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The Mystery Of Mathew Carey, Paul J. Rich
The Mystery Of Mathew Carey, Paul J. Rich
Paul J. Rich
The discovery of letters in the archives of the Historical Society in Philadelphia led to new insights into early American publishing and its links with the struggle for Mexican independence. At the center of the story was Mathew Carey, who as a young irishman escaped British authority by going to France, where he met Lafayette and subsequently with a loan from the marquis traveled to America where he established a publishing house that spuriously produced books that were smuggled to Mexico.
The Cardenista Masonic Rite, Paul J. Rich
The Cardenista Masonic Rite, Paul J. Rich
Paul J. Rich
First as a conference presentation and in the pages of Heredom, and then in another version in the Columbia University Press volume "Freemasonry on Both Sides of the Atlantic", this study of what was frequently asserted was a separate Mexican rite of Freemasonry proved to be an opportunity for debunking a longtime assertion and placing in perspective a Mexican president's Masonic career. As we eventually became confident enough to claim, it was a rite that wasn't. Curiously, as with the poem and apron that weren't those of Robert Burns, we seemed to get attention for putting old saws to rest.