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That's www.org to get 15% off and thank you for joining the American Revolution. This week, episode 386, confronting rebellion.

We left off last week with hundreds of militia bandied together to exact revenge on John Neville,

the Federal Inspector of Revenue in western Pennsylvania.

At first, a company of militia had ridden to his house, resulting in Neville killing at least one

and wounding four others.

This caused hundreds to return the next day, July 17, 1794, and burn his home to the ground,

despite the property being defended by about a dozen federal soldiers.

The defending soldiers were released, as were Federal Marshal, David Lennox, and Neville's son,

Presley, who had been held prisoner during the fighting. When Lennox and Neville tried to return to

Pittsburgh, they faced drunken militiamen trying to attack them. When they finally got to the city,

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