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1841/03/10

Harrison, William Henry, 1773-1841

Document signed

Title: Appointment of Solomon Lincoln, Marshal for Massachusetts (c/s Webster)

Countersigned by Webster as Secretary of State.

GLC02793.023

1828/05/03

Harrison, William Henry, 1773-1841

Autograph letter signed

Title: To: E. Kemper.

Separation of church and state.

GLC07958

1813/10/31

Harrison, William Henry, 1773-1841

Letter signed

Title: to Robert Brent

Pleas with Brent to pay his troops. Explains the troops' destitute situation and his fears that they may be left without pay throughout the winter. Also discusses the location and plans of various army regiments. Brent was the Army's Paymaster General. Written shortly after the U.S. victory at the Battle of the Thames. Written at Fort George

GLC03925

1812/09/02

Harrison, William Henry, 1773-1841

Endorsement signed

Title: to John Lyon

This document is a debit report to John Lyon from William Henry Harrison. James Taylor will be the agent to pay Lyon. The report is for the costs of furnishing a detatchment of Kentucky militia, under General WIlliam Henry Harrison's command, with various tools and supplies. Measurements of actual document are 25 x 20 cm. Docketed on verso.

GLC04619.03

1796/11/27

Harrison, William Henry, 1773-1841

Document signed

Title: Requisition for 1796 survey of U.S.-Florida boundary

Countersigned by Andrew Ellicott. A requisition for the 1796 survey of U.S.-Florida Boundary, with docketing on the back concerning supplies received.

GLC04910