Plan for the Suppression of the Insurrection in Western Pennsylvania
Document 1794Knox discusses plans for the suppression of the Whiskey Rebellion in western Pennsylvania, an insurrection too great to be handled by normal legal means.
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Autograph Letter/Document Signed
Description
Knox discusses plans for the suppression of the Whiskey Rebellion in western Pennsylvania, an insurrection too great to be handled by normal legal means.
Date
08/07/1794
Author
Recipient
Repository
Document number
1794080700101
Page start
1
Notable persons
Henry Knox
James Ross
Jasper Yeates
William Bradford
President United States
Judge Wilson
Marshall
George Washington
militia
courts
Secretary of War
Thomas Smith
Notable locations
Pittsburgh
Pittsburg
neighborhood
Washington County
Allegheny County
Western Pennsylvania
Mingo Creek
Notable items
insurrection
suppression
Whiskey Rebellion
laws
opposition
judicial proceedings
act of May 2, 1792
proclamation