American Freemasonry

Lodge Website: St. John’s Lodge, Boston Massachusetts. Founded 1733.

Online Books:

History of Saint John’s Lodge of Boston in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, as shown in the records of the First Lodge, the Second Lodge, the Third Lodge, the Rising Sun Lodge, the Masters’ Lodge, St. John’s Lodge, Most Worshipful Grand Lodge.

Proceedings in masonry : St. John’s Grand Lodge, 1733-1792; Massachusetts Grand Lodge, 1769-1792. With an appendix, containing copies of many ancient documents, and a table of lodges : Freemasons. Grand Lodge of Massachusetts.

Lodge of Saint Andrew, and the Massachusetts Grand Lodge. Conditi et ducati, anno lucis 5756-5769 : Freemasons. Lodge of Saint Andrew (Boston, Mass.).

Washington’s masonic correspondence as found among the Washington papers in the Library of Congress : Washington, George, 1732-1799.

The history of Brother General Lafayette’s fraternal connections with the R.W. Grand Lodge, F. & A.M., of Pennsylvania : Sachse, Julius Friedrich, 1842-1919.

Benjamin Franklin as a Freemason; Sachse, Julius Friedrich, 1842-1919.

Franklin’s account with the “Lodge of masons” 1731-1737, as found upon the pages of his daily journal ; read before the right worshipful Grand lodge F. and A. M. of Pennsylvania at the annual grand communication held at Philadelphia, December 27, 1898 : Sachse, Julius Friedrich, 1842-1919.

The Grand Lodge of the most ancient and honorable fraternity of Free and Accepted Masons, according to the old institution in Pennsylvania and the adjacent districts of America therewith united in Masonic jurisdiction; its early history and constitutions, from A. L. 5730, A. D. 1730, its minutes and proceedings : Freemasons. Pennsylvania. Grand Lodge. Library Committee.

Freemasonry in Pennsylvania, 1727-1907, as shown by the records of Lodge No. 2, F. and A. M. of Philadelphia from the year A.L. 5757, A.D. 1757

Freemasonry in Pennsylvania, 1727-1907, as shown by the records of Lodge No. 2, F. and A. M. of Philadelphia from the year A.L. 5757, A.D. 1757. Vol 2.

Freemasonry in Pennsylvania, 1727-1907. Vol 3.

Old Masonic lodges of Pennsylvania, “moderns” and “ancients” 1730-1800. Vol 1.

Old Masonic lodges of Pennsylvania, “moderns” and “ancients” 1730-1800. Vol. 2.

Proceedings of the right worshipful Grand lodge of the most ancient and honorable fraternity of free and accepted masons of Pennsylvania, and masonic jurisdiction thereunto belonging, at its celebration of the one hundred and twenty-fifth anniversary of its independence

Masonic Homes of the Right Worshipful Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of Pennsylvania

Dedication memorial of the new masonic temple, Philadelphia

History of the most ancient and honorable fraternity of Free and accepted masons in New York

The American York Rite

CRAFT MASONRY (Blue Lodge):

1. Entered Apprentice

2. Fellow Craft

3. Master Mason

In America each of the 50 states has its own Craft Grand Lodge. 

Alabama
Alaska
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
District of Columbia
Florida
Georgia
Hawaii
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
North Carolina
North Dakota
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Vermont
Virginia
Washington
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming
 

CHAPTER MASONRY (Royal Arch Masonry):

4. Mark Master

5. Past Master (Virtual)

6. Most Excellent Master

7. Royal Arch

General Grand Chapter of Royal Arch Masons: www.ramint.org

COUNCIL MASONRY (Cryptic Masonry):

8. Royal Master

9. Select Master

10. Super-Excellent Master

General Grand Council of Cryptic Masons: www.ggccmi.org

THE COMMANDERY:

11. Knight of the Red Cross

12. Knight of Malta

13. Knight Templar

The Grand Encampment of Knights Templar: www.knightstemplar.org

OTHER MASONIC BODIES: YorkRite.org

Grand Council of Knight Masons: www.knightmasons.org

1. Knight of Sword
2. Knight of the East
3. Knight of the East and West 

Grand Council of Allied Masonic Degrees: www.amdusa.org

1. Order of St. Lawrence the Martyr
2. Knight of Constantinople
3. Grand Tilers of Solomon
4. Excellent Master
5. Masters of Tyre
6. Architect
7. Grand Architect
8. Superintendent
9. Ye Antient Order of the Corks
10. Red Branch of Eri and Appendant Orders
11. Royal Ark Mariner
12. Order of the Secret Monitor 

United Grand Imperial Council of the Red Cross of Constantine: www.redcrossconstantine.org

1. Knight of the Red Cross of Constantine
2. Knight of the Holy Sepulchre
3. Knight of St. John the Evangelist 

Grand College of Holy Royal Arch Knight Templar Priests: www.hraktp.org

Provincial Council of the Order of St Thomas of Acon: www.stthomasacon.org

Provincial Grand Court of the Order of Athelstan: www.athelstan-usa.org

High Council of Societas Rosicruciana in Civitatibus Foederatis: www.sricf.org

1. I Zelator
2. II Theoricus
3. III Practicus
4. IV Philosophus
5. V Adeptus Minor
6. VI Adeptus Major
7. VII Adeptus Exemptus
8. VIII Magister Templi
9. IX Magus 

Provincial Grand Lodge of the Royal Order of Scotland: www.roosusa.org

1. Degree of Heredom of Kilwinning
2. Degree of Knight of the Rosy Cross 

Regional Grand Assemblage USA of the Operatives: www.operatives-usa.org

Grand College of Rites of the USA: www.grandcollegeofrites.org

Scottish Rite, Southern Jurisdiction: http://scottishrite.org

Scottish Rite, Northern Jurisdiction: www.scottishritenmj.org

Grotto (MOVPER): www.scgrotto.org

Shriners (AAONMS): www.shrinershq.org

The French Rite of Freemasonry