1From Benjamin Franklin to James Bowdoin, 25 October 1750 (Franklin Papers)
...1780, governor of the state, 1785–87, when Shays’ Rebellion broke out, and a member of the...
2To John Adams from James Warren, 20 October 1775 (Adams Papers)
...see Stephen T. Riley, “Dr. William Whiting and Shays’ Rebellion,”
3General Orders, 27 May 1776 (Washington Papers)
...and in 1786 he defended the Springfield arsenal against Daniel Shays and his supporters.
4General Orders, 17 June 1778 (Washington Papers)
...Livingston was President, June 12th 1778—John Shay an Inhabitant of this State tried for...
5Session of Virginia Council of State, 29 March 1779 (Madison Papers)
..., commander of the force that suppressed Shays’s Rebellion, and lieutenant governor of...
6The Report of a Constitution or Form of Government for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 28 – 31 October 1779 (Adams Papers)
...and state governments. At the time of Shays’ Rebellion there was some protest over...
7To Benjamin Franklin from Thomas Digges, 7 March 1780 (Franklin Papers)
Shays’s Rebellion
8From George Washington to Samuel Huntington, 7 October 1780 (Washington Papers)
...the couple lived on a farm formerly owned by Daniel Shays of Shays’ Rebellion notoriety. For...
9From George Washington to Samuel Huntington, 15 October 1780 (Washington Papers)
...3” lists captains Silas Burbank and Daniel Shays and lieutenants John Blake and Benjamin...
10To John Adams from Samuel Cooper, 22 July 1782 (Adams Papers)
...below; Robert E. Moody, “Samuel Ely: Forerunner to Shays,”