ORIGIN, PATRONAGE, DISSEMINATION, PRINCIPLES, DUTIES,
AND ULTIMATE DESIGNS, LAID OPEN FOR THE

EXAMINATION OF THE SERIOUS AND

CANDID: BEING A

COURSE OF LECTURES,

EXHIBITED BEFORE THE

GRAND CHAPTER OF THE STATE OF NEW-YORK,

AT THEIR

ANNUAL MEETINGS,

HELD IN TEMPLE CHAPTER ROOM, IN THE
CITY OF ALBANY.

BY SALEM TOWN, A. M. GRAND CHAPLAIN,

PRINCIPAL OF GRANVILLE ACADEMY.

"To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the hidden man-
ua, and will give him a white stone, and in the stone a new name
written, which no man knoweth, saving he that receiveth it."

ST. JOHN.

"According to the revelation of the mystery, which was kept
secret since the world began."

ST PAUL.

1040

SALEM, N. Y.

PRINTED BY DODD AND STEVENSON.

Southern District of New-York, ss.

BE IT REMEMBERED, that on the twenty-seventh day of November, in the forty second year of the Inde(L. s.) pendence of the United States of America, SALEM Tows, of the said District, hath deposited in this

office the title of a Book the right whereof he claims as Author, in the words following, to wit: "A System of Speculative Masonry, in its Origin, Patronage, Dissemination, Principles, Duties, and Ultimate Designs, laid open for the Examination of the Serious and Candid: Being a Course of Lectures, exhibited before the Grand Chapter of the State of New-York, at their Annual Meetings, held in Temple Chapter Room, in the City of Albany.-By SALEM TOWN, A. M. Grand Chaplain, Principal of Granville Academy."

"To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the hidden manna, and will give him a white stone, and in the stone a new name written, which no man knoweth saving he that receiveth it.

ST. JOHN.

"According to the revelation of the mystery, which was kept secret since the world began."

ST. PAUL.

In conformity to the Act of the Congress of the United States, entitled, "An Act for the encouragement of Learning, by securing the copies of Maps, Charts, and Books to the authors and proprietors of such copies, during the time therein mentioned." And also to an Act, entitled "An Act, supplementary to an Act, entitled an Act for the encouragement of Learning, by securing the copies of Maps, Charts, and Books to the authors and proprietors of such copies, during the times therein mentioned, and extending the benefits thereof to the arts of designing, engraving, and etching historical and other prints."

JAMES DILL,

Clerk of the Southern District of New-York.

THE

FOLLOWING WORK

IS HUMBLY DEDICATED

TO THE

MOST EXCELLENT GRAND CHAPTER

OF THE STATE OF NEW-YORK,

BY THEIR

BROTHER AND COMPANION,

SALEM TOWN.

Feb. 4, A. L. 5817.