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William Morgan (anti-Mason) William Morgan (born 1774 – disappeared c. 1826) was a resident of Batavia, New York, whose disappearance and presumed murder in 1826 ignited a powerful movement against the Freemasons, a fraternal society that had become influential in the United States. [1] After Morgan announced his intention to publish a book ...
Dec 19, 2018 · As A.P. Bentley wrote in his 1874 book History of the Abduction of William Morgan and the Anti-Masonic Excitement of 1826-30, The two men “entered into partnership to print a book which the ...
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Jul 11, 2023 · The Masonic Murder That Inspired the First Third Party in American Politics. Public outcry over whistleblower William Morgan’s disappearance gave rise to the Anti-Masonic Party, which nominated ...
Apr 5, 2020 · On Sept. 11, 1826, William Morgan, of Batavia New York, was forcibly removed from the jailhouse at Canandaigua, NY, to a two-horse carriage and borne away into the mists of time.His disappearance was suspected to have been effected by overzealous Freemasons enforcing the penalties of their obligations. His suspected murder added furor to the anti-Masonic movement in New England and ushered ...
May 15, 2015 · William Seward, another New York Anti-Mason, became Abraham Lincoln’s secretary of state, serving as a key member of the president’s wartime cabinet. William Morgan’s lonely widow, Lucinda ...
Mar 30, 2020 · William Morgan: The Disappearance of an Anti-Mason. William Morgan was a resident of Batavia, New York. He was also a bricklayer and stonemason and had a wife and two children. In addition, Morgan was friends with David C. Miller, a local newspaper publisher, who was attempting to keep his paper afloat. Because Morgan was indigent, he hit on a ...
Pat Weissend, museum director at the Holland Land Office Museum in Batavia, N.Y., tells the story of Anti-Mason William Morgan. This is part one of a three-p...
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