Title
The Republic: A Monthly Magazine of American Literature, Politics, and Art
Coverage
New York
Publisher
Thomas R. Whitney
Date
January 1851
Subject
Volume 1, number 1
Description
A nativist monthly miscellany edited by Thomas Whitney, published by the Order of United Americans, a group opposed to immigration and foreign influences. It was supportive of the Know Nothing movement that put an end to the Whig party and opened the door for the birth of the anti-slavery Republican party of Abraham Lincoln.