George Washington to Henry Knox Discussing the Whiskey Rebellion, 8 August 1794
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Author | : George Washington |
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Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 1794 |
ISBN-10 | : OCLC:1406043504 |
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Book Synopsis George Washington to Henry Knox Discussing the Whiskey Rebellion, 8 August 1794 by : George Washington
Book excerpt: Marked 'private' by George Washington at the top of page one. Discusses an insurrection (the Whiskey Rebellion) and mentions a letter from [Attorney General William] Bradford concerning Colonel [John] Neville and Major [David] Lenox (the federal inspector and U.S. marshal, respectively, who had fled the area of disturbance in western Pennsylvania). Based on the new information, gives consent to Knox to absent himself from government to manage affairs on his plantation in frontier Maine.