Auction Date:2011 Feb 09 @ 19:00 (UTC-05:00 : EST/CDT)
Location:5 Rt 101A Suite 5, Amherst, New Hampshire, 03031, United States
ALS - Autograph Letter Signed
ANS - Autograph Note Signed
AQS - Autograph Quotation Signed
AMQS - Autograph Musical Quotation Signed
DS - Document Signed
FDC - First Day Cover
Inscribed - “Personalized”
ISP - Inscribed Signed Photograph
LS - Letter Signed
SP - Signed Photograph
TLS - Typed Letter Signed
Uncommon medical-related partly-printed DS, one page, 14.75 x 11.5, July 21, 1794. Governor Adams “reposing Special Trust and Confidence in your ability and skill in Physic and Surgery,” appoints Grosvenor Tarbel a “Surgeon’s Mate of the Fourth Regiment, First Brigade and Seventh Division of the Militia of the Commonwealth.” Signed on the left side in black ink by Adams, and countersigned by Secretary of the Commonwealth John Avery, Jr. Double suede matted and framed to an overall size of 22 x 18.5. In very good condition, with partial separations, toning, and paper loss along intersecting folds, and scattered light toning heavier near top. The white paper seal is worn but intact.
This uncommon medical appointment, from the summer of 1794, was borne during a tense time in the country, as federal taxation measures on whiskey led angry residents to attack several tax collectors. In August, George Washington sent militias to some states, including Pennsylvania and Virginia, to enforce martial law during what history now calls the Whiskey Rebellion. The militia force comprised nearly 13,000 men, with Tarbel likely among those placed under Washington’s command. In the end, the troops captured only 20 prisoners, which historians say bolstered federal authority. For his part, the insurrection greatly disturbed Adams. His contention was that the Constitution had devised a system of government that allowed grievances to be heard—without a rebellion. An uncommon document from the early days of a young Republic as it faced a rebellion of its own.
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