May 04, 2017 - Sale 2446

Sale 2446 - Lot 52

Price Realized: $ 1,000
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 1,500
WHISKY REBELLION: SIGNER NEGOTIATES WITH INSURGENTS MCKEAN, THOMAS. Letter Signed, "ThoMKean," to Governor Thomas Mifflin, sending copies of correspondence [not present] concerning negotiations with representatives of the rebellion in western Pennsylvania. Text of the letter in the hand of William Irvine, additionally signed by Irvine. 1 page, small folio, with integral blank; horizontal folds. (MRS) Pittsburgh, 23 August 1794
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"We . . . transcribed the answer from the Committee to our propositions for an accommodation, and have inclosed a copy herewith and also our reply and their rejoinder, from which you will perceive that things are in as good a train as can be expected in so short a time. If no unforeseen misfortune intervenes we hope such measures will be adopted at the meeting of the Council of Safety on Thursday next, as will put an end to the troubles in this Country. . . ."
Docketing on terminal page: "From Thomas McKean & William Irvine, Commissioners for conferring with the western Insurgents . . . ."