1826 in the United States
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Events from the year 1826 in the United States.
John Adams, 2nd president of the United States (1797–1801)
Thomas Jefferson, 3rd president of the United States (1801–1809)
William Morgan (anti-Mason)
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William Morgan 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
1826 in the United States
…3 – The USS Vincennes, commanded by William Finch, leaves New York City to become the first U.S. warship to circumnavigate the globe. September 11 – William Morgan is arrested in Batavia, New York, for debt after declaring that he would publish The Mysteries of Free Masonry, a book against Freemasonry. This sets…
1829 illustration of Morgan by The Grand Lodge of British Columbia and Yukon
William Morgan Pillar, April 2011
Freemasonry Exposed Front Cover