This proclamation by Massachusetts Governor James Bowdoin concerns the assembly of Regulators on August 29, 1786, to prevent the sitting of the court at Northampton. It calls for all people of the Commonwealth to aid in preventing and suppressing such acts and for the punishment of those, such as the Regulators, who participated in Shays’ Rebellion (August 1786-February 1787). 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.
Bowdoin, James. “A Proclamation.” Hampshire Gazette, September 13, 1786. Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association, American Centuries. https://americancenturies.org/collection/l04-119/. Accessed on October 16, 2024.
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