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Shays, Daniel, 1747-1825 to Benjamin Lincoln

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.03434 Author/Creator: Shays, Daniel, 1747-1825 Place Written: Pelham, Massachusetts Type: Manuscript document Date: January 31, 1787 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 31.1 cm, Width: 19.5 cm Order a Copy

Contains two letters. The first, written from Pelham, Massachusetts on 31 January 1787 to General Benjamin Lincoln, is signed by (though not in the hand of) Daniel Shays, along with Francis Stone and Adam Wheeler. The second is Lincoln's reply, written on the same date, from Hadley, Massachusetts. The Shays letter mentions that he and his men have sent a petition with terms of surrender to the General Court, and he feels that all hostilities should cease until they receive a reply. Lincoln responds that the "request is totally inadmissible, as no powers are deligated [sic] to me which would justify a delay of my operations." Warns them to disband or face more hostilities. Copies of these letters appear also in GLC02437.03433.

Lincoln, Benjamin, 1733-1810
Shays, Daniel, 1747-1825
Stone, Francis, fl. 1787
Wheeler, Adam, fl. 1787

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