Search Strategies & Selected Articles

The links below provide access to a sampling of articles from historic newspapers that can be found in Chronicling America. You can further explore the topic of "The Know-Nothings" using the following search strategies:

Use the following terms in combination, proximity, or as a phrase:
Know Nothings, American Party, Order of the Star Spangled Banner, Millard Fillmore, Philadelphia Convention
It is important to use a specific date range if looking for articles for a particular event in order to narrow your results.
Be prepared to distinguish between the many articles that discuss the other major political parties and political movements of the time, especially the Native American Party.

Selected Articles from Chronicling America

"War Upon The Irish"
The Daily Dispatch (Richmond, VA), April 3, 1854, Image 2, col. 1.
"A New Phase of an Old Affair"
Cooper's Clarksburg Register (Clarksburg, VA [WV]), April 26, 1854, Image 2, col. 3.
"Spirit of the Morning Press"
Daily Evening Star (Washington, DC), May 31, 1854, Image 2, col. 1.
"The Star - Know-Nothingism"
Semi-Weekly Standard (Raleigh, NC), February 14, 1855, Image 3, col. 1.
"On Foreign Immigration, the Naturalization Laws and the Secret Order of Know Nothings"
Democrat and Sentinel (Ebensburg, PA), March 15, 1855, Image 1, col. 1-6.
"The March of Intolerance"
Weekly North Carolina Standard (Raleigh, NC), July 4, 1855, Image 1, col. 5.
"Refuting a Falsehood by the Record"
The Feliciana Democrat (Clinton, LA), August 25, 1855, Image 1, col. 5.
"Know-Nothingism in Its Nakedness"
The Opelousas Courier (Opelousas, LA), September 15, 1855, Image 2, col. 2-3.
"Origin of the Term 'Know-Nothings'"
The Star of the North (Bloomsburg, PA), September 20, 1855, Image 2, col. 4.
"Know-Nothings at Philadelphia"
New-York Daily Tribune (New York, NY), February 25, 1856, Page 5, Image 5, col. 1-4.
"The Native Nomination"
New-York Daily Tribune (New York, NY), February 27, 1856, Page 4, Image 4, col. 2-3.
"A Chapter for the Journal's Benefit"
The Spirit of Democracy (Woodsfield, OH), August 6, 1856, Image 2, col. 2.
"Mr. Fillmore's Strength"
Semi-Weekly Standard (Raleigh, NC), November 12, 1856, Image 3, col. 2.
"Election Notes"
Burlington Free Press (Burlington, VT), November 14, 1856, Image 1, col. 5.
"A Few Plain Questions"
Democrat and Sentinel (Ebensburg, PA), August 24, 1859, Image 2, col. 4.

Know-Nothings: Topics in Chronicling America

Search Strategies & Selected Articles

Selected Articles from Chronicling America