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Collection Reference Number GLC07450
From Archive Folder Documents Relating to 1845 
Title American Republican Town Nominations. "Beware of Foreign Influence"
Date ca. 1845
Document Type Broadside
Content Description Nativist Election broadside, with large eagle, by the American Republican Party of Kingston attacking Roman Catholic immigrants. "Beware of Foreign Influence" is attributed to Washington's Farewell Address. Prints the address of John Young as Chairman, with Resolutions, calling upon people to guard against "all the Roman Catholic countries on Earth which are sending their millions of offcasts and vagabonds...to take from us the Liberties we now enjoy."
Subjects Government and Civics  Politics  Election  Foreign Affairs  Republican Party  Catholicism  Religion  Immigration and Migration  President  Presidential Speeches and Proclamations  
Place written Kingston, New York
Theme Government & Politics; Foreign Affairs; Religion; The Presidency
Sub-collection The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859
Copyright The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859