Editing Whiskey Rebellion (section)

=== Meeting at Whiskey Point ===
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A convention was held on August 14, 226 whiskey rebels from the six counties, held at Parkinson's Ferry (now known as Whiskey Point) in present-day [[Monongahela, Pennsylvania|Monongahela]]. The convention considered resolutions that were drafted by Brackenridge, Gallatin, David Bradford, and an eccentric preacher named [[Herman Husband]], a delegate from Bedford County. Husband was a well-known local figure and a radical champion of democracy who had taken part in the [[Regulator movement]] in North Carolina 25 years earlier.{{sfn |Holt |2004 |pp=54–57}} The Parkinson's Ferry convention also appointed a committee to meet with the peace commissioners who had been sent west by President Washington.{{sfn |Slaughter |1986 |pp=188–89}}  There, Gallatin presented an eloquent speech in favor of peace and against proposals from Bradford to further revolt.<ref name="explore pa">{{cite web | title = Whiskey Point (Albert Gallatin) Historical Marker |publisher = Explore PA history | url =http://explorepahistory.com/hmarker.php?markerId=1-A-29D | access-date = January 9, 2017}}</ref>