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[Broadside supporting Know-Nothing party]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09342 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Broadside Date: 1 September 1857 Pagination: 1 p. : Order a Copy

Supports the American, or Know-Nothing, Party in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. Encourages all "who are in favor of 'Americans Ruling America!'" to send delegates to the Harrisburg Convention of September 1857.

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