Sim Greene and Tom the Tinker's Men: A Narrative of the Whisky Insurrection; Being a Setting Forth of the Memoirs of the Late David Froman, Esquire

TitleSim Greene and Tom the Tinker's Men: A Narrative of the Whisky Insurrection; Being a Setting Forth of the Memoirs of the Late David Froman, Esquire
Year of Publication1907
Publication TypeNovel
Number of Pages or Episodes380 p.
LanguageEnglish
AuthorsWiley, Richard Taylor
PublisherThe J. C. Winston Company
CityPhiladelphia
Keywords"Pittsburgh Gazette"; Albert Gallatin (1761-1849); Alexander Hamilton (1757-1804); Battle of Bower Hill; Battle of Bushy Run; distillers; farms; George Washington (1732-99); Henry Bouquet (1719-65); Hugh Henry Brackenridge (1748-1816); Pontiac's Rebellion; Protestants; Scots-Irish Americans; soldiers; tax collectors; Whiskey Rebellion
Abstract

A dramatization of the Whiskey Rebellion.
Notes

Settings are referred to by their historical names as follows: Bedford is Raystown; Ft. Lafayette is Ft. Fayette.
Author Biography

Richard Taylor Wiley (1856-1954), a longtime resident of Elizabeth, Allegheny County, was a writer and member of the Western Pennsylvania Historical Society.
Time

1788-1801

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