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[SHEET MUSIC]. [THE “KNOW NOTHING” POLITICAL PARTY]. NICKS, Weiss. The Celebrated Know Nothing Song Composed and Dedicated to ‘Know Nothing’ by Weiss Nicks. Philadelphia: Lee & Walker, 1854. Rare sheet music and an unusual artifact for the short-lived nativist political party. 4to. [5 pp]. Original engraved self-wrappers. 13 x 10 ¼’. String-binding lacking string, spine worn, chipped due to removal of string binding, toned, foxed, soiled. Very good. Rare. The “Know Nothing” party was deeply xenophobic (including anti-Irish, anti-Catholic, anti-German, etc.); it came from the older Whig party. “Know Nothing” elected officials established various anti-immigrant laws throughout the country (for example, Chicago mayor Levi Boone forbade immigrants from having city jobs) From the Mark Rucker Collection.