1Session of Virginia Council of State, 29 March 1779 (Madison Papers)
..., commander of the force that suppressed Shays’s Rebellion, and lieutenant governor of...
2To Benjamin Franklin from Thomas Digges, 7 March 1780 (Franklin Papers)
..., 1982), p. 569; Robert A. Feer, Shays’s Rebellion (New York and London, 1988), p. 323...
3To John Adams from Tristram Dalton, 11 July 1786 (Adams Papers)
Richards, Shays’s Rebellion
4To John Adams from Charles Storer, 16 September 1786 (Adams Papers)
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5To John Jay from Henry Knox, 3 October 1786 (Jay Papers)
For JJ’s reaction to Shays’s Rebellion, see the editorial note
6[November 1786] (Adams Papers)
...retired to Groton (Samuel A. Green, “Groton during Shays’s Rebellion,”
7From John Jay to John Adams, 1 November 1786 (Jay Papers)
On Shays’s Rebellion, which began on 15 Aug. 1786 and was not...
8From James Madison to James Madison, Sr., 1 November 1786 (Madison Papers)
...language JM uses here regarding Shays’s Rebellion is found in Charles Pettit’s report for...
9Abigail Adams to John Quincy Adams, 22 November 1786 (Adams Papers)
Shays’s Rebellion: The American Revolution’s Final Battle
10To James Madison from William Grayson, 22 November 1786 (Madison Papers)
Shays’s Rebellion provoked widespread rumors of British involvement. John Jay wrote...