THE LIFE AND HISTORY OF General Harrison, LATE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, INCLUSIVE TO THE TREATY OF WASHINGTON, OF AUGUST 9TH, 1842. With Original Letters, &c. BY GEORGE JONES, ESQ., M.R.S., &c. Author of "THE ORIGINAL HISTORY OF ANCIENT AMERICA;" "HISTORICAL ISRAEL INDIAN TRAGEDY OF TECUMSEH;" "ORATION UPON THE LIFE, CHARACTER, AND GENIUS OF SHAKSPEARE," &c. PREFACE. I originally intended in this Volume to have given a slight sketch of the late PRESIDENT HARRISON, merely as a note,-appended to the pages devoted to "Tecumseh;" but, having recently received the written permission of His Royal Highness THE DUKE OF CAMBRIDGE, and of Field Marshal THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON, to publish their Letters written to me upon the Death of PRESIDENT HARRISON,-at once I felt myself in duty bound, to produce a Biography of the deceased Patriot, of sufficient importance, to receive the Tributes from those Illustrious personages. With those interesting Mementos to a Good Man's Memory, -thus giving value to my own humble offering,—the following pages are presented with all humility to the Public. London, 30th September, 1844. GEORGE JONES. THE LIFE AND HISTORY OF GENERAL WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON, LATE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. 46 HIS CHARACTER HAS RECEIVED FOR HIM THE RESPECT OF THE WORLD AT LARGE!"-Wellington. THE paternal ancestor of the distinguished Patriot, whose name graces the title page of this biography, was, according to the best authority, father to Major-General Harrison, the commander of the Republican Army during the time, and progress, of the English Commonwealth. The brother of the Republican General emigrated to the (then) Province of Virginia, and settled in Surrey County, on the James River, in (or before) the year 1640,-thirty-four years after the first landing in Virginia of Neuport and the chivalric Smith, and twenty years after that of the Pilgrim Fathers at Plymouth, in New England, consequently, the family of Harrison, may justly be regarded as among the first of the Anglo-Saxon settlers in the Western Hemisphere. Although Harrison of Virginia emigrated before the Republican Conquest of England, yet he could not have been unmindful of events in which his brother had taken so conspicuous a stand,—in which, though bred to the legal profession, that brother was displaying military skill, courage, and, as a soldier, unblemished honour; and that he was ardently opposed to the selfish ambition of men, who viewed the Revolution as an instrument for their private fortunes, and not for the public |