Draper Manuscripts: William Henry Harrison Papers
1811-1833
- Harrison, William Henry, 1773-1841
Draper Mss X
0.5 cubic feet (5 volumes)
Wisconsin Historical Society
(Map)
Papers concerning William Henry Harrison's service in the War of 1812, including copies of his reports to the secretary of war (1811-1813); original correspondence of Harrison (1812-1817) and others; Harrison's 1840 manuscript defending his conduct of the 1813 Thames campaign; engravings and drawings of Harrison; and a map of the Tippecanoe battleground. Harrison was governor of Indiana Territory (1800-1812), commander of the Army of the Northwest in the War of 1812, and much later president of the United States (1841).
Descriptions of the volumes are copied from the Guide to the Draper Manuscripts by Josephine Harper. Out of date and offensive language may be present.
This collection is also available as a microfilm publication.
Forms part of the Lyman Copeland Draper Manuscripts. The fifty series included in the Draper Manuscripts have been cataloged individually. See the Draper Manuscripts Overview, and the Guide to the Draper Manuscripts by Josephine Harper (Madison: State Historical Society of Wisconsin, 1983) for further information.
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