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HARRISON DEFENDS HIMSELF ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL. HARRISON, WILLIAM HENRY. Autograph Letter Signed ("W.H. Harrison") to Moses B. Corwin of Ohio defending his military record during the war of 1812 while campaigning for President,
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HARRISON DEFENDS HIMSELF ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL.
HARRISON, WILLIAM HENRY. Autograph Letter Signed ("W.H. Harrison") to Moses B. Corwin of Ohio defending his military record during the war of 1812 while campaigning for President, 3 pp, plus address panel, on a bifolium, 312 x 195 mm, North Bend [Ohio], February 4, 1840, old folds with repaired tears, and restoration to the margins, small portrait of Harrison affixed to upper corner of first page.
Provenance: Forbes Collection, sold his sale, Part VI, Christie's New York, May 19, 2006, lot 62.
PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON WRITES TO DEFEND HIS RECORD IN THE WAR OF 1812. Running largely on his distinguished record during the War of 1812, having earned his nickname Tippecanoe for his actions at the battle there, Harrison reacts sharply and swiftly to accusations that he was not present at the Battle of the Thames. Harrison had previously received great praise for his leadership of the US Army during the battle, and his successful Presidential campaign rested on that leadership.
He writes to Moses B. Corwin of the Ohio legislature demanding he contact Mr. Flood, who had made the accusations, as well as to write to four distinguished veterans still living who had been there on that day and served alongside him, acting Inspector General of the Army (in 1813), Charles Todd, General John O'Fallon, Honorable John Chambers, and Speaker of the KY House of Representatives, John Speed Smith. As it happened, Rep Isaac Crary of Michigan repeated the accusation on the House floor on this same day, and Corwin's cousin Thomas responded the following day, laying waste to Crary's accusation, and effectively ending Crary's political future. Corwin's speech depicted the Militia General Crary (in his home state of Michigan) battling the terrors of his parade day, before emerging victoriously from the parade and drawing his sword "with an energy and remorseless fury he slices the watermelons that lie in heaps around him". The speech is considered a masterpiece of eloquence, and Harrison's reputation was secured.
Harrison on the same day, marshaling his defense, dispatched a letter to O'Fallon requesting him to send answers to the questions which would be posed by Corwin (sold Forbes Collection, Heritage, 2016). Secure in his role as military hero, Harrison proceeded to win the election in a landslide, but famously caught cold while delivering the longest Inaugural Address in American history on a cold, blustery day, and succumbed to the illness after serving only a month as President.
Provenance: Forbes Collection, sold his sale, Part VI, Christie's New York, May 19, 2006, lot 62.
PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON WRITES TO DEFEND HIS RECORD IN THE WAR OF 1812. Running largely on his distinguished record during the War of 1812, having earned his nickname Tippecanoe for his actions at the battle there, Harrison reacts sharply and swiftly to accusations that he was not present at the Battle of the Thames. Harrison had previously received great praise for his leadership of the US Army during the battle, and his successful Presidential campaign rested on that leadership.
He writes to Moses B. Corwin of the Ohio legislature demanding he contact Mr. Flood, who had made the accusations, as well as to write to four distinguished veterans still living who had been there on that day and served alongside him, acting Inspector General of the Army (in 1813), Charles Todd, General John O'Fallon, Honorable John Chambers, and Speaker of the KY House of Representatives, John Speed Smith. As it happened, Rep Isaac Crary of Michigan repeated the accusation on the House floor on this same day, and Corwin's cousin Thomas responded the following day, laying waste to Crary's accusation, and effectively ending Crary's political future. Corwin's speech depicted the Militia General Crary (in his home state of Michigan) battling the terrors of his parade day, before emerging victoriously from the parade and drawing his sword "with an energy and remorseless fury he slices the watermelons that lie in heaps around him". The speech is considered a masterpiece of eloquence, and Harrison's reputation was secured.
Harrison on the same day, marshaling his defense, dispatched a letter to O'Fallon requesting him to send answers to the questions which would be posed by Corwin (sold Forbes Collection, Heritage, 2016). Secure in his role as military hero, Harrison proceeded to win the election in a landslide, but famously caught cold while delivering the longest Inaugural Address in American history on a cold, blustery day, and succumbed to the illness after serving only a month as President.