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Collection Manuscript/Mixed Material American Party records, 1854

[ American Party records at the Library of Congress ]

About this Item

Title

  • American Party records, 1854

Summary

  • Charges, oaths, lists of official duties, and dispensation issued by the Fort Morris council, Shippensburg, Pa., to create a subordinate council at Newburg, Pa.

Names

  • American Party

Headings

  • -  Patriotic societies--Pennsylvania
  • -  Political parties--Pennsylvania
  • -  Secret societies--Pennsylvania
  • -  Newburg (Pa.)--History
  • -  Shippensburg (Pa.)--History

Notes

  • -  Purchase, 1940.
  • -  Founded in New York in 1849 as a secret patriotic society opposed to Roman Catholics and the foreign-born. Also called the Know-Nothing Party. Expanded rapidly after 1852; lost support after the presidential election of 1856.
  • -  Collection material in English.
  • -  Forms part of: Miscellaneous Manuscripts collection.

Medium

  • 9 items.

Repository

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • mm79004287

Access Advisory

  • Open to research.

Online Format

  • pdf
  • image

Additional Metadata Formats

IIIF Presentation Manifest

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