01177cpcaa2200277 a 4500001001300000003000400013005001700017008004100034010001700075040002400092072001200116110002000128245003500148300001400183506002200197520016500219545023200384546003600616580005700652650003900709650003700748650003600785651002800821651003300849999001700882mm 79004287 DLC20260227111645.0790731||||||||||||                 eng    amm 79004287   aDLCcDLCdDLCedacs 7aN2lcmd2 aAmerican Party.00aAmerican Party records,f1854.  a9fitems.0 aOpen to research.8 aCharges, oaths, lists of official duties, and dispensation issued by the Fort Morris council, Shippensburg, Pa., to create a subordinate council at Newburg, Pa.0 aFounded 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.  aCollection material in English.  aForms part of: Miscellaneous Manuscripts collection. 0aPatriotic societieszPennsylvania. 0aPolitical partieszPennsylvania. 0aSecret societieszPennsylvania. 0aNewburg (Pa.)xHistory. 0aShippensburg (Pa.)xHistory.  c41478d41478