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Partly-printed DS, signed “Will'm Henry Harrison,” one page, 12.75 x 7.5, December 10, 1811. As governor of the Indiana Territory, Harrison appoints James Brown as "Second Major in the Eighth Regiment of the Militia of the Indiana Territory." Signed at the conclusion in ink by Governor William Henry Harrison, and countersigned by Secretary John Gibson. The white paper seal affixed at the lower left remains intact. In very good condition, with creasing, staining, short edge tears, and minor loss to the left side.
Harrison had been serving as the Congressional Delegate from the Northwest Territory when John Adams appointed him as first governor of the Indiana Territory in 1801. Much of Harrison's tenure as governor was consumed with extinguishing Indian titles, culminating in the Treaty of Fort Wayne in 1809 and Tecumseh's War in 1810 and 1811. Harrison's defeat of Tecumseh in 1811 earned him the title Tippecanoe (after the battle of the same name). During the election of 1840, ‘Tippecanoe & Tyler Too!’ became a popular campaign slogan.
From the collection of Mark S. Robbins.
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