Discharge of worker from Statist expedition

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Type

Printed Document

Description

Governor Mifflin has directed that, in compliance with Alexander Dallas's request, a workman by the name of Samuel Owner be discharged from the military expedition headed west to respond to the Whiskey Rebellion. Owner was employed by the United States government, but authorities had drafted him after the outbreak of the insurrection.

Date

09/19/1794

Sent from

Philadelphia

Document number

1794091940000

Note

LC, Division of Public Records, Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg; copy, Division of Public Records, Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg

Notable persons

Alexander Hamilton
Alexander J. Dallas
Thomas Mifflin
governor
Samuel Owner
laborer
worker

Notable locations

Philadelphia
Pennsylvania

Notable items

draft
Whiskey Rebellion
labor
labour