Whiskey Rebels: The Story of a Frontier Uprising

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University of Pittsburgh Pre, Jan 9, 2010 - History - 336 pages
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A succinct account of the Whiskey Rebellion of 1794 in Western Pennsylvania.
 

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Contents

The Monongahela Pioneers
1
Gentlemen of Respectabilityand Others
29
Mr Hamiltons Excise
56
The Beginning of Direct Action
76
Bower Hill
110
The Mingo Meeting
129
Braddocks Field
141
The Whiskey Boys in Sodom
156
The Commissioners to the White Indians Come and Go
183
The Solemn Promise
201
The Watermelon Army Marches
220
The Watermelon Army among the White Indians
240
The Aftermath
259
Notes
275
Bibliography 35
315
Index
320

The First Parkinsons Ferry Meeting
172
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Whiskey Rebels: The Story of a Frontier Uprising
Leland D. Baldwin,Western Pennsylvania Historical Survey
Snippet view - 1939
Whiskey Rebels: The Story of a Frontier Uprising
Leland D. Baldwin,Western Pennsylvania Historical Survey
Snippet view - 1939

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About the author (2010)

Leland D. Baldwin (1898-1981) was a professor of American history at the University of Pittsburgh and an authority on the history of western Pennsylvania. Professor Baldwin was director of the Western Pennsylvania Historical Survey, which produced 10 books in the late 1920's and 30's on the region's history.

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TitleWhiskey Rebels: The Story of a Frontier Uprising
The Library of Western Pennsylvania History
AuthorLeland D. Baldwin
PublisherUniversity of Pittsburgh Pre, 2010
ISBN0822990539, 9780822990536
Length336 pages
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History / General
History / United States / State & Local / Middle Atlantic (DC, DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA)
  
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