The old Harrison mansion--Harrison's landing James River
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Group of soldiers relaxing around a house with signal towers mounted over chimneys.
Title inscribed below image.
Possibly by William Waud.
Inscribed below title: The birth place of Wm. Henry Harrison now used as a general hospital. Inscribed lower center: Wood pile. Inscribed within house: Brick.
Similar image published in: New York Illustrated News, 16 August 1862, p. 236.
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Born: Feb. 9, 1773 Died: April 4, 1841 Presidential Term: March 4, 1841 - April 4, 1841 Vice President: John Tyler William Henry Harrison, American military officer and politician was the ninth President of the United States (1841), the oldest President to be elected at the time. Delivering the longest inaugural address in U.S. history, he came down with pneumonia that made his 30-day presidency the shortest in U.S. history. On his 32nd day, he became the first to die in office, serving the shortest tenure in U.S. Presidential history. "All the measures of the Government are directed to the purpose of making the rich richer and the poor poorer." /William Henry Harrison/
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