Community - Explanation of the Five Degrees of Masonry, 9 May 1845
Page 1st from page 34 [of "An explanation of the Masonic Plate; showing the emblems of each degree from the entered apprentice to the Royal Arch or Five Orders of Masonry" by John Harris published in Bristol, England in 1839.]
I shall here add a little further on Masonry
^17)^ King Solomon's officers appointed before he commenced
the work of the Temple. [1 Kings 4:7-19]
HKing Solomon appointed Deputy Grand Master
the Illustrious Tito prince Harodin, Senior Grand
warden; And the Noble prince Adoniram, Junior
Grand Warden [1 Kings 4:1-6]; the number of them Employed, aranged,
and classed in every Department of this work was ats
follows—The first, Harodin princes, Rulers or provosts
three Hundred; Secondly, Mon Atzchism or overseers,
as the fifteen and comforters of the people in working
these were expert workman & named by King Solomon
masters meaning mMasters over the workman to
the number of 3,300; thirdly Shiblim, named Stone
Squarers, polishers and Sculptors, Hewers, Setters,
Layers, & Builders, [1 Kings 5] therese these were expert Fellowcrafts
80,000 the number of ^Free^ Masons employed in the work of
the temple, exclusive of the Two Grand Masters Wardens;
113, 600, the men of burdens 70,000 not numbered as
Masons; in the qua^ar^ries were 750 lod[g]es, each containing
one master, two wardens, & eleven times seven brother,
which amount to 6,000 men; in the forest of Lebeanon were
420 lodges, with the same number in each which
