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After sixteen years of successful trial the arrangement was discontinued in 1852, owing to the wave of bigotry known as the Knownothing Movement that swept over New
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 13: Revelation-Stock 1840-1916 1913
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This was in conformity with that part of the oath which forbade the member "To expose the name of any member of their order nor reveal the existence of such an association", and from this answer so uniformly repeated the nickname "Knownothing" was invented and was applied to the party and its members, and thus the
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 8: Infamy-Lapparent 1840-1916 1913
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Then, too, Forestburg was a Knownothing stronghold, and we fell naturally into our daddies 'way of thinking.
The Statesmen Snowbound Robert Fitzgerald
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In 1851 the large Knownothing element in Providence, R.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 8: Infamy-Lapparent 1840-1916 1913
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In the Thirty-fifth Congress, which assembled in December, 1855, there were seventy-five Knownothing members elected as such.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 8: Infamy-Lapparent 1840-1916 1913
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At twenty she became a Catholic, and even her Protestant relatives shared in her sufferings from Knownothing bigotry.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 14: Simony-Tournon 1840-1916 1913
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Mass., the Catholic churches were attacked by the Knownothing mob, the windows smashed, and much other damage done.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 8: Infamy-Lapparent 1840-1916 1913
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In 1856, at Philadelphia, the delegates of the Knownothing party held a convention at which they nominated Millard Fillmore as candidate for President.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 8: Infamy-Lapparent 1840-1916 1913
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In 1855 the Knownothing party suffered a serious reverse in Virginia, when Henry A.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 8: Infamy-Lapparent 1840-1916 1913
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Knownothing governor, and the party carried the elections in nine different states.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 8: Infamy-Lapparent 1840-1916 1913
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