of mr. cutts. on e street near 14th to our patriarch lynch for a new residents in livery. the early decade was a time for growing slavery and oppression in the united states. ll of lynch, was a founding member of laurel lodge number 7 of the free masons in 1823. he and his associates, john cook and francis thatcher, formed columbian harmony society to establish a cemetery for free blacks. he also was the district of columbia agent for william lloyd garrison's abolition publication the liberator in the 130s. around that same time, he built a schoolhouse for his sister, mary, on i street between 15th and 16th for the education of free blacks which was damaged in the riots of 1835. that would be right on the next street from where we are today. anecdotely, it should be noted that, francis scott key of star spangled banner fame, who happened to be a vestrymen in this very same church, was the district attorney at the time and was tasked with prosecuting young black man whose alleged transgressions of being drunk and attacking a white woman precipitated the snow riot. during this time, the children of lynch were actively employed. throughout the con -- community.