Author: George Richards MinotPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Shays' Rebellion, 1786-1787
Languages : en
Pages : 200
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The History of the Insurrections, in Massachusetts, in the Year MDCCLXXXVI
Author: George Richards MinotPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Shays' Rebellion, 1786-1787
Languages : en
Pages : 200
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The History of the Insurrections, in Massachusetts, in the Year MDCCIXXXVI
Author: George Richards MinotPublisher:
ISBN: 9781522201885
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 194
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Hardcover reprint of the original 1788 edition - beautifully bound in brown cloth covers featuring titles stamped in gold, 8vo - 6x9. No adjustments have been made to the original text, giving readers the full antiquarian experience. For quality purposes, all text and images are printed as black and white. This item is printed on demand. Book Information: Minot, George Richards. The History Of The Insurrections, In Massachusetts, In The Year Mdcclxxxvi: And The Rebellion Consequent Thereon. Indiana: Repressed Publishing LLC, 2012. Original Publishing: Minot, George Richards. The History Of The Insurrections, In Massachusetts, In The Year Mdcclxxxvi: And The Rebellion Consequent Thereon, . Worcester, Massachusetts: Printed By Isaiah Thomas, 1788. Subject: Shays' Rebellion, 1786-1787
The History of the Insurrections, in Massachusetts, in the Year MDCCLXXXVI
Author: George Richards MinotPublisher:
ISBN: 9783337611507
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 196
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The history of the insurrections, in Massachusetts, in the year 1786, and the rebellion consequent thereon
Author: George Richards MinotPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 208
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History Of The Insurrections In Massachusetts In The Year 1786 And Of The Rebellion Consequent There
Author: George Richards MinotPublisher: Da Capo Press, Incorporated
ISBN:
Category : Shay's Rebellion, 1786-1787
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1810 Excerpt: ...calamities seemed inevitable. If insurrection was to stalk unopposed by authority, some consequences were shewn; and what, it was observed, would be the end of such events, was known only to him, who could open the volume, and read the pages of futurity. The good people of the Commonwealth were therefore conjured, by every thing valuable in life, to co-operate with government in every necessary exertion for restoring to the Commonwealth, that order, harmony and peace, upon which its happiness and character so much depended. The movements in raising the army, could not but inspire the insurgents with serious apprehensions; and they began upon a system of policy, which they for a long time continued, of petitioning the government on the one hand, without relaxing their military exertions to overcome it on the other. When they were at Worcester, they agreed upon a petition to the Governour and Conn cil, which was to be supported by as many towns as could be brought into the measure. This petition, which had been once sent, but miscarried, was again brought forward and presented. It contained, in substance, a request that the state prisoners might be liberated, and a general pardon again granted to all the insurgents; that the Courts of Common Pleas might be adjourned to the next election; and it then engaged for the peaceable conduct of the insurgents. The motive of petitioning was held up as arising not from the fear of death, or of any evils that might be placed in their way, but to prevent the cruelties and devastations of a civil war. But there did not appear any evidence that the person whose name was subscribed to this petition, was empowered to execute it, and it was dubious whether he himself signed it. Besides which, there was not a man present at the...
A Dictionary of Books Relating to America, from Its Discovery to the Present Time
Author: Joseph SabinPublisher:
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Category : America
Languages : en
Pages : 604
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A Dictionary of Books Relating to America
Author: Joseph SabinPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : America
Languages : en
Pages : 596
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Category : America
Languages : en
Pages : 592
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Author: Organization of American HistoriansPublisher: Springer
ISBN: 113706580X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 306
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Ten of the best articles in American history published in 2006 selected from over 300 learned and popular journals. Topics range from the general to the specific and cover all aspects of American history, from the early days of the republic through the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. These are the questions that today's historians are asking.
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