Claims
After the Morgan affair, the number of New York lodges fell from about 480 in 1825 to 82 in 1830 and 48 in 1832
Documented · occurred What these labels mean →The Grand Lodge of New York carried about 480 lodges (about 20,000 members) in 1825-26; after the Morgan affair and the anti-Masonic excitement it had 82 lodges (about 3,000 members) in 1830 and only 48 lodges in good standing in 1832. The source's 'membership fell from about 480 to about 82' confuses lodge counts with membership.
Evidence
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| documents | archive.org | Ossian Lang, History of Freemasonry in the State of New York (1922), full text via Internet Archive: 'the Grand Lodge carried on its roster about 480 Lodges with an aggregate membership of approximately 20,000. During the anti-Masonic excitement the falling off was such that, in 1832, there were left only 48 Lodges in good standing'; statistics appendix: 1825 480, 1830 82, 1832 48 |
| corroborates | archive.org | Peter Ross, A Standard History of Freemasonry in the State of New York (1899), Internet Archive: table — lodges 1825 480, 1830 82; membership 20,000 and 3,000 |
Sources
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| Freemasons - dark side (Timeline doc) | asserts |
Claim
The Grand Lodge of New York carried about 480 lodges (about 20,000 members) in 1825-26; after the Morgan affair and the anti-Masonic excitement it had 82 lodges (about 3,000 members) in 1830 and only 48 lodges in good standing in 1832. The source's 'membership fell from about 480 to about 82' confuses lodge counts with membership.