Six speeches given at meetings of Ohio Know-Nothings in 1853-1857. Included are references to debates with the Democratic legislature over taxation (1854), riot in Cincinnati (1854), Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce and other commercial associations, Know-Nothings' endorsement of Millard Fillmore's Presidential campaign (1856), and a campaign for a change in the municipal affairs (1857). Contents: Two speeches "read July 11 1855" on the transformation of the Know-Nothings into a "National party" (ff. 1-12); 2. "Admitting foreigners," 1856, June 4 (ff. 12-17); 3. "Tax Question," 1854 (ff. 18-20); 4. "Dinner at Burnet House," 1853, January (ff 20-24v); 5. Fillmore & Donelsen Club (ff. 25-35).
