Papers, 1851-1912 and n.d.

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Papers, 1851-1912 and n.d.

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Collection contains an 1851 inventory of goods in possession of the Marietta Hotel; an 1853 legal document concerning a riot in Georgia; a letter dated 1855 concerning the Whig, Free-Soil, and Know-Nothing (American) parties; a letter (1865 May 1) from a Union soldier describing the entrance of the U.S. Army into Danville, Va.; a contract (1886) for Miss H.E. Harrison to teach school in Murphy, N.C.; photographs of a 1912 Confederate Reunion in Marietta, Ga.; an undated profit/loss statement for a plantation; and biographical material on Bowling C. Yates.

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Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7290950

Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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Free-Soil Party.

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Marietta Hotel (Marietta, Ga.)

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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...

Whig Party (U.S.)

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Harrison, H. E.

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Yates, Bowling C.

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Historian at Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park (Ga.). From the description of Papers, 1851-1912 and n.d. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 30838940 ...