb ert C. Bat es, I ibra­ri an, Conn ecticut H istorical SOdiety. T o ave t ime that ge ntl em an has klindly lent me hi s elec trotypes and g iven me permiss ion to use h is text describ­ing th em, for which courtesy 'he has my wa rmes t thanks.

T he next pla te needs no deta il ed de­scri ptcio n ; it is from a n orig in al repro­duccd in the H umphrcys Fami ly gen­ealogy issued about 1884, and whi ch apparently then belonged to M rs. Pete r L. Perine of O maha, Neb . The orig in al plate has bee n sa id by some to have ,bee n eng raved by o ne Stiles , a convi ct in N ewgate P rison , on a copper plate mad e from th e metal m in ed in th e pi t over w hi ch the pr ison stood. Th is, however. lis hig hly im­proba'ble; th ere is ev idence to show that it is a n early work of Richard B run ton, a convi cted counterfe iter, who was a lso at o ne time im pri soned at N ewgate.

Mr. Bates says: "It doubtl ess be­longed to Maj. Humphreys. H e was a memb er and Junior W arden of Fred­erirck Lodge of Masons o f Farming ton,

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SIT J. {TX ET L BX TnT

Masonic Book Plate

Conn., and upon the form ati on of Vil­lage Lodge of 'vV cst Simsbury lin 1796, he became a c'harter member and may have been it;; first :\IIaster. Hence the plate bearing the Masonic emblems, hut its purpose is conjectural."

Mr. Bates says on thi s point: "It is hardly supposable that the lodge would have a library and so need a book plate, or that Maj. Humphreys would have Masonic books in suffi­cient number to require a special plate for them. Pos ibly the plate was in­tended as a purely ornamental and decorative piece of work. No original impressions of it are known." But it has been customary for owners of Ma­sonic 'book plates to use them without restricting them to works relating ~o the Fraternity.

TIMOTHY HALL The plate of Timothy fbII belonged

to the phYSlician of that name living in East Hartford, Conn. The heraldry of this p:late is somewhat doubtful. It wa s probably engraved Iby Richard Brunton, whose works are fully de-5cribed by Mr. Bates.

Dr. Hall was Iborn, pro'hably in Hartford, now E as t Hartford, June 4, 1758, the son of Timothy and Alice (Smith) Hall. He served as a Surgeon in the army during the Revolution, and witnessed the execution of Major

ndre. After the war he was surgeon of the nlineteenth regiment of militia. He settled lin the parish of Hockanum and there resided until his death, Aug. 6, 1844, "beloved and esteemed by all who knew him." At the beginning of his practice he had no horse and visit-

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Book Plate of

Timothy Hall

ed his pat ien ts on foot ; la ter he ow ned a chalise. Soon afte r the town of East Hartford was se t off from H artford in 1783, Dr. Hall a nd Dr. Samuel F lagg petitioned to be allowed " to set up inocu'lation for the small-pox," bat were refu sed. But in 1791 they were

given liberty "to set up and carryon inoculation for the small-pox in this town during the term of time the Clivil authority and selectmen shall judge it consistent w'ith the welfare of the in'habitants of tqe town : the petition­ers allowing the town the benefit of th e said hospital , g ratis, for the poor of th e town that may have taken the small-pox th e natural way." He was promlin ent in the proceedings of the Connecticut Medical Society, was its treasurer and vice-pres ident, and re­ce ived its honorary degree of M. D. in 1812. His fir st wife was Eunice, daughter of Nath aniel Hlill s, after whose death in 1797 he married Mary, da ughter of D ea. J ohn Goodwin. Of hi s four children, Samu el the eldest, born)n 1785, followed th e profession of hi s fa ther in -his na t ive town.

T he accompanying reprod uctJion of Timothy Hall's book pla te is from an orig inal in the collec tion of D r. Henry C. E no of New York city.

lLos ~ngdts (:onststof!' . j}o. 3 .

~COtti5b Rite llibrarp PRESENTED BY

JOHN H. TRAIN , 32 0

MARCH 1. 1908

:\I.-\SO \:T C nOOK PL-\ TES

(; Lo:OHC I ~ litC, I ~ST COLLINS

Book Plate 0/

George Emest Collins By Brother C. Valentine Kirby , Director of Art

Instruction. Buffalo. N. Y.

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This aLtracti ve etched plate was re­

ce ived too late to write a detailed c\e­

criptioll of it , o r to get lin fo rmation

conce rnin g the owner.

®rirnt of <.!lalifortti41

Donated by ___ _ ___ _ _____ _

-----1YO-

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Thomas Kite, 33°.

B ook P late 0/

Thomas Kite 33°, Cillcinnati, Ohio .

. -\ c ti ve membe r o i S upreme CUllI1 Cil :\ . :\1. J. lJa~t C ra nd CUlllm a nd er , C ra nel Co nll lla nde ry l-:ni g h ts T e m pla rs u f O hi u.

.\[ r\SO\" rc n OOK PL\TES

Norris Stanley Barratt, 32°. .

EX LIBRIS

N ORRIS STANLEY BARRATT

NOSCE TEIPSUM . - - --::.- -

BARRATT 'S CHAPEL

11 80

BooN I'lli/ e 0/

Norris Stantey Barrat 3r Judge of Court of Common Pleas No.2, Philadelphia

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l'ro m1in ent in (;ranc! L odge of Pennsylvania as a me mber of the Comm it­tee on Library anc! .\Ill se llill. o ne of its impo rtant cOll1 mittees.

This concludes my remarks on Masonic Book Plates in America and their Owners. The~Secretary of the Grand Lodge of Iowa has designed a new plate for the library of that Grand Lodge , and Mrs. E. S. Crandon has designed a plate for the new Masonic Home at Charlton, Massachusetts. It is expected by the designers of these plates that they will be engraved plates but it is not possible to describe or illustrate them at this time .

FINIS.