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FAQ: Thomas Jefferson a Mason? Patrick Henry? Abraham Lincoln?

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Larry the Mason from Holbrook

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This Frequently Asked Question comes from the weekly USENET MASONRY FAQ, posted to alt.freemasonry every Friday at 08:00 Pacific. Please refer to the weekly FAQ for other resource and contact information.

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Was Thomas Jefferson a Mason? Patrick Henry? Abraham Lincoln?

No, no, and no. As for the first two, "an exhaustive search of Masonic
records in Virginia, and elsewhere, offers no iota of evidence to make
them Freemasons. Jefferson participated in the cornerstone laying of
his University at Charlottesville, which was done Masonically. He
praised Freemasonry and his own words proved he had never been a
member of the Craft." (FMBITS.TXT)

There is some evidence that Abraham Lincoln intended to become a Mason
when he returned to Springfield after his second term in office, had
he not been assassinated in 1865.


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