01337cpcaa2200301 a 4500 mm 79004287 DLC 20260227111645.0 790731|||||||||||| eng mm 79004287 DLC DLC DLC dacs N lcmd American Party. American Party records, 1854. 9 items. Open to research. 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. Patriotic societies Pennsylvania. Political parties Pennsylvania. Secret societies Pennsylvania. Newburg (Pa.) History. Shippensburg (Pa.) History. 41478 41478