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Title: New England and the Bavarian Illuminati

Author: Vernon Stauffer


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Language: English

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Transcriber‘s Notes

NEW ENGLAND AND THE
BAVARIAN ILLUMINATI

BY

VERNON STAUFFER, A. M.

Dean and Professor of New Testament and Church History
Hiram College

SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS
FOR THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY
IN THE

FACULTY OF POLITICAL SCIENCE
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY

NEW YORK
1918

COPYRIGHT, 1918
BY
VERNON STAUFFER

To
J. E., R. W., AND R. F.

CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION 9

CHAPTER I

THE UNDERMINING OF PURITAN STANDARDS AND INSTITUTIONS

1. Rapid Disintegration of Puritanism after the Revolution 13
2. Ominous Discontent with the Standing Order 33
3. Alarms due to the Spread of Religious Radicalism and Scepticism 66

CHAPTER II

POLITICAL ENTANGLEMENTS AND HYSTERIA

1. The Situation prior to 1798 103
2. The Situation from 1798 to 1800 122

CHAPTER III

THE EUROPEAN ORDER OF THE ILLUMINATI

1. The Rise and the Disappearance of the Order 142
2. The Legend of the Order and its Literary Communication to New England 186

CHAPTER IV

THE ILLUMINATI AGITATION IN NEW ENGLAND

1. Morse Precipitates the Controversy 229
2. Inconclusive Developments of Morse’s Second Formal Deliverance 261
3. Morse Submits his Inept Documentary Evidence 287
4. Freemasonry’s Embarrassment and Protest 321
5. Attempts of Democrats to Fix the Countercharge of Illuminism upon the Federalists 345
BIBLIOGRAPHY 361