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Shays' Rebellion

An excerpt from a 1786 address issued by the general court of Massachusetts “to the people of the commonwealth of Massachusetts.”

An excerpt from a 1786 address issued by the general court of Massachusetts “to the people of the commonwealth of Massachusetts.”

Citation Information: “An address from the General Court, to the people of the commonwealth of Massachusetts,” Digital Public Library of America, https://dp.la/item/38bb1c7ccb3dcb8fbe1fde54faa27df9.

Note: These citations are programmatically generated and may be incomplete.

Courtesy of Yale University via HathiTrust.

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Item 11 of 11 in the Primary Source Set Shays' Rebellion

An illustration of the Constitutional Convention of 1787.

The Articles of Confederation, ratified in 1781.

Voting Record of the Constitutional Convention, 1787.

A portrait of Major General Benjamin Lincoln, a supporter of the Constitution who led a militia to suppress Shays' Rebellion.

An excerpt from The History of the Insurrections, in Massachusetts, in the Year MDCCLXXXVI : and the Rebellion Consequent Thereon (1788).

An excerpt from a 1786 address issued by the general court of Massachusetts “to the people of the commonwealth of Massachusetts.”

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