American Party records, 1854.
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Mixed materialsDescription: 9 itemsSubject(s): 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.
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Charges, oaths, lists of official duties, and dispensation issued by the Fort Morris council, Shippensburg, Pa., to create a subordinate council at Newburg, Pa.
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.
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