Congressman William Findley
William Rawle issued a paper stating that 60 distillers in Pennsylvania who had
not paid there tax on whiskey. When the law was in effect, distillers who
received these writs would have to travel to Philadelphia to appear in federal court.
At the urging of William Findley, Congress modified this law on June 5, 1794, allowing excise trials to be held in local state courts.
William Findley argued that Alexander Hamilton had deliberately provoked the Whiskey Rebellion.
Congress at the urging of President Thomas Jefferson repeals
the excise tax
not paid there tax on whiskey. When the law was in effect, distillers who
received these writs would have to travel to Philadelphia to appear in federal court.
At the urging of William Findley, Congress modified this law on June 5, 1794, allowing excise trials to be held in local state courts.
William Findley argued that Alexander Hamilton had deliberately provoked the Whiskey Rebellion.
Congress at the urging of President Thomas Jefferson repeals
the excise tax