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Jefferson's Proclamation concerning an insurrection...



Item # 713234

May 09, 1808

SPOONER'S VERMONT JOURNAL, Windsor, May 9, 1808  Page 3 has: "By the President of the United States, A PROCLAMATION" concerning: "...sundry persons...confederating together on Lake Champlain...for the purposes of forming insurrections against the authority of the laws of the United States..." and more. Page 3 also has a report from Pittsburgh concerning: "...a man of the name of Dennison, traveling on foot in company with two Frenchmen, was attacked by them on the Alleghany mountains...those brutal savages, in their hurry, had not succeeded in cutting any of the arteries of Mr. Dennison's neck..." with more detail.
Four pages, never bound nor trimmed, damp stains at a lower corner, some margin wear, good condition.

Item from our most recent catalog - #361, released for December, 2025

Category: Pre-Civil War