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Shays' Rebellion was not popular among the residents of Deerfield, Massachusetts, and few, if any, served with the farmer from Pelham. David Hoyt was twenty years old and a member of the militia when he and his fellow soldiers, whom he numbers "about 1400," encountered Shays' "mob" in Springfield. Hoyt describes the bloody encounter in detail and adds that he has been ill for the past two or three days but that he expects to rejoin his company soon. He sends regards from Major Barnard, another Deerfield resident, to his family.

 

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Letter to David Hoyt [Hoit] regarding Shays' Rebellion

creator   David Hoyt, Jr. (1757-1803)
date   Jan 26, 1787
location   Springfield, Massachusetts
width   6.5"
height   8.0"
process/materials   manuscript, paper, ink
accession #   #L04.013


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See Also...

Military Firearm Log for Shays' Rebellion

Bill from Deerfield Selectmen for Military Supplies used in Shays' Rebellion

Proclamation regarding Shays' Rebellion

"To the good People of the Town of Deerfield" article in the Hampshire Gazette

"Acts and Laws, Passed by the General Court of Massachusetts"

Excerpt of Willard letter to E. B. Wilson on Shays' Insurrection of 1786

Journal of Sarah Howe on Shays' Rebellion

"The History of the Insurrections in Massachusetts in the year seventeen hundred and eighty six and the Rebellion"


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