Forms: Autographed letter signed; Persons: William Macdonnell to Ben. [Watson], Thomas G. Steele, Tom Fowler, [Crestes Augustus] Brownson, Joseph Cunningham; Places: Fairmont, VA [now WV], 1854
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Subjects include: politics; "Know Nothings" -- the Irish in America -- Catholic Church; intolerance of Americans for the Irish as a class; opinion of the conduct of Irishmen; opinion on the platform of the Know Nothings; comment on hostility of political parties to Catholics; dislike of Brownson's action on the Know Nothings, his extremes in upholding the Catholic Church; and intention of not supporting the Whigs if they identify with the Know Nothings: "...the American people as a Nation are the most entensely [sic] intolerant of all people under the sun..."
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