Letter to George M. Davis, 1844 August 31.

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Letter to George M. Davis, 1844 August 31.

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Clay discusses the campaign of 1844, the Know Nothing Party, his prospects for success in the election and the U.S. Naturalization Law and attitudes towards foreigners.

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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...