Letter from Daniel Shays printed in the Hampshire Gazette

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Daniel Shays, a  Regulator and leader in Shays’ Rebellion,  wrote to the selectmen in South Hadley, Massachusetts, asking that they assemble their men and make sure they were well-armed and properly organized in a military group. This request was made because the General Court was determined to find the men who had stopped the court, and mete out punishment. Residents in South Hadley were not sympathetic to the Regulators. By sending this copy of Shays’ letter to the pro-government Hampshire Gazette, the town clerk made sure the readership knew what the Regulators were planning. 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.

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Item typeLetter
AuthorShays, Daniel
PublisherHampshire Gazette
Date1786-11-15
PlaceSouth Hadley, Massachusetts
TopicMilitary, Wars, Battles
EraThe New Nation, 1784–1815
EventShays’ Rebellion. 1786–1787
MaterialPaper
Process/FormatPrinting
Dimension detailsProcess Material: printed paper, ink Height: 3.50 in Width: 4.00 in
Catalog #L04.071
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Shays, Daniel. Letter from Daniel Shays printed in the Hampshire Gazette. Hampshire Gazette, November 15, 1786. Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association, American Centuries. https://americancenturies.org/collection/l04-071/. Accessed on October 11, 2024.

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