REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE OF CLAIMS, TO WHOM WAS REFERRED THE PETITION OF BENJAMIN WELLS, AND THE COUNTER PETITION OF SUNDRY INHABITANTS OF FAYETTE COUNTY, WITH THE REPORT OF THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY THEREON. 21ST. APRIL, 1800. COMMITTED TO A COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE HOUSE TOMORROW. [PUBLISHED BY ORDER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.].

[Philadelphia: 1800]. 4pp, disbound. Near Fine.

Wells's petition was motivated by losses sustained "in the four Western Counties of Pennsylvania in the destruction of property by the insurgents in" 1794, i.e., the Whiskey Rebellion.
Evans 38847. NAIP w025657 [7]. Item #23635

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