American Party records, 1854. 

 - 9  items. 
<br/><br/> Open to research. 
<br/><br/> Charges, oaths, lists of official duties, and dispensation issued by the Fort Morris council, Shippensburg, Pa., to create a subordinate council at Newburg, Pa. 
<br/><br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><br/>Collection material in English. 
<br/><br/>Forms part of: Miscellaneous Manuscripts collection. 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>mm 79004287  
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Patriotic societies--Pennsylvania.<br/>Political parties--Pennsylvania.<br/>Secret societies--Pennsylvania.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Newburg (Pa.)--History.<br/>Shippensburg (Pa.)--History.