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 . as theson of a clergyman. He came to America, 1763, reaching Philadelphia the 25th of De-cember. He shortly went to Easton where he was occupied in a store, taught school ayear; then studied law, and was admitted to the bar, 1777. He took an active part in theRevolution, and was Secretary of the County Committee of Safety from 1776 to 1778 ;was appointed a justice of the peace, 1777, and military storekeeper at Easton, MarchII, 1778. He was
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 . as theson of a clergyman. He came to America, 1763, reaching Philadelphia the 25th of De-cember. He shortly went to Easton where he was occupied in a store, taught school ayear; then studied law, and was admitted to the bar, 1777. He took an active part in theRevolution, and was Secretary of the County Committee of Safety from 1776 to 1778 ;was appointed a justice of the peace, 1777, and military storekeeper at Easton, MarchII, 1778. He was sheriff of the county from 1781 to 1784; member of the Assemblyfor the sessions of 1785-86; member of the Supreme Executive Council of Pennsylvania,1786-88; and was commissioned one of the Associate Judges of Northampton, holdingthe office from May 14, 1796, to January 22, 1798, when he resigned. Judge Traill diedat Easton, July 31, 1816. He filled a large space in public estimation, exerted a wide in-infiuence and was distinguished for his probity of character. His descendants, in thefemale line, live at Easton, one of them being Dr. Traill L- ^iUliAiv ENOX ANDOONDATIONS. H THE FRIES REBELLION. 43 panied into the township by William Henry,* one of the Asso-ciate Judges of Northampton. When they arrived at theplace of meeting they found some seventy persons assembled,among them three or four in uniform, whose arms werestacked behind the tavern door. After the meeting was or-ganized, Mr. Eyerley arose and stated that he had come thereas their friend, to explain the house tax law, that they mightno longer be in ignorance of its provisions. He and JudgeHenry then proceeded to explain the statutes as they under-stood them, but with little efTect, ;is the people were not dis-posed to listen to any explanation that would be likely to givethem a more favorable opinion of the odious law. They hatedit, and did not wish to think well of it. In order to reconcilethe people, to th
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