William Henry Harrison Autograph Document Signed

ADS signed "Wm. H. Harrison," one page, 7.75 x 4.75, June 11, 1795. Handwritten document by Harrison from his headquarters at Greenville, Ohio, directing supplies to the Wabash Indians just prior to the Treaty of Greenville. In full: "The Commissary will issue for the use of the Wabash Indians one hundred & forty four & 1/2 pounds of beef, one hundred & sixty seven pounds of flour, five & three fourth gallons of whiskey, & twenty two pounds of salt.". In very good to fine condition, with somewhat irregular toning, repairs to two small areas of paper loss, and small areas of ink erosion reinforced by complete silking to the reverse.

At this time, Harrison was just 22 years old and serving as aide-de-camp to General 'Mad' Anthony Wayne in the Ohio Indian Wars. In August, he would be one of the signatories of the Treaty of Greenville, which ended the Northwest Indian War. In the treaty a coalition of Native American tribes, including the Ottawa, Potawatomi, Chippewa, Miami, and Shawnee, ceded a large area of midwestern land to the United States in exchange for goods valued at $20,000. Harrison would come to national fame nearly two decades later when he again fought the Native Americans, most prominently in a victorious effort over Tecumseh at the Battle of Tippecanoe in 1811.