The Life of Major-General William Henry Harrison, Comprising a Brief Account of his Important Civil and Military Services, and an accurate description of the Council at Vincennes with Tecumseh, as well as the Victories of Tippecanoe, Fort Meigs.

HARRISON, William Henry (1773-1841)

Published by Philadelphia: Grigg & Elliot, 1840.

About this Item

12mo., (8 5/8 5 ¾ inches). (Chip to upper right corner of front free endpaper; occasional pale stains). Lithographed frontispiece (some offsetting to title page); 4 lithographed plates. Original publisher's printed green paper boards (extremities a bit worn with some loss). First edition. Scarce in this condition, containing a frontispiece portrait different than usual. Published the same year Harrison ran for president against incumbent Martin Van Buren. Includes the following illustrations: "Council at Vincennes. Gen. Harrison and Tecumseh"; "Harrison's Victory at Tippecanoe"; "General W. H. Harrison and Staff at the Battle of the Thames"; and "Harrison's Victory of the Thames, 1813.".

Seller Inventory # 72MMS115

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Life of Major-General William Henry Harrison, Comprising a Brief Account of his Important Civil and Military Services, and an accurate description of the Council at Vincennes with Tecumseh, as well as the Victories of Tippecanoe, Fort Meigs.
• Publisher: Philadelphia: Grigg & Elliot, 1840.
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Seller catalogs:
  • Indiana
  • Western Americana