Web Directory

» A Chapter from the Local History of Knownothingism
   Article by George H. Haynes takes a look at the career of the Worcester (Massachusetts) Council of the American Party. As page images or scanned text. [The New England Magazine]
   http://www.memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/ncpsbib:@field(DOCID+@lit(AFJ3026-0021-15_bib))::

» A Defence of the American Policy
   1856 book by Thomas R. Whitney seeks to warn native-born Americans of the danger of Roman Catholic influence. Chronicles the rise of the Know-Nothings, particularly in New York. Page images.
   http://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=moa&idno=AHM4910.0001.001

» A Know-Nothing Legislature
   At a distance of four decades, George H. Haynes looks back on the Massachusetts state legislature of 1855, in which a secret political organization had won more than 90 percent of the seats. Searchable page images. [The New England Magazine]
   http://cdl.library.cornell.edu/cgi-bin/moa/moa-cgi?notisid=AFJ3026-0022-4

» A Voice to America
   1855 book by Thomas Bangs Thorpe is an apologia for the American Party. Searchable page images.
   http://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=moa;idno=AHM3965

» American Platform of Principles
   Adopted by the American Party at its 1856 convention in Philadelphia.
   http://www.yale.edu/glc/archive/974.htm

» Americanism Contrasted with Foreignism, Romanism, and Bogus Democracy
   William Gannaway Brownlow's book tries to stir native voters to the cause of the American Party in the election year 1856. Searchable page images.
   http://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=moa&idno=ABT7662.0001.001

» Examiner's Questions for Admittance to the American (or Know-Nothing) Party
   Image of handwritten ritual for swearing in a new member. Also some background information on the party.
   http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/mcc:@field(DOCID+@lit(mcc/062))

» Handbook of Texas: American Party
   Article on the Know-Nothings in Texas.
   http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/AA/waa1.html

» I Know Nothing!
   Article on the Know-Nothings, some of their prominent members, and their fear that the Vatican planned to take Cincinnati by military force.
   http://www.aquinas-multimedia.com/stjoseph/knownothings.html

» Know-Nothing Party, 1850s
   Image of handwritten four-point party platform.
   http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/americavotes/know-nothing.html

» Know-Nothing People
   An explanation for older kids of why some Americans in the nineteenth century started the Know-Nothing Party.
   http://www.pbs.org/wnet/historyofus/web08/segment5.html

» Know-Nothingism
   Lengthy critical article on the allure of the Know-Nothings. Searchable page images. [The United States Democratic Review]
   http://cdl.library.cornell.edu/cgi-bin/moa/moa-cgi?notisid=AGD1642-0037-94

» Knownothingism
   Article from the Catholic Encyclopedia on the 1850s anti-immigrant movement.
   http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08677a.htm

» Startling Facts for Native Americans Called "Know-Nothings"
   1855 book warns of a foreign Catholic conspiracy to eradicate American liberty. Searchable page images.
   http://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=moa;idno=AEY0515.0001.001

» The American Party ("Know-Nothings") Pledge
   Also some information on the party's activities and influence in Kentucky.
   http://legacy.bluegrass.kctcs.edu/LCC/HIS/scraps/pledge.html

» The Breakdown of the Party System
   The rise of the Know-Nothings marked the demise of the two-party system of the mid-nineteenth century, and was followed by regional political parties.
   http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/database/article_display.cfm?HHID=329

» The Cloven Foot
   Although the Know-Nothings may seem at first glance to be entirely novel, this article seeks out the political lineage of the dark-lantern organization. Searchable page images. [The United States Democratic Review]
   http://cdl.library.cornell.edu/cgi-bin/moa/moa-cgi?notisid=AGD1642-0037-27

» The Legacy of the Know-Nothings
   For teens. Although this political party didn't last for even ten years, its story can show something about America today.
   http://www.ustrek.org/odyssey/semester1/111100/111100daphknow.html

» Tricks of the Enemy!
   Broadside posted in 1854 in Washington, D.C., to combat the rumor that Archbishop Hughes (of New York) was in town to control foreign and Catholic votes.
   http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/S?ammem/rbpebib:@field(TITLE+@od1(Tricks+of+the+enemy!++Know+nothing++Falsehoods!!+It+is+reported+throughout+this+city,+and+published+on+the+street+corners,+that++Arch+Bishop+Hughes+of+N++Y+,+is+in+this+city+for+the+pur

» Wide-Awake! Romanism: Its Aims and Tendencies
   1854 booklet by Know-Nothing L.W. Granger urges Americans to preserve the Protestant character of the public schools and to safeguard the ballot box from control by foreigners. Searchable page images.
   http://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=moa&idno=AJG4436.0001.001

» Wikipedia: Know-Nothing
   Encyclopedia-style article on this nativist movement. Includes the platform of the American Party.
   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Know_Nothing