Harrison, William Henry, 1773-1841
Person
Found in 10 Collections and/or Records:
Arthur G. Mitten collection
Collection — Folder: S0971
Identifier: S0971
Scope and Contents
This collection contains photostatic copies of letters and military account documents ranging from 1791 to 1814 that were collected by Arthur J. Mitten and copied in 1927. The collection includes: a letter by Postmaster General Timothy Pickering from Philadelphia to Samuel Hodgdon, Quartermaster of the Western Army (December 16, 1791); an account and acknowledgement of money received by General Anthony Wayne from paymaster Caleb Swan (April 18, 1793); an account of clothing returned by 3rd...
Dates:
1791-1814
Dill family papers
Collection — Folder: S1819
Identifier: S1819
Scope and Contents
This collection contains the commissions and appointments of James and Alexander Dill for the
Indiana Territory and State of Indiana.
Dates:
1803-1837
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Dill family papers
Ephraim Jordan collection
Collection — Folder: S2190
Identifier: S2190
Scope and Contents
This collection includes 20 handwritten documents and letters dated from 1802 to 1812. Some papers deal with provisions for soldiers and have the signature of Ephraim Jordan, Major. "His Excellency" William Henry Harrison is recorded as commander in chief in a document written in May 1809. On August 21, 1812, an order was issued for two men to be punished by riding "a wooden horse both to be mouned {?] at the same time in presence of the troops on parade for the period of ten minutes." On...
Dates:
1802-1812
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Ephraim Jordan collection
Henderson collection
Collection — Folder: S2395
Identifier: S2395
Scope and Contents
This collection contains photocopies of correspondence and documents compiled by an individual named Henderson. The bulk of the collection is a 38-page report sent to General Ulysses S. Grant on February 28, 1862 regarding the operations and capture of Fort Donelson. The report was not signed, but from information in the report, it was most likely written by Brig. Gen. John McClernand. Other items related to the U.S. Civil War include a map of the Mississippi River showing communities,...
Dates:
1810-1888
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Henderson collection
John M. Smith collection
Collection
Identifier: L596
Scope and Contents
This collection includes booklets, letters, photographs, maps, tintypes, newspaper clippings and realia from John M. Smith's personal collection ranging from 1790 to 1997 regarding Indiana history.
Dates:
1804-1982
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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John M. Smith collection
John Tipton collection
Collection
Identifier: L160
Scope and Contents
The collection consists principally of Tipton’s correspondence and business papers from the period 1810-1839 in Indiana. His correspondence, including retained copies of his outgoing letters, includes letters relating to the operations of the Indiana Militia in the 1810s; and political correspondence regarding the work of the state legislature (1820s-1830s), his senatorial elections (1831, 1832), his appointments to federal office (1831-1839), and local, state, and national issues, particularly...
Dates:
1806-1858
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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John Tipton collection
Miami Indians emigration correspondence
Collection — Folder: S2741
Identifier: S2741
Scope and Contents
This collection includes photostat documents from Department of the Interior in Indiana Territory in 1846 regarding Jean B. LaGruness of Michilimackinac trade arrangement with the Winnebago Nation of Indians and records of emigrant Miami Indians.
Dates:
1846/10/14
Rose Schultheis, Godare genealogy
Collection — Folder: S1757
Identifier: S1757
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a typed letter from Rose Schultheis in Vincennes, Indiana on 1949/12/17
regarding a genealogical search for "Godare."
Dates:
1949/12/17
W. H. Roane letter
Collection — Folder: S1120
Identifier: S1120
Scope and Contents
This letter is written in ink on one folded sheet of parchment. The letter is from Washington, March 28, 1840, addressed to I. D. P. Brown, and signed W. H. Roane. Mr. Roane discusses the 1840 presidential election, which was between William Henry Harrison, a Whig from Ohio, with John Tyler as his running mate, and Martin Van Buren, a Democrat from New York, who had no vice president on the ticket. Mr. Roane wrote: "The country will be saved from the ignoring of suffering a hungry...
Dates:
1840
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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W. H. Roane letter
William Henry Harrison collection
Collection — Folder: S0600
Identifier: S0600
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of photocopies and transcripts of letters, speeches, proclamations, and certificates as well as several originals covering the years of 1804 to 1828. The letters are those written both by and to Harrison during his time as governor of the Indiana Territory. There are also biographical materials including an autobiography written in 1839. Photocopies of several songs written about William Henry Harrison round out the collection. Also included are photographs of portraits...
Dates:
1804-1942
