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South Hadley, November 8, 1786.
To the PRINTER at Northampton.
SIR,
AGREEABLY to the request of a number of gentlemen in this county, I here inclose
to you the original Letter written by Daniel Shays, of Pelham, to the Selectmen
of South-Hadley, with their consent to dispose of it as I should think fit.
JOHN STICKNSY, Town-Clerk.
This following is a Copy of the letter
Pelham, October 23d, 1786.
Gentlemen,
BY information from the General Court, they are determined to call all those
who appeared to stop the Court to condign punishment. Therefore I request you
to assemble your men together, to see that they are well armed and equipped
with sixty rounds each man, and to be ready to turn out at a minute's warning:
likewise to be properly organized with officers.
I am your most obedient, and shall ever serve,
DANIEL SHAYS."
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There is currently no available "Beginner" label. The following is the default level label: Daniel Shays wrote to the selectmen in South Hadley asking that they assemble their men and make sure they're well armed and properly organized in a military group. This request was made because the General Court was determined to find the men who had stopped the court, and mete out punishment. The town of South Hadley was not sympathetic to the Regulators. By sending this copy of Shays' letter to the pro-government Hampshire Gazette, the town clerk made sure the readership knew what the Regulators were planning. William Butler began publication of the Hampshire Gazette on September 6, 1786, in Northampton, Massachusetts. The mission of the newspaper was to inform the public about the issues pertaining to the ongoing conflicts. Butler was decidedly on the government side of the issues.
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Letter from Daniel Shays printed in the Hampshire Gazette
publisher Hampshire Gazette |
author Daniel Shays (1747-1825) |
date Nov 15, 1786 |
location Northampton, Massachusetts |
height 3.5" |
width 4.0" |
process/materials printed paper, ink |
item type Periodicals/Newspaper |
accession # #L04.071 |
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