New England and the Bavarian Illuminati
Transcriber‘s Notes
VERNON STAUFFER, A. M.
Dean and Professor of New Testament and Church History Hiram College
SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY IN THE
FACULTY OF POLITICAL SCIENCE COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY
NEW YORK 1918
COPYRIGHT, 1918 BY VERNON STAUFFER
To J. E., R. W., AND R. F.
CONTENTS
THE UNDERMINING OF PURITAN STANDARDS AND INSTITUTIONS
POLITICAL ENTANGLEMENTS AND HYSTERIA
Vernon Stauffer
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ACKNOWLEDGMENT
INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER I
1. RAPID DISINTEGRATION OF PURITANISM AFTER THE REVOLUTION
2. OMINOUS DISCONTENT WITH THE STANDING ORDER
CHAPTER II
1. THE SITUATION PRIOR TO 1798
2. THE SITUATION FROM 1798 TO 1800
CHAPTER III
1. THE RISE AND THE DISAPPEARANCE OF THE ORDER
2. THE LEGEND OF THE ORDER AND ITS LITERARY COMMUNICATION TO NEW ENGLAND
CHAPTER IV
1. MORSE PRECIPITATES THE CONTROVERSY
2. INCONCLUSIVE DEVELOPMENTS OF MORSE’S SECOND FORMAL DELIVERANCE
3. MORSE SUBMITS HIS INEPT DOCUMENTARY EVIDENCE
4. FREEMASONRY’S EMBARRASSMENT AND PROTEST
5. ATTEMPTS OF DEMOCRATS TO FIX THE COUNTERCHARGE OF ILLUMINISM UPON THE FEDERALISTS
BIBLIOGRAPHY
VITA
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