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Members of this organization were instrumental in planning the Northwest Conspiracy, which was the subject of the Baker-Turner Papers and the Holt Report. Â An important primary source about this organization comes from the journal of member John Surratt, while much of its ideology was formulated by Albert Pike. Â One member of this group, Asbury Harpending, attempted to commandeer a schooner in San Francisco. Â George Bickley is commonly held to be the founder of this group that unsuccessfully tried to use the city of Brownsville as the launching point for their invasion of (*) Mexico. Â They planned to use Havana to create a slave-holding empire of the titular shape. Â For 10 points, name this secret society active before and during the Civil War, whose meetings were known as castles.
Members of this organization were instrumental in planning the Northwest Conspiracy, which was the subject of the Baker-Turner Papers and the Holt Report.
Knights of the Golden Circle