New England and the Bavarian Illuminati

CONTENTS

 * Acknowledgment
 * Introduction

CHAPTER I 


 * 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

CHAPTER II 


 * 1. The Situation prior to 1798
 * 2. The Situation from 1798 to 1800

CHAPTER III 


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

CHAPTER IV 


 * 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