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Address on religious intolerance and political proscription, delivered at Lancaster, Pa., on the evening of the 24th of September

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Author
Forney, John W.
Date of Publication
1855.
Call Number
814 F727
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Responsibility
By John W. Forney.
Author
Forney, John W.
Place of Publication
Washington
Date of Publication
1855.
Physical Description
51 p. 22 cm.
Subjects
American Party.
Catholic Church - United States.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
814 F727
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History of the rise, progress and downfall of Know-nothingism in Lancaster County

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Date of Publication
1856.
Call Number
090 L244 1856
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Responsibility
by two expelled members.
Place of Publication
Lancaster
Date of Publication
1856.
Physical Description
30 p. 22 cm.
Notes
Bound in green half leather and marbled paper.
Bookplate of Redmond Conyngham, No. 3579.
With: The Goss-Udderzook tragedy / Baltimore Gazette. Baltimore : Baltimore, 1873 -- Memoirs of the Family De Poly / Antoinette Baroness De Poly. Northampton (England) : J. Abel, 1822.
Subjects
American Party.
Lancaster (Pa.) - Politics and government.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
090 L244 1856
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Letter

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Collection
James Buchanan Family Papers, Part 1 James Buchanan
Title
Letter from James Buchanan to C. Van Dyke
Object ID
JBFP 1.1.1.068
Date Range
1855/05/04
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Collection
James Buchanan Family Papers, Part 1 James Buchanan
Title
Letter from James Buchanan to C. Van Dyke
Description
Letter from James Buchanan to C. Van Dyke telling him of his feelings for England and rebukes Van Dyke for some of his views of the British; defending his views of the Ostend Conference and Mr. Soulé; berating the London Times for its support of the Know Nothing party; speaking of the coming campaign in the United States must confront the Know Nothing party, the difficulties with Spain and the serious difficulties with England; expressing his happiness over Senator Bright’s favorable comments; wondering why General Cass is his enemy; and asserting that he can take care of himself even if he is a candidate for the Presidency. Legation of the United States, London
Date Range
1855/05/04
Creator
Buchanan, James, 1791-1868
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Container
JBFP Part 1, Box 1
People
Bright, Jesse D.
Buchanan, James
Cass, Lewis
Soulé, Pierre
Van Dyke, James C.
Subjects
Letters
American Party
Elections
Presidential candidates
Presidential elections
Ostend Manifesto
Search Terms
Letters
Correspondence
Ostend Conference
Ostend Manifesto
Know-Nothing Party
American Party
Elections
Presidential candidates
Presidential elections
James Buchanan
Buchanan Collections
James Buchanan Presidential Library
Extent
1 item, 4 pages to scan, 7.5 x 9 in.
Object Name
Letter
Language
English
Parent Object ID
JBFP Part 1 Series 1
Object ID
JBFP 1.1.1.068
Associated Material
James Buchanan Papers, Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections,
http://archives.dickinson.edu/collection-descriptions/james-buchanan-papers
James Buchanan and Harriet Lane Johnston Papers, Library of Congress,
https://www.loc.gov/collections/james-buchanan-and-harriet-lane-johnston-papers/
James Buchanan Papers, Historical Society of Pennsylvania,
http://www2.hsp.org/collections/manuscripts/b/Buchanan0091.html
James Buchanan Papers, Penn State University Libraries,
https://libraries.psu.edu/findingaids/1458.htm
Related Item Notes
James Buchanan Family Papers
MG-96 James Buchanan Collection
Historical Society of Pennsylvania microfilm
Photograph collections
Curatorial collections
Wheatland Mansion
Notes
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Please use digital images and transcriptions when available. Original documents may be used by appointment. Please contact archives@lancasterhistory.org at least two weeks prior to visit.
Copyright
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Credit
Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Accession Number
JBMS1996.133
Other Number
JBFP Part 1, Series 1, Subseries 1, Folder 68
Description Level
Item
Custodial History
The James Buchanan Family Papers were collected by the James Buchanan Foundation for the Preservation of Wheatland. This collection was relocated from the Wheatland mansion to the LancasterHistory archives in the Spring of 2009. Digitization of the James Buchanan Family Papers was funded by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, PHMC Appl ID # 201808013051, 2019-2020.
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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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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.
Antimasonic to the Whig party; although Stev- ens joined the Whigs a few years later, his supporters remained out- side of the party. Many of them became continual third party sup- porters, finding temporary homes in the Free Soil party, the Tem- perance party and the Native American party. ? The conservatism
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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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Negative

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Collection
General Collection
Object ID
2-14-06-34
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Object Name
Negative
Collection
General Collection
Description
Handbill printed for the officers and members of the American Party in the State of Pennsylvania.
Provenance
From the Slaymaker Collection
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Handbills
American Party
Object Name
Negative
Print Size
8 x 10 inches
Object ID
2-14-06-34
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Negative

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Collection
General Collection
Object ID
2-14-06-35
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Object Name
Negative
Collection
General Collection
Description
Handbill printed for the officers and members of the American Party in the State of Pennsylvania.
Provenance
From the Slaymaker Collection
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Handbills
American Party
Object Name
Negative
Print Size
8 x 10 inches
Object ID
2-14-06-35
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Newspaper

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Collection
James Buchanan Family Papers, Part 1 James Buchanan
Title
A “stupendous sheet of pictures” published by The Brother Jonathon (newspaper) boasts portraits of the Presidential candidates of the election of 1856
Object ID
JBFP 1.3.1.001
Date Range
1856/12/01
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  1 document     2 images  
Collection
James Buchanan Family Papers, Part 1 James Buchanan
Title
A “stupendous sheet of pictures” published by The Brother Jonathon (newspaper) boasts portraits of the Presidential candidates of the election of 1856
Description
A “stupendous sheet of pictures” published by The Brother Jonathon (newspaper) boasts portraits of the Presidential candidates of the election of 1856: James Buchanan and John C. Breckenridge (Democrats), John C. Fremont and William L. Dayton (Republicans), and Millard Fillmore and Andrew J. Donelson (Know Nothings). New York, NY.
Date Range
1856/12/01
Creator
Brother Jonathan
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives North
Storage Container
JBFP Oversized Box 1
People
Buchanan, James
Breckenridge, John Cabell
Fremont, John Charles
Dayton, William Lewis
Fillmore, Millard
Donelson, Andrew Jackson
Subjects
Newspapers
Presidential candidates
Political campaigns
Democratic Party (U.S.)
Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- )
American Party
Search Terms
Newspapers
Brother Jonathan
Presidential candidates
Political campaigns
Illustrations
Democratic Party
Republican Party
Know-Nothing Party
American Party
Buchanan Collections
James Buchanan
James Buchanan Presidential Library
Extent
1 item, 2 pages to scan,2.25 x 34 in.
Object Name
Newspaper
Language
English
Parent Object ID
JBFP Part 1 Series 3
Object ID
JBFP 1.3.1.001
Location of Originals
Housed in JBFP Oversized Box 1.
Associated Material
James Buchanan Papers, Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections,
http://archives.dickinson.edu/collection-descriptions/james-buchanan-papers
James Buchanan and Harriet Lane Johnston Papers, Library of Congress,
https://www.loc.gov/collections/james-buchanan-and-harriet-lane-johnston-papers/
James Buchanan Papers, Historical Society of Pennsylvania,
http://www2.hsp.org/collections/manuscripts/b/Buchanan0091.html
James Buchanan Papers, Penn State University Libraries,
https://libraries.psu.edu/findingaids/1458.htm
Related Item Notes
James Buchanan Family Papers
MG-96 James Buchanan Collection
Historical Society of Pennsylvania microfilm
Photograph collections
Curatorial collections
Wheatland Mansion
Notes
May 2020 PastPerfect Conversion
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Please use digital images and transcriptions when available. Original documents may be used by appointment. Please contact archives@lancasterhistory.org at least two weeks prior to visit.
Copyright
Images have been provided for research purposes only. Please contact archives@lancasterhistory.org for a high-resolution image and permission to publish.
LancasterHistory retains the rights to the digital images and content presented. The doctrine of fair use allows limited use of copyrighted material without permission from the copyright holder. Fair use includes comment, criticism, teaching, and private scholarship. Any images and data downloaded, printed or photocopied for these purposes should provide a citation. All other uses beyond those allowed by fair use require written permission.
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Credit
Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Accession Number
JBMS2000.029.1
Other Number
JBFP Part 1, Series 3, Subseries 1, Folder 1
Description Level
Item
Custodial History
The James Buchanan Family Papers were collected by the James Buchanan Foundation for the Preservation of Wheatland. This collection was relocated from the Wheatland mansion to the LancasterHistory archives in the Spring of 2009. Digitization of the James Buchanan Family Papers was funded by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, PHMC Appl ID # 201808013051, 2019-2020.
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Collection
Samuel R. Slaymaker II, White Chimneys Collection, Series 3
Title
American Party's stance on slavery
Object ID
MG0268_S03_F014_In02
Date Range
No date
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Collection
Samuel R. Slaymaker II, White Chimneys Collection, Series 3
Title
American Party's stance on slavery
Description
Statement regarding the American Party's stance on the question of slavery.
Date Range
No date
Creation Date
No date
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Wall
Side 07
Storage Container
Box 0002
Subjects
American Party
Missouri compromise
Slavery
Search Terms
American Party
Missouri compromise
Slavery
Extent
1 item, 2 pages to scan
Object Name
Note
Language
English
Object ID
MG0268_S03_F014_In02
Location of Originals
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Related Item Notes
Platform and principles of the American Party (MG0268_S03_F014_In03)
Notes
Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Collection Title (MG#), Series #, Object ID, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. URL if applicable. Date accessed (day, month, year).
LancasterHistory is committed to preserving and providing access to materials chronicling Lancaster County's heritage. As a historical resource, this document reflects the racial prejudices and actions of the era. In order to maintain the historical integrity and context of collection items, LancasterHistory does not censor historical documents or edit language, titles, or organization names when transcribing original content.
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Please use digital images and transcriptions when available. Original documents may be used by appointment--contact Research@LancasterHistory.org prior to visit.
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Images have been provided for research purposes only. Please contact Research@LancasterHistory.org for a high-resolution image and permission to publish.
LancasterHistory retains the rights to the digital images and content presented. The doctrine of fair use allows limited use of copyrighted material without permission from the copyright holder. Fair use includes comment, criticism, teaching, and private scholarship. Any images and data downloaded, printed or photocopied for these purposes should provide a citation. All other uses beyond those allowed by fair use require written permission.
Permission for reproduction and/or publication must be obtained in writing from LancasterHistory. Persons wishing to publish any material from this site must assume all responsibility for identifying and satisfying any claimants of copyright or other use restrictions. Publication fees may apply.
Credit
Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Other Numbers
MG-268, Series 3
Other Number
MG0268, Series 3, Folder 14, Insert 2
Classification
MG0268
Description Level
Item
Custodial History
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Digitization of this document was funded by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, PHMC Appl ID # 202010016624, 2020-2023.
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"Seeing Sam" : the Know Nothing episode in Harrisburg

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Author
Eggbert, Gerald G.
Call Number
905.748 HSP v.111
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  1 website  
Author
Eggbert, Gerald G.
Physical Description
305-340 p.
Notes
In: Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, v.111 (1987)
Subjects
American Party - Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania - History - Politics and government.
Harrisburg, Pa. - History.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Periodical Article
Call Number
905.748 HSP v.111
Websites
https://journals.psu.edu/pmhb/article/view/44229/43950
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