A VERY RARE WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON SIGNATURE AS PRESIDENT

WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON (1773-1841).  Harrison was the Ninth President and the hero of Tippecanoe in the War of 1812.  He was Governor of the Indiana Territory, a Congressman, and Senator before his election as President in 1840.  He died just thirty-one days later, allowing John Tyler to become the first Vice President to become President.

DANIEL WEBSTER (1782-1852).  Webster, a Massachusetts and New Hampshire Congressman, served as Secretary of State in the Harrison/Tyler and Fillmore administrations.  He unsuccessfully ran for President in 1836 and became the premier Senator and orator of his day.

DS. 6 ¾” x 1 ½”. No date [March 1841]. No place [Washington, DC].  A very rare Presidential document signed “W H Harrison” as President and co-signed “Danl Webster” as Secretary of State.  The signatures were clipped from a larger Presidential document, perhaps a ships paper or something similar.  The document has two folds, a dark signature, and some aging.  This was de-accessioned from Dickinson College.  The ultimate Presidential rarity.