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Centenary memorial—continued.
"I set out...not to give a history of the insurrection, but only to
trace its rise and progress, its causes and its character, the basis upon
which it rested, and the materials of which it was constructed."
Author's note.
Craig, Neville B.
Exposure of a few of the many misstatements in H. M.
Brackenridge's History of the Whiskey insurrection.
1859 T974.88 C86
"Intended not as a History of the Insurrection, but as a neutralizer of
the influence of the books of the Brackenridges." Introduction.
History of Pittsburgh. 1851. p.228-273
rg74.886 C86
The same
974.886 C86
Creigh, Alfred.
History of Washington county. 1871. apx. p.59-121 . . ^974.882 C87
Consists largely of extracts from documents, correspondence, newspaper
articles, etc. Contains the oath of allegiance and list of persons
in Washington county who took the oath from Sept. 1794 to Jan.
1795-
Crumrine, Boyd.
History of Washington county, Pa. 1882. p.262-306. .qrg74.882 C8gh
Full and readable account.
Day, Sherman, comp.
Historical collections of Pennsylvania. 1843. p.670-676. .rg74.8 D33
Short account based chiefly on Findley and Brackenridge.
Egle, William Henry.
Illustrated history of Pennsylvania. 1876. p.218-231. .qrg74.8 E361
Egle, William Henry, ed.
Notes and queries. 1896. v.4, p.93-103 qr974.8 E36 v.4
Relating to the Whiskey insurrection, [communicated
by Isaac Craig].
On Aug. 4, 1794, Judge Wilson of the Supreme court of the United
States sent to President Washington the following communication:
"From the evidence, which has been laid before me, I hereby notify
to you that in the counties of Washington and Allegheny, in Pennsylvania,
laws of the United States are opposed, and the execution
thereof obstructed by combinations too powerful to be suppressed by
the ordinary course of judicial proceedings, or by the powers vested in
the marshal of that district." The "evidence" is given in this
article. It consists of letters from John Neville, Alexander Hamilton,
D. Lenox, Presley Neville, John Baldwin and others.
Notes and queries. 1898. v.io. p.154-159, 161-166. . .qrg74.8 E36 v.io
The Whiskey insurrection; how it began and how it
ended, by S. B. Row.
Ellis, Franklin, ed.
History of Fayette county, Pa. 1882. p.157-180 qrg74-884 E53
Full and interesting chapter. Gives many references to original sources
and quotations from documents.
Everts, (L. H.) & Co. pub.
History of Allegheny co., Pa. 1876. p.57-60
qrg74.88s Egs
Readable synopsis of events.
Findley, William.
History of the insurrection in the four western counties of
Pennsylvania in 1794, with a recital of the circumstances
specially connected therewith and an historical
review of the previous situation of the country. 1796. ^974.88 F4g
"His treatise, on the whole, was written but to give a partial view of
the matter, and as an apology for his own share in it, as was Brackenridge's
account, who thought it worth while to recount the affair at
large to illustrate and explain his own peculiar course. Findley's ac-
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