ObservingEgo wrote:



Holmes did not care for the Freemasons:

'We know, Brother, by your sign and by your countersign that you are indeed one of us', said McGinty.
'We would have you know, however, that in this country and in other countries of these parts we have certain rites,
and also certain duties of our own which call for good men. Are you ready to be tested'

Oliver Wendall ?

Was Longfellow a Mason ?

They were both Danteans. So I doubt they were Masons too.