Commander-in-Chief Washington issues a proclamation calling for 15,000 Militiamen (citizen-volunteers) to enforce the unlawful Excise Tax of 1791.
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“Law of the Jungle”
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References:
“Chronology of Events, 1774-1804,” from The Debate on the Constitution, two volumes, Bernard Bailyn, ed., (New York: Library of America, 1992), 2:1077.