On the Whiskey Rebellion
Document 1794Secretary Hamilton writes to President Washington on the Whiskey Rebellion. Mentions that the Collector of the Revenue, Robert Wilson, was attacked by the rebels: "stripped of his Cloaths which were afterwards burnt, and after having been himself inhumanly burnt in several places with a heated Iron was tarred and feathered - and about day light dismissed - naked wounded and otherwise in a very suffering condition."
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Secretary Hamilton writes to President Washington on the Whiskey Rebellion. Mentions that the Collector of the Revenue, Robert Wilson, was attacked by the rebels: "stripped of his Cloaths which were afterwards burnt, and after having been himself inhumanly burnt in several places with a heated Iron was tarred and feathered - and about day light dismissed - naked wounded and otherwise in a very suffering condition."
Date
08/05/1794
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Recipient
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Treasury Departement
Collection
Document number
1794080500000
Note
ADf, Hamilton Papers, Library of Congress; copy, Hamilton Papers, Library of Congress; copy, RG 46, Third Congress, 1793-1795, Messages from the President, National Archives; [Philadelphia] Dunlap and Cloaypoole's American Daily Advertiser, August 21
Notable persons
George Washington
Alexander Hamilton
officers
David Bradford
Robert Wilson
Notable locations
Treasury Department
Pennsylvania
western Pennsylvania
Alleghany County
Washington County
Fayette County
Westmoreland County
Red Stone Old Fort
Notable items
Whiskey Rebellion
crisis
revolt
insurrection
tax
excise
whiskey
spirits
distilled
stills
violence
threats
outrage
meetings
resolutions
committees