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William Henry and Anna Harrison

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William Henry and Anna Harrison

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Auction Date:2011 Jul 13 @ 18:00 (UTC-5 : EST/CDT)
Location:5 Rt 101A Suite 5, Amherst, New Hampshire, 03031, United States
ALS - Autograph Letter Signed
ANS - Autograph Note Signed
AQS - Autograph Quotation Signed
AMQS - Autograph Musical Quotation Signed
DS - Document Signed
FDC - First Day Cover
Inscribed - “Personalized”
ISP - Inscribed Signed Photograph
LS - Letter Signed
SP - Signed Photograph
TLS - Typed Letter Signed
Manuscript DS, signed “Wm. H. Harrison” and “Anna Harrison,” one page both sides, 8 x 12.5, November 5, 1827. Indenture agreement between William Henry and Anna Harrison and Moses Dawson, “in consideration for one hundred & fifty dollars to them in hand paid…they do hereby give, grant, bargain, sell release, convey and confirm unto said Moses Dawson…that certain twenty acres of land…to have and to hold the land.” Signed on the reverse in black ink by both William and Anna Harrison. In very good condition, with document having been professionally silked overall, light storage folds and scattered light soiling.

This legal agreement, pertaining to the sale of a 20-acre parcel of land between the future ninth president of the United States and the Belfast-born Dawson, who had been a longtime member of the Society of United Irishmen, a political and social organization that rallied for Irish independence from Britain. In 1817, an inflammatory newspaper article he published led to a warrant for his arrest, forcing him to flee to the United States. He eventually established himself as an extremely influential Cincinnati resident during the Jacksonian era and was the original owner of The Advertiser, a direct predecessor of the Cincinnati Enquirer newspaper. Dawson also wrote an 1824 biography of William Henry Harrison, entitled A Historical Narrative of the Civil and Military Services of Major General Harrison. Three years later, at the time of this contract, Harrison was a US senator representing the state of Ohio—with he and his wife still in contact with the biographer...at least in a business setting. A scarce combination of neatly penned signatures, with terrific external association.
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