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American Republican Party of Kingston American Republican Town Nominations. "Beware of Foreign Influence"

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC07450 Author/Creator: American Republican Party of Kingston Place Written: Kingston, New York Type: Broadside Date: circa 1845 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 63.3 cm, Width: 46.6 cm Order a Copy

Nativist Election broadside, with large eagle, by the American Republican Party of Kingston attacking Roman Catholic immigrants. "Beware of Foreign Influence" is attributed to Washington's Farewell Address. Prints the address of John Young as Chairman, with Resolutions, calling upon people to guard against "all the Roman Catholic countries on Earth which are sending their millions of offcasts and vagabonds...to take from us the Liberties we now enjoy."

American Republican Party of Kingston

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