New England and the Bavarian Illuminati
by Vernon Stauffer
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Contents
- Acknowledgment
- Introduction
- 1. Rapid Disintegration of Puritanism After the Revolution
- 2. Ominous Discontent with the Standing Order
- 3. Alarms Due to the Spread of Religious Radicalism and Scepticism
- 1. The Situation Prior to 1798
- 2. The Situation from 1798 to 1800
- 1. The Rise and the Disappearance of the Order
- 2. The Legend of the Order and Its Literary Communication to New England
- 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