Dr. William Whiting and Shays' Rebellion.

Discusses the role that William Whiting, a physician and Justice of the Peace, played in this Massachusetts rebellion of 1786 which was mainly due to the economic depression immediately after the war. Whiting favored the debtors' cause because he feared another lawless period. Under the pseudonym Gracchus, he wrote a pamphlet in their defense. This was later judged to be a seditious libel. The text of this pamphlet and correspondence related to it are printed in full.