Travis Simpkins

Thomas Smith Webb. Past Grand Master. Grand Lodge of Rhode Island. York Rite. by Travis Simpkins

Monday, February 20, 2023

Thomas Smith Webb. Past Grand Master. Grand Lodge of Rhode Island. York Rite. by Travis Simpkins

Portrait Sketch of

Most Worshipful

Thomas Smith Webb

( 1771 - 1819 )

"Founding Father of the York Rite"

Author of

Freemason's Monitor or Illustrations of Masonry

Past Grand Master

Grand Lodge of Rhode Island

Past Grand High Priest

Grand Royal Arch Chapter of Rhode Island

Past Grand Commander

Grand Commandery of Knights Templar

of Massachusetts and Rhode Island

Past Deputy Grand Master

Grand Encampment of Knights Templar, U.S.A.

by Travis Simpkins

Thomas Smith Webb

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Thomas Smith Webb. Past Grand Master. Grand Lodge of Rhode Island. York Rite. by Travis Simpkins

Sunday, July 10, 2022

Thomas Smith Webb. Past Grand Master. Grand Lodge of Rhode Island. York Rite. by Travis Simpkins

Portrait Sketch of

Most Worshipful

Thomas Smith Webb

( 1771 - 1819 )

"Founding Father of the York Rite"

Author of

Freemason's Monitor or Illustrations of Masonry

Past Grand Master

Grand Lodge of Rhode Island

Past Grand High Priest

Grand Royal Arch Chapter of Rhode Island

Past Grand Commander

Grand Commandery of Knights Templar

of Massachusetts and Rhode Island

Past Deputy Grand Master

Grand Encampment of Knights Templar, U.S.A.

by Travis Simpkins

Thomas Smith Webb

For more info, please visit:

Thomas Smith Webb. Past Grand Master. Grand Lodge of Rhode Island. York Rite. by Travis Simpkins

Saturday, April 9, 2022

Thomas Smith Webb. Past Grand Master. Grand Lodge of Rhode Island. York Rite. by Travis Simpkins

Portrait Sketch of

Most Worshipful

Thomas Smith Webb

( 1771 - 1819 )

"Founding Father of the York Rite"

Author of

Freemason's Monitor or Illustrations of Masonry

Past Grand Master

Grand Lodge of Rhode Island

Past Grand High Priest

Grand Royal Arch Chapter of Rhode Island

Past Grand Commander

Grand Commandery of Knights Templar

of Massachusetts and Rhode Island

Past Deputy Grand Master

Grand Encampment of Knights Templar, U.S.A.

by Travis Simpkins

Thomas Smith Webb

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Thomas Smith Webb. Past Grand Master. Grand Lodge of Rhode Island. York Rite. by Travis Simpkins

Thursday, March 10, 2022

The Freemason's Monitor. Thomas Smith Webb. Masonic Ritual. York Rite

Informative reading on a quiet evening... the Great American Masonic Monitor. Thomas Smith Webb's work examines the Craft degrees and covers the York Rite up to the Knights Templar as well.
I just gave Preston's "Illustrations of Masonry" a cover to cover read, so Webb's "Monitor" seemed a natural progression.

Thomas Smith Webb's "The Freemason's Monitor" is the grand-daddy of all U.S. Masonic monitors. This very important work includes the "Ancient Charges;" an examination of the craft degrees and lectures; funeral, installation of officers and other lodge ceremonies; a study of all York Rite bodies up to the Knights Templar, a general Masonic history section and much more. This is a fascinating and important work for all Masons. Photographic and restored reproduction of the rare 1818 edition of this work along with a contemporary foreword by Michael R. Poll.

Thomas Smith Webb. Past Grand Master. Grand Lodge of Rhode Island. York Rite. by Travis Simpkins

Portrait Sketch of

Most Worshipful

Thomas Smith Webb

( 1771 - 1819 )

"Founding Father of the York Rite"

Author of

Freemason's Monitor or Illustrations of Masonry

Past Grand Master

Grand Lodge of Rhode Island

Past Grand High Priest

Grand Royal Arch Chapter of Rhode Island

Past Grand Commander

Grand Commandery of Knights Templar

of Massachusetts and Rhode Island

Past Deputy Grand Master

Grand Encampment of Knights Templar, U.S.A.

by Travis Simpkins

Thomas Smith Webb

For more info, please visit:

Thomas Smith Webb. Past Grand Master. Grand Lodge of Rhode Island. York Rite. by Travis Simpkins

Sunday, February 20, 2022

General Grand Chapter of Royal Arch Masons International. Thomas Smith Webb. Portrait by Travis Simpkins

Thanks to the General Grand Chapter of Royal Arch Masons International for including my portrait of Thomas Smith Webb in their February, 2022 newsletter.

For more info, please visit:

ggcrami.org

Thursday, February 17, 2022

The Mason's Words. The History and Evolution of the American Masonic Ritual. Robert G. Davis, 33°, GC

The Mason's Words. The History and Evolution of the American Masonic Ritual. William Preston. Thomas Smith Webb. Rob Morris. Robert G. Davis, 33°, GC

The Mason's Words. The History and Evolution of the American Masonic Ritual. Robert G. Davis, 33°, GC

The Mason's Words, by Ill. and M.W. Robert G. Davis, is essential for anyone interested in the history and evolution of Masonic Ritual in America.

Freemasonry is entirely built around traditions. From time immemorial, those who have belonged to the world's oldest and largest fraternal order have metaphorically passed between the pillars of Solomon's Temple to nurture within themselves a harmonious bond between tradition and modernity. This is the story of the Masonic ritual, the language and ceremonial forms that have evolved into the present structure of American Freemasonry, defined its lodge space, and offered its members the same stablizing influence of instruction that has prevailed on every continent for nearly 400 years. The reader will discover that the language of the world's oldest fraternal society has also made its own interesting journey, and been tested by the most powerful and the most humbling of men. The result is, that, in Masonic lodges across America, and, indeed, the world, men from every walk of life, of all ages, every social category and every spiritual and philosophical conviction are able to find a basis for reflection on who they are, why they are here, and what has meaning to them. By its common language delivered in a common culture of fraternal relationship, Freemasonry is enabled to exemplify a univeral brotherhood of man. This is the story of the Mason's words; the history and evolution of the American Masonic ritual. It is an interesting bit of history that is perhaps all the more fascinating because it is so rarely known.

Monday, February 14, 2022

Thomas Smith Webb. Past Grand Master. Grand Lodge of Rhode Island. York Rite. by Travis Simpkins

Portrait Sketch of

Most Worshipful

Thomas Smith Webb

( 1771 - 1819 )

"Founding Father of the York Rite"

Author of

Freemason's Monitor or Illustrations of Masonry

Past Grand Master

Grand Lodge of Rhode Island

Past Grand High Priest

Grand Royal Arch Chapter of Rhode Island

Past Grand Commander

Grand Commandery of Knights Templar

of Massachusetts and Rhode Island

Past Deputy Grand Master

Grand Encampment of Knights Templar, U.S.A.

by Travis Simpkins

Thomas Smith Webb

For more info, please visit:

Thomas Smith Webb. Past Grand Master. Grand Lodge of Rhode Island. York Rite. by Travis Simpkins

Sunday, January 30, 2022

Thomas Smith Webb. Past Grand Master. Grand Lodge of Rhode Island. York Rite. by Travis Simpkins

Portrait Sketch of

Most Worshipful

Thomas Smith Webb

( 1771 - 1819 )

"Founding Father of the York Rite"

Author of

Freemason's Monitor or Illustrations of Masonry

Past Grand Master

Grand Lodge of Rhode Island

Past Grand High Priest

Grand Royal Arch Chapter of Rhode Island

Past Grand Commander

Grand Commandery of Knights Templar

of Massachusetts and Rhode Island

Past Deputy Grand Master

Grand Encampment of Knights Templar, U.S.A.

by Travis Simpkins

Thomas Smith Webb

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