George A. Pike scrapbook, 1855-1856.

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George A. Pike scrapbook, 1855-1856.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/301745349

Scrapbook of newspaper clippings pertaining to Louisiana politics, the Know-Nothing Party, and the Masonic Order.

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Louisiana State University, LSU Libraries

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SNAC Resource ID: 7284073

Louisiana State University, LSU Libraries

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Pike, George H.

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George A. Pike, printer and seven-time master of St. James Lodge No. 47 in Baton Rouge, La., founded the Baton Rouge newspaper The Comet, consolidating it with The Gazette. He went on to become the first editor of The Advocate. From the description of George A. Pike scrapbook, 1855-1856. (Louisiana State University). WorldCat record id: 301745349 ...

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...