Papers, 1831-1887.

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Papers, 1831-1887.

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Correspondence, accounts, and other papers of John Moore McCalla documenting his activities in the American Colonization Society and the American Party, and his service as collector of taxes for the Corporation of Washington and as secretary for the Washington National Monument Society. Correspondents include Samuel Yorke AtLee (treasurer of the Washington National Monument Society, who was removed from office for misappropriation of funds), Charles Dunham Deshler (of New Brunswick, N.J., corresponding secretary of the Grand Council of the United States of North America [the ruling council of the American Party], concerning charters of state councils and membership in general), Vespasian Ellis (editor of the American Organ, an American Party newspaper, concerning the publication of delinquent property tax lists), William B. Magruder (mayor of Washington, D.C., concerning McCalla's fight with the Corporation of Washington over the sale of properties for which taxes had been paid and allegations of malfeasance in office), and Samuel Wilkeson (president of the American Colonization Society). Also included in the collection are estate papers for the Hill and Varnum families (J.M. McCalla's son, Dr. J.M. McCalla, married Helen Varnum Hill), and scattered papers of members of the McCalla family, including a student's notebook belonging to Isabel Hill McCalla.

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Deshler, Charles D. (Charles Dunham), 1819-1909

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McCalla family.

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Varnum family.

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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...

McCalla, Isabel Hill.

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Magruder, William B. (William Beans), 1810-1869

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Washington National Monument Society

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McCalla, John Moore, 1793-1873

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McCalla (d. 1873) was a military officer and civil servant, of Lexington, Ky., and Washington, D.C. From the description of Papers, 1831-1887. (Virginia Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 28726480 From the description of Papers, 1831-1887. (Shepherd University Library). WorldCat record id: 30534763 Militia officer and civil servant, of Lexington, Ky., and Washington, D.C. From the description of Papers, 1785-1917. (Duke University Library)....