1From George Washington to William Rawle, 13 March 1793 (Washington Papers)
Whereas it appears to me, from the representation of several respectable persons, and from sundry affidavits, that William Kerr and Alexander Beer, who were lately indicted in the circuit-court of the United States, holden in the town of York, in the state of Pennsylvania, for a riot, were innocent of the offence, with which they stand charged; and they may be exposed to great trouble and...