[880] Ibid., p. 18.
[881] Ibid., p. 17.
[882] Ibid., pp. 19 et seq.
[883] Ibid., p. 23.
[884] Cf. supra, [pp. 254] et seq.
[885] Massachusetts Mercury, Aug. 7, 1798. Bartlett was Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts.
[886] Ibid.
[887] In his address before the Worcester Lodge, June 25, Bentley had gone so far as to designate Morse “a madman” for accepting Robison’s book at its face value. This led to a retort in kind on the part of Morse. Bentley, according to Morse, was incapable of making himself understood; one must always have a commentator in reading him. Massachusetts Mercury, Aug. 3, 1798.
[888] Ibid., Aug. 10, 1798.
[889] Ibid., Sept. 7, 1798.