Hamilton Volunteers to Fight the Insurrection
Document 1794Hamilton expresses his wish to join in the effort to combat the insurrection in western Pennsylvania. [Whiskey Rebellion]
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Type
Letter Signed
Description
Hamilton expresses his wish to join in the effort to combat the insurrection in western Pennsylvania. [Whiskey Rebellion]
Date
09/19/1794
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Philadelphia
Repository
Collection
Document number
1794091900101
Notable persons
George Washington
Alexander Hamilton
General [Henry] Knox
Congress
Secretary of War
Secretary of Treasury
President Washington
Notable locations
Philadelphia
Western Country
Western Pennsylvania
Notable items
expedition
danger to his fellow citizens
permission
columns
ultimate point of rendezvous
Treasury department
The advisor or proposer of a measure which involves danger to his fellow citizens [should] partake in the danger
whiskey rebellion
insurrection