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The text of the entry was: Did you know ... that only two men who participated in the Whiskey Rebellion were convicted of treason, but were later pardoned by President George Washington?
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Suggested edit to correct grammar under Western Grievances

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I think that "Western farmers who owned small stills did not typically had neither enough time nor enough surplus grain operate them year-round at full capacity" should instead be "Western farmers who owned small stills did not typically have either enough time nor enough surplus grain to operate year-round at full capacity" but I can't edit it. 76.236.220.28 (talk) 15:50, 9 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the note; I made most of the grammatical fixes you suggested, except the removal of "them" (which you might not have intended). Graham87 06:34, 10 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 17 February 2024

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Typo. 78.174.52.181 (talk) 13:37, 17 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

 Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. Graham87 (talk) 15:01, 17 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Reference states the opposite "robespierre"

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Article states:

"David Bradford, it was said, was comparing himself to Robespierre, a leader of the French Reign of Terror."

This as ONE of the sources uses: "Slaughter 1986, pp. 188–89;" however when I went to look this source up it states the opposite:

"Still there was no organized movement with clearly defined goals. No individuals with the talents of Sam Adams, John Wilkes, or Robespierre emerged to unite and direct this inchoate movement of disgruntled frontiersmen."

Certainly reference should be removed or cited in opposition to the other reference?Msj242 (talk) 04:21, 30 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Agree that Slaughter does not support the claim that Bradford was comparing himself to Robespierre. Perhaps Hogeland does?
I looked for it in Crytzer, and found this on page 90: "He was truly a man of the era of revolution, a Robespierre of the West, and ..." Crytzer is speaking in an ironic voice. This doesn't directly help us figure out who, right then and there, might have compared Bradford to Robespierre. Bruce leverett (talk) 23:52, 27 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Higginbotham?

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Two footnotes are citations to a book by "Higginbotham", but there is no such book in the bibliography. Can anyone suggest where we should look for this? Bruce leverett (talk) 23:41, 27 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]