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HARRISON, WILLIAM HENRY, President. Manuscript document signed ("Approved Willm. Henry Harrison") as Governor of the Indiana Territory, countersigned by two other officials, N.p., [Vincennes, Indiana?], 17 December 1811. 2 pages, oblong 4to, 203 x 249 mm. (8 x 9 7/8 in.), the two leaves neatly silked, ink of text of the law pale, Harrison's signature strong. An Act of the Territorial Legislature SIGNED ONE MONTH AFTER THE VICTORY AT TIPPECANOE. Not long after one of the key events in his public career, Governor Harrison approves "An act in aid and amendment of the act allowing foreign attachments and the act prescribing the mode of proceedings against absconding debtors," which permits legal actions to be taken against debtors who have fled the Territory "so that the ordinary process of law cannot be served." It specifies that "this law shall not extend to or embrace any person or persons who may leave his or her family in the said county bonafide settled there."
On 7 November 1811, Harrison had commanded the 900-man army which defeated the Indian tribes under Tecumseh at the frontier site known as Tippecanoe, some 150 miles north of Vincennes, the territorial capital.
On 7 November 1811, Harrison had commanded the 900-man army which defeated the Indian tribes under Tecumseh at the frontier site known as Tippecanoe, some 150 miles north of Vincennes, the territorial capital.