RARE Whiskey Rebellion Oath of Allegiance - Issued by General Henry Lee in 1794

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WHISKEY REBELLION - OATH OF ALLEGIANCE
.  The Whiskey Rebellion was a tax protest in Pennsylvania in the early 1790s which was rooted in western dissatisfaction with a 1791 excise tax on whiskey.  President George Washington responded by sending peace commissioners to negotiate with the rebels, while at the same time calling on state governors to provide militia forces if needed.  General Henry Lee was summoned by Washington to suppress the rebellion, but it collapsed before the troops arrived in 1794.
RARE WHISKEY REBELLION OATH OF ALLEGIANCE DOCUMENT ISSUED BY GENERAL HENRY LEE TO A REBEL CERTIFYING THAT HE TOOK THE OATH TO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICAN IN 1794
Rare Whiskey Rebellion Oath of Allegiance partly-printed document issued by General Henry Lee to Samuel Heath, Jr. certifying that he took the oath to the United States of America on November 7, 1794.  The document is signed by Justice of the Peace Robert Ritchey, contains one page, measures 7.5 by 2.75 inches, created in Allegheny County, PA, in very good condition with minor separations along the folds and slight staining throughout, and beautifully framed to an overall size of 14.75 by 10.25 inches.
“SAMUEL HEATH, JR. OF MIFFLIN TOWNSHIP AND SAID COUNTY, WHO TOOK AND SUBSCRIBED THE OATH OF ALLEGIANCE AS PRESCRIBED BY AN ADDRESS OF HIS EXCELLENCY GENERAL HENRY LEE”
The document reads in full: “Be it Known that on the Seventh day of November 1794 before me Robt. Ritchey Esquire one of the Commonwealths Justices of the peace to and for the County of Allegheny, came Samuel Heath, Jr. of Mifflin township and said County, who took and subscribed the oath of Allegiance as prescribed by an address of his Excellency General Henry Lee, to the Inhabitants of the four western counties in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, dated the 8th, day of November 1794, Witness my hand and seal, Robt. Ritchey, [L.S.].”
Heritage Auctions.  George Washington 1794 Militia Act.