Papers, 1832-1863; (bulk 1851-1859).

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Papers, 1832-1863; (bulk 1851-1859).

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Includes business papers; summonses; papers relating to the post office; advertisements of Maryland and Delaware lotteries; monthly quotations sheets of a commercial bank; two daybooks and a memorandum book; and correspondence concerning limitations on the sale of liquor in Fremont, Ohio, in 1854, the detection and capture of runaway slaves by John H. Pope of Frederick (Md.), terms on which the Illinois Central Railroad Company was prepared to sell farm lands, the Improved Order of Red Men of which Smith was a member, the Know-Nothing (or American) Party, contributions for the Washington National Monument Society, Freemasons and Odd Fellows, turnpikes in western Virginia, and personal matters.

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Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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Improved Order of Red Men

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American Party

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One of the most famous incidents of anti-Catholic sentiment expression occurred August 11, 1834; non-Catholic rioters looted and burned the Ursuline Convent of Mount Benedict in Charlestown, MA. Anti-Catholic violence also erupted in Philadelphia when 13 people were killed in riots in 1835. Activities by the American Nativist Party in Kensington, Pennsylvania, in 1844 also sparked anti-Catholic riots. In the 1850s, the American Party, also known as the Know-Nothing Party, was partly founded on a...

Illinois Central Railroad Company

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Smith, John, fl. 1800

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John Smith was the constable at Somerset. From the description of M 879 John Smith Diary and Certificates, 1873- ca. 1886. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 755718360 Merchant, postmaster, and constable, of Middleway (Jefferson Co.), Va. (now W. Va.). From the description of Papers, 1832-1863; (bulk 1851-1859). (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 20315017 Organ was for St. Paul's Cathedral, cnr. Swanston and Flinders Streets and is no...

Pope, J. H. (John Henry), 1824-1889

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