HARRISON, WILLIAM HENRY, President. Autograph letter signed ("Willm Henry Harrison") as General, U.S. Army, to Capt. James R. S. Bryson, Head Quarters, Cincinnati, [Ohio], 28 May 1814. 1 page, 4to, 248 x 195 mm. (9 13/16 x 7 5/8 in.) on pale pink paper, slight discoloration along extreme lefthand edge, otherwise very good. GENERAL HARRISON ON THE FRONTIER. Instructions regarding payment, dated the same month Harrison--the victor in the Battle of the Thames the previous October--resigned from the Army due to differences with the Secretary of War, John Armstrong: "Be pleased to advance to Lieut. Col. R.C. Nicholas the sum of two Hundred seventy two Dollars & 32 cents for the contingences of his Regt. in ascending the River to this place & either settle His account by taking up the vouchers or take his duplicate Receipts for the amount transmitting one of them to the accountant of the War Department."

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HARRISON, WILLIAM HENRY, President. Autograph letter signed ("Willm Henry Harrison") as General, U.S. Army, to Capt. James R. S. Bryson, Head Quarters, Cincinnati, [Ohio], 28 May 1814. 1 page, 4to, 248 x 195 mm. (9 13/16 x 7 5/8 in.) on pale pink paper, slight discoloration along extreme lefthand edge, otherwise very good. GENERAL HARRISON ON THE FRONTIER. Instructions regarding payment, dated the same month Harrison--the victor in the Battle of the Thames the previous October--resigned from the Army due to differences with the Secretary of War, John Armstrong: "Be pleased to advance to Lieut. Col. R.C. Nicholas the sum of two Hundred seventy two Dollars & 32 cents for the contingences of his Regt. in ascending the River to this place & either settle His account by taking up the vouchers or take his duplicate Receipts for the amount transmitting one of them to the accountant of the War Department."