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Manuscript/Mixed Material Inaugural Address, [ca. March 4, 1841], in a contemporary hand.

About this Item

Title

  • Inaugural Address, [ca. March 4, 1841], in a contemporary hand.

Names

  • Harrison, William Henry, 1773-1841 (Author)

Created / Published

  • March 4, 1841

Headings

  • -  Harrison, William Henry, 1773-1841
  • -  Inaugural address

Genre

  • Inaugural address.

Notes

  • -  Exposed to extremely cold weather while reading this, the longest inaugural address, President Harrison became ill and died within a month of his inauguration day. He was the first president to die in office.
  • -  Inaugural Address, [ca. March 4, 1841], in a contemporary hand.
  • -  Forms part of William Henry Harrison papers, 1734-1939; for additional information, see: http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009177
  • -  Original document scanned in 1999-2000 for the former American Memory presentation “I Do Solemnly Swear”: Presidential Inaugurations (retired 2016).

Source Collection

  • William Henry Harrison papers

Repository

  • Manuscript Division

Online Format

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Credit Line: Library of Congress, Manuscript Division, William Henry Harrison Papers.

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Chicago citation style:

Harrison, William Henry. Inaugural Address, ca. March 4, in a contemporary hand. March 4, 1841. Manuscript/Mixed Material. https://www.loc.gov/item/pin1402/.

APA citation style:

Harrison, W. H. (1841) Inaugural Address, ca. March 4, in a contemporary hand. March 4. [Manuscript/Mixed Material] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/pin1402/.

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Harrison, William Henry. Inaugural Address, ca. March 4, in a contemporary hand. March 4, 1841. Manuscript/Mixed Material. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/pin1402/>.