Bibliography of Masonic Speeches and Annals

Prince Hall Speeches

Hall, Prince. “A Charge Delivered to the Brethren of African Lodge on the 25th of June 1792.” Delivered at the Hall of Brother William Smith in Charlestown, by the Right Worshipful Master Prince Hall. (Printed at the request of the Lodge and sold at the Bible and Heart, Cornhill, Boston, 1792.)

Hall, Prince. “A Charge Delivered to the African Lodge, June 24, 1797, at Menotomy, Mass.” Delivered by the Right Worshipful Prince Hall. Published by the desire of the members of said lodge, 1797 (reprinted, Arthur A. Schomburg, grand secretary).

Annals of the Lodges and Grand Lodges of Prince Hall

Alabama

Proceedings of the Grand Lodge of Alabama, 1866.

Arkansas

Proceedings of the 5th Annual Communication of the Grand Lodge of the State of Arkansas. Pine Bluff: Newman, 1890; Little Rock: Blocher and Mitchell, 1890, 64 pages.

California

Proceedings of the 6th and 7th Annual Communication of the M. W. Sovereign Grand Lodge for the State of California, 1881. Oakland: Tribune Steam Book, 1882.

Georgia

Proceedings of the Grand Lodge of Georgia. Alexandria, Va.: George Washington Masonic National Memorial, 1990.

Idaho

Idaho Grand Lodge Proceedings. Alexandria, Va.: George Washington Masonic National Memorial, 1991.

Kentucky

Address of the Grand Master and Report of a Special Committee to Whom Was Referred the Action of the Grand Lodge of Washington on the Subject of Recognizing Negro Masonry. Louisville: Grand Lodge of Kentucky, 1898.

Louisiana

Louisiana Grand Lodge Proceedings, 1993. Alexandria, Va.: George Washington Masonic National Memorial, February 8, 1993.

Maine

Maine Grand Lodge Proceedings. Alexandria, Va.: George Washington Masonic National Memorial, 1996.

Massachusetts

St. Andrew’s Lodge. An Ancient Tale Told New, Bicentennial Memorial, 1756–1956. Boston: Lodge Publication, 1958.

Proceedings of the Prince Hall Grand Lodge of the Most Ancient and Honourable Fraternity of Free and Accepted Masons, Boston, Massachusetts, for the Year 1873. Boston: Prince Hall Grand Lodge, 1874.

Proceedings of the 100th Anniversary of the Granting of Warrant 459 to African Lodge at Boston, Sept. 29, 1884. Boston: Franklin Press, 1885.

Missouri

Proceedings of the 11th Annual Communication of the Grand Lodge of the State of Missouri and Its Jurisdiction, Commencing August 21, 1877. St. Louis: C. R. Barns, 1877, 187 pages.

New York

Constitution and Statutes of the Most Worshipful United Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of the State of New York. New York: Tobitt and Bunce, 1876.

The Craftsman’s Club Constitutions and By-Laws. New York: League Press, 1905, 9 pages.

Correspondence between Harry Williamson and H. V. B. Voorhis and Others on Negro Masonry, 1941–1951. Archives of the New York Grand Lodge, Livingston Library.

Negro Masonry Proceedings. New York: 1899, Appendix, 56 pages.

The Recognition of Negro Grand Lodges by the Grand Lodge of Washington, June 15, 1898.

Proceedings of the Most Ancient and Honorable Fraternity of Free and Accepted Masons of the State of New York from December 1877 to June 1879. New York: George O’Hare, 1880.

Proceedings of the Most Worshipful Fraternity of Free and Accepted Masons of the State of New York. New York: George E. O’Hara, 1897–1902.

Roster of the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of the State of New York, 1913–1914.

Ohio

History, Constitution and By-Laws of Excelsior Lodge n° 11, Prince Hall, Warranted 1865. Prince Hall Temple, Cleveland, Ohio, 1926, 26 pages.

Pennsylvania

Abstract of the Proceedings of the Grand Lodge of the State of Pennsylvania from December 27, 1869 to December 17, 1874. Philadelphia: 1875, 112 pages.

Official Proceedings of the 141st Annual Communication, Most Worshipful Prince Hall Grand Lodge of the State of Pennsylvania, A. L. 595. Archives of the New York Grand Lodge, Livingston Library, 19.

Proceedings of the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania for the Year 1873. Prince Hall Grand Lodge, 1874.

Annals of the Lodges or
Grand Lodges of the Eastern Star

Arkansas, Grand Chapter, Order of the Eastern Star, Colored, Proceedings of the 5th Annual Communication of the Grand Chapter, State of Arkansas, June 10. 1890.

Little Rock: Mitchell and Bettis, 1890.

By-Laws of the Alpha Chapter n° 1. Order of the Eastern Star. New York: League Press, 1903, 9 pages.

Constitution and By-Laws of the Grand Chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star.

Terre Haute: C. W. Brown, 1901, 38 pages.

Proceedings of the Annual Sessions of the Grand Chapter, Order of the Eastern Star of the State of Indiana 1890–1892. Terre Haute: C. W. Brown, Moore and Langen; Louisville, Ky.: A. J. Domeck, 1891–1900.

“Report of the Committee on Foreign Correspondence.” In Proceedings of the 5th Annual Communication of the Grand Lodge of the State of Arkansas. Pine Bluff: Newman, 1877, 40–57.