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Blue plaque № 29815

Belle Vernon, PA, United States

Colonel Edward Cook. Settling here in the 1770s, Cook became a prominent landholder, jurist, and politician. He was a member of the Provincial Congress in Philadelphia in 1776 and served at the State Constitutional Convention. Although a moderate during the Whiskey Rebellion, 1792-94, he joined the

tax protesters and was elected chairman of several key rebel meetings.

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