Scrapbooks, 1853-1857.

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Scrapbooks, 1853-1857.

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Scrapbooks of clippings, 1853-1857, kept by James H. Thwaits of Kentucky. Largely political subjects, e.g. slavery, the Know Nothing Party, and presidents.

(0.3 linear ft.)

Buffalo History Museum, Research Library

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Buffalo History Museum, Research Library

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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...

Thwaits, James H.

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