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THBAlexander Hamilton ALS, Whiskey Rebellion
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Knoxville, TN 37909
United States
Case Auctions is based in Knoxville, Tennessee, where our gallery is located, with satellite offices in Nashville, Tennessee and Kingsport, TN – but our reach is worldwide. Established in 2005, we conduct cataloged auctions of investment-quality art and antiques under the stewardship of knowledgeabl...Read more
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LiveJul 12, 2025
Live Auction at our Knoxville Gallery featuring 1,175 lots from fine Southern estates and private and museum collections. Sale begins Sat. July 12 at 9 AM with lots #1-753 and continues Sun. July 13 at 1 PM with lots #754-1175 (scroll down for separate catalog). Estates represented include Ervin and Jane Entrekin, Nashville; Walter and Dr. Mary Schatz, Nashville; Dr. Lawrence Wolfe, Nashville; John Z. C. Thomas, Knoxville; Florence F. Johnston, Knoxville; plus deaccessioned objects from the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, the Arkansas Museum of Art, and the Hunter Museum of Art. Case Auctions bid@caseantiques.com
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- Lot Description
Alexander Hamilton ALS authorizing Colonel David Henley "to make advances on account of the pay due to the Troops of the United States in the Territory South West of the Ohio" up to $3,000. Dated September 18, 1794. The 10 in x 8 in double sheet letter is mounted at the top of the second page to a 19 in x 10 1/2 in green mat, with a printed image of a bust of Hamilton pasted above it. Includes later typewritten transcription. Note: Treasury Secretary Alexander Hamilton proposed an excise tax on distilled spirits which became law in 1791. It outraged frontier farmers who depended on whiskey as a commodity and even a form of currency. They protested in a series of armed confrontations which intensified, culminating in July, 1794 when an armed militia attacked tax collector John Neville's home in Pennsylvania. Determined to set a precedent for the federal government’s authority, President George Washington gathered and led an army of 12,000 militiamen to quell "the Whiskey Rebellion." The leaders of the rebels ultimately fled and there was no confrontation, but the event served to prove that the new federal government had the will and the power to suppress violent resistance. The whiskey tax, however, remained difficult to collect, and it was ultimately repealed under President Jefferson. (Source: hamilton.gilderlehrman.org ).
Condition
4 1/4 in tear to letter at upper left. Old tape stains crossing a portion of Hamilton's signature and at the edges of the sheet. Adhered to mat along top edge of second page not affecting the page with Hamilton's signature. Scattered old stains, even toning. Mat is worn and faded with 1" puncture to center.
- Provenance
By descent from the estate of John J. Hooker, Jr. of Nashville, Tennessee. Hooker was an attorney, businessman, and two time Democratic nominee for Governor of Tennessee.
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