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Nativism and slavery : the northern Know Nothings and the politics of the 1850's

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Author
Anbinder, Tyler.
Date of Publication
1992.
Call Number
320.973 S532
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Responsibility
Tyler Anbinder.
ISBN
0195072332
9780195072334
Author
Anbinder, Tyler.
Place of Publication
New York
Publisher
Oxford University Press,
Date of Publication
1992.
Physical Description
xv, 330 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Notes
Includes bibliographical references (p. 287-310) and index.
Summary
Although the United States has always portrayed itself as a sanctuary for the world's victim's of poverty and oppression, anti-immigrant movements have enjoyed remarkable success throughout American history. None attained greater prominence than the Order of the Star Spangled Banner, a fraternal order referred to most commonly as the Know Nothing party. Vowing to reduce the political influence of immigrants and Catholics, the Know Nothings burst onto the American political scene in 1854, and by the end of the following year they had elected eight governors, more than one hundred congressmen, and thousands of other local officials including the mayors of Boston, Philadelphia, San Francisco, and Chicago. After their initial successes, the Know Nothings attempted to increase their appeal by converting their network of lodges into a conventional political organization, which they christened the "American Party." Recently, historians have pointed to the Know Nothings' success as evidence that ethnic and religious issues mattered more to nineteenth-century voters than better-known national issues such as slavery. In this important book, however, Anbinder argues that the Know Nothings' phenomenal success was inextricably linked to the firm stance their northern members took against the extension of slavery. Most Know Nothings, he asserts, saw slavery and Catholicism as interconnected evils that should be fought in tandem. Although the Know Nothings certainly were bigots, their party provided an early outlet for the anti-slavery sentiment that eventually led to the Civil War. Anbinder's study presents the first comprehensive history of America's most successful anti-immigrant movement, as well as a major reinterpretation of the political crisis that led to the Civil War.
Subjects
American Party.
American Party
Nativism.
Antislavery movements - United States.
Know-Nothings.
United States - Politics and government - 1853-1857.
United States - Politics and government - 1857-1861.
Politics - History, 1845-1861
United States
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
320.973 S532
Websites
http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0603/91043352-d.html
http://www.gbv.de/dms/bowker/toc/9780195072334.pdf
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The political crisis of the 1850s

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Author
Holt, Michael F.
Date of Publication
1983, c1978.
Call Number
973.6 H758
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Responsibility
Michael F. Holt.
ISBN
039395370X (pbk.)
9780393953701 (pbk.)
Author
Holt, Michael F.
Place of Publication
New York
Publisher
W.W. Norton & Co.,
Date of Publication
1983, c1978.
Physical Description
xvii, 330 p. ; 20 cm.
Notes
Originally published: New York : Wiley, c1978.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Party dynamics and the coming of the Civil War -- The second party system in operation -- Slavery, extension and the second party system, 1843-1848 -- Dynamics of the party system and the compromise of 1850 -- The second party system undermined, 1849-1853 -- Realignment, reorganization, and reform, 1854-1856 -- Slavery, republicanism, and the triumph of the Republican Party -- Politics, slavery, and southern secession.
Subjects
Slavery - United States
Compromise of 1850.
United States - Politics and government - 1845-1861.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
973.6 H758
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Nativism or Sectionalism : a history of the Know-Nothing Party in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania

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Author
Keller, David R.
Date of Publication
1971.
Compromise of 1850, with its strong Fugitive Slave Clause, triggered a debate over slavery that was to gradually erode the influence of the Whig organization. The leaders of the party, including the editors of the Examiner, were extremely con- servative on the slavery issue. When slavery emerged as the prim
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Responsibility
by David R. Keller.
Author
Keller, David R.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1971.
Physical Description
[41]-100 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 75, no. 2
Subjects
American Party.
Nativism.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Politics and government - 1853-1857.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 75, number 2 (1971), p. 41-100Lancaster History Library - JournalLancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.75974.9 L245 v.75
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Witness for freedom : African American voices on race, slavery, and emancipation

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Date of Publication
c1993.
Call Number
326 W825
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C. Peter Ripley, editor ; co-editors, Roy E. Finkenbine, Michael F. Hembree, Donald Yacovone.
ISBN
0807820725 (cloth : alk. paper)
0807844047 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Place of Publication
Chapel Hill
Publisher
University of North Carolina Press,
Date of Publication
c1993.
Physical Description
xxiv, 306 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Notes
Chapter 37 is titled: William Whipper's letters.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [279]-289) and index.
Contents
The rise of black abolitionism : the colonization controversy; the growth of black abolitionism; the rise of immediatism; moral reform; prejudice; two abolitionisms -- African Americans and the antislavery movement : blacks as advocates; slave narratives; black women abolitionists; antislavery and the black community; problems in the movement -- Black independence : a new direction; the African American press; in the common defense; antislavery politics; black antislavery tactics; by all just and necessary means -- Black abolitionists and the national crisis : the slave power; the fugitive slave law; black emigration; black nationality; blacks and John Brown -- Civil war : debating the war; the emancipation proclamation; blacks and Lincoln; the black military experience; the movement goes south; reconstruction.
Subjects
Antislavery movements - United States
Abolitionists - United States
African Americans
African American abolitionists
Slavery - Abolition
United States
Additional Author
Ripley, C. Peter,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
326 W825
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The rise and fall of the American Whig Party : Jacksonian politics and the onset of the Civil War

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Author
Holt, Michael F.
Date of Publication
1999.
Call Number
324.2732 H758
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Responsibility
Michael F. Holt.
ISBN
0195055446 (alk. paper)
9780195055443 (alk. paper)
Author
Holt, Michael F.
Place of Publication
New York
Publisher
Oxford University Press,
Date of Publication
1999.
Physical Description
xviii, 1248 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Notes
Includes bibliographical references (p. [1181]-1201) and index.
Summary
"The political home of Henry Clay, Daniel Webster, Horace Greeley, and the young Abraham Lincoln, the American Whig Party was represented at every level of American politics - local, state, and federal - in the years before the Civil War, and controlled the White House for eight of the twenty-two years that it existed. Now, in The Rise and Fall of the American Whig Party, Michael Holt gives us the only comprehensive history of the Whigs ever written - a monumental history covering in rich detail the American political landscape from the Age of Jackson to impending disunion."--BOOK JACKET.
Subjects
Whig Party (U.S.) - History.
Whig Party (U.S) - History.
Whigs (USA)
United States - Politics and government - 19th century.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
324.2732 H758
Websites
http://www.h-net.org/review/hrev-a0b4e5-aa
http://www.h-net.org/review/hrev-a0b4e1-aa
http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0636/98027020-d.html
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Archive

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Collection
World War I Collection
Title
World War I Collection
Object ID
MG0045
Date Range
1916-1972
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Collection
World War I Collection
Title
World War I Collection
Description
The World War I Collection contains the contents of a scrapbook assembled by an unknown WWI veteran. Included are military draft cards, photographs of Ambulance Co. No. 111, 28th Division, photographs and programs for dedication of memorial monument to Ambulance Co. No. 111, postcards of France, newspaper clippings, and posters.
Date Range
1916-1972
Year Range From
1916
Year Range To
1972
Creator
LancasterHistory (Organization)
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Wall
Side 02
People
Andrews, David F.
Benda, W. T.
Beneker, Gerrit A.
Boyce, C. M.
Breitigan, Abraham
Brenner, William A.
Brown, Arthur William
Bryson, Raymond
Bull, Charles Livingston
Carbaugh, Calvin A.
Chambers, Charles E.
Christy, Howard Chandler
Cover, Martin
Culp, Guy
Daugherty, James A.
Davis, Robert Courtney
De Maris, Walter
Dommel, Elmer
Drepperd, C. W.
Eschbach, H. H.
Fergeson, George
Fisher, Harrison
Foringer, A. E.
Forsythe, Clyde
France, Charles
Fulton, Hugh R.
Gibble, Ammon
Griest, William Walton
Habel, Albert A.
Harner, Marvin
Helwig, John W.
Hendee, A.
Hiemenz, Edward A.
Hiestand, Benjamin
Hottenstein, H.
Kahl, William
Kellish, William
Kimmel, Harry
Krone, Herbert D.
Landis, Estes B.
Leber, Paul Revere
Lundy, Edwin H.
Lyons, Julius
Matricardi, Frank
McFarland, Owen
McKee, W. M.
Miller, Peter
Moore, Luther
Musser, John W.
Myers, S. W.
O'Bryen, Benjamin Frank
Orr, Alfred Everitt
Palm, Elam B.
Shafer, L. A.
Shenk, Roy
Shoop, J. M.
Small, W. F.
Snyder, James H.
Tittle, Walter
Usner, Isaac L.
Volk, Douglas
Wauk, S. J.
Worthington, Henry H.
Zellers, George
Subjects
Alco-Gravure
American Lithographic Co.
E. Ketterlinus & Co.
Edwards & Deutsch Litho. Co.
Fatherless Children of France (Organization)
Lithography
Posters
Rusling Wood, Litho.
Sackett & Wilhelms Litho. & Prt. Co.
Scrapbooks
Strobridge Lithographing Company
United States. Army
United States. Army. American Expeditionary Forces
United States. Army. Infantry Division, 28th
Veterans--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County
W.F. Powers Co.
William H. Forbes & Company
World War, 1914-1918
World War, 1914-1918--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County
YMCA of the USA
Search Terms
28th Division
Alco-Gravure
Ambulance Company No. 111
American Expeditionary Forces, Ambulance Company No. 111
American Lithographic Company
American Red Cross
Committee on Public Information Division of Pictorial Society
E. Ketterlinus and Company
Edwards and Deutsch Lithographic Company
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Fatherless Children of France (Organization)
Finding aids
Haywood Strasser and Voigt Lithographic Company
Lithography
Manuscript groups
Military draft cards
Posters
Prohibition
Rotoprint Gravure Company
Rusling Wood, Litho.
Sackett and Wilhelms Lithographing and Printing Company
Scrapbooks
Strobridge Lithographing Company
United States Army
United States Army, American Expeditionary Forces
United States Army, Infantry Division, 28th
Veterans
W. F. Powers Company
William H. Forbes and Company
World War I
WWI
YMCA
Commission for Relief in Belgium
Extent
1 box, 49 folders, 31 posters, 2 cubic ft.
Object Name
Archive
Language
English
Object ID
MG0045
Related Item Notes
MG-28 The Society of the 28th Division, American Expeditionary Forces
MG-0028 The Society of the 28th Division, American Expeditionary Forces
Additional Notes
The World War I Collection contains the contents of a scrapbook assembled by an unknown WWI veteran. Included are military draft cards, photographs of Ambulance Co. No. 111, 28th Division, photographs and programs for dedication of memorial monument to Ambulance Co. No. 111, postcards of France, newspaper clippings, and posters.
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Restrictions are noted at the item level.
Copyright
Collection may not be photocopied. Please direct questions to Research Center Staff at research@lancasterhistory.org.
Permission for reproduction and/or publication must be obtained in writing from LancasterHistory.
Credit
Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Other Numbers
MG-45
Classification
MG0045
Description Level
Fonds
Custodial History
Cataloged before 1997. Items have been added to the collection since 1997 and the finding aid has been revised accordingly. Added to database on 19 July 2017.
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Milcah Martha Moore's book : a commonplace book from Revolutionary America

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Date of Publication
c1997.
Call Number
810.8 M823
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Responsibility
edited by Catherine La Courreye Blecki and Karin A. Wulf.
ISBN
0271016906 (cloth : alk. paper)
0271016914 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Place of Publication
University Park, Pa
Publisher
Pennsylvania State University Press,
Date of Publication
c1997.
Physical Description
xxiv, 341 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Notes
Includes bibliographical references (p. [323]-327) and indexes.
Summary
"Moore compiled her commonplace book during the American Revolution, carefully selecting works of poetry and prose that she and her friends most enjoyed reading and wanted to remember. Contained are 126 works of prose and poetry by at least sixteen different authors, mostly women....Moore's Book is the richest surviving body of evidence revealing the nature and substance of women's intellectual community in British America" [from the publisher]
Subjects
Moore, Milcah Martha, - 1740-1829 - Friends and associates.
American literature
American literature - Pennsylvania - Philadelphia.
Commonplace-books.
Philadelphia (Pa.) - Intellectual life - 18th century - Sources.
Additional Author
Moore, Milcah Martha,
Blecki, Catherine L.
Wulf, Karin A.,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
810.8 M823
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Heinrich Weidner, 1717-1792, Catharina Mull Weidner, 1733-1804 : through four generations

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Author
McAllister, Anne Williams.
Date of Publication
c1992-
Call Number
929 W418m
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Heinrich Weidner, 1717-1792, Catharina Moll, 1733-1804
Through four generations
Responsibility
by Anne Williams McAllister.
Author
McAllister, Anne Williams.
Place of Publication
Lenoir, N.C
Publisher
A.W. McAllister,
Date of Publication
c1992-
Physical Description
v. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Notes
Errata sheet laid in (v. 2).
"Missouri bibliography"--p. 969-970 (v. 1).
"With important contribution[s] from: Gracie Seitz Cook, Joy E. Whitener, Kathy Gunter Sullivan."
Includes indexes.
Includes index (v. 1) by Linda McGalliard Staley; v. 2 by Derick S. Hartshorn.
Subjects
Weidner, Heinrich, - 1717-1792 - Family.
Weidner family.
Whitener family.
Missouri - Genealogy.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
929 W418m
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The history of my travels : through the states of Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, Iowa, Michigan, New York, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut and New Jersey

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Author
Zercher, Jacob H.[Hartman]
Date of Publication
1847, 1997.
Call Number
917.73 Z58
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by J.H. Zercher.
Author
Zercher, Jacob H.[Hartman]
Place of Publication
[s.l
Publisher
s.n.] ,
Date of Publication
1847, 1997.
Physical Description
69 l. ; 29 cm.
Notes
Transcribed from the original by Leigh A.(Hashagen) Miller.
Subjects
Zercher, Jacob Hartman , - 1828-1887.
Rohrer, J. W.
Zercher family.
Voyages and travels.
Pennsylvania - Description and travel - 1783-1848.
Maryland - Description and travel - 1783-1848.
Virginia - Description and travel - 1783-1848.
Ohio - Description and travel - 1783-1848.
Kentucky - Description and travel - 1783-1848.
Indiana - Description and travel - 1783-1848.
Illinois - Description and travel - 1783-1848.
Missouri - Description and travel - 1783-1848.
Iowa - Description and travel - 1783-1848.
Michigan - Description and travel - 1783-1848.
New York - Description and travel - 1783-1848.
Massachusetts - Description and travel - 1783-1848.
Rhode Island - Description and travel - 1783-1848.
Connecticut - Description and travel - 1783-1848.
New Jersey - Description and travel - 1783-1848.
Additional Author
Miller, Leigh A. (Hashagen).
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
917.73 Z58
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The history of my travels : through the states of Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, Iowa, Michigan, New York, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut and New Jersey from April 7th to June 28th 1847

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Author
Zercher, Emanuel H.
Date of Publication
1847, 1997.
Call Number
917.73 Z58e
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by E. H. Zercher.
Author
Zercher, Emanuel H.
Place of Publication
{s.l
Publisher
s.n.] ,
Date of Publication
1847, 1997.
Physical Description
40 l. ; 29 cm.
Notes
Transcribed from the original by Leigh A. (Hashagen) Miller.
LCHS has copy of original and transcription.
LCHS has copy of diary of brother, Jacob, who took the same trip. (917.73 Z58.)
Subjects
Zercher, Emanuel H.
Rohrer, J. W.
Zercher family.
Voyages and travels.
Pennsylvania - Description and travel - 1783-1848.
Maryland - Description and travel - 1783-1848.
Virginia - Description and travel - 1783-1848.
Ohio - Description and travel - 1783-1848.
Kentucky - Description and travel - 1783-1848.
Indiana - Description and travel - 1783-1848.
Illinois - Description and travel - 1783-1848.
Missouri - Description and travel - 1783-1848.
Iowa - Description and travel - 1783-1848.
Michigan - Description and travel - 1783-1848.
New York - Description and travel - 1783-1848.
Massachusetts - Description and travel - 1783-1848.
Rhode Island - Description and travel - 1783-1848.
Connecticut - Description and travel - 1783-1848.
New Jersey - Description and travel - 1783-1848.
Additional Author
Miller, Leigh A. (Hashagen).
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
917.73 Z58e
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