Source book Tier B

William H. Grimshaw, Official History of Freemasonry among the Colored People in North America (1903)

William H. Grimshaw. Official History of Freemasonry among the Colored People in North America. 1903. Reprints the warrant's dating line: "Given at London under our hand and seal of Masonry this 29th day of September, A. L. 5784, A. D. 1784." Read at the Internet Archive (officialhistoryo01grim).

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Record: grimshaw-1903-official-history
Type: book
Trust tier: B
Status: published

Sources are graded A (primary) / B (secondary academic) / C (secondary journalism) / D (tertiary or contested). See the manifesto’s Evidence Standard for full criteria.

A 1903 secondary history that reprints the warrant. The essay names it as the reprint, never as the warrant itself.

Provenance

Creator: William H. Grimshaw
Published: 1903
Accessed: 2026-09-18
External record: https://archive.org/details/officialhistoryo01grim

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