The Abduction of William Morgan, New York, USA, 1826 (c1880).Artist: Hooper

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The Abduction of William Morgan, New York, USA, 1826 (c1880). Morgan was an American opponent of Freemasonry. After he threatened to write a book divulging Freemasonry's 'secrets', he was abducted and disappeared. His disappearance and apparent murder led to the establishment of a powerful anti-masonic movement in the United States. A print from Cassell's History of the United States, by Edmund Ollier, Volume III, Cassell Petter and Galpin, London, c1880.

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Size: 5123px × 3412px
Location: World,North and Central America,United States,New York
Photo credit: © The Print Collector/Heritage Images / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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