THE HISTORY OF THE INSURRECTIONS, IN MASSACHUSETTS IN THE YEAR SEVENTEEN HUNDRED AND EIGHTY SIX. AND THE REBELLION CONSEQUENT THEREON. SECOND EDITION.
Boston: James W. Burditt, 1810. iv, [5]-192 pp. Disbound, light rubberstamp, else Very Good. The second edition of the definitive work on Shays' Rebellion, a signal event in creating support for the Constitution's promise of a stronger national government. In August and September 1786 financially strapped western Massachusetts farmers, whose..... More