W.H. Harrison Writes to Sec. Of War Just Days After Being Elected Senator of Ohio
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W.H. Harrison Writes to Sec. Of War Just Days After Being Elected Senator of Ohio.
1p, 7.75" x 9.75", Washington D.C., March 13, 1825. An ALS written to Secretary of War James Barbour by the future President Harrison. Boldly signed "W.H. Harrison," Harrison writes to the Secretary of War urging him for a promotion of his friend James Clark. Flattened folds from mailing, slight tears not affecting the quality of the document, and evidence of previous mounting on verso.
The letter reads in part:
"Dear Sir
The bearer hereof Mr. Ja's Clark is the young gentleman for whom I am solicitous to obtain an appointment of Clark in your department. Having fully stated the grounds upon which I hope for his success I can only add that it would confer a great favor..."
James Barbour was Speaker of the House of Delegates (1809–1812), the governor of Virginia (1812–1814), a member of the U.S. Senate (1815–1825) and its president pro tempore (1819), and the secretary of war (1825–1828) and minister plenipotentiary to Great Britain (1828–1829) in the administration of President John Quincy Adams.
William Henry Harrison was an American military officer and politician who served as the 9th president of the United States. Harrison died just 31 days after his inauguration in 1841. He was best known for having the shortest presidency in U.S. history. Harrison had just been elected senator of Ohio 9 days before the writing of this letter.
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