Benjamin Wells
Nearby was the house of this collector of excise tax on whiskey. In the summer of 1794, after the Whiskey Rebellion had turned violent, his house was burned down by an angry crowd. Wells had spurned previous warnings by excise tax protectors.
Marker is at the intersection of North 8th Street (U.S. 119) and North 7th Street, on the right when traveling north on North 8th Street.
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