Benjamin Lincoln Papers, 1635-1964 » Feb.–Dec. 1787 [read more]
This reel consists of letters and other documents detailing Lincoln's command of the
Massachusetts militia during the final months of Shays' Rebellion and his membership on a
special commission created by the General Court to deal with the late insurgents. The first
document is a letterbook (volume 4) containing Lincoln's official letters as commander of the militia.
The 148 letters, dating from January 5 to March 25, 1787, consist of daily instructions to his
commanders, daily reports to Governor Bowdoin, and a few requests addressed to Governor
Clinton of New York.
Most of the papers in this section deal with the final military measures that brought the
rebellion to a close in March. Also included on this reel are a considerable number of letters
between Benjamin Lincoln, Jr., and two of his friends, Tobias Lear at Mt. Vernon and Thomas
Porter at Alexandria; a renewal of the correspondence between the Lincoln and his eldest son;
and a 22-page essay by Lincoln on the value of the Eastern Provinces and their use to
Massachusetts, dated December 3, 1787.
This reel consists of letters and other documents detailing Lincoln's command of the
Massachusetts militia during the final months of Shays' Rebellion and his membership on a
special commission created by the General Court to deal with the late insurgents. The first
document is a letterbook (volume 4) containing Lincoln's official letters as commander of the militia.
The 148 letters, dating from January 5 to March 25, 1787, consist of daily instructions to his
commanders, daily reports to Governor Bowdoin, and a few requests addressed to Governor
Clinton of New York.
Most of the papers in this section deal with the final military measures that brought the
rebellion to a close in March. Also included on this reel are a considerable number of letters
between Benjamin Lincoln, Jr., and two of his friends, Tobias Lear at Mt. Vernon and Thomas
Porter at Alexandria; a renewal of the correspondence between the Lincoln and his eldest son;
and a 22-page essay by Lincoln on the value of the Eastern Provinces and their use to
Massachusetts, dated December 3, 1787.
DIGITIZED COLLECTIONS
Crowdsourced Transcription Project
Reel 8, Box 9, Folder 5, Nov 1787
Reel 8, Box 9, Folder 3, July - Aug 1787
Reel 8, Box 9, Folder 4, Sept - Oct 1787
