Benjamin Harrison (1726-1791) miscellany 1783, 1933

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Benjamin Harrison (1726-1791) miscellany 1783, 1933

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A small quantity of material by or about Benjamin Harrison (1726-1791), signer of the Declaration of Independence. Includes a letter, 1783, to John Dickinson, President of Pennsylvania, regarding state boundaries; an autograph; a typescript copy of an address on Harrison delivered in 1931 by Henry H. Wilson of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; and a 1933 letter, also from Wilson, discussing Harrison's burial place

.1 linear foot (1 folder)

New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division

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SNAC Resource ID: 6313719

New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division

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Harrison, Benjamin, 1726-1791

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Benjamin Harrison V (April 5, 1726 – April 24, 1791) was an American planter, merchant and politician who served as a legislator in colonial Virginia, following a precedent of public service established by his namesakes. He signed both the Continental Association and the United States Declaration of Independence and is known as one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. He served as Virginia's governor from 1781 to 1784. Harrison worked an aggregate of three decades in the Virginia Hou...

United States. Declaration of Independence

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