[88]. Hale, E. E., Letters on Irish Immigration.
[89]. Most of these details are taken from E. E. Hale’s interesting Letters on Irish Immigration, written in 1851–1852.
[90]. Congressional Globe, 33d Cong., 2d Ses., p. 391.
[91]. Its real name was “The Supreme Order of the Star Spangled Banner.” There appears to be some difference of opinion as to the exact date of organization. It began to attract public attention about 1852. See Hall, op. cit., p. 207; Jenks and Lauck, The Immigration Problem, p. 297; Rept. Imm. Com., Federal Immigration Legislation, Abs., p. 8; McMaster, J. B., “The Riotous Career of the Know Nothings,” Forum, 17:524.
[92]. Rept. Imm. Com., Federal Immigration Legislation, Abs., pp. 8–10.
[93]. Rept. Imm. Com., Steerage Legislation, Abs., p. 11.
[94]. Rept. Imm. Com., Steer. Legis., Abs., pp. 12, 13.
[95]. Rept. Imm. Com., Steer. Legis., Abs., p. 13.
[96]. See Flom, George T., Norwegian Immigration into the United States, and Chapters on Scandinavian Immigration to Iowa; also, Nelson, O. N., History of the Scandinavians and Successful Scandinavians in the United States.
[97]. Commons, J. R., op. cit., p. 129.