Whiskey Rebellion (Insurrection)

Primary Documents

Va .3 Papers relating to what is known as the Whiskey Insurrection in western Pennsylvania.

Va .64 Observations on the statement of facts, prefixed, in Wharton's state trials, for treason in the Western Insurrection / by John Bannister Gibson, one of the Justices of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Am.661 United States Army record of orders issued during the Western Insurrection 1794-1795

Am.6618 John Hugg Clunn journal 1794

Am 1688 MacPherson family correspondence 1766-1855

Am 0740 Jasper Yeates papers 1733 – 1876

LCP Vb .449 Report of the commissioners: appointed by the President of the United States of America, to confer with the insurgents in the western counties of Pennsylvania.

LCP Vb .449 The speech of Albert Gallatin : a representative from the county of Fayette, in the House of representatives of the General assembly of Pennsylvania, on the important question touching the validity of the elections held in the four western counties of the state, on the 14th day of October, 1794 /with notes and an appendix, containing sundry documents relative to the western insurrection.

LCP Vb .45History of the insurrection, in the four western counties of Pennsylvania : in the year M.D.CC.XCIV. With a recital of the circumstances specially connected therewith, and an historical review of the previous situation of the country / by William Findley, member of the House of representatives of the United States.

Secondary Source

E 315 .H64 2006 The Whiskey Rebellion : George Washington, Alexander Hamilton, and the frontier rebels who challenged America's newfound sovereignty /William Hogeland.

UPA E 315.C457 1994 The whiskey rebellion : southwestern Pennsylvania's frontier people test the American constitution / Jerry A. Clouse

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Historical Society of Pennsylvania Website based Resources

Historical Society of Pennsylvania Digital Library (1680s) http://digitallibrary.hsp.org/index.php/Browse/modifyCriteria/facet/decade_facet/id/1680s/mod_i d/0

Specific Attention to: Series 1e: William Rawle Sr., U.S. Attorney, Turnbull, Marmie & Co.; 1787-1798; Whiskey Rebellion, 1791-1800 http://digitallibrary.hsp.org/index.php/Detail/Object/Show/object_id/6835

Series 1e: William Rawle Sr.--U.S. Attorney, Whiskey Rebellion, n.d.; miscellaneous, 1791- 1797; Series 1f: William Rawle Sr.--Miscellaneous http://digitallibrary.hsp.org/index.php/Detail/Object/Show/object_id/6842

Preserving American Freedom: http://digitalhistory.hsp.org/preserving-american-freedom

Specific Attention to: Timeline: http://digitalhistory.hsp.org/node/52/timeline

Interactive Timeline: http://timeline.hsp.org/main.html

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