Excerpt from History of the Abduction of William Morgan, and the Anti-Masonic Excitement of 1826-30: With Many Details and Incidents Never Before Published Ix December last the author of this little volume wrote for the free press. At Mt. Pleasant. Iowa. A sketch of the History of the Abduction of William Morgan. And the excitement which followed that occurrence. Detailing some incidents and facts which had never before been published. These sketches were published in the issue of that paper of December 26th. 1873. And the three succeeding num bers of January following. The publishers anticipating a demmd for extra copies. Issued some two hundred surplus numbers to their regular editions, but these were soon exhausted. And so many orders came in which they could not fill. That it was proposed by them to issue the work in this form. Being also urged by m my friends. The author has carefully reviewed the publication in the newspaper form. Re-writing it in amore full and complete m mner. Adding many details and incidents not appearing in the first publication. And correcting all erroneous statements that would naturally occur in a hastily penned newspaper article. No one can more readily realize than I do that portions of this work may appear stale to some readers. As parts of it in substance have been in print for more than forty years. And issued in various forms. But a new generation has arisen since the days when these events took place. And many younger readers may never perhaps have read them in a form in which the matter could be readily understood. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.