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Cases about members of Freemasonry. Memberships appear only where Wikidata records one for the person the case is about: societies, clubs, fraternities, academies, parties and councils.
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- 1975Josephine Baker barricaded herself in the kitchen of her château when it was sold for her debts, and was carried out to the stepsculture.gouv.fr and 3 more
- 1947Aleister Crowley died with £430 and left his writings to his order, and a federal court decided in 1985 which of the rival orders owned themaleistercrowleytimeline.com and 3 more
- 1890The Dominican landlords evicted José Rizal's family from Calamba in 1890, and the United States bought the friar estates in 1903Project Gutenberg and 2 more
- 1832Walter Scott owed £130,000 when his printer failed, refused bankruptcy, and wrote until he died to pay itWikipedia (English)
- 1801Benedict Arnold was paid £6,315 for changing sides and died in debt; his widow paid the debtsAmerican Heritage and 1 more
- 1799Washington's will freed 123 people, his heir sold 54 more, and the family sold Mount Vernon for $200,000founders.archives.gov and 3 more
- 1791Mozart's widow passed off a Requiem finished by his student as his own and sold it twicedme.mozarteum.at and 2 more
- 1790Benjamin Franklin left Boston and Philadelphia £1,000 each for 200 years, and his heirs, a school and the state fought over itCaselaw Access Project, Harvard Law School and 2 more
- 1778Voltaire was refused a Paris burial in 1778, buried in secret, moved to the Panthéon in 1791 with his heart kept apart, and a legend says his bones were thrown away in 1814jackboulware.substack.com and 3 more