The Fries rebellion, 1798-99; an armed resistance to the House tax law, passed by Congress, July 9, 1798, in Bucks and Northampton Counties, Pennsylvania . e first house they came to was Daniel Weid-ners, at the west end of Trumbauersville, and occupiedby Geo. Zeigler, 1859. Childs went in first and told Mr. he had come in order to take the assessment under therevenue law of the United States. He appeared to be in abad humour at the proceeding, and declined to give any in-formation of his property. The assessor reasoned with him,and pointed out the impropriety of his conduct and whatwou
The Fries rebellion, 1798-99; an armed resistance to the House tax law, passed by Congress, July 9, 1798, in Bucks and Northampton Counties, Pennsylvania . e first house they came to was Daniel Weid-ners, at the west end of Trumbauersville, and occupiedby Geo. Zeigler, 1859. Childs went in first and told Mr. he had come in order to take the assessment under therevenue law of the United States. He appeared to be in abad humour at the proceeding, and declined to give any in-formation of his property. The assessor reasoned with him,and pointed out the impropriety of his conduct and whatwould be the consequence of his opposing the law. He wastold he might have ten days to consider the matter, at the endof which time he would be able to determine what he ought todo. He professed not to know whether the law was in force,and said many other things in extenuation of his conduct; Upper and Lower Milford townships in Lehigh county, originally LTpper Milford, inBucks, fell into Northampton when that county was cut off from Bucks, 1752, and intoLehigli when that county was organized, 1812. At what time Upper Milford was dividedwe do not \> t^ I A&TOR, ^£TILDEN FOU THE FRIES REBELLION. 2/ charged the assessor with receiving very high wages, &c. explained that the law was in force and how a commit-tee of Congress had reported against the expediency of re-pealing it. At last, Weidner, overcome by persuasion, or argu-ment, consented to be assessed and gave up his property, say-ing to the assessor, take it now, since it must be then continued on his round, walkirg and leading hishorse from house to house, until he reached Mitchels tavern,where he found the other two assessors, who had arrived alittle while before. Weidner got there in advance and wasagain railing out against the law; and said that the houses ofhigh value were to pay nothing, while smaller ones, and ofsmall value, were to pay high. He was again reasoned with,and finally became
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