Flat Hat Club

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The F.H.C. Society, also known by its backronym "The Flat Hat Club", is a collegiate secret society and honor society at the College of William & Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia. Founded in 1750, the F.H.C. Society is the United States' oldest collegiate secret society. The F.H.C. Society remains active; while its operations remain highly secretive, the society's activity is apparent through campus philanthropy. Early in the 21st century, the education section of The New York Times profiled America's oldest university clubs and societies and included a letter, now housed in the archives at Swem Library, which Thomas Jefferson wrote to Thomas McAuley, mentioning Jefferson's membership in the F.H.C.

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