The Know-Nothing Party in Massachusetts: The Rise and Fall of a People's Movement
- ISBN-10
- 1555530710
- ISBN-13
- 9781555530716
- Category
- Massachusetts
- Pages
- 236
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1990
- Publisher
- UPNE
- Author
- John R. Mulkern
Description
Gardner , “ Inaugural Address of 1856 , ” 312–13 ; Mass . , Acts and Resolves , 1855 , 674–75 , 716 , 766-67 , 812–13 , 833 , 954 , 966 ; Mass . , School ... 30 , 1854 ; Everett to Trescot , Oct. 20 , 1854 ; Everett to Fillmore , Nov.
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