288:, informing him that several would-be purchasers were seriously injured. In response, Governor Cornell proclaimed on February 11, 1882, that a state of insurrection existed. In the proclamation, he stated that citizens of Greenwood had unlawfully assembled, issued threats, and prevented the collection of taxes as well as the actions of the officers of law. He ordered Greenwood citizens to "desist from any attempt" to violate peace, to threaten others, or to prevent officers of the law from their duties. Otherwise, they are "commanded to disperse and depart to their respective places of abode" and officers of the law were commanded to use any legal process necessary to maintain order.
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Greenwood paid interest on the loan until 1874, when the entire principal was due. In order to repay the loan, a tax of $ 8,000 was imposed on the citizens of
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to the New York–Pennsylvania state line. Greenwood, population 1,400 in 1882, and other communities through which the line would run, borrowed money to pay for the railroad construction. In
Greenwood's case the sum was $ 30,000 (equivalent to $ 763,000 in 2023); Hornellsville borrowed $ 70,000
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Sheriff then levied on some farmers, and in the end managed to collect a portion of his claim. The insurrection over and the tax
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taxes due. About two hundred people assembled at the place of sale and threatened bodily harm to potential buyers with guns and revolvers. When no one would make a bid, the sale was adjourned. Governor
726:"For a Direct Line into Pennsylvania.—Opening of a New Country by a Railroad.—It Is Rich with Timber.—Southern New York and Northern Pennsylvania Reached by the New York and Pennsylvania Railroad"
620:"A State of Insurrection — Officers of the Law Resisted in Greenwood, Steuben County — Proclamation by Governor Cornell — Sequel to an Old Fight over Bonds Issued in aid of an Unfinished Railroad"
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