1To John Adams from William Smith, 21 January 1791 (Adams Papers)
..., by a vote of 35 to 21, the Whiskey Act, a controversial piece of legislation that laid...
2To George Washington from Charles Carter of Ludlow, 26 May 1792 (Washington Papers)
...of the medical department during the expedition to suppress the Whiskey Rebellion.
3To Thomas Jefferson from David Redick, 20 June 1792 (Jefferson Papers)
...and was one of the more moderate supporters of the Whiskey Rebellion in 1794 (William H. Egle,...
4To George Washington from Alexander Hamilton, 1 September 1792 (Washington Papers)
...proposed an excise tax on domestically produced whiskey in his “Report Relative to a Provision...
5To Thomas Jefferson from George Washington, 15 September 1792 (Jefferson Papers)
...has aptly been described as a dress rehearsal for the Whiskey Rebellion of 1794 (Richard H....
6To Alexander Hamilton from George Clymer, [28 September 1792] (Hamilton Papers)
, Pennsylvania Miscellany, Whiskey Rebellion, Vol. 1, Library of Congress).
7To Alexander Hamilton from George Clymer, [4 October 1792] (Hamilton Papers)
, Pennsylvania Miscellany, Whiskey Rebellion, Vol. 1, Library of Congress....Miscellany, Whiskey...
8To George Washington from Isaac Huger, 12 October 1792 (Washington Papers)
...the president led the army in its suppression of the Whiskey Rebellion (
9Thomas Boylston Adams to John Adams, 30 October 1792 (Adams Papers)
...violence, and would grow into what became known as the Whiskey Rebellion by 1794.The Whiskey
10From Thomas Jefferson to James Madison, 19 May 1793 (Jefferson Papers)
The Whiskey Rebellion: Frontier Epilogue to the American Revolution
11Proclamation on Violent Opposition to the Excise Tax, 24 February 1794 (Washington Papers)
...the
opposition to the collection of the excise tax on whiskey in 1792, see
12Thomas Boylston Adams to John Adams, 20 May 1794 (Adams Papers)
...— with this they feed their horses and make whiskey; It seems to me no very favorable symptom...
13To John Jay from Tench Coxe, 9 June 1794 (Jay Papers)
...background on the earlier response to excise taxes on whiskey and spirits, see the editorial...
14To George Washington from Henry Knox, 14 July 1794 (Washington Papers)
...Wood, acting in the absence of Henry Lee during the Whiskey Rebellion campaign, requesting...
15John Quincy Adams to Abigail Adams, 29 July 1794 (Adams Papers)
recounts the first violent action of the Whiskey Rebellion. On 16 July a group of armed men...
16Conference Concerning the Insurrection in Western Pennsylvania, [2 August 1794] (Hamilton Papers)
, Pennsylvania Miscellany, Whiskey Rebellion, Vol. I, Library of Congress; copy, Historical...
17To George Washington from Henry Knox, 4 August 1794 (Washington Papers)
: Pennsylvania Whiskey Rebellion Collection; copy,
18Alexander Hamilton and Henry Knox to George Washington, 5 August 1794 (Hamilton Papers)
, with insertions in Randolph’s handwriting, Pennsylvania Miscellany, Whiskey Rebellion, Vol. I,...
19From Alexander Hamilton to George Washington, [5 August] 1794 (Hamilton Papers)
Whiskey Rebels...as well as seven documents relating to the Whiskey Insurrection is...
20To George Washington from Alexander Hamilton, 5 August 1794 (Washington Papers)
: Pennsylvania Whiskey Rebellion Collection). Additional depositions of Peter Myers, Reasin Beall...
21To George Washington from Alexander Hamilton and Henry Knox, 5 August 1794 (Washington Papers)
: Pennsylvania Whiskey Rebellion Collection. The draft is dated 7 Aug., but... ...Whiskey...Rebellion
22To George Washington from Thomas Mifflin, 5 August 1794 (Washington Papers)
: Pennsylvania Whiskey Rebellion Collection;
23Edmund Randolph to Thomas Mifflin, 7 August 1794 (Hamilton Papers)
, Pennsylvania Miscellany, Whiskey Rebellion, Vol. I, Library of Congress;
24From Alexander Hamilton to William Bradford, 8 August 1794 (Hamilton Papers)
, Pennsylvania Miscellany, Whiskey Rebellion, Vol. I, Library of Congress)....Miscellany, Whiskey...
25To George Washington from Edmund Randolph, 8 August 1794 (Washington Papers)
: Pennsylvania Whiskey Rebellion Collection).: Pennsylvania Whiskey Rebellion Collection, and the
26To George Washington from Thomas Mifflin, 12 August 1794 (Washington Papers)
: Pennsylvania Whiskey Rebellion Collection. The copy in Senate records (transmitted to the...
27To George Washington from William Bradford, 17 August 1794 (Washington Papers)
: Pennsylvania Whiskey Rebellion Collection.: Pennsylvania Whiskey Rebellion Collection; see also
28To George Washington from Edmund Randolph, 21 August 1794 (Washington Papers)
: Pennsylvania Whiskey Rebellion Collection). From Brown’s Ferry on the Youghiogheny River...
29To Alexander Hamilton from William Bradford, 23 August 1794 (Hamilton Papers)
, Pennsylvania Miscellany, Whiskey Rebellion, Vol. I, Library of Congress....Miscellany, Whiskey...
30To George Washington from Edmund Randolph, 23 August 1794 (Washington Papers)
: Pennsylvania Whiskey Rebellion Collection).