Harrison, William Henry:

$2,000 · Offered by William Reese Company · No longer available

[MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT, SIGNED BY WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON AS AIDE-DE-CAMP TO ANTHONY WAYNE, ORDERING PROVISIONS FOR A BARGE CREW DURING HIS TIME COMMANDING FORCES IN THE NORTHWEST INDIAN ... Just three short months before the Battle of Fallen Timbers, which would end the Northwest Indian War between the United States and an alliance of Native American tribes and British forces in Northwest Territory, Aide-de-Camp William Henry Harrison here issues provisions for a barge crew mission near Fort Greenville in present-day Ohio. Just the year before, Harrison had been promoted to serve as aide-de-camp to Major General Anthony Wayne, who would teach the young Harrison (here only twenty-one years of age) how to command troops on the American frontier. Such frontier experience would prove invaluable to Harrison as he made a military and political career in Northwest Territory, Indiana, and Ohio, and in famous military conflicts such as the Battle of Tippecanoe in 1811.Autograph material from Harrison during his younger days, especially in Northwest Territory, is rare in the market.

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