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 Jefferson and Freemasonry in France

School of Architecture
University of Virginia

Department of Architectural History, 60th anniversary
of the Bachelor of Architectural History program

THE INFLUENCE OF FREEMASONRY ON THOMAS JEFFERSON

  • Introduction
  • For the Record
    • Thomas Jefferson: Before France
    • A Few Words about the Enlightenment
    • The Spread and Downward Migration of Cosmopolitanism
    • Freemasonry as an Engine of Social Progress
  • Freemasonry in France
    • French Lodges in Jefferson’s Paris
    • Four Prominent French Lodges
    • La Grande Orient de France: The Lodge of the Architects
  • Touring England: 10 March 1786 – 27 April 1786
  • Virginia’s Capital, the Maison Carrée, and Charles Louis Clérisseau
  • The Beautification of Paris
  • Masonic Architects Who Beautified Paris
    • Jacques-Germain Soufflot
    • Jean-Baptiste Rondelet
    • Victor Louis
    • Jean-François-Thérèse Chalgrin
    • Charles De Wailly
    • Marie-Joseph Peyre
    • Nicolas Le Camus de Mézières
    • Pierre Rousseau
    • Claude-Nicolas Ledoux
  • Touring with Maria Cosway
    • Jean-Rodolphe Perronet
    • François-Joseph Bélanger
    • François Barbier
  • The Influence of Masonic Reformers on Jefferson
  • The Influence of Masonic Architecture on Jefferson