An effort by the Massachusetts governor to settle the violent tax revolt which had shaken the western part of his state: "A Proclamation. Whereas by an Act passed the sixteenth of February instant, entitled, 'An Act describing the disqualifications, to which persons shall be subjected, which have been, or may be guilty of Treason' . . . I have thought fit . . . to issue this Proclamation, hereby promising pardon and indemnity to all offenders . . . provided they comply with the terms and conditions thereof." This offer of amnesty was not enough for some of the rebels. Ten days later, 120 of them clashed with the militia in Sheffield, MA, bringing the conflict to a close. Evans 20501; Ford, Massachusetts Broadsides 2474.
