Individuals involved in Whiskey Rebellion
Document 1794Secretary Hamilton writes President Washington on the details of the insurrection in Pennsylvania, later known as the Whiskey Rebellion. Hamilton includes the names of dozens of individuals involved in the event in one way or another. States that they defend their actions as "constitutional resistance," which Hamilton rejects entirely.
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Printed Document
Description
Secretary Hamilton writes President Washington on the details of the insurrection in Pennsylvania, later known as the Whiskey Rebellion. Hamilton includes the names of dozens of individuals involved in the event in one way or another. States that they defend their actions as "constitutional resistance," which Hamilton rejects entirely.
Date
09/02/1794
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Treasury Department
Collection
Document number
1794090200100
Note
Copy, Lloyd W. Smith Collection, Morristown National Park, Morristown, New Jersey.
Notable persons
George Washington
Alexander Hamilton
Thomas Mifflin
governor
officers
James Marshall
David Bradford
Attorney General
Henry Taylor
James Edgar
Thomas Crooks
William Parker
Eli Jenkins
Thomas Sedgwick
Peter Kidd
militia
Justices of the Peace
Associate Judges
Register and Recorder
Edward Cooke
Nathaniel Braden
Nehemiah Stokely
Thomas Moreton
Albert Gallatin
John Cannon
John Smilie
Thomas Wilson
Samuel Giddes
William Wallace
John Hamilton
Basil Bowel
Jacob Forwood
Robert Johnston
collector of the revenue
Caleb Mount
Isaac Meason
James Finley
Benjamin Wells
wife
Andrew Robb
Jacob Beason
James McFarlane
rioters
inspector of the revenue
David Hamilton
William Meetkirk
Gabriel Blakney
Absolom Beard
Abraham Kirkpatrick
Brison
John Gibson
Presly Neville
James Wells
John Webster
rebels
Jacob Stewart
William Boyd
Jacob Snyder
distiller
Stoffer
Joseph Huston
sheriff
supervisor of the revenue
George Clymer
William Faulkner
Alexander Addison
judge
Thomas Stokely
Robert Wilson
Notable locations
Treasury Department
Pennsylvania
Washington County
Pittsburgh
Fayette County
circuit court
Notable items
laws
constitution
gazettes
newspapers
excise
oath
award
murder
whiskey
Whiskey Rebellion
distillery/ insurrection
revolt
assault
warrants
subpoena