Whiskey Insurrection, opposition to excise in Pennsylvania, 48, 49;
reasons for opposition, 49, 50;
first meetings against excise in Washington County, 50, 51;
combined meeting of four counties at Pittsburgh, 51;
violence against inspectors, 51;
modification of law, 52;
second convention at Pittsburgh, 52;
resolutions against collectors, 52, 53;
petition to Congress, 53;
proclamation issued by Washington and cabinet, 54;
arrests and riots, 55;
attempts to serve writs, 67, 68;
rioting, burning of Marshall's house, 68, 69;
flight of officers, 68;
meetings of distillers, 69;
efforts of Gallatin and others to prevent violence, 69, 70;
stoppage of mails, 69;
call for meeting of militia, 70;
leaders of, 70, 71;
meeting of militia at Parkinson's Ferry, 72, 73;
estimates of numbers, 72;
violence of feeling, 73, 74;
renewed outrages, 74;
use of liberty poles, 74;
attitude of Gallatin toward, 75, 76;
plans of Washington and Hamilton to suppress, 77;
proclamation against carrying arms, 77;
commissioners appointed, 77;
convention of distillers at Parkinson's Ferry, 78, 79;
proposals to raise troops, 79;
efforts of moderates, 80, 81;
committee of sixty appointed, 80;
arrival of commissioners, their offer, 81;
conference of committee at Red Stone Old Fort, 81, 82;
vote to accept terms, 83;
influence of Gallatin, 84;
meetings for submission in counties, 85;
apparent failure of terms of amnesty, 86;
threats of secession, 86;
Hamilton writes "Tully" letter, 87;
report of commissioners, 87;
proclamation calls out troops, 87;
march of militia, 88;
committee of sixty passes conciliatory resolutions, 88, 89;
refusal of Washington to turn back, 89;
final meeting at Parkinson's Ferry votes entire submission, 89;
occupation of western counties by troops, 89, 90;
arrest of rebels, 90, 91;
journey of prisoners to Philadelphia, 91, 92;
end of disturbances, 93;
return of army, 93;
confession of Gallatin, 94;
trial of prisoners, 96;
its effect on Federalist party, 101;
Gallatin taunted with participation in, 119, 124.
Wirt, William, letter of Jefferson to, 298.
Wolcott, Oliver, succeeds Hamilton in Treasury Department, 97;
his situation deplored by Gallatin, 125;
complains to Hamilton of Republican opposition, 126;
complains of Gallatin's purpose to break down department, 154;
his career as Hamilton's successor, 176-178;
his statement of a surplus denied by Gallatin, 190, 191.
Woodbury, Levi, reports extinction of debt, 270, 271;
then deplores its absence, 271;
alarmed at increase of circulation in 1836, 272;
begins sub-treasury system, 273;
promises to support resumption of payment by banks, 275.
X Y Z dispatches, 149.
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