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Between 1751 and 1813 there were two Grand Lodges in England. One was called the "Moderns" (actually, the older of the two) and one was called the "Antients." The latter used the title Ancient Free and Accepted Masons (A.F.&A.M.) while the original Grand Lodge used Free and Accepted Masons (F.&A.M.). Warrants to lodges in the United States were granted by these two Grand Lodges and thus the differences.
Twenty-four Grand jurisdictions in the United States use A.F.&A.M.; twenty-five use F.&A.M.; South Carolina uses A.F.M.; and the Grand Lodge of the District of Columbia uses F.A.A.M. Those titles, however, cannot be deemed in many cases to designate the ancestry of the various Grand Lodges. For example, the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania, which was the leader of "Antient" Masonry in this country uses F.&A.M., while Connecticut, where "Modern" Masonry predominated, designated themselves A.F.&A.M.
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