Reluctantly Nominated, but Duty-Bound

By Ann Marie Linnabery - April 15, 2012

In the 1820s, Western New Yorkers turned on the Freemasons, and a new political party took hold, forever changing American politics and igniting the political career of a future U.S. president.

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