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Letter from William Henry Harrison, Vincennes, to Albert Gallatin, 1808 January 15 : autograph manuscript signed.

BIB_ID
105552
Accession number
MA 22336
Creator
Harrison, William Henry, 1773-1841, sender.
Display Date
Vincennes, Indiana, 1808 January 15.
Description
1 item (6 pages) ; 34.5 x 20.8 cm
Notes
Addressed to "The Honble. / Albert Gallatin Esqr."
Docketed in ink on verso "Vincennes Jan. 15. 1809. recd. Feb 22. / Gov. Harrison - detailed information respecting the mode adopted for selling the salt made at Wabash saline."
From page 5 of William Henry Harrison album.
Summary
Writing to Secretary of the Treasury Albert Gallatin discussing the salt mine in the Indiana territory and the quality and sale of salt recovered there; mentioning his poor health.