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Foreign News
March 27, 1767
The New Hampshire Gazette And Historical Chronicle
Portsmouth, Greenland, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
What is this article about?
In London, a peruke-maker who studied Freemasonry books attempted to join a lodge but was exposed as an impostor when asked to show the 'mark of the Salamander' (a poker used in rituals) and fled through a window.
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LONDON. January 8.
A few days ago an eminent Peruke-maker having frequently amused himself in reading books on Masonry, thought himself so compleat a master of the secret, that he went to a lodge in the city, and demanded admittance: but, on examining him, he was soon found to be an imposter: whereon they told him they could not admit him unless he would shew the mark of the Salamander; upon which he made off through a window with the greatest precipitation.
The Salamander is, the Name of the Poker commonly used at the making of MASONS.
A few days ago an eminent Peruke-maker having frequently amused himself in reading books on Masonry, thought himself so compleat a master of the secret, that he went to a lodge in the city, and demanded admittance: but, on examining him, he was soon found to be an imposter: whereon they told him they could not admit him unless he would shew the mark of the Salamander; upon which he made off through a window with the greatest precipitation.
The Salamander is, the Name of the Poker commonly used at the making of MASONS.
What sub-type of article is it?
Freemasonry Incident
Social Anecdote
What keywords are associated?
Freemasonry
Lodge
Impostor
Salamander
Peruke Maker
Masonic Ritual
Where did it happen?
London
Foreign News Details
Primary Location
London
Event Date
A Few Days Ago (Reported January 8)
Outcome
impostor fled through a window
Event Details
An eminent Peruke-maker, after reading books on Masonry, demanded admittance to a city lodge but was examined and found to be an imposter. They required him to show the mark of the Salamander, causing him to flee precipitously through a window. The Salamander refers to the poker used in making Masons.