Excerpt from A Brief Inquiry Into the Origin and Principles of Free MasonryBut Mr. Lawrie was not the first who rejected the opinion that Masonry was founded by a fraternity of architects, The Spirit {of Masonry, several years before this, had been published with the approbation of the Grand Lodge' of England, under the aus-i pioes of Lord petrie, Grand Master, by Mr. Hutchinson, Mas ter of the Barnardcastle Lodge of Concord. In this book, which.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.