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1855 book by Thomas Bangs Thorpe is an apologia for the American Party. Searchable page images.
http://www.hti.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=moa;idno=AHM3965
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Tricks of the Enemy!
Broadside posted in 1854 in Washington, D.C., to combat the rumor that Archbishop Hughes (of New
York) was in town to control foreign and Catholic votes.
http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/S?ammem/rbpebib:@field(TITLE+@od1(Tricks+of+the+enemy!++Kno....
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Examiner's Questions for Admittance to the American (or Know-Nothing) Party
Image of handwritten ritual for swearing in a new member. Also some background information on the
party.
http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/mcc:@field(DOCID+@lit(mcc/062))
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The Fall of the Know-Nothings
Essay by a high school student on the factors which led to the party's demise. In WordPad format.
http://oprfhs.org/division/history/interpretations/2002interp/Adarichev,Alex.doc
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Know-Nothing People
An explanation for older kids of why some Americans in the nineteenth century started the
Know-Nothing Party.
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/historyofus/web08/segment5.html
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American Platform of Principles
Adopted by the American Party at its 1856 convention in Philadelphia.
http://www.yale.edu/glc/archive/974.htm
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Know-Nothingism
Lengthy critical article on the allure of the Know-Nothings. Searchable page images. [The United
States Democratic Review]
http://cdl.library.cornell.edu/cgi-bin/moa/moa-cgi?notisid=AGD1642-0037-94
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A Know-Nothing Legislature
At a distance of four decades, George H. Haynes looks back on the Massachusetts state legislature
of 1855, in which a secret political organization had won more than 90 percent of the seats.
Searchable page images. [The New England Magazine]
http://cdl.library.cornell.edu/cgi-bin/moa/moa-cgi?notisid=AFJ3026-0022-4
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The Cloven Foot
Although the Know-Nothings may seem at first glance to be entirely novel, this article seeks out
the political lineage of the dark-lantern organization. Searchable page images. [The United States
Democratic Review]
http://cdl.library.cornell.edu/cgi-bin/moa/moa-cgi?notisid=AGD1642-0037-27
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Awl-Mighty Mobs
Know-Nothing thugs used violent and intimidating tactics in 1850s Baltimore on election days.
[Baltimore City Paper]
http://www.citypaper.com/1998-10-28/charmed.html
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Startling Facts for Native Americans Called "Know-Nothings"
1855 book warns of a foreign Catholic conspiracy to eradicate American liberty. Searchable page
images.
http://www.hti.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=moa;idno=AEY0515.0001.001
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Wide-Awake! Romanism: Its Aims and Tendencies
1854 booklet by Know-Nothing L.W. Granger urges Americans to preserve the Protestant character of
the public schools and to safeguard the ballot box from control by foreigners. Searchable page
images.
http://www.hti.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=moa&idno=AJG4436.0001.001
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A Defence of the American Policy
1856 book by Thomas R. Whitney seeks to warn native-born Americans of the danger of Roman Catholic
influence. Chronicles the rise of the Know-Nothings, particularly in New York. Page images.
http://www.hti.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=moa&idno=AHM4910.0001.001
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Americanism Contrasted with Foreignism, Romanism, and Bogus Democracy
William Gannaway Brownlow's book tries to stir native voters to the cause of the American Party in
the election year 1856. Searchable page images.
http://www.hti.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=moa&idno=ABT7662.0001.001
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Know-Nothing Party, 1850s
Image of handwritten four-point party platform.
http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/americavotes/know-nothing.html
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A Chapter from the Local History of Knownothingism
Article by George H. Haynes takes a look at the career of the Worcester (Massachusetts) Council of
the American Party. As page images or scanned text. [The New England Magazine]
http://www.memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/ncpsbib:@field(DOCID+@lit(AFJ3026-0021-15_bib))::
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The American Presidential Election: Know-Nothing Party
Feature on this nineteenth-century anti-immigrant and anti-Roman Catholic political party.
http://search.eb.com/elections/micro/324/88.html
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The Breakdown of the Party System
The rise of the Know-Nothings marked the demise of the two-party system of the mid-nineteenth
century, and was followed by regional political parties.
http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/database/article_display.cfm?HHID=329
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Ohio History Central: American Party
Short article on the Know-Nothings and their activities in Ohio.
http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/ohc/history/ocoa/gro/ap.shtml
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The Legacy of the Know-Nothings
For teens. Although this political party didn't last for even ten years, its story can show
something about America today.
http://www.ustrek.org/odyssey/semester1/111100/111100daphknow.html
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Lause's Links: The American Party
Points out that the party varied from state to state, and suggests that it was fundamentally a
Unionist party hoping to combat the Democrats on some other issue than slavery.
http://www.geocities.com/CollegePark/Quad/6460/dir/850amer.html
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Ashfield Historical Society: Know Nothing Party
Short article on the secret society in Massachusetts, where its political might was strongest.
http://users.rcn.com/ashfhist/nothing.htm
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Wikipedia: Know-Nothing Movement
Encyclopedia-style article on this nativist movement. Includes the platform of the American Party.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Know-Nothing_movement
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Anna Ella Carroll and the Know-Nothings
Research paper on a writer recruited to defend the nativist movement. Her justifications of the
Know-Nothings are explored for what they say of the role of gender and of the press in politics.
http://www.arcticwind.com/cdb/writings/aec.shtml
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The American Party ("Know-Nothings") Pledge
Also some information on the party's activities and influence in Kentucky.
http://www.uky.edu/LCC/HIS/scraps/pledge.html
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I Know Nothing!
Article on the Know-Nothings, some of their prominent members, and their fear that the Vatican
planned to take Cincinnati by military force.
http://www.aquinas-multimedia.com/stjoseph/knownothings.html
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Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia: Know-Nothing Party
Article on this nineteenth-century anti-immigration and anti-Catholic political party.
http://ap.grolier.com/article?assetid=0161940-0&templatename=/article/article.html
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Encyclopedia Americana: Know-Nothing Movement
Article on the 19th-century nativist party and movement.
http://ap.grolier.com/article?assetid=0233110-00&templatename=/article/article.html
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Knownothingism
Article from the Catholic Encyclopedia on the 1850s anti-immigrant movement.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08677a.htm
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Handbook of Texas: American Party
Article on the Know-Nothings in Texas.
http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/view/AA/waa1.html
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On the Know-Nothing Party
Letter by Abraham Lincoln written August 24, 1855.
http://www.nps.gov/liho/writer/immigran.htm
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