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Image 1 of A brief sketch of the life and public services of William Henry Harrison ... E 392 .B85 Copy /:/^e^^.^ i^e^ J ^^i ^^f i^ Ay^ ^^/J J^y^ ^^^^^^u^ :^i ^^r A BRIEF SKETCH OF THE LIFE Ax\D PUBLIC SERVICES OF WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON. ©ompfletr fcom ©fficial...- Date: 1835
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Image 7 of A brief sketch of the life and public services of William Henry Harrison ... /^3 BRIEF SKETCH OF THE LIFE AND PUBLIC SERVICES OF WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON, 112 AS r%9 SECRETARY OF THE NORTH WESTERN TERRITORY, GOVERNOR OF THE INDIANA TERRITORY, AND COMMANDER OF THE ARMY...- Date: 1835
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Image 8 of A brief sketch of the life and public services of William Henry Harrison ... Entered according lo Act of Congress, in the office of the Clerk for the Southern District of New- York, by T. C. Wood. ^^/J H. Wilbur, Printer, Green Street.- Date: 1835
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Image 9 of A brief sketch of the life and public services of William Henry Harrison ... PREFACE The fame of our country s Patriots and Statesmen is the dearest inlie- ritance of every true-hearted American its preservation, unsullied by the breath of calumny, untarnished by the venom of...- Date: 1835
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Image 10 of A brief sketch of the life and public services of William Henry Harrison ... TO THE OFFICERS AND SOLDIERS OF THE LAST WAR, THE VICTORS AT THE THAMES, AT CHIPPEWA, BRIDGEWATER, PLATTS- BURGH, AND NEW ORLEANS THE DEFENDERS OF FORT MEIGS, FORT ERIE, AND BALTIMORE, THIS...- Date: 1835
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Image 11 of A brief sketch of the life and public services of William Henry Harrison ... LIFE OF GEN. HAHRISON. William Henry Harrison was born at a plantation called Berkeley, on Jajiies River, in the state of Virginia, on the 9th day of J ftfi«My, 1773. His father,...- Date: 1835
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Image 12 of A brief sketch of the life and public services of William Henry Harrison ... 6 LIFE OP GENERAL HARRISON. He was continued in that capacity through the eventful years 1774, 1775, and 1770. In 1777, he dechned a re- election to Congress, but was persuaded to...- Date: 1835
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Image 13 of A brief sketch of the life and public services of William Henry Harrison ... LIFE OF GENERAL HARRISON. William Henry Harrison was the third and youngest son of Benjamin Harrison. He left the College of Hampden Sid- ney, at which his education was completed, in his...- Date: 1835
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Image 14 of A brief sketch of the life and public services of William Henry Harrison ... 8 LIFE OF GENERAL HARRISON, Fort Washington on the Ohio, only a few days after the disastrous defeat of Gen. St. Clair s army by the Indians. The broken fragments of that...- Date: 1835
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Image 15 of A brief sketch of the life and public services of William Henry Harrison ... LIFE OF GENERAL HARRISON. cordingly, the whole of the year 1792 and the earher por- tion of 1793 were devoted to the strengthening of our regi- ments and the perfecting of their...- Date: 1835
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Image 16 of A brief sketch of the life and public services of William Henry Harrison ... 10 LIFE or GENERAL HARRISON. On the departure of Gen. Wayne, in 1795, for the Atlan- tic Stales, Harrison was continued by him in his post of Aid- de-Camp, and left in...- Date: 1835
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Image 17 of A brief sketch of the life and public services of William Henry Harrison ... LIFE OF GENERAL HARRISON. 11 tion of twelve years, in a station which nsccssarily vested him with supreme and ahiiost absolute civil and military power, not a murmur of disapprobation was ever...- Date: 1835
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Image 18 of A brief sketch of the life and public services of William Henry Harrison ... 12 LIFE OF GENETtAL HARRISON. pathless wilderness. The country was diversified with prairie and woodland, and the enemy were occasionally seen peering through the bushes at our troops as they advan- ced,...- Date: 1835
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Image 19 of A brief sketch of the life and public services of William Henry Harrison ... LIFE OF GENERAL HARRISON. 13 renewed, but with no better success. Thereupon, a Capt. Dubois, of the spies and guides, volunteered to carry a flag to the town, and was accordingly despatched,...- Date: 1835
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Image 20 of A brief sketch of the life and public services of William Henry Harrison ... 14 LIFE OF GE.\EUAL IIAKKISOX- high repute with the Prophet. He opened his mission with complaints that the rapid advance of the army had taken them by surprise that they had been...- Date: 1835
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Image 21 of A brief sketch of the life and public services of William Henry Harrison ... LIFE OP GENERAL IIATimsOX. 15 his purpose and this was confirmed by the report of the ofiicers despatched to examine it. Here, again, the mutual engagement for a suspension of hostiUties was...- Date: 1835
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Image 22 of A brief sketch of the life and public services of William Henry Harrison ... 16 LIFE OP GENERAL HARRISON. man slept immediately opposite his place in the line. The troops were formed in single rank, or Indian file, since, in Indian warfare, where there is no...- Date: 1835
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Image 23 of A brief sketch of the life and public services of William Henry Harrison ... LIFE OF GENARAL HAHRISON. 17 fires, which had facilitated the formation of the lines, now served only to direct the aim of the enemy s rifles. They were of course promptly extinguished....- Date: 1835
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Image 24 of A brief sketch of the life and public services of William Henry Harrison ... 18 LIFE OP OENEUAT- IIARUISON. The first object of Gov. Harrison was thus accomplished to reinforce and support his hnes at all points violently as- sailed, or peculiarly assailable, and to maintain...- Date: 1835
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Image 25 of A brief sketch of the life and public services of William Henry Harrison ... LIFE or GENERAL HARRISON. 19 by the darkness that they fought on ground perfectly famUiar to them, but with which their antagonists were utterly unacquainted that they chose their own time and...- Date: 1835
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Image 26 of A brief sketch of the life and public services of William Henry Harrison ... 20 LIFE OF GENERAL HARRISON. the year following the events last mentioned, again involved the young West in the perils of a defensive warfare, and again called into exercise the courage and...- Date: 1835
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Image 27 of A brief sketch of the life and public services of William Henry Harrison ... LIFE OF GENERAL HARRISON. 21 ness for the opening of a new campaign. The latter was the choice of Harrison. T Selecting a position at the foot of the Miami Rapids, so...- Date: 1835
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Image 28 of A brief sketch of the life and public services of William Henry Harrison ... 22 LIFE OF GENERAL HARRISON. days the Fort was placed in a respectable posture of de- fence. It was not a moment too soon. The enemy made his appearance on the 27th;...- Date: 1835
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Image 29 of A brief sketch of the life and public services of William Henry Harrison ... LIFE OP GENERAL HARRISON. 23 fifteen hundred militia, to assist in repelling the enemy. Of these, however, only a part of a battalion joined him before the investment, while the remainder descended...- Date: 1835
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Image 30 of A brief sketch of the life and public services of William Henry Harrison ... 24 LIFE OF GENERAL HARRISON. Indians, and drawn off into the bushes and swamps in pur- suit of them, in direct violation of his orders. The conse- quences were such as might...- Date: 1835
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Image 31 of A brief sketch of the life and public services of William Henry Harrison ... LIFE OF GENERAL HABUISOX. 25 wich with three thousand five hundred men, and following the course of the Thames, determined to overtake and van- quish the enemy. He had learned that Proctor...- Date: 1835
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Image 32 of A brief sketch of the life and public services of William Henry Harrison ... MFE OP CENARAL IIAIUaSOX. Thames, at a place called Arnold s Mills, where it was necessary to cross the river. The General hastily collected a few boats and canoes which were found...- Date: 1835
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Image 33 of A brief sketch of the life and public services of William Henry Harrison ... LIFK or (JENEKAL HAIIUISON. 27 enemy s artilleiy, and its left upon the swamp which formed the right of the enemy s position. The infantry were drawn up in two lines, confronting...- Date: 1835
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Image 34 of A brief sketch of the life and public services of William Henry Harrison ... 28 LIPE OF GENEKAL HARKISOX. veteran Governoi- of Kentucky advanced opportunely to his assistance, and quickly turned the fortune of the day in that quarter. The enemy were completely routed at all...- Date: 1835
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Image 35 of A brief sketch of the life and public services of William Henry Harrison ... LIFE OF GENERAL HARRISON. 29 any enemy to conquer. The completeness of his success had left him no further opportunity of distinguishing him- self in the military service of his country. At...- Date: 1835
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Image 36 of A brief sketch of the life and public services of William Henry Harrison ... 30 LIFE OF GENERAL HARRISON. rather shunned than sought the enthusiastic testimonials of a nation s gratitude which have been spontaneously shower- ed upon him and it is only within the last...- Date: 1835
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Image 37 of A brief sketch of the life and public services of William Henry Harrison ... LIFE OF GENERAL HAIIRISON. 31 necessary or expedient to violate the constitution or laws of the land. Securing the unlimited confidence of the govern- ment by his integrity, capacity, and energy of...- Date: 1835
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Image 38 of A brief sketch of the life and public services of William Henry Harrison ... APPENDIX. Resolution of the Kentucky Le- gislature, 1811. Resolved, That in tlie late cam- paign against the Indians on tlie Wabash, Governor W. H. Harrison has, in tlic opinion of this legisla-...- Date: 1835
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About this Item
Title
- A brief sketch of the life and public services of William Henry Harrison ...
Created / Published
- New-York, T. & C. Wood, 1835.
Headings
- - Harrison, William Henry,--1773-1841
- - Tippecanoe, Battle of, Ind., 1811
- - Thames, Battle of the, Ont., 1813
Notes
- - Also available in digital form.
Medium
- 31, [1] p. 23 cm.
Call Number/Physical Location
- E392 .B85
Library of Congress Control Number
- 11023240
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