- GLC#
- GLC02437.06191-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- 30 August 1794
- Author/Creator
- Stagg, John, Jr., 1758-1803
- Title
- to Henry Knox
- Place Written
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Pagination
- 2 p. : Height: 31.5 cm, Width: 19.6 cm
- Primary time period
- The New Nation, 1783-1815
- Sub-Era
- The Early Republic
Reports on the progress of the militia build-up in various states (likely part of the Whiskey Rebellion). Notes the affairs in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania remain doubtful. Informs Knox of the death of a gentleman. Refers to a proclamation by Governor Henry Lee of Virginia. Relays a rumor that "Virginia would not take a very active part, in suppressing the riotous proceedings of the Whiskey folks in Pennsylvania." Letter has a watermark.
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