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1844 First Lady ANNA HARRISON Autograph Letter Signed Wife of President Harrison

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1844 First Lady ANNA HARRISON Autograph Letter Signed Wife of President Harrison
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Sept. 1844 Dated First Lady Anna Harrison the Widow of President William Henry Harrison Autograph Letter Signed
ANNA SYMMES HARRISON (1775-1864). First Lady and Wife of President William Henry Harrison. The First Lady of the United States during her husband's One-Month Term in 1841 (President Harrison died on April 4th) and she never entered the White House!
September 10, 1844-Dated, Autograph Letter Signed, "A Harrison" in brown ink on a double sided page, at North Bend, 2 pages (written front and back), measuring 10" x 7.75", Choice Extremely Fine. This lovely quality, fresh appearing and very personal Handwritten Signed Letter by Anna Harrison is addressed to a "Mrs. Carman." The content expresses her general poor health and speaks of various social affairs and of her friends. Her letter is very well written and is easily readable in vivid brown text upon clean, period wove paper. Overall, a high quality Anna Harrison's personal letter. Rare.
Anna Harrison (1775-1864), was wife of President William Henry Harrison and grandmother of President Benjamin Harrison. She was nominally First Lady of the United States during her husband's one-month term in 1841, but she never entered the White House.

When William was inaugurated in 1841, Anna was detained by illness at their home in North Bend. She decided not to accompany him to Washington. President-elect Harrison asked his daughter-in-law Jane Irwin Harrison, widow of his namesake son, to accompany him and act as hostess until Anna's proposed arrival in May. Half a dozen other relatives happily went with them. On April 4, exactly one month after his inauguration, President Harrison died. Anna was packing for the move to the White House when she learned of William's death in Washington, so she never made the journey.