William Penn Clarke correspondence, 1859-1874.

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William Penn Clarke correspondence, 1859-1874.

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This collection consists of Clarke's letterbook with correspondence dated between 1859 and 1861, a folder of individual holograph letters written between 1868 to 1874, and a copy of Ward Lamon's Life of Abraham Lincoln with a 5 page holograph document written by Clarke tipped in which discusses the Know Nothing movement. Most of the individual letters are written on Cooley & Clarke, Attorneys at Law letterhead stationery.

2 vols., 1 folder

Iowa State Historical Society

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SNAC Resource ID: 7994045

Iowa State Historical Society

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Lamon, Ward Hill, 1828-1893

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Ward Hill Lamon, a close friend and a biographer of Abraham Lincoln. A native of Virginia, he moved to Illinois in 1847. He became Lincoln's law partner, and in the 1850's worked for his political career. In 1861, Lamon accompanied Lincoln to Washington. In the same year he was appointed Marshal of the District of Columbia. After Lincoln's assassination, Lamon practiced law in a partnership with Jeremiah S. Black. Black's son, Chauncey F. Black ghostwrote Lamon's Life of Abraham Lincoln (1872). ...

Clarke, William Penn, 1817-1903.

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Attorney, newspaper editor and owner, politician and abolitionist. Clarke owned and edited The State Press (Iowa City). He was leader of Iowa's Free Soil party before becoming a prominent Republican party member. During his time as a Free Soiler he became involved with the Know Nothing political movement which sought to limit the political power of immigrants and Catholics. He served as a secretary at the Pittsburg National Convention at which the Republican party was organized and went on to re...

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...