MORGAN, WILLIAM
\mˈɔːɡən], \mˈɔːɡən], \m_ˈɔː_ɡ_ə_n]\
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of Batavia, NY. born about 1775, proposed in 1826 to expose the secrets of the Order of Freemasons, of which he had been a member. His sudden disappearance soon afterward, and apparent abduction by the Masons, caused great excitement. An Anti-Masonic party was formed in most free States, and William Wirt was nominated for president in 1831. Morgan, it is now known, was taken from Batavia to Niagara and killed, his body being sent over the falls.
By John Franklin Jameson
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