HITM Press Latest Release 2016

HITM Press is pleased and proud to announce the publication of Freemasonry & Old Town San Diego: The Herald and the Union, 1851-1901. Now available in kindle format on Amazon.com. This work highlights snapshots in time as seen through local newspaper articles. In the days when Masonic organizations played an important role in local life, lodge news was considered newsworthy.

 

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Old San Diego was in many ways a Masonic town. Many if not most American males who lived there belonged to the fraternity. Whether in politics or business, the men of San Diego Lodge #35 played an important role in the growth and development of San Diego. The actual inception of Freemasonry in San Diego is lost to history.

The documents contained herein were transcribed from the pages of the San Diego Herald and the San Diego Union and detail incidents and episodes from the first 100 years of Freemasonry in San Diego. These newspaper articles are presented complete and unedited, without prejudice or comment for the consideration and contemplation of the brethren and also as an aid to fellow researchers. Though this is not meant to be a complete listing of every mention of the fraternity in San Diego newspapers, I believe it is representative. In addition, I firmly believe that the publication of this work is not the last but rather the first step in an on-going research project. This work will grow and evolve in future editions.

FROM THE PUBLISHER

The mission of HITM Press is to make available various historic documents and other items that are of interest to our audience. Our products strive to maintain high publishing standards at little or no cost and are produced in a variety of digital formats.

 

HITM Press strongly believes that such items should be made available to the largest possible audience. Publishing these articles in their entirety allows primary source material to be presented in a format conducive to further interest and scholarship.

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