Hon. A. H. Stephens, of Ga., on Know-Nothingism

Item Information

• Description
  Two-paged newspaper clipping of a letter from Alexander H. Stephens denouncing the Know-Nothing party that has spread throughout the United States. He opposes the disenfranchisement of foreign white men, especially at the expense of slaves and Negroes, and worries that the Know-Nothing party will ruin American democracy.

• Item ID
  bdsga20369
• Source Collection
  Broadsides and Ephemera Collection
• Spatial Coverage
  United States
  Georgia
  Elbert County (Ga.)
  Elberton (Ga.)
• Language
  eng
• Title
  Hon. A. H. Stephens, of Ga., on Know-Nothingism
• Extent
  2 scans
• Date
  1855-05-05
• Folder
  GA2
• Type
  Text
  broadsides
  circular letters
  newspaper clippings
• Subject
  Race relations
  Speeches, addresses, etc.
  Politics and government

• Copyright & Usage
  None