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American Patriot and statesman during the American Revolution (1737–1793)
Several well-documented Founding Fathers were Freemasons — most prominently George Washington and Benjamin Franklin — and Masonic lodges in colonial America included figures such as Paul Revere, John ...
Contemporary Masonic accounts and some historians disagree on how many Declaration signers were Freemasons: some Masonic institutions list eight or nine confirmed signers (examples include Benjamin Fr...
Freemasonry was one of several intellectual currents available to 18th‑century American elites and several prominent Founders—most notably George Washington and Benjamin Franklin—were Freemasons, acti...
Freemasons had visible connections to locations, people, and networks tied to the Boston Tea Party — notably St. Andrew’s Lodge’s ownership of the Green Dragon Tavern (a known Sons of Liberty meeting ...
Several prominent Founding Fathers are documented Freemasons and can be tied to specific colonial lodges: George Washington was initiated at Fredericksburg Lodge in Virginia and later received Masonic...
Most reputable Masonic and historical summaries show disagreement about Samuel Adams’s membership: several Masonic-friendly sites and local lodge histories list or assert that “Samuel Adams” was assoc...
Evidence in the published record shows that a number of Boston revolutionary leaders — including Paul Revere, Joseph Warren and John Hancock — were active Freemasons and that Masonic lodges in Boston ...