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Morgan Monument at Batavia Memorializes Capt. Morgan
Monument to Capt. William Morgan unveiled during the National Association convention in Batavia New York on September 12 14. The nearly forty foot statue cost 2500 funded by private subscriptions from Canada the United States and territories and shipped from Rye Gate Granite Works Vermont. The four inscribed tablets recount Morgan the 1812 officer his abduction and murder by Freemasons the broad support from 2600 donors and Genesee county court records. The monument weighs about forty tons.
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Capt. Wm. Morgan
Batavia
N. Y
National Assation
Capt. Morgan
Ryegate
South Ryegate
Morgan
Wm. Morgan
Canada
United States
J. P. Stoddard
Chicago
Franklyn V. Capwell
Dale
David Melall
Boston
J. Barlow
Willimantic
Conn
E.B. Palmer
N.Y