American Party (Boston, Mass.) records, 1853-1856.

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American Party (Boston, Mass.) records, 1853-1856.

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Four volumes of records of the Boston chapter of the American Party (also known as the Know Nothing Party), 1853-56, kept by recording secretary Solomon Bradford Morse. Includes copies of the party constitution; list of members; and minutes of meetings. Morse used the blank pages of the volumes to record genealogical information on the Morse, Bradford, Cutter, and related families.

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Massachusetts Historical Society

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SNAC Resource ID: 7574402

Massachusetts Historical Society

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Morse, Solomon B.

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Bradford family

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Cutter family

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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...