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HARRISON, William Henry (1773-1841), President. Document signed ("Wm. H. Harrison A.D.C."), as aide to General Anthony Wayne, a warrant addressed to the Army Quarter Master, Greenville [Indiana Territory], 2 February 1795. 1 page, an irregular oblong (3½ x 7¾ in.), text in a bold hand, minor spotting.
WHISKEY RATIONS FOR ANTHONY WAYNE'S SPIES. A typical army warrant signed by Harrison in his capacity as Aide-de-Camp to the Commander of the Western Army, "Mad" Anthony Wayne. It reads: "The Quarter Master Issue for the use of the Spies fifteen Rations of Whiskey." The "Spies" referred to here were very possibly Indian scouts, apparently under command of Captain Wells. Little is known of their role. Harrison, as a young Lieutenant, had recently fought with distinction in the decisive battle of Fallen Timbers in August 1794, receiving Wayne's official commendation for bravery. Several months after this warrant, Harrison was a signatory of a grander document: the historic Treaty of Greenville that concluded the bloody Indian Wars in the Ohio Valley. By that treaty, signed on 3 August 1795, the Wyandot, Delaware, Shawnee, Ottawa, Miami, Chippewa, Pottawatomi, and other tribes relinquished claim to lands east and south of a line extending from the mouth of the Cuyahoga River (Cleveland) south to Fort Laurens.
WHISKEY RATIONS FOR ANTHONY WAYNE'S SPIES. A typical army warrant signed by Harrison in his capacity as Aide-de-Camp to the Commander of the Western Army, "Mad" Anthony Wayne. It reads: "The Quarter Master Issue for the use of the Spies fifteen Rations of Whiskey." The "Spies" referred to here were very possibly Indian scouts, apparently under command of Captain Wells. Little is known of their role. Harrison, as a young Lieutenant, had recently fought with distinction in the decisive battle of Fallen Timbers in August 1794, receiving Wayne's official commendation for bravery. Several months after this warrant, Harrison was a signatory of a grander document: the historic Treaty of Greenville that concluded the bloody Indian Wars in the Ohio Valley. By that treaty, signed on 3 August 1795, the Wyandot, Delaware, Shawnee, Ottawa, Miami, Chippewa, Pottawatomi, and other tribes relinquished claim to lands east and south of a line extending from the mouth of the Cuyahoga River (Cleveland) south to Fort Laurens.