Title
The Abduction of William Morgan, New York, USA, 1826 (c1880).Artist: Hooper
Caption
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.
The Print Collector collection
Date
1880
Credit line
Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector
Reference
HRM19C49_248
Model release
No
License type
Rights managed
Available size
50,0Mb (7,2Mb) / 17,1in x 11,4in / 5124 x 3412 (300dpi)