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Broadside by John Neville, inspector of the Revenue, May 31, 1794
Credit: Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission
On May, 31, 1794, and again in early June, General John Neville took out ads listing names and addresses of county excise officers and calling on all distillers to register stills before the end of June. Almost immediately, the whiskey rebels moved to close tax offices and punish the collectors and collaborators, stoning and setting houses on fire, burning barns, and destroying crops.