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George Walton Episode 2: The Flip – From Carpenter’s Bench to Provincial President | The Rough Ashlar
What’s up, you magnificent bastards? 👊 Episode 2 of The Rough Ashlar — our 4-part deep dive into Brother George Walton.
After arriving in Savannah as a carpenter’s apprentice, Walton flips hard: rising fast as a sharp attorney, becoming secretary and President of the Georgia Provincial Congress, clashing with Royal Governor Sir James Wright, navigating brutal factional rivalries with Button Gwinnett and Lyman Hall, and signing the Declaration at barely 26 or 27 as the youngest of the 56 signers.
This is pure blue-collar Masonic grit — measuring grievances like lumber, chiseling resistance…
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