Americanism Contrasted with Foreignism, Romanism, and Bogus Democracy
- William Gannaway Brownlow's book tries to stir native voters to the cause of the American Party in the election year 1856. Searchable page images.
- http://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=moa&idno=ABT7662.0001.001

A Defence of the American Policy
- 1856 book by Thomas R. Whitney seeks to warn native-born Americans of the danger of Roman Catholic influence. Chronicles the rise of the Know-Nothings, particularly in New York. Page images.
- http://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=moa&idno=AHM4910.0001.001

Startling Facts for Native Americans Called "Know-Nothings"
- 1855 book warns of a foreign Catholic conspiracy to eradicate American liberty. Searchable page images.
- http://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=moa;idno=AEY0515.0001.001

Wide-Awake! Romanism: Its Aims and Tendencies
- 1854 booklet by Know-Nothing L.W. Granger urges Americans to preserve the Protestant character of the public schools and to safeguard the ballot box from control by foreigners. Searchable page images.
- http://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=moa&idno=AJG4436.0001.001

A Voice to America
- 1855 book by Thomas Bangs Thorpe is an apologia for the American Party. Searchable page images.
- http://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=moa;idno=AHM3965

Wikipedia: Know-Nothing
- Encyclopedia-style article on this nativist movement. Includes the platform of the American Party.
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Know_Nothing

Handbook of Texas: American Party
- Article on the Know-Nothings in Texas.
- http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/AA/waa1.html

The American Party ("Know-Nothings") Pledge
- Also some information on the party's activities and influence in Kentucky.
- http://www.bluegrass.kctcs.edu/LCC/HIS/scraps/pledge.html

Tricks of the Enemy!
- Broadside posted in 1854 in Washington, D.C., to combat the rumor that Archbishop Hughes (of New York) was in town to control foreign and Catholic votes.
- http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/S?ammem/rbpebib:@field(TITLE+@od1(Tricks+of+the+enemy!++Know+nothing++Falsehoods!!+It+is+reported+throughout+this+city,+and+published+on+the+street+corners,+that++Arch+Bishop+Hughes+of+N++Y+,+is+in+this+city+for+the+pur

Examiner's Questions for Admittance to the American (or Know-Nothing) Party
- Image of handwritten ritual for swearing in a new member. Also some background information on the party.
- http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/mcc:@field(DOCID+@lit(mcc/062))

Know-Nothing People
- An explanation for older kids of why some Americans in the nineteenth century started the Know-Nothing Party.
- http://www.pbs.org/wnet/historyofus/web08/segment5.html

American Platform of Principles
- Adopted by the American Party at its 1856 convention in Philadelphia.
- http://www.yale.edu/glc/archive/974.htm

Know-Nothingism
- Lengthy critical article on the allure of the Know-Nothings. Searchable page images. [The United States Democratic Review]
- http://cdl.library.cornell.edu/cgi-bin/moa/moa-cgi?notisid=AGD1642-0037-94

A Know-Nothing Legislature
- At a distance of four decades, George H. Haynes looks back on the Massachusetts state legislature of 1855, in which a secret political organization had won more than 90 percent of the seats. Searchable page images. [The New England Magazine]
- http://cdl.library.cornell.edu/cgi-bin/moa/moa-cgi?notisid=AFJ3026-0022-4

The Cloven Foot
- Although the Know-Nothings may seem at first glance to be entirely novel, this article seeks out the political lineage of the dark-lantern organization. Searchable page images. [The United States Democratic Review]
- http://cdl.library.cornell.edu/cgi-bin/moa/moa-cgi?notisid=AGD1642-0037-27

Know-Nothing Party, 1850s
- Image of handwritten four-point party platform.
- http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/americavotes/know-nothing.html

A Chapter from the Local History of Knownothingism
- Article by George H. Haynes takes a look at the career of the Worcester (Massachusetts) Council of the American Party. As page images or scanned text. [The New England Magazine]
- http://www.memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/ncpsbib:@field(DOCID+@lit(AFJ3026-0021-15_bib))::

The Breakdown of the Party System
- The rise of the Know-Nothings marked the demise of the two-party system of the mid-nineteenth century, and was followed by regional political parties.
- http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/database/article_display.cfm?HHID=329

The Legacy of the Know-Nothings
- For teens. Although this political party didn't last for even ten years, its story can show something about America today.
- http://www.ustrek.org/odyssey/semester1/111100/111100daphknow.html

I Know Nothing!
- Article on the Know-Nothings, some of their prominent members, and their fear that the Vatican planned to take Cincinnati by military force.
- http://www.aquinas-multimedia.com/stjoseph/knownothings.html

Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia: Know-Nothing Party
- Article on this nineteenth-century anti-immigration and anti-Catholic political party.
- http://ap.grolier.com/article?assetid=0161940-0&templatename=/article/article.html

Encyclopedia Americana: Know-Nothing Movement
- Article on the 19th-century nativist party and movement.
- http://ap.grolier.com/article?assetid=0233110-00&templatename=/article/article.html

Knownothingism
- Article from the Catholic Encyclopedia on the 1850s anti-immigrant movement.
- http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08677a.htm

On the Know-Nothing Party
- Letter by Abraham Lincoln written August 24, 1855.
- http://www.nps.gov/liho/writer/immigran.htm