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Much on the Shays' Rebellion...
Much on the Shays' Rebellion...
Item # 703575
March 09, 1787
THE MASSACHUSETTS GAZETTE, Boston, March 9, 1787 The front page has a "Resolve from the Assembly of New York offering a reward for the apprehending those involved in the Shays' Rebellion. Page 2 begins with an "Order" by the governor of Mass. James Bowdoin, concerning the Legislature: "...congratulat(ing) their brethren in army, on the success that has crowned their virtuous exertions for the Suppression of the late lawless insurrection and Rebellion" being the Shays' Rebellion.
Page 3 has a column-long letter form General Lincoln to the governor dated at Pittsfield, concerning the Shays' Rebellion, followed by a report concerning Mass. and New York joining efforts to purchase the insurgents, noting: "...that Daniel Shays, Luke Day, Adams Wheeler, and Eli Parsons, the principals in, & the abetters and supporters of the present rebellion, if they shall have fled to the said state, be delivered up..." with more on this.
Page 3 also has a letter from New York's gov. Clinton to the Mass. governor concerning the suppression of the Shays' Rebellion.
The back page has: "General Orders" relating to the Shays' Rebellion.
Four pages, never-trimmed margins, irregular at the margins with minor loss at the spine, but a bit more loss at the right margin which affects just a few words on the pages, scattered foxing.
Category: The 1600's and 1700's
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