William Morgan (anti-Mason), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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resident of Batavia, New York
Date of Birth: 07-Aug-1774
Place of Birth: Culpeper, Virginia, United States
Date of Death: 10-Sep-1826
Profession: artisan
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Leo 
About William Morgan (anti-Mason)
- William Morgan (1774 – 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.
- After Morgan announced his intention to publish a book exposing Freemasonry's secrets, he was arrested on trumped-up charges.
- He disappeared soon after, and was believed to have been kidnapped and killed by Masons from western New York.The allegations surrounding Morgan's disappearance and presumed death sparked a public outcry and inspired Thurlow Weed and others to harness the discontent by founding the new Anti-Masonic Party in opposition to President Andrew Jackson's Democrats.
- It ran a presidential candidate in 1832 but was nearly defunct by 1835.
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