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[Platform of Know-Nothing party]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09343 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Broadside Date: 1855 Pagination: 1 p. : Order a Copy

Platform of the American, or Know-Nothing, Party, adopted by the National Convention, June 15, 1855, calling for severe limits on immigration, stricter naturalization policies, and restricting political office and public school teachers to Protestants.

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