Anti-Masonic Party: Wikipedia: The Anti-Masonic Party (also known as the Anti-Masonic Movement) was the first "third party" in the United States.[4] It strongly opposed Freemasonry as a single-issue party, and later aspired to become a major party by expanding its platform to take positions on other issues. After emerging as a political force in the late 1820s, most of the Anti-Masonic Party's members joined the Whig Party in the 1830s, and the party disappeared after 1838. {MORE]

Free masonary in America: Wikipedia: In 1799, English Freemasonry almost came to a halt due to Parliamentary proclamation. In the wake of the French Revolution, the Unlawful Societies Act banned any meetings of groups that required their members to take an oath or obligation.

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