Letter: Kaskaskia, [Ill.], to William H. Harrison, Vincennes, [Ind.], 1803 [Dec.?] 20.

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Letter: Kaskaskia, [Ill.], to William H. Harrison, Vincennes, [Ind.], 1803 [Dec.?] 20.

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Discusses his opposition to petitions for joining St. Clair and Randolph counties to Upper Louisiana, land claims and Edgar's petition to Congress.

1 item (1 p.); 23 cm.

Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library

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Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library

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Harrison, William Henry, 1773-1841

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Epithet: of Add MS 34580 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001094.0x00030c American Indian fighter and president of the United States. From the guide to the William Henry Harrison letter, 1795, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections) U.S president, Mar.-Apr. 1841; territorial governor of Indiana, 1801-1813; Ohio congressman, 1816-1819, state senator, 1819-1821, senator 1825-1828. From ...

Edgar, John, 1733-1830.

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British naval officer, Revolutionary War, charged with treason in aiding the colonists' cause; awarded U.S. military pension; moved to Kaskaskia, Illinois, 1784; representative to territorial legislature from Randolph County; first justice of the peace, Randolph County; major general, Illinois territorial militia. From the description of Deed, 1814 Sept. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 29888299 From the description of Letter: Kaskaskia, [Ill.], to...