Author: Eber WheatonPublisher:
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Category : Fourth of July orations
Languages : en
Pages : 24
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Oration Delivered July 4, 1828 at Masonic-hall, Before the Several Civic Societies of New York
Author: Eber WheatonPublisher:
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Category : Fourth of July orations
Languages : en
Pages : 24
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America's Struggle for Free Schools
Author: Sidney Louis JacksonPublisher:
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Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 298
Book Description
Bibliography of American Imprints to 1901: Main part
Author: The National Union Catalog, Pre-1956 Imprints
Author: A Checklist of American Imprints for 1820-1829
Author: Richard H. ShoemakerPublisher:
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 504
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Dictionary Catalog of the History of the Americas
Author: New York Public Library. Reference DepartmentPublisher:
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Category : America
Languages : en
Pages : 1178
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Dictionary Catalog of the History of the Americas
Author: New York Public Library. Reference DeptPublisher:
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Category : America
Languages : en
Pages : 886
Book Description
Catalogue of the Masonic Library, Masonic Medals, Washingtoniana, Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company's Sermons, Regimental Histories, and Other Literature Relating to the Late Civil War
Author: Samuel Crocker LawrencePublisher:
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Category : Freemasons
Languages : en
Pages : 332
Book Description
The Anti-Masonic Party in the United States
Author: William Preston VaughnPublisher: University Press of Kentucky
ISBN: 081315040X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 255
Book Description
Here, for the first time in more than eighty years, is a detailed study of political Antimasonry on the national, state, and local levels, based on a survey of existing sources. The Antimasonic party, whose avowed goal was the destruction of the Masonic Lodge and other secret societies, was the first influential third party in the United States and introduced the device of the national presidential nominating convention in 1831. Vaughn focuses on the celebrated "Morgan Affair" of 1826, the alleged murder of a former Mason who exposed the fraternity's secrets. Thurlow Weed quickly transformed the crusading spirit aroused by this incident into an anti-Jackson party in New York. From New York, the party soon spread through the Northeast. To achieve success, the Antimasons in most states had to form alliances with the major parties, thus becoming the "flexible minority." After William Wirt's defeat by Andrew Jackson in the election of 1832, the party waned. Where it had been strong, Antimasonry became a reform-minded, anti-Clay faction of the new Whig party and helped to secure the presidential nominations of William Henry Harrison in 1836 and 1840. Vaughn concludes that although in many ways the Antimasonic Crusade was finally beneficial to the Masons, it was not until the 1850s that the fraternity regained its strength and influence.
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